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Haley O'Brien | WVIA News
ReporterHaley joined the WVIA news team in 2023 as a reporter and host. She grew up in Scranton and studied Broadcast Journalism at Marywood University. Haley has experience reporting in Northeast Pennsylvania and the Lehigh Valley. She enjoys reporting on Pennsylvania history and culture, and video storytelling.
You can email Haley at haleyobrien@wvia.org
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Thomas Capobianco is a singer at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. He returned to the Lyceum, formerly Arts Alive, as a guest artist this summer.
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'Josh and Gab' teach kids about kindness and bullying awareness in a high-energy musical comedy assembly. Kids at the Boys & Girls Club in Scranton enjoyed their performance thanks to a fund created to promote laughter for healing.
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The American Exchange Project aims to “connect our divided country.” Local teachers recruit a growing number of students to participate in the program, and host families welcome students from around the country to NEPA for one week.
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14 local hip-hop, R&B and rap artists will perform at the Ritz Theater in Scranton in the first music festival of its kind.
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Mental health professionals use neurotechnology at a new nonprofit in Scranton to get a glimpse of what’s going on in the brain. The treatment can treat anxiety, depression, ADHD, headaches and more.
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The building on Washburn Street, just blocks from West Scranton Intermediate and High School, will house two nonprofits. Youth arts and wrestling programs will begin in the Fall.
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The nonprofit previously served Monroe and Luzerne Counties and is expanding its services with the purchase of an old church in Beaver Meadows, Carbon County. Leaders hope the federal government will consider funding for food pantries in the farm bill, which is set for renewal in September.
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Three young men from Lackawanna and Luzerne Counties will work for Wilkes-Barre’s Department of Public Works and the Greater Wyoming Valley Chamber of Commerce through the state’s MY Work program.
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The Film and Multimedia Commission, a nine-person board, will promote filmmaking in the area and coordinate services for production and distribution.
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Lex Sloot, an entrepreneur, author and inventor from Luzerne County, performed a compilation of songs from Jewish composers and musicians at the Friedman Jewish Community Center in Kingston.