SCRANTON — President Joe Biden returned to familiar stomping grounds on Wednesday evening, saying of Scranton that it’s the kind of place that “never really…
Scranton, Pennsylvania, Mayor Paige Cognetti, along with 83 other mayors from across the nation, sent a letter to President Joe Biden; Vice President Kamala Harris; U.S. Senate Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-NY; and U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA.
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SCRANTON After a year-long hiatus due to COVID-19, Scranton City Pride clean-ups and plantings are returning to the Electric City. Organizers are pleased to announce the weeklong event will be reintroduced in neighborhoods throughout the city, and the Downtown Business District, thanks to a partnership between Scranton Tomorrow, NeighborWorks Northeastern Pennsylvania, and the City of Scranton. Scranton City Pride will be held June 5 through 12, in conjunction with national NeighborWorks Week.
Representatives from all three partnering organizations gathered this afternoon at Scranton Tomorrow’s office on Linden Street in Downtown Scranton to share the exciting news. Guest speakers included: Leslie Collins, President and CEO, Scranton Tomorrow; Jesse Ergott, President and CEO, NeighborWorks Northeastern Pennsylvania; Michael Gilmartin, Chairperson, Scranton Tomorrow Board of Directors; Mayor Paige Cognetti, Honorary Chairperson of Scranton City Pride; and Teddy M
The mayor is looking to halt liens filed against 2,600 city property owners this week. Author: Stacy Lange Updated: 10:14 PM EDT April 14, 2021
SCRANTON, Pa. About 3,500 Scranton residents received letters earlier this month telling them liens would be filed against their properties if they didn t make good on their 2020 taxes.
About 1,000 taxpayers paid up. The other 2,600 had liens filed against them this week.
The Lackawanna County Tax Claim Bureau collects delinquent taxes on behalf of the city of Scranton. City Hall, and many of the delinquent taxpayers, dispute the county s timing, saying that they normally would have two years to pay up before a lien.
No swimming: Scranton s Nay Aug pool to remain closed for 2021
City officials say the Nay Aug pool complex in Scranton will not open for swimmers this year, citing a big bill for needed repairs. Author: Stacy Lange Updated: 4:30 PM EST March 10, 2021
SCRANTON, Pa. The view from Skycam 16 reveals the state of Nay Aug Park s popular slide pool. The whole pool complex has been closed for the past year due to the pandemic.
Now, the results of a study on the pool s base mean it won t open again this summer.
An engineering firm discovered the same kinds of problems in the slide pool as were discovered a few years ago in the adjacent pool. The study says fixing the slide pool alone would cost $1.6 million and suggests that an overhaul of the whole complex would probably be best.