By Dan Stokes, Wilkes-Barre Times Leader WILKES-BARRE — If you’re walking in the downtown area and looking to do some holiday shopping, you now have the option of popping in at a pop-up. The Midtown Village located at 41 S. Main St. is again serving as home for the Holiday Pop-Up Shops, which proved successful…Read More→
By Denise Allabaugh, Wilkes-Barre Citizens Voice Wilkes-Barre Mayor Tony George will lead a ribbon-cutting ceremony 9:45 a.m. Saturday at the new pop-up shops opening in Midtown Village in downtown Wilkes-Barre. The event kicks off Small Business Saturday in downtown Wilkes-Barre. The day of events is being coordinated by the Diamond City Partnership, the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber…Read More→
By Bill O’Boyle, Wilkes-Barre Times Leader WILKES-BARRE — The Holiday Pop-Up Shops are returning to downtown Wilkes-Barre. To kick off Small Business Saturday on Nov. 24, a ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held at 9:45 a.m. for the shops in the Midtown Village on South Main Street, followed by special events at the F.M. Kirby Center….Read More→
By: Wilkes-Barre Times Leader Downtown Wilkes-Barre has it going on. Just in case you missed it, we ran a story the other day looking at some of the recent events downtown, and some of those coming up. About 2,000 people — children and adults — turned out last week for the Halloween party on and…Read More→
BY Bill O’Bolye, Wilkes-Barre Times Leader WILKES-BARRE — Back in 1986, could anyone have ever have envisioned that the F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts would become the crown jewel in downtown Wilkes-Barre? Well, it has. In fact, I would dare say it has become the top venue for entertainment in the region. Yes,…Read More→
By Bill O’Boyle, Wilkes-Barre Times Leader WILKES-BARRE — It was a meeting to bask in the glory of what’s been done to promote the city’s downtown and what is planned to continue to ride that wave. The Downtown Wilkes-Barre Business Association met Friday at Best Western Plus Genetti Hotel & Conference Center to review recent…Read More→
BY Patrick Kernan , Wilkes-Barre Times Leader WILKES-BARRE — Halloween isn’t meant to be scary; it’s about everyone having fun. At least, that’s how Andrew Jackloski feels about the holiday. The 31-year-old from Edwardsville was suited up as the DC comic character Green Arrow in a professional-level outfit at the Downtown Wilkes-Barre Trick-Or-Treating Event. “Kids…Read More→
By Steve Mocarsky, Wilkes-Barre Citizens Voice WILKES-BARRE — Public Square is getting a $200,000 facelift, and the six-week operation began Monday. A state grant is paying for workers to resoil and plant new grass in all of the green areas of the center-city park, as well as trim trees and plant new ones to replace…Read More→
By Wilkes-Barre Times Leader WILKES-BARRE — Are you ready for ChalkFest? The annual community art festival on the River Common just took place last week, but organizers are already looking ahead to next year’s event. Not only are they eyeing a different Guinness World Record to aim for, a series of anniversaries could make the…Read More→
By Roger DuPuis, Wilkes-Barre Times Leader WILKES-BARRE — If you have a stake in the Downtown Wilkes-Barre Business Improvement District, the Diamond City Partnership wants to hear from you. After a decade of operation, it’s time to renew the “BID,” as the district is known, for another 10 years. The partnership, a nonprofit alliance for…Read More→
