Poconos

WVIA's Kat Bolus and Sarah Hofius Hall discuss East Stroudsburg University football coach and student, AJ Moncman, who is blind and inspires others to look at the game differently.

AJ Moncman hears what he can’t see. The student assistant for the East Stroudsburg University football team is blind. He serves as an inspiration for the team — and for other members of the coaching staff, who say he’s helped change the way they look at the game.

Arts for Life provides free art and writing classes from professional artists for caregivers and care recipients. The program uses creativity to promote acceptance of diagnoses and strengthen relationships between loved ones.

Pennsylvania is known for its vibrant colors, fall-themed events and forests bursting with different reds, oranges and yellows. This causes thousands of people to visit to experience the beauty that the fall foliage brings.

The Susquehanna County Heritage Trail invites the public to tour the area’s most historic attractions this weekend. In Wilkes-Barre, the Brewsterhout Rooftop Party raises funds for the Osterhout Free Library. And in East Stroudsburg, the Pickle Me Poconos festival coincides with the NEPA Comedy festival. Those events and more in this week’s Eventful feature about things to do.

The Garden of Giving in Saylorsburg, Monroe County, is a volunteer organization that donates thousands of pounds of fresh produce to local food pantries.

The Lebanese-American Food Fest is in Scranton this weekend, while the Plymouth Alive Kielbasa Festival is happening in Luzerne County.

At the end of a four-hour meeting Thursday night, Covington Twp. supervisors approved an ordinance change to allow data centers in the rural Lackawanna County community.

Today is a busy day for Northeast and Central Pennsylvania. We take a look at the bill that would cut $1.1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and more.

Weekend options abound, including a new film festival in Lycoming County, a concert series in Luzerne County, a honey and blueberry festival in the Poconos and more.