Northeast Music Center is hosting a collection of Unique, World Class Guitars handmade by top guitar makers from around the globe.Don’t miss this opportunity to purchase one of these handcrafted instruments!

Featuring:
Diego Vila Guitars
AJ Lucas Guitars
Skytop Guitars
JOI Guitars
Batson Guitars
Paoletti Guitars
marconiLab
Sankey Guitars
Dion Guitars
Galloup Guitars
Veleno
Marchione Guitars
Spohn Guitars
b3 Guitars
Tausch Electric Guitars
R Robinson Acoustics
Dingwall Guitars
OOPEGG
Ergon Guitars
Hozen Guitars
AVA Instruments
o3 Custom Guitars
iVee Guitars
Verso Instruments
UMA Guitars
Tim Bram Guitars
JJ Guitars
Bacci Baritones
Tikatoo Guitars

Curated by | Jamie Gale Music

Northeast Music Center is located at 713 Scranton Carbondale Hwy Siniawa Plaza II in Dickson City.

Shoppers will notice exciting new changes over the next ten weeks at their local Gerrity’s.  The Fasula family, which currently operates ten supermarkets, will transition the stores to The Fresh Grocer brand starting Friday, Aug. 12, with a ribbon cutting at 11 a.m. at the family’s first Fresh Grocer Owned and Operated by Gerrity’s supermarket, located at 702 S. Main Ave., Scranton. The Fresh Grocer specializes in serving high quality, fresh prepared foods to communities in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and is a registered trademark of the retailer owned cooperative Wakefern Food Corp.

The other Gerrity’s locations will transition to the new format on the following dates:

• Scranton, 1782 N. Keyser Ave., Aug. 19
• Clarks Summit, 100 Old Lackawanna Trail, Aug. 26
• Scranton, 320 Meadow Ave., Sept. 2
• Moosic, 4015 Birney Ave., Sept. 9
• Hanover Township, 2280 San Souci Parkway, Sept. 16
• West Pittston, 801 Wyoming Ave., Sept. 23
• Wyoming, 2020 Wyoming Ave., Sept. 30
• Luzerne, 552 Union St., Oct. 7
• Bethlehem, 1880 Stefko Blvd., Oct. 14

Customers can expect new products, services and lower prices but can rest easy that their favorite aspects of the Gerrity’s experience will remain, including Gerrity’s recipes, people, and service, along with owner and operator Joyce Fasula – also known as “Mom” to associates and customers.

“We work hard every day to deliver a top-notch experience for our customers, and we will continue to provide all the things our customers know and love while adding new and exciting features as we rebrand to The Fresh Grocer Owned and Operated by Gerrity’s,” said Joe Fasula, co-owner of Gerrity’s. “This is the next chapter of our family’s business. I want to thank our dedicated team of associates and our shoppers for their ongoing support as we complete our transition to The Fresh Grocer banner. We look forward to providing an expanded assortment of foods and products to our customers while helping them save even more.”

Shoppers can sign up for The Fresh Grocer Price Plus® club card at the store, and new advertising circulars for The Fresh Grocer stores will begin appearing each Friday starting August 12 in Scranton and then in other markets as each store converts. In addition, to save time, shoppers should redeem any points and Gerrity’s gift cards ahead of the conversion. 

The Fasula Family announced in June that it had joined Wakefern. The move made the family and its company the 48^th member of the supermarket cooperative based in Keasbey, NJ. Gerrity’s is a family-owned supermarket business that began in 1895 as a small meat market. Today, the company is the largest family-owned supermarket business in Northeastern Pennsylvania and is led by Joe Fasula and his mom, Joyce Fasula, known to customers as “Mom.” The company includes ten supermarkets in Lackawanna, Luzerne and Northampton counties and currently employs over 1,300 associates.

The family’s rebranded stores will continue to offer a wide variety of high-quality fresh groceries and restaurant-quality take home meals with best in market pricing.  Instacart, the on-demand and online grocery delivery service, will also be available as each store converts.

The new Fresh Grocer locations will also offer several new Wakefern Own Brand products, including the popular Bowl & Basket™ andPaperbird™lines. Bowl & Basket foods pair thoughtfully selected ingredients with budget friendly prices. Paperbird offers a new line of effective and beautifully designed household products. Shoppers will also be able to purchase Wakefern’s award-winning Wholesome Pantry brands, which include the Wholesome Pantry Organic line as well as a range of products free from artificial additives and preservatives.

The Mighty Oak Awards is an annual event celebrating pillars in our community for their dedication and support of improving the lives of others through civic engagement and philanthropy.

Mighty Oak Award honorees for 2022 are former Executive Director of Outreach, Linda Ciampi, M.C. Ed., and Daniel Santaniello, President and CEO of Fidelity Bank.

This year Outreach has created the Beth Beh Community Spirit Award in recognition of a group or individual that has a long-standing devotion to community service through education, volunteer work, and citizen connections. 2022’s recipients are the Penn State Master Gardeners.

The event will take place at will be held on Thursday, September 29 at Glenmaura National Golf Resort from 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm.

Tickets for the event are available online: https://bit.ly/3QBvsDm

Save, Print, Cut and Send the Invitation above to RSVP for the Kick Off or you can email Elena Kozloski at United Way to confirm your reservations ekozloski@uwlc.net.

Geisinger Marworth Treatment Center is hosting its 40th Anniversary Celebration of Recovery Fun Run/Walk on Sunday, Aug. 28, at the Lackawanna River Heritage Trail, Scranton Half Marathon Pavilion.

This annual event, which has been held virtually the past two years, is back in person for the 5K run/1-mile walk. Race proceeds will benefit the Geisinger Marworth Therapeutic Activities Fund, which supports programs that help patients enjoy healthy leisure and gain sober social skills after discharge. Medals will be awarded for top runners in male and female age groups as well as a prize raffle.

“The event is truly a celebration of recovery, highlighting Marworth’s work, which has helped more than 40,000 patients overcome addiction,” said Jennifer Ronczka, operations manager for northeast region addiction medicine. “It brings together those who have recovered, family members and friends of those who’ve had addiction, community members — everyone. It’s for such a great cause and always a fun event for all who participate.”

Check-in will be held from 8:30 – 9:45 a.m. with the race beginning at 10 a.m. The $30 entry fee includes a t-shirt while supplies last. Register online at runsignup.com/recoveryfunrun. If you would like to give an additional donation to help support the Marworth Therapeutic Activities Fund, visit go.geisinger.org/marworthrun.

For 40 years, Geisinger Marworth Treatment Center has offered inpatient and outpatient addiction treatment to help patients overcome drug and alcohol addiction. From medication-assisted treatment to inpatient treatment and outpatient treatment, our addiction medicine specialists will treat you or your loved one as an individual with a unique history, lifestyle, and values. The center has been named to Newsweek’s list of America’s Best Addiction Treatment Centers as the #1 treatment facility in Pennsylvania. You can find more information on Geisinger Marworth Treatment Center at marworth.org.

The Dime Bank donated $9,750.00 to Lacawac Sanctuary to support the nature preserve, environmental education center, and biological field station. The Lacawac Sanctuary is a non-profit conservation, research, and education center providing the community with a host of quality environmental, historical, and cultural programs.

$7,500.00 was donated through the PA Department of Community and Economic Development’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit program to support Lacawac Sanctuary’s mission to educate the next generation of environmental stewards and scientists and strengthen academic achievement by providing hands-on, STEM, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math education programs for Preschool to 12th grade students. $1,000.00 was donated as a corporate sponsorship to help with the Sanctuary’s mission to promote environmental understanding through education and conservation. $1,000 was donated as an epicurean sponsorship of the 7^th Annual Farm to Plate Dinner event to benefit Lacawac mission and work to preserve the environment and shape the next generation of Earth stewards and scientists. $250 was donated to the Cocktails for Conservation fundraising event that raised funds for Lacawac preservation and education mission.

Renee S. Jourdanais, M.S., CCC/SLP, an assistant professor of practice in the communication sciences and disorders department at Marywood University, was recently informed by the Council on Academic Accreditation (CAA) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association that she was accepted as a Site Visitor following a training period earlier this summer.

Ms. Jourdanais will complete a four-year term for the CAA in the role of a clinical faculty member visiting graduate programs applying for initial accreditation or re-accreditation. A faculty member at Marywood University since 2000, she earned her bachelor of science degree in communication sciences and disorders from Marywood and a master of science in speech-language pathology from Nazareth College.

For more information on the CSD/SLP undergraduate and graduate programs at Marywood University, please see marywood.edu/csd, or contact the Office of Admissions online at marywood.edu/admissions, by email atYourFuture@marywood.edu, or by calling (570) 348-6234.