Shopping centers adjust to life without Big Box stores

BY BORYS KRAWCZENIUK / Published: March 25, 2018 MOOSIC — From the hair salon she manages, Tammy Szajkowski looks across the Birney Mall parking lot and worries. A chain-link fence surrounds the parking spaces in front of the former Kmart. Cellophane tape holds up a sign that says “Store Is…

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Coffee roaster’s arrival boosts local micro industry

BY JON O’CONNELL, STAFF WRITER / Published: December 3, 2017   Facing an oppressive growth environment in New Jersey, Joseph Fernandes III needed a new place to grow his family’s company. His three-year search ended in Dunmore, and whether he meant for it or not, Socafe’s impending arrival advances a…

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