The future of economic development in downtown Scranton looks like an Exodus — but of the biblical kind, not that of a blockbuster Hollywood movie. As the city struggles with fiscal stability, a clear pattern is forming. Many employers large and small — Vaxserve; Joyce Perih, DDS; Tom Hesser Nissan;…
The year 2010 looked a long way off in 1968, I was 18 and a freshman at Catholic University in Washington, D.C., having left safe, secure, clean, friendly Scranton for a city that had just come through a riot with blocks of charred buildings. The closest thing I ever came…
There’s a lot of planning going on at Lourdesmont. Committee members, including John Antognoli, Denise McLaud, Marilee Barone, Brenda Bistocchi, Linda Hemmler, Ellen Mesko, Sister Monica Nowak, R.G.S., Elaine Shepard, Karen Thomas, Jane Van Horn, Alice Vanston and Nathan Young, are already making plans for the Lourdesmont 2012 Dream Vacation…
