Medical marijuana could be growing legally in Scranton by year’s end. A facility planned for the city’s Green Ridge section is one of the first in the state to obtain a growing/processing permit from the state Department of Health. Statewide, nearly 200 applicants paid hefty fees and filed extensive applications…
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…
A Scranton firm has purchased the former local Giant Markets warehouse from its Allentown owners. Wyoming Avenue Development LLC bought the property at 501 S. Washington Ave. now occupied by Banko North, a division of Banko Beverage in Allentown. Built in 1967 and expanded in 1969 and again in 1974,…
