Special Edition

Special Edition March 20 21  March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, joining us from Devereux Pocono are, Michelle Wonders Clinical Director and John Gething, Admissions Director with information on programs and their foster parent program, Physician's Assistant Dawn Webster gets us ready for allergy season. Jennifer Spitler Regional Department Coordinator at the PA Dept of Milit...

Special Edition March 13 14 A virtual job fair is coming March 24. Kerry Miscavage  tells us where and how to sign up. The American Society for Civil Engineers released their 2021 Report Card for America's Infrastructure recently. What grade did Pennsylvania get? We will find out. ASCE Spokesperson Emily Feenstra is here to tell us.  Older Americans in particular may be struggling with t...

Special Edition March 6 7 Sister Ann Walsh Assistant Director Friends of the Poor and Meghan Loftus President and CEO Friends of the Poor,  Dawn Webster Physican Assistant with Med Express Urgent Care with information on staying safe on snow and ice. March 4 is HPV Day. Dr. Pari Ghodsi is a practicing board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist with all you need to know about Human Papillomavir...

Special Edition February 27 28 William T. Adler senior technologist, elections and democracy with The Center for Democracy and Technology among those working on forming a commission to improve voter confidence. Dawn Webster Physican Assistant with Med Express Urgent Care tells us the difference between illness symptoms,Dr. Helen Boucher, MD FACP FIDSA, Chief of the Division of Geographic Medicine...

Special Edition February 20 21  Jennifer Spitler Regional Department Coordinator at the PA Dept of Military and Veterans Affairs has the resources to get Vets questions answered. Beth Distasio Court Appointed Special Advocate in Luzerne County shares her passion as a CASA Volunteer and hopes you'll want to be one too.  

Special Edition February 13 14  Dr. Jennifer Gell, Geisinger Reproductive Endocrinologist talks about the correlation between COVID-19 vaccine and infertility. February is Heart Month and not just because it's Valentine's Day. Dawn Webster Physican Assistant with Med Express Urgent Care has good advice for keeping your heart healthy. The Leadership Lackawanna Class of 2021 has begun projects...

Special Edition February 6 7   Marcia Loughman Rotary District 7410   Foundation Chair has details of an online auction now underway to raise money for Rotary programs.  Even the Big Game will be different this year but PennDOT's Mike Taluto has safety reminders and Christina Sullivan Coordinator of the Lackawanna County Highway Safety Program has what's changing as they get the wor...

Special Edition January 30 31 Dr. Helen Boucher, MD FACP FIDSA, Chief of the Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases at Tufts Medical Center discussing COVID 19 vaccines,  Justin Behrens, Exec Director and CEO of Keystone Mission,  Grace Palmer, Volunteer Recruitment Specialist with American Red Cross

Special Edition January 23 and 24  The Lackawanna County Visitors Bureau in Scranton, has created a Pizza Trail. Alexa Peregrim has the mouth watering details.  The Leadership Lackawanna Class of 2021 has begun projects in the community.  Danielle Weinschenk of Tobyhanna Army Depot and  Vicki Hazzouri of Benco Dental have details on all of them. Andrew Campanella, president of...

Special Edition 1 16 17  National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund with End of Year Fatality report, National School Choice Week, AARP Advice for older job seekers, Taxes will be different this year

Special Edition January 9 and 10  Kevin Stewart,  Director of Environmental Health, Advocacy and Public Policy American Lung Association on RADON Awareness, Justin Behrens, Exec Director and CEO of Keystone Mission,  Karel Zubris, Delegate and Historian for the Luzerne County Sports Hall of Fame with fundraising efforts for the HIP Center in Hazleton.

Special Edition 1 2 and 3 Deadline extension for "Pennie", Luzerne County Sports Hall of Fame helping the HIP Center, Volunteer with the American Red Cross

Special Edition December 26 and 27   Michelle Kennedy, Founder and CEO of Peanut, the first social network to connect women throughout all stages of motherhood. Mike Taluto with PennDOT with holiday travel reminders.  Holidays can be tough for many, Nikki Stone talks with Dr. Lynelle Buchanan about how we can help.   Susan Nguyen PharmD,BCACP clinical pharmacist and Associ...

Special Edition December 19 and 20 Grace Palmer, Volunteer Recruitment Specialist with American Red Cross,  Peg Ruddy, Women’s Resource Center, Philip Hawthorne, Board Member Equines for Freedom

December 12 and 13 Jessica Kalinoski, Community Relations Coordinator for PennDOT District 4 getting us ready for winter driving,  Diane Randall, General Secretary of the Friends Committee on National Legislation and how the organization is working with Congress on national and global topics, Susan Nguyen PharmD,BCACP clinical pharmacist and Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Roseman...

Special Edition 12 12 13 Peg Ruddy Women’s Resource Center,  Dr. Helen Boucher, the Chief of the Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases at Tufts Medical Center discusses COVID 19 and what’s next. Desiree Natale, Director of Health Care Innovations at the Wright Center, Tina Zukowski Associate Vice President of Revenue Integrity at the Wright Center Scranton. Mike Taluto with...

Special Edition November 28 and 29  Philip Hawthorne, Board Member Equines for Freedom,  PA State Police Communications Officer with Troop N Hazleton, Trooper Anthony Petroski has tips on how to have a safe and Happy Holiday season. Karen DeMatteo Immediate Past District Governor for Rotary District 7410 tells us about getting involved in Rotary and what Rotary is involved in today.

Special Edition November 14 and 15   Army Veteran Centra “Ce-Ce” Mazyck, who was paralyzed from the waist down in a parachuting jump talks about how she rebuilt her life when a decade-long career in the military came to an abrupt end and how Disabled American Veterans helped her along the way.   Karen Declet says the plans are in place for the 7th year for the Edwardsville Warr...

Special Edition 11 7 8 Friends of the Poor Thanksgiving Programs, New protocols could help stroke patients, Weis Markets helping Paralyzed Veterans of America

Special Edition 10 31 11 1 Voting trends 18 to 24 and over 50. Could the cookie count determine the winner? Weis Markets helping DVA, and you can too!

Special Edition October 24 and 25 Domestic Violence Awareness Month and a local author shares her experience, , World Polio Day, Edwardsville Warrior Tree Project

Special Edition 10 17 and 18  An update from CASA of Luzerne County, A Virtual Job Fair you won't want to miss, Did you get your Flu Shot?

Special Edition 10 10 11 US Senators Bob Casey and Pat Toomey, Scott Seeborg "All Voting is Local", Friends of the Poor Thanksgiving

Special Edition 10 3 and 4  Joanne Grossi, AARP Pennsylvania’s State President on getting out the vote over 50. Jonathan Marks, Deputy Secretary for  Elections and Commissions joined Entercom’s Frank Andrews Show to talk about all things related to the upcoming 2020 election. Attorney General Josh Shapiro on the Grand Jury recommendation of criminal charges against 3 former Scranton Scho...

Special Edition September 26 and 27 PA Auditor General Eugene DePasquale talks with Norman Bristol Colon Executive Director of the Governor’s Census 2020 Complete Count Commission.  Julia Treat, Spiritual Boss Coach with a Rock Solid Connection to the Divine and her book “Stepping into the Light”