CLARKS SUMMIT – The Clarks Summit Festival of Ice is back at a slightly different time of year. Despite this tweak to the schedule, the event will surely make for an ideal family-friendly weekend.

Norah Carey has found success in bocce and won a gold medal at the Special Olympics.

SCRANTON — Actors Circle will present William Shakespeare’s Scottish play tragedy, “Macbeth” Jan. 16-19 and 24-26 at Providence Playhouse, 1256 Providence Road.

WAVERLY TWP. — The Waverly Community House, 1115 North Abington Road, will hold an open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony to showcase the Maria Wilson Family Room, which was recently remodeled with funding from the Karam Family Oktoberfest, held in September. The renovations and new furnishings were designed and provided by Val Langan of Woods and Company.

Lackawanna Trail picked the right time for its only girls basketball win of December.

Lackawanna Trail placed four players each on all-state football and field hockey teams that were announced in December.

SCRANTON — Abington Heights lost and Scranton Prep won in games against New Jersey teams during the Electric City Showcase, a Top Tiers girls basketball event at the Lackawanna College Student Union Dec. 13-15.

Scranton Prep came out of December with a 3-6 wrestling record, but most importantly for the Cavaliers, one of the wins came in the only Lackawanna League Division 3 match to date when the Cavaliers escaped on a tiebreaker after their Dec. 18 trip to Elk Lake ended tied at 36-36.

Lackawanna Trail has a winning overall record, but the Lions are quickly out of their usual spot contending for divisional wrestling honors in the Lackawanna League.

The Abington Heights girls basketball team excelled in tournament competition during December.