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Easter events

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A list of events will run through the holiday season.

Easter egg hunts

• Lehighton Rec Center, 243 S. Eighth St., in Lehighton, April 20. Egg hunt times are: Ages 0-2, noon; ages 3-5, 12:30 p.m.; ages 6-8, 1 p.m.; and ages 9-12, 1:30 p.m.

• St. Matthew’s UCC, Kunkletown hosts an egg hunt from 1-2:30 p.m. April 20 at the church grove in Kunkletown. Egg hunts by age group, games, crafts, snacks and visit with the Easter bunny.

• The office of residence life and dining services at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania invites community members to an egg hunt from noon to 1 p.m. on April 20. The event, sponsored by ESU’s Residence Hall Association, is open to all elementary-aged children in the community at no cost. Meet at the main quad, located at the center of campus, in front of Laurel Hall, at 11:45 a.m. An adult is required to accompany children to campus and must remain present throughout the course of the event. Children will get the chance to take pictures with the Easter bunny. For more information contact Derek Hess, resident director, at 570-422-3583 or email dhess@esu.edu.

• Jim Thorpe Diligent Fire Company 3, will hold its 72nd annual Easter egg hunt for children beginning at 1 p.m. on Saturday. It will be held in the company’s parking lot and all children will get a chocolate bunny. There will be will also be prize eggs to hunt. The event is open to children up to the age of 10.

• The Bowmanstown Volunteer Fire Company and Lions Club will hold a children’s Easter egg hunt in Saturday April 20 for the borough children, fire company members children and grandchildren. The event will be held at 4 p.m. at the Bowmanstown baseball field.

Anxious youngsters swarmed the grounds of Memorial Park in Jim Thorpe on Palm Sunday to try to find some of the approximately 5,000 eggs placed there for an Easter Egg Hunt sponsored by St. Joseph Parish CYO.  Included in the candy filled plastic eggs were one hundred eggs containing prize tickets and five golden eggs for special prizes.