This Friday, Downtown Scranton’s first eco-boutique, GreenBeing, will host an opening celebration at 334 Adams Avenue from 6-9 p.m. GreenBeing is just the first of some interesting developments coming to Adams Avenue in the next month along with the soon-to-open Eden vegetarian lunch cafe at 344 Adams Ave. and the relocation of Marc’s Tattooing to 342 Adams Ave. GreenBeing is owned by Cristin Powers, a Scranton...

With the Steamtown Marathon coming up on Sunday, Oct. 12, we bring you a set of resources, today, to help runners and race fans around Northeastern Pennsylvania get more out of the race. First, the basics: The Steamtown Marathon starts at 8 a.m. at the Forest City High School and finishes at Courthouse Square in Downtown Scranton. The course features a full net elevation drop of 955 feet and is considered one of the fastest...

Haunted houses are opening around the area and Halloween events being scheduled so it’s a great time to check out the work being done by the Paranormal Researchers of Scranton. In the past few months, the group has investigated an old farm house and cemetery in Dalton, the Marquee Cinemas, Washburn Street Cemetery and West Mountain Sanatorium. Paranormal Researchers of Scranton use video cameras, still cameras,...

You don’t need us to tell you the new season of “The Office” begins tonight so we bring you a different Scranton-centered event: the upcoming Halloween “PAWrade” in Nay Aug Park. The 2008 Halloween “PAWrade,” scheduled for Nay Aug on Saturday, Oct. 18, from 12:30-3 p.m., will benefit Canine Partners for Life, a Pennsylvania-based service dog not-for-profit company that trains...

Dress Me Up Jewelry and Accessories Boutique, 1355 North Main Ave., Scranton, will celebrate its first anniversary on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and everything in the store is on sale. Dress Me Up offers bracelets, earrings, necklaces, rings, scarves and handbags. Their selection of designer handbags includes Melie Bianco, Big Buddha, Mad Bags and Little Earth. Stop by on Saturday and celebrate the first anniversary...

After a bit of a delay, we continue our series introducing the new resident artistic company of Scranton’s Electric Theatre (formerly The Northeast Theatre) today with a profile of Conor McGuigan. McGuigan is a native of the South Side of Scranton who began working with The Northeast Theatre in 2002 and, since that time, has appeared in numerous local productions. He said he was thrilled when the theatre moved to the...