… if you’re Italian. Let us clarify: that lovely little symbol you see right up there? The one you use in every single email address? It’s known in Italy as the chiocciolina or small snail. And we can kinda see the resemblance. To the Dutch it’s the apestaart (monkey’s tail) and the Japanese know it as the…
Senior members of Lackawanna Trail Football Cheerleading Squad and their escorts were honored at their last home game on November 1. Seniors honored were: front, from left, Alexa Backus, Madeline Giardina, Ciara Stacknick, Mikayla Wolynski, Heaven Roberts and Lindsay Bergey; middle, Sherry Backus, Ruth Giardina, Donna Stacknick, Rebecca Wolynski, Cinda Novitch and Betty Joe Bergey;…
First off: be grateful we didn’t opt for completely low-hanging fruit and go with ‘Sax Appeal’ as the title, because, believe us, it was tempting! That being said, we ran into a bit of a conundrum this week. You know that we’re sticklers for organization and proper categorization; not only does it appeal to our…
HOLY REDEEMER HIGH SCHOOL HOLDS HOMECOMING Holy Redeemer High School concluded a week of homecoming activities with the announcement of its Royal Homecoming Court and the crowning of the king and queen. Tram Le and Vincent Villani were named queen and king during a pep rally held the night before the homecoming game. They and…
CTC Student of the Month Announced The Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County November “Student of the Month” is Culinary student Jolyn Zawisky. Ms. Zawisky is a senior at Forest City High School. She holds a black belt in karate, is a member of the Future Leaders of America, and a gold medal winner…
The Old Forge High School Leo Club sold pumpkins during the month of October to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. The club raised a total of 200 dollars. From left to right: Mrs. Jennifer Wyandt, Paul McCool, Peyton Neishman, Toriana Gaddy, David Pietryka
West Scranton’s School-Wide Positive Behavior Support Program Honors the October Students of the Month Ninth graders Angel Ross and Adam Mangan were chosen as the Students of the Month at West Scranton High School for October 2013. One girl and one boy are selected each month from names submitted by teachers and staff as part of…
SVHS Halloween Window Painting The Shenandoah Valley High School Art Department continued its long standing tradition that began in the mid 1950’s of painting Halloween scenes on store windows in Shenandoah’s business district. The project was coordinated by SV Art Teacher Bill Kreiger. Shown painting their window is (L-R): Heather Longenberger, Lidia German, and…
Students of the Old Forge French Club donated Halloween baskets to the Ronald McDonald House of Scranton. Pictured are Andi DeSando, Gabby Monteforte, Melaina Pepsin and Kayla Grasso; moderator, Colleen Moulin.
Because we sell anything and everything, we often get ads for the interesting, the unusual and the extremely specialized. One of the best parts of working here is that we learn so much about so many different things. Here’s where we feature an ad that made us sit up and take notice. *ahem* For the…
Okay, okay. We admit it. We do tend to get corny with alarming frequency. And statistically, there’s a good chance that you will, too, within the next 24 hours. October 30th is Candy Corn Day. Over 20 millions pounds of candy corn are sold in the U.S. every year, and the majority of it is…
Something pretty impressive happened on October 28, 1886. A completely spontaneous act started a tradition (and, presumably, a nightmare for sanitation workers and cleanup crews). New York City office workers we so very moved by the dedication of the Statue of Liberty that they threw ticker tape out of their office windows, creating the first…
Questions. We love ‘em. When somebody has a question for us here at findnflip, we know that they’re either already advertising with us or thinking of giving us a try. We’re happy to help with and all inquiries, and we’ve found that a number of them are, well, frequently asked questions. Here’s where we take…
Colin Ferguson along with the Valley View Baseball Team will be running a coat drive from November 11, 2013 to November 22. Donations of coats, hooded sweatshirts, sweatshirts, and winter sweaters can be dropped off at the Valley View High School Lobby during school hours. Valley View High School is located on 1 Columbus Drive, Archbald.Colin is a four…
Good Shepherd Academy of Kingston recently hosted the Holy Redeemer Regional Competition for Fall Forensics. Under the direction of moderators, Mrs.Collen Engler, Mrs. Lynn Prociak and Mrs. Diane Ruch, students performed oral interpretations of poetry. Pictured are members and moderators of the Fall Forensics Team. Front Row:Lynn Prociak, Alyson Price, Katie Magda, Mia Remsky,…