By: Bill O’Boyle, Wilkes-Barre Times Leader WILKES-BARRE — Amid the usual business of discussing upcoming downtown events, the Downtown Wilkes-Barre Business Association Friday heard about a relatively new endeavor in the city. About 25 members of the downtown group gathered at the PA Cyber School at East Northampton and Washington streets for its monthly meeting…Read More→
By Denise Allabaugh, Wilkes-Barre Citizens Voice WILKES-BARRE – After shutting down for more than a year, The Cheesesteak Factory will reopen this week at East Market and South Washington streets just off Public Square. A grand reopening will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the newly remodeled Cheesesteak Factory, said Ed Negron, father of…Read More→
BY Denise Allabaugh, Wilkes-Barre Citizens Voice WILKES-BARRE — New owners have taken over the former Bart & Urby’s bar and restaurant in downtown Wilkes-Barre and plan to reopen it in September with a different atmosphere. Josh Popple and his fiance Kaylee Macko, both 26, said they’ll choose a new name for the business, but have…Read More→
By Patrick Kernan, Wilkes-Barre Times Leader WILKES-BARRE — AmberDonia Bakery officially opened the doors to its Wilkes-Barre location Tuesday morning, and, depending on how you count it, it’s a grand opening either two or 10 years in the making. Owner Butch Sacipi said the store, which now joins the Kingston location as the second location,…Read More→
BY Patrick Kernan, Wilkes-Barre Times Leader WILKES-BARRE — While there won’t be another entry in Luzerne County’s Rockin’ the River summer concert series tomorrow, plans are already in the works to make next year’s event bigger and better. Yes, they’re already planning for next July. A meeting was held in the Luzerne County Council meeting room at…Read More→
By Patrick Kernan, Wilkes-Barre Times Leader WILKES-BARRE — Christian Switzer never expected to be in the sushi business. He is now, though, as the owner of City Market and Cafe on Public Square has transformed a former grocery area at the back of the store into an authentic sushi bar — complete with eye-catching Japanese…Read More→
By Patrick Kernan, Wilkes-Barre Times Leader WILKES-BARRE — If you missed the final entry in the Rockin’ the River summer concert series, don’t worry; one county official says the plan is to do it all again next year. The concert series, which debuted this month, wrapped up on Friday evening, giving one last summer party…Read More→
By Denise Allabaugh, Wilkes-Barre Citizens Voice WILKES-BARRE — Healthier food and beverage options have come to downtown Wilkes-Barre and more are on the way. A new sushi bar opens today at City Market & Cafe on Public Square. It offers a menu of 84 different items ranging from shrimp tempura rolls and California rolls to…Read More→
By Jerry Lynott, Wilkes-Barre Times Leader WILKES-BARRE — City councilwoman Beth Gilbert is calling for the removal of a Ku Klux Klan brick from a city-owned property, legally or illegally. Gilbert took it a step further than three of the five other council members during Tuesday night’s work session in calling for the brick bearing…Read More→
By Patrick Kernan, Wilkes- Barre Times Leader WILKES-BARRE — Luzerne County Manager C. David Pedri has an idea for what you can do this weekend. This Friday, the county’s “Rockin’ the River” concert series kicks off for the first time at Millennium Circle, the amphitheater located alongside the Susquehanna River in downtown Wilkes-Barre. According to…Read More→
