Wrapped Up In #Pittston #History

It’s a wrap: Leadership Wilkes-Barre wraps downtown electrical boxes with historical photos The Leadership Wilkes-Barre Group, known as “Back to the Future: Pittston Edition,” has completed the six month project of the eight historical electrical box wraps. They are located at several Main Street intersections and on Kennedy Boulevard. Our…

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Jan 11th- Anthracite #Mining History Month Presentation- #Pittston Social & Industrial #History

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…

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Jan 25th- Ethnicity In The Anthracite Region

Thursday, January 25, 2018 at 7 PM – 9 PM Join the Greater Pittston Historical Society as we observe Anthracite Mining Heritage Month with a free public program on January 25, 2018 titled “Ethnicity in the Anthracite Region: An Appreciation of Five Local Heritage Groups”. List of Scheduled Presenters and…

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#SauceWars @ #Pittston #TomatoFest

AUGUST 18 – 21  COME SEE US AT THE PITTSTON TOMATO FESTIVAL “SAUCE WARS” Once again the Greater Pittston Historical Society has been selected as the charity which will benefit from the SAUCE WARS competition at the Pittston Tomato Festival! Please stop by the SAUCE WARS booth, meet some of…

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Jan 16 – presentation for Mine History

Join us:January 16 ( Saturday)    7pm,at Pittston Memorial Library Community room  The regional observance of Mining History Month will take place January 9-31, 2016, with programs in Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, Pittston, Port Griffith, Plymouth, Nanticoke, Ashley, and Wilkes-Barre Township. The annual event seeks to remember and honor the area’s anthracite…

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