The Junior Leadership Wilkes-Barre Class of 2021 will celebrate its graduation on Wednesday at the F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts on Public Square.

A transitional housing facility in Wilkes-Barre is now better equipped to help families thanks to a new computer lab.

The Crafting Chronicles, a Junior Leadership Wilkes-Barre Community Impact Project, will host a free children’s book fair at the Osterhout Free Library on South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.

The Greater Wyoming Valley Chamber of Commerce has announced its honorees for the 2021 EPIC Awards, which will be presented at a hybrid event set for Tuesday, June 8.

Hundreds of volunteers turned out at different sites around Wilkes-Barre to pick up litter and spruce up the surroundings in conjunction with the Great American Cleanup, an annual project that sees an estimated 15,000 such community events nationwide.

Times Leader reporter/columnist Bill O’Boyle has been recognized by Leadership Wilkes-Barre with its 2021 Distinguished Leadership Alumni Award.

A nationwide effort to clean up the planet had a huge local presence on Saturday, as hundreds of volunteers took to parks all over the city to lend a hand in cleaning up the community.