n Ashland: The annual Memorial Day parade and program will be held beginning at 10:45 a.m. Monday with the parade beginning at Memorial Field and moving east on Centre Street to the Mother’s Memorial, where the program will be held at 11 a.m. The Veterans of Foreign Wars O’Donnell-Martin-Baldino Post 7654 and American Legion Bernard J. Dolan Post 434 will participate. The main speaker will be VFW Post Commander Wilmer Quick. Bryel Frasch will sing patriotic songs and Ashland Fire Chief Philip Groody will be master of ceremonies. North Schuylkill sixth-grader Dillon O’Neill will read his essay, “What Freedom Means to Me.” The essay won second place at the regional level in the VFW Patriot’s Pen essay contest. After the program, both veterans posts will serve a hot meal to all participants and the public.
n Frackville: “Fun Out of the Sun” will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesdays at the Schuylkill Mall in June and July, with free lunch and a craft and a $1 movie hosted by Pearl Theaters. After the movie, children 12 and younger will receive a free craft and lunch. Call 570-874-2526.
n Lehighton: The 27th annual Ukrainian Folk Dance Workshop, sponsored by the Ukrainian American Heritage Foundation of the Lower Anthracite Region, will be held at the Ukrainian Homestead of CEC, ODWU Inc., 1230 Beaver Run Drive, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 27 through July 1. The camp includes dance instruction, folk singing, sports, crafts and swimming. Beginner instruction is offered to children ages 5 and older and advanced workshop instruction is available for experienced dancers ages 11 through adult. The camp will conclude with a free performance at 7 p.m. July 2. The Manor College Ukrainian Heritage Studies Center will also offer a workshop in the art of gerdany beadwork from 10 a.m. to noon June 28 and 30, open to adults and including beginner and advanced designs. For more information on the camp or the gerdany workshop, call Paula Holoviak at 570-708-1992 or Sandra Duda at 610-377-7750 or email to holoviak@kutztown.edu. Forms and information are available at www.kazkaensemble.org. The camp is supported by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts through its regional arts funding partnership, Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts.
n Mahanoy City: The Washington Hook and Ladder Fire Company, 35 E. Mahanoy Ave., will have a car wash from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at the firehouse, weather permitting. The cost is $5 for exterior only and $15 for exterior and interior.
n Pine Grove: A music festival will be held June 4 at the Hose, Hook & Ladder Fairgrounds with all proceeds going to the Pine Grove Area Education Foundation for a scholarship in the name of Ricky Kline. All participating musicians are donating their time, including Van Wagner, a former Pine Grove Area teacher and now an environmental science teacher at Lewisburg High School. For more information, call Ken Gibson, Pine Grove Area dean of students and high school band director, at 570-345-2731, ext. 206.
n Schuylkill Haven: The Rainbow Hose Company, 417 Dock St., will have a block party from 6 to 11 p.m. June 2, 3 and 4, with food, rides and entertainment. June 2 is Family Night with disc jockeys Ray and Steph; Route 61 will perform at 7 p.m. June 3 and Tool Shed Jack will be on stage at 7 p.m. June 3. Call 570-573-1333.
n Shenandoah: Due to the Memorial Day holiday, the borough hall will be closed Monday. Monday’s trash collection will be on Tuesday and Tuesday’s collection will be on Wednesday. There will be no recycling collection Wednesday. Thursday’s trash collection will remain the same. Recycling on the west side of the borough will resume June 8.
n Williamstown: Parade Marshal Ray Stine announced the annual Memorial Day Parade sponsored by American Legion Post 239 and VFW Post 6497 will be held Monday. The parade will form at 9:30 a.m. at the former Santander Bank parking lot and step off at 9:45 a.m. Services will be at Veterans Memorial Park. Afterward, a light lunch will be served at American Legion and VFW canteens.