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University of Scranton Buys Downtown Building
SCRANTON — Fresh off the opening of its newest and biggest campus building, the University of Scranton has picked up property downtown, and it’s causing some controversy. The Adlin building on the corner of Adams Avenue and Linden Street has been home to stores and law offices in the past,…
Restaurants, residences planned for former Whistles Pub
By David Falchek (Staff Writer) Published: October 4, 2012 A downtown developer’s plans for a vacant building on Franklin Avenue promises to bring more business and foot traffic to what just a year ago had been a neglected block of downtown. This week, Art Russo of Scranton purchased the Bittenbender…
Panama Canal explansion could boost NEPA’s economy
By David Falchek (Staff Writer) Published: September 23, 2012 A massive construction project thousands of miles away could be a boost to Northeast Pennsylvania’s economy. The Panama Canal expansion, when completed in 2014, will expand the capacity of the now fully-booked shipping route from Asia. For years, cargo that couldn’t…