Over the next few weeks we will be updating the website and retooling and adding features. We’ll be condensing some information and expanding other portions of the site. Our apologies for any delays, site downtime, or missing items or information during this time. We hope you’ll be excited with the…
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…
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…
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…
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 ,…
We are diligently working on setting up and organizing our new space ! The GPHS has an office now located in the lower level of the Pittston Memorial Library. We are so thankful and appreciative they have allocated this space for us. Currently we are not open to the public and…
The Greater Pittston Historical Society is happy to announce our application for a 501c3 non-profit status was approved. Fittingly, we received word in time to announce it at our Meet & Greet Fundraiser (Oct 19). This is GREAT news for our future! This is also beneficial to our supports since donations…
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…
-NEWS- : The first edition of our new quarterly ~ The “Greater Pittston Journal” ~ has been published!! This quarterly newsletter is an additional outlet of communication to help keep our supporters informed and share the plethora of information the historical society has. We will include upcoming events, fundraisers, projects and…
A quick update on what’s new at the Greater Pittston Historical Society: 1.) We’re looking forward to participating in the first St. Patrick’s Parade sponsored by Pittston City on over a half century! (The last reference we could find to a St. Patrick’s Parade in Pittston City in any newspaper…
