St. Jude basketball teams conclude successful season
The Saint Jude 3rd and 4th Grade Boys’ and Girls’ Teams may not have captured the championships theywere hoping for this season but with near perfect records both teams had very successful seasons.
Students stop school bus after driver suffers medical emergency
WILKES-BARRE TWP. — No students were injured as the driver of Crestwood Area School District bus suffered a medical emergency and became unresponsive while driving a bus with 13 Holy Redeemer High School students on board near the 600 block of Blackman Street.
Crestwood grad a Luzerne County’s Got Talent finalist on the piano
WILKES-BARRE — On March 20, Northeastern Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association (NEPMTA) held a new event, Luzerne County’s Got Talent, at the F.M. Kirby Center. Twenty-five finalists competed for cash prizes and one of those finalists was Jimmy Curry.
Saint Jude eighth grade assembles birthday bags for those in need
Jars of peanut butter, canned spaghetti sauce, pasta and cereal; all things you would find in a donation box for the local food pantry. Balloons, vegetable oil, cake pan, streamers; usually not among those items collected. Yet the Saint Jude eighth-grade class decided that is just what they should collect to help those in need. Often food pantries do not stock items for visiting families to help them have a happy birthday. The eighth-grade class had the school community donate various items and the class then assembled the goodies into a “birthday in a bag” celebration. Items will be donated to local food pantries.
Rice Elementary, Crestwood Odyssey of the Mind teams shine
Rice Elementary and Crestwood Secondary School’s Odyssey of the Mind teams competed in the NEPA regionals tournament and placed third and first place, respectively.
Library raffling off 5-foot chocolate bunny
The Marian Sutherland Kirby Library is raffling off a 17-inch, 5-pound semi-solid chocolate Easter bunny. The bunny was made by Michael Mootz Candies and is an $85 value.
Food Truck Frenzy set for April 9 at Crestwood High School
Crestwood High School’s football program will be hosting it’s second annual Food Truck Frenzy.
Local businesses holding coloring contests
Two businesses hosting coloring contests this month are still accepting submissions from local child artists.
Meet the Monarchs and Crestwood grad Sean Murphy at Cavanaugh’s
Calling all college basketball fans, Cavanaugh’s Grille will be hosting a meet and greet with King’s College basketball team.
Think Pink fundraiser held at Broadway Tavern
FAIRVIEW TWP. — The Think Pink Foundation hosted a benefit at the newly renovated Broadway Tavern on March 19 to help local women battling cancer.