1973 – Life may have been harder, but having fun seemed to be so much easier. Below is a very well documented block party in the Oregon Section (Tompkins Street) of Pittston. The front page article of the September 2, 1973 Sunday Dispatch read: “Residents of the 100 block of…
The Greater Pittston Historical Society has suspended all their meetings and featured speakers for the foreseeable future, due to Covid-19, so that people may maintain proper social distancing. Archiving work and social media updates will continue as we can. The society will continue to conduct some of their business, as…
Friday, January 11, 2019 at 6:30 PM Anthracite Mining History Month Presentation- Pittston’s Social & Industrial History Please join us Friday, January 11 in the Cosgrove Room of the Pittston Memorial Library for an Anthracite Mining History Month presentation entitled “Pittston’s Social and Industrial History”. You will not want to…
The Greater Pittston Historical Society and WVIA are hosting a meeting for anyone who wants to participate in the OUR TOWN -PITTSTON series. The meeting is free & open to the public. Thursday, November 3 , 6:30 PM at the Pittston Memorial Library. This is a community based project for…
Members were notified in August that officers terms are up. There was a 30 day time period to accept nominations which was closed on Sept 26. Additional emails went out with a list of the nominees and notification that any elections would be held at the regular monthly meeting on…
Please note the change in our monthly meeting location. Our meetings are held the 2nd Wednesday of every month at 7 pm. ALL FUTURE meeting location will be announced. PLEASE BOOK MARK THIS POST to check for locations each month. Thank you for your patience. Any questions ,…
The date of the “Anthracite Labor Wars” Book Presentation has been bumped up to May 21st, however, it will still be at 7:00 pm at the Duryea Municipal Building (315 Main Street Duryea). This will be a great opportunity to discuss and ask questions of the authors about very interesting…
Our Monthly meetings are on the 2nd Wednesday of every month . We have recently changed the venue from the Knights of Columbus to the Pittston Chamber of Commerce building located at 104 Kennedy Blvd Pittston. 18640. The time of the meetings has changed from 7:30 to 7:00 pm. Our meetings…
