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November 20, 2009

Ever thought of using black-ash wood spl

Ever thought of using black-ash wood splint to decorate your home for the holidays?

November 19, 2009

Getting in tune with the holidays

Some might find it odd that Ruthy Stock begins practicing Christmas music well before Thanksgiving, but as a vocalist on tap to play dozens of holiday concerts this year, it’s quite necessary.

November 19, 2009

Festive floats

Watch as the Big Bad Wolf chases Little Red Riding Hood.

November 12, 2009

Freakshow Friday: You won’t believe your eyes

If you’d like to tip Pete Tino, who calls himself a human floor, when you see his act tonight at Ole Tyme Charley’s in Plains Township, you’ll have to staple dollar bills to his body.

November 5, 2009

Leap of faith – into love songs

At the age of 19, Johnny Mathis was faced with a potentially life-altering decision: Attend the Olympic tryouts at the University of California or pursue his music career with a record producer in New York.

November 5, 2009

Laugh, thirst, cuddle … with art

Wilkes-Barre in relation to the rest of the Earth as seen by a local cartoonist. Liquor advertisements that have become fine art in the hands of a local illustrator. A colorful 2-by-2-foot quilt showcasing the sun and fashioned by special-needs art student Mary Pat Spellman of Wilkes-Barre.

October 31, 2009

Casinos breathe new life into region

While Frank Sinatra Jr. performed at Mount Airy Casino Resort recently, a female concert-goer did kick lines in the aisles as the show closed with “New York, New York,” the signature song the entertainer’s late father, Frank Sr., recorded in 1980 that prompted many a woman to kick her heels in the air.

October 29, 2009

Country’s Carroll shares his success

Every day for 16 years, country-music star Jason Michael Carroll and his family prayed for his Aunt Jane, who ran away from home to escape an abusive husband when Carroll was 2.

October 24, 2009

The NEPA Paranormal group will visit the

The NEPA Paranormal group will visit the West Pittston Library on Wednesday, and library director Anne Bramblett Barr is afraid of what it might find.

October 24, 2009

Self-taught guitarist is ‘busking the system’

Playing his acoustic music on 14th Street in New York City one day, 27-year-old Clarks Summit guitarist Billy Rogan was discovered.