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…
A worship center a New Jersey-based Hindu organization plans for the former St. Stanislaus Church in North Scranton will be its first in Northeastern Pennsylvania. The center, or mandir, will serve about 25 area families who are followers of BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha, said Lenin Joshi, a spokesman at the organization’s…
When Vince Brust started searching for a new home for his dance studio a decade ago, he told his real estate agent he needed a big empty space. “Like a factory,” he remembers saying. What he found was something far more divine.
