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KINGSTON – The state director of the Pennsylvania Public Interest Group and representatives of HKQ Kids will discuss toys that pose potential safety hazards to children during an event Monday at the Hourigan, Kluger & Quinn law offices.
Free copies of the “Trouble in Toyland” report, which identifies potentially hazardous toys, will be available. The event will start at 2 p.m. at the law office on 600 Third Ave.
FAIRMOUT SPRINGS – The annual Big Game Breakfast Buffet hosted by the Men’s Association of St. Martha’s Church is 8-11 a.m. Sunday in the church hall. The menu costs $7 for adults and $3.50 for children up to 12 years old.
NEWPORT TWP. – A meeting to reorganize the Newport Township American Legion Home Association begins at 7 tonight at the Post home, Newport Street.
NEWPORT TWP. – Recyclables will be collected today for residents in the Alden, Sheatown and Ridgeview sections of the township because of the Thanksgiving holiday.
The township’s administrative office will close at noon today and re-open at 8:30 a.m. Monday, also because of the holiday.
DURYEA – Recyclables and newspapers will be collected today for all borough residents because of the Thanksgiving holiday.
Ashes will be collected this Friday and every Friday during the winter months.
The final yard waste collection of the year will be Dec. 4, but there will be no yard waste collection on Friday.
YATESVILLE – Pittston Area High School will host Financial Aid Night at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 2 in the auditorium with Jane Dessoye, executive director of enrollment management at Misericordia University, as the guest speaker.
Dessoye will provide information applying for financial aid, determination of financial need and an explanation of types of student aid available for students who intend to apply for universities, colleges or technical programs. Federal and state grant application completion procedures also will be addressed.
The program is open to 12th-graders and their parents/guardians.
An alternate weather date, if necessary, will be Dec. 9.
WILKES-BARRE – The Wyoming Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross is offering incentives to become educated on and tested for HIV throughout December in recognition of World AIDS Day on Tuesday.
Beginning Tuesday, everyone who stops in to the chapter office at 256 N. Sherman St. for a 15-minute “HIV 101” education meeting will receive a holiday gift. Anyone who is tested for the virus can have his or her name added to a raffle.
Five raffle winners will receive a holiday food basket, clothing and a gift card to help with holiday shopping.
The promotion is part of the chapter’s “The 21 Days of Christmas: Give yourself the greatest gift, know your status!” campaign.
For more information, contact Mark Innocenzi, director of health and safety/prevention education, at 823-7161, extension 369 or anyone in the Prevention Office.
PITTSTON – Because of the Thanksgiving holiday, recyclables and refuse normally collected in sections of the city on Thursdays will be picked up on Friday this week.
Recyclables and refuse normally collected on Fridays will be picked up on Monday next week.
Yard waste normally collected on Mondays will be picked up on Tuesday next week.