Abingtons
Committee meeting: District 14H Lions Hearing & Sight First committee meeting, Thursday, 7 p.m., Chinchilla Fire House, Shady Lane Road, hosted by South Abington Lions.
Mayfield
Night out: Mayfield Crime Watch National Night Out, Wednesday, 6-8 p.m., Mayfield Community Park; Lackawanna SWAT team, South Abington K-9 Unit, Lackawanna County Sheriff's horses, members of Scranton Police Emergency Services, district attorney's office, drug and alcohol unit, state Sen. John Blake and state Rep. Ed Staback representatives; youth activities.
Pike County
Public lecture: "Water Wonders of Pike County" lecture, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., PPL Environmental Leaning Center, Hawley, free; 226-8220 or lcolgan@pikepa.org.
Pittston
Annual bazaar: St. John the Evangelist parish community annual bazaar, Thursday-Saturday, 5:30-10 p.m., Broad and Church streets.
Regional
Retired Teamsters: Meeting, Aug. 21, 1 p.m., union hall, 3104 N. Main Ave., Scranton.
Chapter meeting: Greater Scranton chapter of Penn State Alumni Association meeting, Wednesday, 7 p.m., Sherbine Lounge, Worthington Scranton campus, 120 Ridge View Drive, Dunmore, Facebook: Greater Scranton Penn State Chapter.
Scranton
Reunion meeting: Technical High School class of 1962 reunion meeting, Aug. 26, 1:30 p.m., Laboranti's, Capouse Avenue; 842-6034.
South Scranton
Seniors meet: South Scranton After 50 Club meeting Thursday, 1:30 p.m., St. Paul of the Cross Center, Prospect Avenue.
Neighbors meet: Community Justice/South Scranton Neighbors meeting, Wednesday, 3 p.m., Renaissance Center, Pittston Avenue.
Awareness walk: South Side Neighborhood Watch Awareness Walk, Thursday, meet 6 p.m., South Side Senior Center.
Taylor
Seniors meet: Taylor Senior Citizens meeting, Thursday, 1 p.m., senior room; refreshments.
Throop
Church festival: Blessed Sacrament Parish family festival, Aug. 17-19, 215 Rebecca St.; begins, Friday, 5 p.m.; Saturday: 5K run/walk, 9 a.m. pig-in-blanket dinner, noon; Sunday: breakfast/brunch, 10:30 a.m., parish hall, bingo, 12:30 p.m., concludes, 5 p.m.; 489-1963 or 489-0752.
Valley View School District
Retirees breakfast: Valley View School District retirees breakfast, Aug. 27, 9 a.m., Sebastianelli's, Eynon, 876-5509.
West Scranton
Class reunion: West Scranton class of 1977 reunion, Sept. 1; West Scranton Class of 77 Reunion on Facebook or ann.kisthart@scrsd.org.
Wayne County
Caregivers meet: Wayne County Area Agency on Aging caregiver's support group meeting, Wednesday, 1:30-3 p.m., Earl J. Simons Senior Center, guest speakers Molly Rodgers, Wayne Library Alliance administrator, and Maggie Snyder, Traditional Home Health and Hospice social work supervisor.
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