By Dave Gardner The financial voyage Wilkes-Barre is now embarked upon may not be completely smooth sailing, but many regional analysts believe it will keep the city’s ship is afloat — unlike conditions in Scranton. Wilkes-Barre, with a population of approximately 42,000 residents throughout 7.2 square miles, is the county…
One of downtown Scranton’s largest buildings, the former Globe Store, is available for sale or lease as the Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce launches an aggressive marketing program to fill the historic structure. Officially known as the MetroTech Center since the chamber’s Scranton Lackawanna Industrial Building Co. purchased it in…
WEST PITTSTON — The Luzerne County Redevelopment Authority took another step Tuesday in trying to sell the Market Street Square property in downtown Wilkes-Barre. Authority board members approved an exclusive listing contract with Hinerfeld Realty, Scranton, to market the vacant, rundown former train station that in recent years housed a…
