Good morning, Scranton.

Restaurants, workers & businesses gathered Monday at Harvest Seasonal Grill & Wine Bar in Moosic to support Loren, who is recovering after a deadly Shavertown house fire that claimed his brother.

The fundraiser featured live music, raffles & donated food to help with his medical costs.

Grace Bennett, an Abington Heights graduate and Ambassador Girl Scout, earned the Gold Award by creating 'Grace’s Garden Grandeur' at Hillside Park this summer (honoring lost classmates and promoting pollinator care).

Community volunteers helped complete the 200-hour project and will support her local work.

Dalton Community Library hosted a summer Dinosaur Expedition and local art event and now invites residents to celebrate National Library Card Sign-up Month with fall programming at the library and at Streamside Park on Saturday, Sept.

19 during the Farm to Family Festival. Activities continue through October.

Our Lady of the Abingtons will host the Fall Festival on Sept.

19-20 at the church grounds in West Abington Township. The event offers pork barbecue with live music by Megaband Duo on Saturday and chicken barbecue with folk tunes by The Quietmen on Sunday, plus raffles and volunteer support.

Local indie filmmaker Carter Cerretani from Clarks Summit earned positive reviews for his 15-minute short film, Love Can Be Poison, after it was featured at the Northeast Pennsylvania and Brightside Tavern film festivals (runner-up in Best Concept) following an eight-month production. The film will be available on YouTube after the festival circuit and Cerretani plans a new project on artificial intelligence.

The Gathering Place in Clarks Summit is hosting a month-long series of workshops, concerts, and gallery openings this September and into October to celebrate growth and transformation.

Residents can join sessions featuring wire sculpting, culinary classes, and historical talks (full schedule in brochure).

Students and staff at Wyoming Area Catholic School in Exeter were safely evacuated yesterday after smoke triggered a fire in two classrooms; they were moved to Wyoming Area Secondary School as officials assess damage and plan next steps by the end of today.

Geisinger College of Health Sciences will open a nursing program in Scranton at the Medical Sciences Building in fall 2027.

The two-year associate degree will enroll about 50 students in fall and 30 in spring and offer clinical training at local Geisinger centers (Wyoming Valley, Community, and South Wilkes-Barre).

Geisinger-supported research using its MyCode genetic database found a gene mutation that may lead to new treatments for obesity and cardiometabolic diseases; the study was published in August in the journal Nature.