Nearme Yoga to Host 10th Annual NEPA Yoga Festival The annual NEPA Yoga Festival will be held June 10-11 at Montage Mountain. The family-friendly event will feature over 80 offerings through the weekend, including yoga, meditation, hiking, wellness and inspirational speakers, live art, music, vendors, and much more! Visit NepaYogaFest.com to learn more and register.
Maternal and Family Health Services Welcomes New CFO Margaret Manley, CPA, has joined Maternal and Family Health Services as Chief Financial Officer. She brings over 15 years of experience leveraging in-depth financial, accounting, auditing, and business expertise to drive organizational development, growth, and regulatory compliance across diverse industries, including non-profits.
WBS Penguins 2023 Goal In One Golf Classic The Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation will be hosting their annual Goal in One Classic on July 24th at the Fox Hill Country. Registration will begin at 9:00 am and will be followed by the shotgun at 10:00 am. This event benefits the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Goals Foundation which aims to remove the barriers on and off the ice by supporting and creating programs to make youth sports more accessible, to advocate for education, and offer support to Northeastern Pennsylvania communities and their programming. For more information about sponsorship, please contact Chris Sipsky at 570-709-5868 or email at csipsky@wbspenguins.com.
NEPIRC Launches Manufacturing Ambassador Dream Team Website NEPIRC’s innovative Manufacturing Ambassador Dream Team initiative increases high school and college student awareness of outstanding careers available within today’s advanced manufacturers. Learn more about the Dream Team members by visiting NEPIRC.com/DreamTeam/.
The Office Fest at The Circle Drive-In The Office Fest is a single-day event celebrating the hit TV Show “The Office.” Scheduled to take place on July 15 at The Circle Drive-In, the day will feature themed activities such as bingo, trivia, and a scavenger hunt. Join in on the family fun.
Cooper’s Seafood House Celebrates 75th Anniversary Cooper’s Seafood House hosted a week-long celebration for its 75th Anniversary in April. The event featured food and drink specials and served as a fundraiser to benefit Saint Joseph’s Center as part of WNEP TV 16’s Go Joe 26 Bike Ride.
Act Out Theatre Group to Host Pride and Juneteenth Talent Shows Act Out Theatre Group is hosting its annual Pride and Juneteenth talent shows. Performers will take the stage on April 17 at 2 p.m. (Pride) and April 27 at 7 p.m. (Juneteenth). For more information or questions, please email info@actouttheatre.com.
FNCB Bank Adopts Families Employees from FNCB Bank, locally based since 1910, recently donated $1,100 in grocery gift cards and 200 gifts to 11 local families as part of the Bank’s annual “Adopt-A-Family” holiday project. More than 200 FNCB staff members participated this year in Adopt-a-Family, the Bank’s signature holiday gift-giving event. The program matches local families in need from the Catherine McAuley Centers of Lackawanna and Luzerne County, Children and Youth Services of Wayne County and Victims Intervention Program in Honesdale with those wishing to donate. “Since launching the program eight years ago, 91 families have been matched as well as filling wish lists at three amazing organizations,” said Mike Cummings, Senior Vice President, Marketing Manager. “Our team really gets behind this effort to make a difference in our community.” The Adopt-a-Family project is part of FNCB’s larger Community Caring initiative. As a true, local community bank, FNCB is making a difference through volunteerism, donations, and outreach programs.
G.R Noto Electrical Construction Earns 2022 GASE Award G.R. Noto Electrical Construction, Inc., has the pleasure to announce it has earned the 2022 Pennsylvania Governor’s Award for Safety Excellence (GASE). This award recognizes outstanding workplace safety. G.R Noto makes it a priority to protect workers and prevent workplace injuries and illnesses. G.R. Noto Electrical Construction, Inc., efforts help to make not only itself a safe work environment, but also Pennsylvania a much safer place in which to work. The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry Bureau of Workers Compensations stated they “were impressed with G.R. Noto Electrical Construction, Inc’s engineering innovations implemented since last winning the GASE award in 2016, most notably the Prefab shop and the Building Information Modeling System (BIM). G.R. Noto Electrical Construction, Inc. safety efforts have continued to result in incident rates well below industry averages.
Space Time Mead and Cider Works Collaboration Wins Best of Class Honey Hole Winery’s/Space Time Mead & Cidery Work’s “Collaboration Pyment” made with Pennsylvania Chambourcin grapes and local honey received a Double Gold medal and “Best of Class” at the American Wine Society’s (AWS) 2022 Commercial Wine Competition held in Bellevue, Washington. In 2021, their Collaboration Lavender Mead won American Wine Society’s (AWS) Commercial Wine Competition Best of Class Mead “What is so great about this recognition is that the mead was made from all Pennsylvania sourced ingredients including honey from local apiaries The Bee Keeper’s Daughter, and Murphy’s Bee Farm.” said Pete Aiello of Honey Hole Winery. “Northeastern Pennsylvania has some quality beekeepers!” “Happy to be winning this with our friends at Honey Hole Winery”, weighed in Dan Schreffler of Space Time Mead & Cider Works. “Not only winning Best of Class two years in a row, and receiving a high score of 96, and Double Gold is special.” Out of 7 collaboration wines, the Chambourcin Grape Pyment is their third double gold medal award winning mead. This is the 3rd American Wine Society’s Commercial Best of Class Mead won by Space Time Mead & Cider Works. Their next collaboration is under development and will be released in Spring of 2023.
