Mike McGinley
@mikemcginley.bsky.social
Digital Marketer & Technologist; Award-Winning Columnist timesleader.com & Content Creator; NEPA Influencer of the Year; nonprofit supporter; news junkie
We had such a fantastic dinner at Jonathans Restaurant last week 📰 💜
Kudos to the new executive chef, Rob Musto🍴
My Panko-Crusted Chicken Cutlets was out of this world and HUGE — as was everything else we ordered. Read my recap 📝 🙌 #NEPA
Happy Sunday 🤍☕️
www.timesleader.com/features/172...
Kudos to the new executive chef, Rob Musto🍴
My Panko-Crusted Chicken Cutlets was out of this world and HUGE — as was everything else we ordered. Read my recap 📝 🙌 #NEPA
Happy Sunday 🤍☕️
www.timesleader.com/features/172...
Around Town: Visit Jonathans Restaurant for out-of-this-world cuisine
<p>Walking into Jonathans Restaurant on Lakeside Drive in Harveys Lake is like walking into a friend’s house.</p>
www.timesleader.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
We had such a fantastic dinner at Jonathans Restaurant last week 📰 💜
Kudos to the new executive chef, Rob Musto🍴
My Panko-Crusted Chicken Cutlets was out of this world and HUGE — as was everything else we ordered. Read my recap 📝 🙌 #NEPA
Happy Sunday 🤍☕️
www.timesleader.com/features/172...
Kudos to the new executive chef, Rob Musto🍴
My Panko-Crusted Chicken Cutlets was out of this world and HUGE — as was everything else we ordered. Read my recap 📝 🙌 #NEPA
Happy Sunday 🤍☕️
www.timesleader.com/features/172...
Around Town: The holiday season is here! Read the @substack version w/ more photos.
Please subscribe if you’d like 😁
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Please subscribe if you’d like 😁
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December 15, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Around Town: The holiday season is here! Read the @substack version w/ more photos.
Please subscribe if you’d like 😁
open.substack.com/pub/mikejmcg...
Please subscribe if you’d like 😁
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We had a superb meal at Pazzo on Highway 315 in the Pittston PA region last week. #NEPA. 🤍
So happy our friends Gail and Vivian reached out — it was a midweek treat! 🍴
Today’s @TLnews column is up 📰
www.timesleader.com/features/172...
So happy our friends Gail and Vivian reached out — it was a midweek treat! 🍴
Today’s @TLnews column is up 📰
www.timesleader.com/features/172...
Around Town: Perfection at Pazzo
<p>It’s hard to believe two months have passed since the wedding, and we’re now into the holiday season.</p>
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December 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
We had a superb meal at Pazzo on Highway 315 in the Pittston PA region last week. #NEPA. 🤍
So happy our friends Gail and Vivian reached out — it was a midweek treat! 🍴
Today’s @TLnews column is up 📰
www.timesleader.com/features/172...
So happy our friends Gail and Vivian reached out — it was a midweek treat! 🍴
Today’s @TLnews column is up 📰
www.timesleader.com/features/172...
Around Town: Thakkful for the gift of Broadway 🎭 is live on my Substack. Check it out & feel free to subscribe. 🖊️
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Around Town: Thankful for the gift of Broadway
When I think about all of the things to be grateful for this year, the list is abundant.
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November 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Around Town: Thakkful for the gift of Broadway 🎭 is live on my Substack. Check it out & feel free to subscribe. 🖊️
open.substack.com/pub/mikejmcg...
open.substack.com/pub/mikejmcg...
We got to see the very best in people last week between the annual Wyoming Valley Veterans Day Parade and the Greater Wyoming Valley Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner. 🇺🇸
Today’s column is up. 📰
Happy Sunday 🤍 ☕️
#NEPA #Veterans #ChamberofCommerce
www.timesleader.com/features/172...
Today’s column is up. 📰
Happy Sunday 🤍 ☕️
#NEPA #Veterans #ChamberofCommerce
www.timesleader.com/features/172...
Around Town: Wyoming Valley supports our veterans
<p>I’ve always heard people say the Wyoming Valley is one of the most supportive areas in the country for veterans.</p>
www.timesleader.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
We got to see the very best in people last week between the annual Wyoming Valley Veterans Day Parade and the Greater Wyoming Valley Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner. 🇺🇸
Today’s column is up. 📰
Happy Sunday 🤍 ☕️
#NEPA #Veterans #ChamberofCommerce
www.timesleader.com/features/172...
Today’s column is up. 📰
Happy Sunday 🤍 ☕️
#NEPA #Veterans #ChamberofCommerce
www.timesleader.com/features/172...
Big shoutout to my friend Caila Klaiss on her debut novel 📖 and successful launch 🚀 party last week! Her novel, Kennedy Sloane Gets Scooped, is available now on @amazon and B&N.
Read all about it in today’s @TLnews column 📰
#Authors #BookDebuts
www.timesleader.com/features/172...
Read all about it in today’s @TLnews column 📰
#Authors #BookDebuts
www.timesleader.com/features/172...
Around Town: A friend’s dream comes true
<p>I’m so thrilled to write about a friend’s dream coming true.</p>
www.timesleader.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Big shoutout to my friend Caila Klaiss on her debut novel 📖 and successful launch 🚀 party last week! Her novel, Kennedy Sloane Gets Scooped, is available now on @amazon and B&N.
Read all about it in today’s @TLnews column 📰
#Authors #BookDebuts
www.timesleader.com/features/172...
Read all about it in today’s @TLnews column 📰
#Authors #BookDebuts
www.timesleader.com/features/172...
I always write positive reviews, so today is the exception. Sharing our experience at @hilton Molino Stucky Venice. During our honeymoon leather purchases (easily resellable) went missing.
Be vigilant, especially if going to Hilton Molino Stucky Venice. Review: www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserRevi...
Be vigilant, especially if going to Hilton Molino Stucky Venice. Review: www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserRevi...
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November 6, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I always write positive reviews, so today is the exception. Sharing our experience at @hilton Molino Stucky Venice. During our honeymoon leather purchases (easily resellable) went missing.
Be vigilant, especially if going to Hilton Molino Stucky Venice. Review: www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserRevi...
Be vigilant, especially if going to Hilton Molino Stucky Venice. Review: www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserRevi...
Tomorrow is the day - please get out to vote. 🗳️
This election, I’m asking for a special vote for my Dad, Tim McGinley For Luzerne County PA Controller. 🤍💫
#LuzerneCounty #CountyController #TimMcGinley #McGinley #Election2025
This election, I’m asking for a special vote for my Dad, Tim McGinley For Luzerne County PA Controller. 🤍💫
#LuzerneCounty #CountyController #TimMcGinley #McGinley #Election2025
November 4, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Tomorrow is the day - please get out to vote. 🗳️
This election, I’m asking for a special vote for my Dad, Tim McGinley For Luzerne County PA Controller. 🤍💫
#LuzerneCounty #CountyController #TimMcGinley #McGinley #Election2025
This election, I’m asking for a special vote for my Dad, Tim McGinley For Luzerne County PA Controller. 🤍💫
#LuzerneCounty #CountyController #TimMcGinley #McGinley #Election2025
October 24, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Thanks to @janeclimatepac.bsky.social for supporting my Dad’s campaign for Luzerne County Controller!
#NEPA #LuzerneCounty #WilkesBarre #Election
#NEPA #LuzerneCounty #WilkesBarre #Election
Vote McGinley for Luzerne County Controller! This JanePAC climate champ is a former Luzerne County Council member, nonprofit administrator, high school principal, and wrestling coach committed to our planet, and to Luzerne County, #Pennsylvania.
September 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Thanks to @janeclimatepac.bsky.social for supporting my Dad’s campaign for Luzerne County Controller!
#NEPA #LuzerneCounty #WilkesBarre #Election
#NEPA #LuzerneCounty #WilkesBarre #Election
Funny that @buzzfeed picked up my reply to @stoolpresidente yesterday regarding Bill Belichick’s @cbssundaymorning.bsky.social interview. Of all the comments on X, mine was plucked.
Quite the sports commentator I am 🤣
Quite the sports commentator I am 🤣
April 29, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Funny that @buzzfeed picked up my reply to @stoolpresidente yesterday regarding Bill Belichick’s @cbssundaymorning.bsky.social interview. Of all the comments on X, mine was plucked.
Quite the sports commentator I am 🤣
Quite the sports commentator I am 🤣
Good morning, Las Vegas! ♦️♣️❤️♠️
February 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Good morning, Las Vegas! ♦️♣️❤️♠️
Some houses still standing but damaged. Other houses burnt to the ground. 🔥 💔 Business, schools, salons, galleries, neighborhoods. This is devastating.
I can’t stop praying for LA.
I hope residents and first responders feel the love of the world. 💜
#LosAngelesWildfire #LosAngelesFire #Wildfires
I can’t stop praying for LA.
I hope residents and first responders feel the love of the world. 💜
#LosAngelesWildfire #LosAngelesFire #Wildfires
January 9, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Some houses still standing but damaged. Other houses burnt to the ground. 🔥 💔 Business, schools, salons, galleries, neighborhoods. This is devastating.
I can’t stop praying for LA.
I hope residents and first responders feel the love of the world. 💜
#LosAngelesWildfire #LosAngelesFire #Wildfires
I can’t stop praying for LA.
I hope residents and first responders feel the love of the world. 💜
#LosAngelesWildfire #LosAngelesFire #Wildfires
Prayers for @billclinton.bsky.social. Hospitalized tonight ahead of the Christmas holiday 🤒💝❤️💚🎄
December 24, 2024 at 2:21 AM
Prayers for @billclinton.bsky.social. Hospitalized tonight ahead of the Christmas holiday 🤒💝❤️💚🎄
My latest column is up on Substack!
Give it a look. All about being grateful 💛💫
#NEPA #GiveThanks #Grateful #WilkesBarre
mikejmcginley.substack.com/p/around-tow...
Give it a look. All about being grateful 💛💫
#NEPA #GiveThanks #Grateful #WilkesBarre
mikejmcginley.substack.com/p/around-tow...
Around Town: Region has much to be thankful for
Reflections from a week of feeling thankful
mikejmcginley.substack.com
December 4, 2024 at 11:56 AM
My latest column is up on Substack!
Give it a look. All about being grateful 💛💫
#NEPA #GiveThanks #Grateful #WilkesBarre
mikejmcginley.substack.com/p/around-tow...
Give it a look. All about being grateful 💛💫
#NEPA #GiveThanks #Grateful #WilkesBarre
mikejmcginley.substack.com/p/around-tow...
December 4, 2024 at 12:07 AM
Today’s column is up & it’s all about what to be thankful for both in this country & close to home. We’re lucky to live in the greatest country and have so many blessings.
#USA #America #Thankful #Thanksgiving #Grateful #Reflection #NEPA www.timesleader.com/features/167...
#USA #America #Thankful #Thanksgiving #Grateful #Reflection #NEPA www.timesleader.com/features/167...
Around Town: Region has much to be thankful for
<p>As I sat at St. Maria Goretti Church in Laflin on Thanksgiving morning, I thought about everything I had to do that day and for the impending weekend.</p>
www.timesleader.com
December 1, 2024 at 11:16 AM
Today’s column is up & it’s all about what to be thankful for both in this country & close to home. We’re lucky to live in the greatest country and have so many blessings.
#USA #America #Thankful #Thanksgiving #Grateful #Reflection #NEPA www.timesleader.com/features/167...
#USA #America #Thankful #Thanksgiving #Grateful #Reflection #NEPA www.timesleader.com/features/167...
Friends - please do me a favor and subscribe to my Substack. I’ll drop my newspaper column 🗞️ and other musings there > mikejmcginley.Substack.com. Thank you in advance! ❤️
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November 29, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Friends - please do me a favor and subscribe to my Substack. I’ll drop my newspaper column 🗞️ and other musings there > mikejmcginley.Substack.com. Thank you in advance! ❤️
Happy Thanksgiving! No matter where you are, I hope you have a day of peace, kindness and contentment. Let’s count our blessings. 🧡💫✨💛
November 28, 2024 at 6:11 PM
Happy Thanksgiving! No matter where you are, I hope you have a day of peace, kindness and contentment. Let’s count our blessings. 🧡💫✨💛
Miscommunication?
Trump: Mexico is "effectively closing our southern border."
Mexico: "no plan to close border."
Mexico: "no plan to close border."
November 28, 2024 at 2:24 AM
Miscommunication?
Happy Thanksgiving Eve!!! Almost there - home stretch 💪 🦃🤎💛
November 27, 2024 at 3:18 PM
Happy Thanksgiving Eve!!! Almost there - home stretch 💪 🦃🤎💛
Heading into Thanksgiving week and a new time of year! 🦃
Thinking about the holidays, the change of seasons and giving back.
Today’s column is up 🗞️
Happy Sunday 🤍☕️
www.timesleader.com/features/167...
Thinking about the holidays, the change of seasons and giving back.
Today’s column is up 🗞️
Happy Sunday 🤍☕️
www.timesleader.com/features/167...
Around Town: Support local businesses that give back
<p>Winter is on the way — or seemingly it’s here, especially if you were in the eye of Friday’s snowstorm — and along with it comes all of the hustle and bustle of the holiday season.</p>
www.timesleader.com
November 24, 2024 at 11:40 AM
Heading into Thanksgiving week and a new time of year! 🦃
Thinking about the holidays, the change of seasons and giving back.
Today’s column is up 🗞️
Happy Sunday 🤍☕️
www.timesleader.com/features/167...
Thinking about the holidays, the change of seasons and giving back.
Today’s column is up 🗞️
Happy Sunday 🤍☕️
www.timesleader.com/features/167...
November 22, 2024 at 11:45 AM