Articles in the The Local Beat Category
In a Wal-Mart parking lot “somewhere in Texas,” Zakk Sandler, bass player of the Miami-based metal group Black Tide, waits for his bandmates to return with supplies before they hit the road again in their …
Local psychedelic rock group Felix Sarco’s Polar Power Manifesto Magnet Supernova played their last show in February of 2007, but on Saturday night at The Vintage Theater in downtown Scranton, the creative energy they left …
In the crowded Governor’s Room of Scranton City Hall on Wednesday afternoon, Sergeant Dan Duffy was sworn in by Mayor Chris Doherty as the city’s new chief of police.
The small room was packed with Duffy’s …
Environmentalists and union workers on the BlueGreen Alliance’s “The Job’s Not Done” tour are asking legislators to get on the clean energy bus by riding an American-made, biodiesel, fuel-efficient bus of their own across the …
Over seven years ago, a local band called Felix Sarco’s Polar Power Manifesto Magnet Supernova embarked on a mission to destroy conventional rock n’ roll with a psychedelic sound and groove like no other musical …
As people continue to purchase tickets from as close as Philadelphia and as far away as Ohio, Elizabeth Randol still can’t believe Christopher Hitchens is coming to Scranton. As the co-director of the Pages & …
Rich is a 28-year-old writer, award-winning journalist, part-time blogger, and occasional misanthrope living in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He is a total nerd and co-founder of 
