FNCB’s “Adopt a Family” holiday project helps those in need

Posted on January 4, 2023 by The Dunmorean

FNCB employees recently donated grocery gift cards and over 200 gifts to 11 local families from the Catherine McAuley Centers of Lackawanna and Luzerne County, Children and Youth Services of Wayne County and Victims Intervention Program as part of the Bank’s “Adopt-A-Family” holiday project.

Members of FNCB’s Community Caring Team display some of the items donated. Standing, from left: Margaret Woody, BSA Analyst; Deb Burnett, Human Resources Generalist; Katie King, Assistant Vice President, Compensation/Benefits Specialist; Kelly Cannon, BSA Analyst; and John Zielinski, Banking Officer, Technology Services Analyst.

Big turnout for FNCB Toys for Tots drive

Posted on January 4, 2023 by The Dunmorean

FNCB Bank recently held a bank-wide Toys for Tots drive at its community offices and corporate centers, a drive that yielded hundreds of toys for area children. Shown from left are: Midge MacArthur, Vice President, Community Office Manager; Rick Cesari, Customer Service Associate; Denise Healey, Assistant Community Office Manager; Samantha Vargas, Customer Service Associate; Jessica Aronica, Customer Service Associate, and Angel Browder, Personal Banker.

Actors Circle presents “The Mountaintop” this month

Posted on January 4, 2023 by The Dunmorean

Actors Circle will present The Mountaintop by American playwright Katori Hall, a fictional depiction of Martin Luther King, Jr.‘s last night on earth set entirely in Room 306 of the Lorraine Motel on the eve of his assassination in 1968.

Show dates are Jan. 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, and 22, 2023. Thursday performances begin at 7 p.m.; Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m. at Providence Playhouse,1256 Providence Rd., Scranton.

Tickets are $15 general admission, $12 seniors, $10 students. On Jan. 12, all tickets are $10. Call 570-342-9707 for reservations.

The show is presented in association with the Greater Scranton MLK Commission, Cathy Hardaway, committee chairperson, with special grants from the Lackawanna County for the Arts and Culture, and The Scranton Area Community Foundation.

Darrius Pantophlet will portray Martin Luther King, Jr., and Shanay Figueroa will portray Camae.

Directed by Charisse Peaten and Mark Fryer, Harry Adelman and Jeff Ginsberg are producers. Cathy Rist Strauch is publicist, assisted by Jessi Teevan.

Theater critic Charles Spencer in The Daily Telegraph wrote of the production at Trafalgar Studios “It is a beautiful and startling piece, beginning naturalistically before shifting gear into something magical, spiritual and touching.”

The play premiered on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on Sept. 22, 2011, with an official opening on Oct. 13. Samuel L. Jackson made his Broadway debut in the role of Dr. King along with Angela Bassett as his co-star who portrayed Camae.