Steamtown National Historic Site News

Steamtown National Historic Site will host a winter film series featuring three documentaries related to the region's heritage.

Scranton, Pa. - " Steamtown National Historic Site, downtown Scranton, will feature special film documentaries that will be shown at the Park's state-of-the-art digital Surround-Sound theater on select Saturdays in January, February and March 2010.

Lackawanna County Commissioners Michael J. Washo, Corey D. O'Brien and A.J. Munchak , along with Maureen McGuigan, the county's deputy director for arts and culture, announce the opening reception for the annual Festival of Trees will be held Thursday.

Roger DuPuis II / Staff Photo Scranton Mayor Chris Doherty, left, prepares to cut the ribbon Wednesday morning marking the ceremonial completion of a $7.5 million project to rebuild the Lackawanna Avenue bridge.

Steamtown National Historic Site announces new education programs for students in grades K-6 in the NEPA community.

The traditions, celebrations and art of Latin America will be explored at the Everhart Museum on Sunday, Nov.

Excursions will depart the Steamtown NHS boarding platform at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, November 27, Saturday, November 28, and Saturday, December 5, 2009, and are scheduled to return at 2:00 p.m. This popular, family-friendly event costs only $16.00 for ages 17 and older and $10.00 for children ages 1-16. Children 12 months and younger require a ...

Looking for more to do in Pennsylvania 's northern tier? Here's a sampling: Grey Towers, Milford , Pike County: Visit the former home of the man who helped save many major U.S. forests and Pennsylvania forests, too -- Gifford Pinchot, first chief of the U.S. Forest Service and two-time governor of Pennsylvania.

As nature prepares to display her most colorful outfit for the year, Steamtown National Historic Site, downtown Scranton, is planning to transport visitors through some of the most beautiful fall scenery in the nearby Pocono Mountains.

Downtown Scranton comes alive this weekend, full of history and culture and a lot of food.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] Pasta and zeppole will not be the only ways to celebrate Labor Day weekend in downtown Scranton.

SCRANTON, Pa. - Walk into the working rail yard at Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton and all the stories you have read about trains, from The Little Engine That Could to Thomas the Tank Engine tales, morph into reality.

STEAMTOWN NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE What: Working trains, museums and visitors center.

Coal and Water: Life Forms from the Coal Age to the Present, 100 wood sculptures created by artist Gene Moyer illustrating how carbon and water interacted to form ancient life, with an emphasis on the creatures of the Coal Age.

A former amusement park in our area was remembered on the big screen in Lackawanna County.

Pennsylvania's biggest newspaper is painting a positive picture of the Electric City.

It was incorrectly reported in a story Saturday where the premiere of the "Rocky Glen Park" documentary will be shown.

Children can still be creative at Lackawanna County libraries this summer with the Summer Heritage Passport Program.

The Lackawanna Heritage Valley Authority's Heritage Explorer Train program will return on Saturday, Aug.

The documentary, "Rocky Glen Park," will be shown Aug. 15 in Scranton. BILL O ' BOYLE boboyle@timesleader.com Anyone who ever went to Rocky Glen Park in its heyday can still visualize a ride on the Million Dollar Coaster, a shootout at Ghost Town in the Glen or WARM Days at the Glen.