n Lehighton: An Easter bazaar will be held from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Ukrainian Homestead, 1230 Beaver Run Drive. It will feature a variety of ethnic food for sale including paska bread, poppyseed and nut rolls, pastries, kielbasa, kishka and bacon. Pysanky and other craft items will also be available and the kitchen will be open. For more information, visit www.ukrhomestead.com.
n Mahanoy City: The Blessed Teresa Golden Age group will sponsor a bus trek to Charleston, S.C., June 17-21. The cost is $495 per person double occupancy, which includes lodging, four breakfasts, two dinners, Baltimore Inner Harbor, Magnolia Plantation Home and Tram Garden Tour plus Fort Sumter. The public is welcome to participate. For more information or to make reservations, call Elizabeth Frye at 570-773-1753.
n Pottsville: David J. Dutcavich, Schuylkill County prothonotary, released the following report for January: Divorces started, 25; divorces granted, 36; passports processed, 103; county remittance, $34,509.10; state remittance, $4,551.59.
n Schuylkill Haven: In conjunction with Women's History Month, Penn State Schuylkill will present Women & Blues at 7 p.m. Thursday featuring Teeny Tucker and her seven-piece band in the John E. Morgan Auditorium on campus. The event is free and the public is welcome, but reservations are required. To reserve a seat or for more information, call Debra Simpson-Buchanan at 570-385-6254. Tucker will perform hits from her latest release including "Ain't That the Blues," "Keep the Blues Alive" and "Respect Me and the Blues."
n Shenandoah: The Shenandoah Rotary has sets available for a bus trip for a "day on your own" in New York City slated for April 6. The bust will depart at 6:45 a.m. from M&T Bank, Main and Centre streets, and depart at 6 p.m. from New York for the return trip. The cost is $40. For more information or to make reservations, call Marie at 570-889-5759 after 5 p.m.
n Shenandoah: The first Kielbasi/Pierogie Golf Tournament is set for June 21 at Mountain Valley Golf Course, sponsored by the revitalization organization Downtown Shenandoah Inc. Tee time is 1 p.m. The cost is $70 if paid by the June 8 deadline and $75 thereafter. The price includes golf, lunch, dinner and refreshments. For those who just wish to take part in the dinner and after-golf party, the coast is $25. For more information, call the DSI downtown center, 116 N. Main St., at 570-462-2060. Everyone is welcome to participate. Proceeds will benefit DSI's ongoing downtown revitalization effort.
n Shenandoah: Trinity Academy in the Father Walter J. Ciszek Education Center, Cherry and Chestnut streets, will hold its seventh annual theme basket auction April 13 in the former Cardinal Brennan Field House, Fountain Springs. Doors will open at 5 p.m. and the auction will begin at 7 p.m. with more than 100 themed baskets plus an iPad, Coach, a Penn State autographed football, four one-day Disney Hopper passes and other items. Shop-and-drops are slated for 5 to 8 p.m. April 12 and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 13. All proceeds will benefit Trinity Academy, a regional pre-K-8 parochial school that serves all of northern Schuylkill County. For more information, call the school at 570-462-3927.
n Shenandoah: The Greater Shenandoah Area Historical Society, 201 S. Main St., has items for sale including its 2012 ornament featuring the old Home Brewery that once stood at the site that now houses the St. Casimir Roman Catholic Parish Playground, Main and Washington streets. The society's 2011 ornament, featuring the Schuylkill Historical Fire Society Museum & Headquarters at 105 S. Jardin St., also is available, as well as older ornaments. According to spokeswoman Andrea Pytak, the society also has cookbooks for sale. Anyone interested should contact any society member or the 116 N. Main St. headquarters of the revitalization group Downtown Shenandoah Inc.