If interested in purchasing either of these items please send an email to GreaterPittstonHistory@gmail.com. Please remember to include the item(s) you are interested in and your contact information. Collector License Plate celebrating the 250th yearsince the discovery of coal. $20.0 each WVIA “Our Town” Pittston episode. A nice gift…
You’re invited to come out and join members of the oldest active organization in Pittston City and the founding organization of the Pittston Cemetery, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, as they help out on May 20th to get the cemetery ready for Memorial Day. https://www.facebook.com/events/162742127583868/
Catch the Pittston segment of WVIA’s “Our Town” series airing this month. It will be on Thursday February 23 at 7pm. Many of our officers and volunteers from GPHS will be there to answer phones during the show. Keep an eye out for us! Be sure to send your support…
January 19th, 2017 “For The Least of Them” Play – Thursday 7:00 pm at King’s College Burke Auditorium, McGowan Business School (133 No. River Street, Wilkes-Barre) The Annual Msgr. John J. Curran Event: “For the Least of Them,” is a one-act, one-person play about the life of and times of…
January 25, “Oral History in Northeastern Pennsylvania: Purposes and Projects” – A discussion on the topic Wednesday at 7:00 pm. Discussants will be Lucia Daley, Ron Faraday, Melissa Meade, Noreen O’Connor, F. Charles Petrillo, Mary Policare, Robert Wolensky. The event will be held at the McGowan Room of the…
January 28, “Pittston-area Mining Disasters: Knight Shaft (1871), Eagle Shaft (1871), Twin Shaft (1896), and Knox (1959)” – Saturday JAN 28 at 7 pm. A round table discussion on the topic will take place at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church basement, 35 Williams St., Pittston Facebook event page https://www.facebook.com/events/380546245613628/
