Family celebrates 50 years of Thanksgiving gatherings

DICKSON CITY — The Cognettis go big for Thanksgiving. They continue a tradition that started in a back room at Brutico’s restaurant in Old Forge in 1966. Less than two dozen attended the family get-together in the first years. But as their numbers multiplied, the tradition grew. This year, to…

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Then & Now

1880:The building on the far left is 602 Lackawanna Avenue – the original location of the Clark & Snover tobacco company; this photo, taken in 1880, even shows the cigar store Indian on the roof. Goodhand Clark started making cigars as the location in 1873; he partnered with Thaniel Snover…

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