n Frackville: The Frackville Area Fireworks Committee has announced that the community’s free annual fireworks display is scheduled for July 3 at the Frackville Little League/Softball Complex, West High Street. Activities will go from 4 to 10 p.m. for the Fourth of July holiday, according to a release. There will be a wide variety of food on sale, including “walking tacos,” pierogies, chicken fingers, burgers, funnel cakes and ice cream. Streets above Pine Street will be closed to vehicular traffic after 7:30 p.m. For more information, call 570-573-3939.
n Hegins: The Bootleggers’ 32nd annual Independent Coal Miners Picnic will begin at noon Aug. 13 at Hegins Park, rain or shine. A hot meal will be served at 4 p.m. and will include soups and cold cuts. Entertainment will be provided by disc jockey Gold Dust, and the bands Old Gold, The Breaker Boys and Red Halo. The names on the annual mug will include Ralph Klock, Robert Wolfgang, Leroy Stiely, Wesley Carl, Charles Kroh, Warren Klinger, Ricky Bloch Sr., Kosier Miller, Fred Seiger, Marlin Kimmel, George Motter, Francis Kroh and Stephen Peron. The photo on the 2016 mug will be of David A. and LaRae Lucas, host and hostess of the picnic. Mugs must be ordered by June 24 by calling David A. Lucas at 570-682-9140.
n Minersville: The Minersville Public Library recently acknowledged the following memorial contributions: For Edward Wenner from Ellen Valent; for Sabina Quinn from Ellen Valent, Cathi Kimmel, Annetta Strause, Kathy Horoschak, Gail Senich, Patrice Taglieri, Judy McGrory, Susan Pozza, Carol Raczka and Karen Sterling; for Wayne Stoudt from Scott and Sharon Maran, Mr. and Mrs. John Graeff; for Marion Antonelli from Ray and Karen Stabinski.
n Orwigsburg: The Fortress Cancer Care Support Group meets at 6 p.m. Tuesdays at Faith Church, Route 61 South. The effort aims at giving support and care for people with cancer, their families, friends and caregivers. For more information, call 570-593-8007.
n Orwigsburg: A fundraiser for the Alzheimer’s Association called “The Skooks at Seton” will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at Seton Manor, 1000 Seton Drive. The event will include food, music, dancing and games as well as bingo. For more information or to donate, email tld@alz.org.
n Pottsville: The Pottsville Kiwanis Club is sponsoring a sale of fresh New Jersey blueberries, to be delivered from the grower the first week of July at Boyer’s Food Markets parking lot, Market Street. A 10-pound box (14 pints) of blueberries is $31. To order, call Henry at 570-985-7262.
n Schuylkill Haven: The Cressona Band will be featured in a free concert from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Bubeck Park, Washington Street, in the Luther Ridge Summer Concert Series. There will also be selections from the Junior Cressona Band. People are advised to bring lawn chairs to enjoy the music. For more information, call Caroline Tucci at 570-622-8784.
n Summit Station: The Schuylkill County Fair will hold its third annual boilo contest at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 3 in the in the “Pennsylvania Preferred” culinary area for the fairgrounds. According to a press release from the fair association, the contest was a huge success last year, with many participants entering for the first time. The association hopes even more “Coal Crackers” will participate in this year’s competition. Classes include regular boilo and applie pie boilo, and the competition is open to adults 21 and older. Contestants may bring their sealed bottles to be judged as early at 6:30. A major component of boilo, according to the release, is apple cider. “Where else can you find the good things that grow than the goodness of Schuylkill County were you can find locally produced apple cider?” organizers asked in the release, adding that boilo has all the makings for “Good Things Growing,” which is the 2016 fair’s theme. And in the mountains of Pennsylvania, “boilo reigns supreme” and in the coal region it “isn’t merely a drink but (also) a legendary health tonic.” For more information about the contest or other happenings at the fair, visit the fair’s website at www.schuylkillfiar.com. The fair will run Aug. 1 through 6 and people may also follow fair plans and schedule on Twitter and Facebook.