FNCB reports improvement, plans growth

By Denise Allabaugh / Published: May 3, 2017   FNCB Bancorp. Inc., the parent company of FNCB Bank, has experienced a major financial turnaround and is now embarking on a plan to build new facilities and consolidate select locations. FNCB’s plan includes relocating branches at 27 North River St., Plains…

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Critical mass: Scranton’s downtown boasts elements for success

Scranton benefits from several key elements that help spur downtown renewal: preserved historic buildings; numerous government facilities and nearby hospitals, colleges and other institutions; and a daily influx of thousands of employees and others who work at or use those services. While Scranton has a sprawling, 25-square-mile footprint, the downtown…

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Health care investments top last year’s business stories

[blockquote align=”left” variation=”deepblue”] For sale downtown Scranton Mall Associates, a company owned by the Boscov family, lost two historic buildings along Lackawanna Avenue to foreclosure this year. Then, the Oppenheim building, at Lackawanna and Wyoming avenues, and the Samter’s building, at Lackawanna and Penn avenues, attracted no bidders at a…

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