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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 former Central Railroad of New Jersey Station near Wilkes-Barre Boulevard and East Market Street. The visitors bureau, which currently rents office space at 56 Public Square, will move to the former train station by Dec. 15, according to the agreement. The bureau will lease 2,100 square fee...

Luzerne County Council declared the position of county district attorney vacant on Tuesday, after longtime District Attorney Stefanie Salavantis filed to run for a seat on the county court of common pleas. The county charter requires council to declare a vacancy if a district attorney files a nominating petition for another office, said Councilwoman Linda McClosky Houck, who proposed a resolution to declare the seat vacant. Council voted 6-3 to approve the resolution. Tim McGinley, Robert Schnee, Sheila Saidman, LeeAnn McDermott, Harry Haas and Houck voted yes. Stephen J. Urban, Walter Griffi...

Luzerne County Council approved a requested tax break for a proposed $500 million commercial development project in the Hazleton region on Tuesday. Council also rejected two proposed ordinances that would have placed ballot questions about amending the county charter before voters in the May 18 primary. Tax abatement Council voted 7-4 to grant a 10-year abatement of property taxes on new construction in a planned commercial development on a 393-acre tract that stretches from Hazleton into Hazle Twp. Hazleton Creek Commerce Center Holdings LLC plans to build five massive warehouse and manufact...