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July 3, 2009

Geisinger will open ICU next week

PLAINS TWP. – The $11.5 million Intensive Care Unit at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center opens next week, offering a larger, high-tech environment for staff and patients.

June 26, 2009

Mayor plugs improvements

WILKES-BARRE – By the middle of September, buses and taxis will no longer be seen on Public Square.

June 25, 2009

The walls come tumbling down

WILKES-BARRE – Demolition began Monday at the former Murray complex between Ross Street and Hazle Avenue.

June 22, 2009

Shickshinny on a river mission

SHICKSHINNY – The multicolored tents of 80 paddlers on a makeshift campground bordering the Susquehanna River was part of the backdrop for a long-awaited award ceremony Sunday at Crary Park.

June 13, 2009

W-B gets $2.4M for Murray site

WILKES-BARRE – The city has received $2.4 million in state funding from Gov. Ed Rendell to construct an energy-efficient housing development on the site of the former Murray Complex on Courtright Street.

June 2, 2009

Rural Health Corp. receives $311,090 in stimulus cash

An additional 1,000 people in need of medical service will be helped by the Rural Health Corp. thanks to $311,090 in federal stimulus money.

May 22, 2009

Moon Lake will reopen full time

PITTSTON – Moon Lake Park will soon be open seven days a week again – the campground included – thanks to stimulus funding, Luzerne County Commissioners announced during Thursday’s on-the-road meeting at Pittston City Hall.

May 19, 2009

A park with people, Penguins

WILKES-BARRE – As construction workers and vehicles were hard at work behind them, city, state and federal officials stood in Coal Street Park touting its rebirth and its impact on the future of Wilkes-Barre.

May 2, 2009

Pittston condo project gets the go-ahead

PITTSTON – Almost four years after plans were unveiled to construct a high-rise condominium project on Pittston’s waterfront, the project is again moving forward after some economic delays.

April 25, 2009

Home Depot to create 350 jobs

Home Depot will join its competitor in the CenterPoint Commerce and Trade Park and bring at least 350 jobs to the area with the aid of state funds.

April 7, 2009

Sallie Mae to add 600 jobs

HANOVER TWP. – U.S. Rep. Paul Kanjorski called it the best kind of economic stimulus: new jobs.

April 5, 2009

Grape expectations

Northeastern Pennsylvania is known for its coal mining history and outdoor recreation opportunities. But a tasteful new chapter is being written into its biography.

March 31, 2009

Verizon set for Public Square site; tenants sought

WILKES-BARRE – Saws are buzzing and hammers pounding at 15 Public Square, as the 7,000-square-foot former Heritage Shop is divided into smaller, more easily rented spaces.

March 21, 2009

Development gets national press

WILKES-BARRE – University Corners, the mixed-use development on East Northampton Street in the city’s downtown, has caught the eye and approval of a national business magazine.

March 18, 2009

W-B banking on river life

WILKES-BARRE – On June 19 – almost 37 years after Wyoming Valley watched the rising Susquehanna River in fear – Jim Brozena’s dream will come true, and there will be celebrating at the river’s banks.

March 6, 2009

PNC donates to medical college

SCRANTON – The Commonwealth Medical College has received a $250,000 grant from The PNC Financial Services Group Inc.

March 4, 2009

W-B, police projects win gambling bucks

Wilkes-Barre and several borough police departments are among the big winners that will share in gambling tax revenues derived from wagers at the Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.

February 28, 2009

Medical school makes a beginning

SCRANTON – To those driving along Pine Street between Washington and Adams avenues, they see a simple construction site that will soon be home to The Commonwealth Medical College. To those gathered at that site Friday, it’s much more than that.