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WILKES-BARRE – Coal Street Park will have a new ice rink, playground equipment, basketball and tennis courts, bright lights, security cameras – and Penguins.
It’s about 100 years old, remains the county’s most structurally deficient bridge and is used by about 16,000 vehicles each day.
WILKES-BARRE – A state official who toured Luzerne County’s $30 million riverfront park project on Tuesday was impressed with the project’s progress and scope.
WILKES-BARRE – For Michele Schasberger’s money, bike racks can save cities.
John Terrana loves living in Greater Pittston so much he’s convinced everyone else will too. That’s why he’s involved in the development of Stauffer Pointe, 181 town homes under construction on a 41-acre site along Stauffer Heights, Hughestown, and occupying the former Fleming Park at the top of Butler Street in Pittston City.
WILKES-BARRE – A trip to Washington, D.C., to see cherry blossoms won’t be necessary next year if Luzerne County levee-keeper Jim Brozena’s plan goes as scheduled.
HAZLE TWP. – Ed Rendell’s bus pulled into Luzerne County on Thursday and the governor dropped off nearly $15 million in funding for four projects.
PITTSTON – When Peggy Santich reminisces about Pittston’s glory days, she gazes at the local artwork on display at her 69-year-old family business on Main Street.
HANOVER TWP. – Ranchers and farmers will no longer have to drive to Columbia County to shop for tools, hardware or supplies for their livestock and pets.
WILKES-BARRE – The Hotel Sterling, once the crown jewel of a vibrant downtown, is fully prepped and poised for a return to glory.
The two properties could hardly be more different.
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1. Rooms with a view
2. For Rodano’s, it’s hip to be on the Square
3. Tractor Supply Company opens its first Luzerne County store
4. 3 ventures joining Wilkes Barre resurgence
5. Financing, plans finalized for Coal Street Park
6. Two entrepreneurs say they have plans to use mines for geothermal system
7. Look out Atlantic City, HERE COMES THE SUN
8. New 8th Street span a bridge to future