Tag: Historic Places
County council approves move of visitors bureau to former train station in W-B
The Luzerne County Convention & Visitors Bureau is set to move to the long-vacant former train station in downtown Wilkes-Barre before the end of this year. On Tuesday, county council voted 9-2 to approve a five-year agreement with Market Square Properties Development LLC to move the visitors bureau to the…
Veterans group to buy former school for deaf property
For more than 100 years, deaf students lived and learned on a 10-acre property in Scranton’s Green Ridge section. A decade after Marywood University took possession of it, the property will soon transform into a place where veterans and first responders can receive counseling, develop skills and take classes. The…
County council approves move of visitors bureau to former train station in W-B
The Luzerne County Convention & Visitors Bureau is set to move to the long-vacant former train station in downtown Wilkes-Barre before the end of this year. On Tuesday, county council voted 9-2 to approve a five-year agreement with Market Square Properties Development LLC to move the visitors bureau to the…
Veterans group to buy former school for deaf property
For more than 100 years, deaf students lived and learned on a 10-acre property in Scranton’s Green Ridge section. A decade after Marywood University took possession of it, the property will soon transform into a place where veterans and first responders can receive counseling, develop skills and take classes. The…