SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Hundreds and hundreds of people teamed up Saturday in the battle against a disease affecting more than a quarter-million new patients in the U.S. each year.

Paint Pittston Pink may have expanded to Paint the Planet Pink, but the organization – and many of the events it sponsors – hasn’t left home. “A couple people have asked ‘Why did we leave Pittston?’ I ...