Scranton Then & Now

1950: The building across Lackawanna Avenue from Oppenheim’s originally housed the First National Bank of Scranton.  The bank built this building , it’s third home, in 1915 and occupied it from 1916 to 1929. A newer building was then erected on the site buy the state Department of Labor and…

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Piece of Glenmaura up for bids in online auction

One of the last undeveloped parcels of land in Glenmaura will be auctioned off to the highest online bidder, eBay-style. The wooded 3.24 acres in Moosic just a few tenths of a mile beyond the main entrance to PNC Field on the left will go up for bids at an…

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