Dupont Neighborhood Crime Watch Community 250th Celebration: 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, July 25. Dupont Park. Music, food, games, touch-a-truck, raffle baskets, food trucks, scavenger hunt, duck pond, Facing the Giants band, craft and art vendors. Raffle baskets can be donated up to the day of the event.
Germania Hose Company Fireman’s Bazaar: July 30-Aug. 2. Hose company grounds, Foote Avenue, Duryea. Thursday is ride preview only. Live entertainment 7 to 11 p.m. Friday, Handsome Devils; 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday, Tori V and the Karma; and 6 to 10 p.m. Sunday, Flaxy Morgan followed by fireworks. Visit Germania Hose Company, Duryea, Pa on Facebook for information.
St. Michael’s flea market, dinner and ethnic food fest: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1; 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 2. St. Michael the Archangel Byzantine Catholic Church, 205 N. Main St., Pittston. Spaghetti dinner with sausage and meatballs; potato pancakes, Carpatho-Rusyn ethnic specialties such as homemade pierogi, haluski and stuffed cabbage, locally known as “piggies”; hot-off-the-grill hamburgers, sausage and peppers, hot dogs and more. Homemade baked goods on Saturday. For flea market updates as the event nears, check stmichaelsbyzantine.com and the church’s social media pages.
Communion of Saints Parish Summer Fest 2026: 5 to 10 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 6, to Saturday, Aug. 8. St. John the Evangelist Church, Church and Broad streets, Pittston. Games of chance, big basket raffle, cash bingo, children’s games, raffles, variety of food. Entertainment, Smoke in Mirrors on Thursday, Bugeye McGuire on Friday, and Flaxy Morgan on Saturday.
Brook Estates Travelers trip to Amish country: Bus leaves 8 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19, from Brook Estates Community Center, 402 Pollock Drive, Pittston. Trip to Bird-In-Hand Restaurant and Stage. Cost, $115; includes lunch, show, round-trip transportation, tax and gratuity. For information, call Marion at 570-881-4943.
Dupont VFW Home Association’s sock hop dinner dance: RSVP deadline, Friday, Sept. 11; event, 4:30 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12. Dupont Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4909. Dinner, music by Luongo Brothers Band, cash bar. Cost, $30. Donations of calf socks, preferably white, will be collected for area veterans. For tickets, see or call Bob at the post or call 570-472-1152.
Duryea Lions Club presents scholarships: Each year, the Duryea Lions Club awards graduating seniors from Duryea, selecting a male and female from area schools who receive the highest grade point averages. Sometimes students have ties to the Lions Club and that also is taken into consideration. The following students each received $300: Eshaal Ahmad and Alex Chen, Wyoming Seminary; James Tabone and Macelia Bulzoni, Scranton Prep; Evan McCoy and Ariana Cabelly, Holy Cross; Cole Severnak, Samantha Herbert and Emily Shovlin, Pittston Area. Holy Redeemer had no graduating seniors from Duryea this year.