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Well, it took a truckload of monkeys to get our minds off of the pandemic, NFL playoffs, freezing temperatures and the upcoming midterm elections.

WILKES-BARRE — We’re getting closer Super Bowl LVI –the final game of the 2021 season and the culmination of the 2021–22 NFL playoffs — will be played on Feb. 13, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.

So it wasn’t a surprise when I was getting out of the Way Back Machine the other day and got hit with a snowball.

WILKES-BARRE — A regional observance of Anthracite Mining Heritage Month will take place during January, offering a variety of programs that will be featured in various places — Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, Hazleton, Plymouth, Nanticoke, Pittston, Lansford and Port Griffith.

LARKSVILLE — Good things happen in our area all the time — people raise money, distribute food, donate toys — all done in the spirit of helping our fellow human beings in need.

Tuesday afternoon — Dec. 21 — at 4:30 pm, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church and Volunteers of America of Pennsylvania (VOAPA) will again host the annual Homeless Persons’ Memorial.

There comes a time in everyone’s life when they struggle with that very difficult question:

WILKES-BARRE — Back in 2013, when Lou Barletta was a member of Congress, his communications director was Tim Murtaugh, who went on to be President Donald Trump’s campaign communications director in 2020.

WILKES-BARRE — Well, toilet-seat Santa is back on my front door, and my well-lighted tree will be in my front window this evening.

WILKES-BARRE — The old saying is that it is always better to give than receive.