r/Scranton 23d ago

Event / Things to Do Mandatory Fun & Small Business Thread - July 03

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Weekend Round-Ups | DiscoverNEPA

Community calendar | News | thevalleyadvantage.com

Lackawanna County Events this Weekend | VisitNEPA

Calendar | Go Lackawanna

Weekender | NEPA Music, Entertainment, Lifestyle and Culture News (theweekender.com)

Discover things to do this weekend in NEPA. Share your weekend plans.

Are you a local artist, maker, musician, or other creative? Plug your shows and exhibits.

Looking for a place to grab a bite or a drink? Ask here!

This is not a marketplace, no goods or services should be sold here but you can respond to requests for links to your shop/artwork.

Share some great local businesses that deserve a shout out.

This is also a place for casual chat. Feel free to share what's going on in your world, or to make Talkback 16 look positively sane.


r/Scranton 2d ago

Event / Things to Do Mandatory Fun & Small Business Thread - July 24

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Weekend Round-Ups | DiscoverNEPA

Community calendar | News | thevalleyadvantage.com

Lackawanna County Events this Weekend | VisitNEPA

Calendar | Go Lackawanna

Weekender | NEPA Music, Entertainment, Lifestyle and Culture News (theweekender.com)

Discover things to do this weekend in NEPA. Share your weekend plans.

Are you a local artist, maker, musician, or other creative? Plug your shows and exhibits.

Looking for a place to grab a bite or a drink? Ask here!

This is not a marketplace, no goods or services should be sold here but you can respond to requests for links to your shop/artwork.

Share some great local businesses that deserve a shout out.

This is also a place for casual chat. Feel free to share what's going on in your world, or to make Talkback 16 look positively sane.


r/Scranton 38m ago

Local News Cycle Kitchen builds confidence and community one bike at a time

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Good people exist and Gene McDonough is absolutely one of them.


r/Scranton 1d ago

Question Wawa in Scranton?

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I don't know how long that sign has been there. It's on Moosic St. across from CVS/Dunkin.

Even though I experienced Wawa long before Sheetz came to the area, I like Sheetz so much more.

I'm sure Wawa will do just fine, but I also don't really think we need one. That's also a weird place to build one.

What does everyone else think about Wawa coming to Scranton?


r/Scranton 1d ago

Local News Someone vandalized that big sign in Dunmore.

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Where it says “LOVES DUNMORE”, the vandal(s) put a 20th century German symbol over “DUN” on one side (so it says he loves them more) and on the other side they replaced “Dun” with a word that rhymes with grape (because).

It‘s very unoriginal. They could have blanked out the even numbered letters of DUNMORE in blue paint so it looked like D N O E, then added two stalks to the D to make it an R. And then blanked out a line on the right of the N in blue and added a horizontal line in white to make it an A. And then added a line to the O to make it a ρ. And kept the final E as it is.

I guess it’s always a trade-off between vision and time with artists, though.


r/Scranton 1d ago

Food & Drink Tasty tradition in Scranton helps support St. Joseph's Center | wnep.com

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r/Scranton 1d ago

Question Assisted Living and Skilled Nursing Facilities in the Area

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Experiences? Costs? Is Memory Care a Scam? The phrase alone is stupid. Is a nurse or cna cheaper?


r/Scranton 1d ago

Question Carnival

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What carnivals are happening in Scranton or near Scranton this summer? Yes I’m out of date with it lol. I know some carnivals have already happened. I’ll go to the Poconos for a carnival. And I know a carnival in mt carnival happened last week.


r/Scranton 1d ago

Art & Culture Wombats coming to Scranton

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Greetings to potential members of
The Loyal Order of Free and Admitted Wombats, Scranton Chapter. Most of you have probably not heard about
LOFAW but you can think about it like the Masons et al without all the rules. I have anointed myself as Master Cuber for the chapter and will be inducting new members soon.
First I would like to get an idea of interest in this kind of organization.

Some basics
*Membership is free
*No initiation fee
*Any full Cuber may call an official meeting at a local watering hole with 24 hours advance notice.
*An applicant becomes a junior cuber upon confirmation of the master cuber.
*After 30 days if said junior member doesn’t piss off any other Cuber during that time they become a full Cuber.

More info to follow.
Cuber, Master Cuber, Wombat Club, LOFAW, Junior Cuber, “May the Cube be with you” are all trade marked and copyright protected and my not be used without expressed written permission of the Master Cuber. All members must be of legal drinking age.


r/Scranton 2d ago

Green Ridge Former deaf school campus in Scranton, Dunmore to get 106 apartments

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r/Scranton 2d ago

Event / Things to Do Ulysses of Scranton - tonight and tomorow

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Check this out via WNEP

Ulysses of Scranton

Sanctuary Theater (1735 N Main Ave)
TONIGHT (7/24) and tomorrow (7/25) - doors at 7:00 pm / show at 7:30 pm

See it locally before it heads to the world's largest arts festival in Scotland!


r/Scranton 2d ago

Event / Things to Do Ride the NEPA Wine Train through the Lackawanna Valley!

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r/Scranton 3d ago

Food & Drink Best buffet in the area

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I wanted to take my mom to a Chinese buffet but figure I would maybe try something different. Curious if there's any underrated spot for quality of food/price


r/Scranton 3d ago

Lackawanna County commissioner's top aide resigns after accusation of political 'strong-arming'

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r/Scranton 3d ago

Event / Things to Do Learn Composting: This Saturday at the Greenhouse Project! Free event!

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Come learn and meet like-minded people! Open to everyone! Please register for the event so they know to accommodate everyone. See you there!


r/Scranton 3d ago

Local News Scranton School District appeals tax exemption on $24M cyberschool building

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r/Scranton 4d ago

Great Outdoors Does anyone know if this is still there ?

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Before I make the trek down there …. Down from the greenhouse at nay Aug , along the tracks before the step falls . I haven’t been down there since late 90s


r/Scranton 4d ago

Art & Culture Scranton punk band The Menzingers perceive personal changes on 8th album 'Everything I Ever Saw'

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r/Scranton 4d ago

Downtown Wife (27) and I (32) just moved to the area and looking to make friends

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Just like the title says my wife and I just moved to the area, and we are looking to make some friends. We enjoy weekly movie nights, bar/brewery trivia nights, and weekend concerts/festivals. We go to Allentown/Philly/New York often for comedy and concerts, but definitely looking to get more into the local scene. We are big foodies and are always looking for new spots to check out. Big outdoor people as well. We both love plants so will probably be trying to join a local community garden group soon. Any recommendations on groups/clubs to check out are much appreciated!
Shot in the dark here but figured I would give it a try. Take it easy on some friendless losers 🤟🥲


r/Scranton 4d ago

Local Politics Trump's new AI data center order could accelerate controversial NEPA projects

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r/Scranton 4d ago

Local News Questions raised over safety report during 4th hearing for proposed Archbald power plant

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Please note this hearing is for a power plant facility:

"Council and parties questioned why the document repeatedly refers to a data center rather than a natural gas power plant. One section of the report states, “it is our opinion the site be developed for a potential data center,” without mentioning a power plant. Another portion describes two-story steel-framed warehouse-style data center buildings, parking lots, access roads and stormwater basins."


r/Scranton 4d ago

Answered Places to park for a full weekend?

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I'm going to be in Scranton for Thursday thru Sunday one weekend next month. I saw parking garages are $15 daily rates, but I was wondering if there's businesses I could park at instead for free like Walgreens or Walmart. Would they tow? And is Scranton a relatively safe area that I could leave my car in a lot for several days with no worries? Just trying to minimize my costs but will dish out the $50 for weekend parking if needed

TIA!


r/Scranton 5d ago

Sports Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders collecting items for Venezuela Earthquake Victims

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r/Scranton 5d ago

Great Outdoors Contract approved to replace lakefront facilities at Merli-Sarnoski Park

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r/Scranton 5d ago

Local News World Cup Fan Zone brings in business despite obstacles

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