As residential prices continue to rise in New York and New Jersey, neighboring northeast Pennsylvania is beginning to look more and more attractive to metropolitan residents. Today, residents are moving to the area to take advantage of affordable home prices, a lower cost of living and all that the great…
On your July editorial. For several years I have put forward the thought of school consolidation in Lackawanna County. I have spoken at your annual regional report about it a few years back and have put it forward in print in other areas. Basically, Wake County, North Carolina has one…
When you drive past a formerly dilapidated old neighborhood that’s suddenly undergoing an extreme makeover (like Scranton’s Hill section and more prominently in Monroe and Pike counties) you should rejoice — right? Not so fast. A process called “gentrification” may be occurring and it’s an issue that has given some…
