KINGSTON — A Maryland developer is turning the former CVS on Market Street between North Welles and North Thomas avenues into a new shopping center which will include a fitness center. Orangetheory Fitness is signing a lease to be one of the tenants, said Bob Statkiewicz, a partner in Aberdeen…

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There’s a heated Sheetz/Wawa rivalry everywhere but here

Wawa’s Shorti or Sheetz’s Shnack Wrap? How you answer might tell people where you’re from, or at least where you prefer to get your gas and lunch to go. The loyalty war between Pennsylvania’s dominating convenience stores rages just south of Lackawanna and Luzerne counties. But the two never waged…

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Checking in? Parcel near arena could be home to new hotel

WILKES-BARRE TWP. — Plans are moving forward to build another hotel near Mohegan Sun Arena. Land development plans will be discussed at a Wilkes-Barre Twp. Planning Commission meeting scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Monday for a four-story, 110-room Residence Inn, according to Wilkes-Barre Twp. Zoning Officer Tom Zedolik. Singh Realty owns…

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