By David Falchek (Staff Writer) Published: October 4, 2012 A downtown developer’s plans for a vacant building on Franklin Avenue promises to bring more business and foot traffic to what just a year ago had been a neglected block of downtown. This week, Art Russo of Scranton purchased the Bittenbender…
By David Falchek (Staff Writer) Published: September 23, 2012 A massive construction project thousands of miles away could be a boost to Northeast Pennsylvania’s economy. The Panama Canal expansion, when completed in 2014, will expand the capacity of the now fully-booked shipping route from Asia. For years, cargo that couldn’t…
By David Falchek and Joe Kohut (Staff Writer) Published: August 6, 2012 Between sips of soda at Sal’s Pizza on Linden Street, Nick Noll recounted his time as a Scranton business owner. His business, Keystone Granite and Marble, was on Diamond Avenue in Scranton but moved to Old Forge earlier…
