Posts Tagged ‘PA Properties’

Scranton Neighbors Say Good Riddance to Daron Northeast

Monday, November 10th, 2008

After almost six years of living next to Daron Northeast, Tom Prendergast knows to place the china securely toward the back of the cupboard.

When Daron’s trucks rumble by, the vibrations are enough to rattle the porcelain cups and dishes right to the edge of the shelf.

For Evann Xanthis, it’s the dust. The chalky, pervasive dust that coats everything and jams air conditioners.

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Harry Rothstein Participates in Ben Franklin Birthday Party

Monday, March 10th, 2008

Ben Franklin celebration
PLAINS TWP. – Not only is 2008 the University of Pennsylvania Alumni Club of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s 100th anniversary, making it the university’s oldest club in the world, but it also marks the 302nd birthday of Benjamin Franklin – a celebration the group holds yearly.

Although Franklin’s birthday was actually in January, the alumni group met Sunday at the East Mountain Inn to commemorate the day. Franklin is the founder of the university.

Each year, the alumni group picks a fun topic to celebrate. This year, the group chose “Ben and Me,” a book written by Robert Lawson in 1939, which tells a fictitious tale of how a mouse named Amos is really the one to be credited with all of Franklin’s great inventions.
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Cognetti Helps Sell Dunmore Defense Plant Site

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

The site of a former manufacturing plant in Dunmore may turn into more housing for the community.

The former BAE Systems Specialty Defense System of PA Inc. building in Dunmore recently sold for $235,000 to 530 Sherwood Development LLC.

“Our plan is to develop residential townhouses for sale at the location,” said Jerry Ferrario, who is developing the property with brother Joe Ferrario and Mike Vacendak.

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