HAZLE TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Kansas City-based Northpoint Development is now offering qualified Hazle Township homeowners $10,000 each if Project Hazelnut is approved. It's a multi-building data center project that would transform the region. This comes after Hazle Township denied the land use approval. The developer then appealed the decision to Luzerne County Court. [...]
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Around Town Bicycles in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, will close its doors on October 8 after serving cyclists in the Wyoming Valley for 22 years. The long-standing shop cited competition from online retailers and the growing popularity of e-bikes as the primary reasons for the closure. Rich Adams, owner of Around [...]
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Hundreds of University of Scranton students gathered on the Dionne Green Tuesday for the “Pet Therapy: Canines on Campus” event, offering students relief from academic pressure at the start of the semester. More than 30 dogs took part in the event, giving students an opportunity to pet, play with and [...]
NORTH ABINGTON TOWNSHIP, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A state program is expanding its effort to use nature as a tool for recovery. On Tuesday, the Shapiro Administration was at Lackawanna State Park announcing its Recovery In Nature initiative. 28/22 News Reporter Heidi Martens was at the event and has more on the special focus for [...]
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SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The annual Scranton Fringe Festival, a celebration of local and independent artists, will return Thursday, Oct. 1, and run through Saturday, Oct. 10. The festival will include programming across the city of Scranton in several venues, which include coffee shops, galleries, and the Electric City Trolley Museum. The opening celebration [...]
The family-run food stand lost its patriarch at the fair last year.
