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Dunmore to improve Keystone Industrial Park Road with $1.8M in grants

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Dunmore will use nearly $2 million in grants to improve the crumbling Keystone Industrial Park Road, giving drivers a smoother surface and pedestrians a safer path to work. Borough council voted Monday to approve a resolution authorizing and directing borough Manager Greg Wolff to sign an agreement with the state Department of Transportation to improve Keystone Industrial Park Road, council President Janet Brier said. The project, now more than 3½ years in the making, will use $1.8 million in grants to repave the borough-owned industrial park road and add a bike/walking lane for pedestrians, Brier said. The work will extend […]

Senior housing projects progress in Dunmore, roughly $21 million investment

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Two senior housing projects will add nearly 90 apartments and personal care units to Dunmore Corners, representing an estimated $21 million investment into Dunmore’s downtown. Construction of the four-story Bucktown Center at East Drinker and South Apple streets is nearly complete, creating 37 one-bedroom apartments — each about 800 square feet — and three two-bedroom apartments, said Marty Fotta, chief operating officer of United Neighborhood Centers of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The Bucktown Center, which also has 5,500 square feet of first-floor commercial space currently available to lease or buy, is set to begin moving in residents by the end of June, […]

Spring Clothing Swap

Join Swap Scranton at the Dunmore Community Center for a fun and sustainable community event!

How It Works:
1. Bring up to 10 clean, gently used, or new clothing items or accessories only
2. Check in your items and receive tickets (1 item = 1 ticket)
3. Browse clothing racks and tables, selecting new-to-you items
4. Check out your new items by exchanging tickets
5. Enjoy browsing offerings from local vendors
6. All leftover clothing will be further donated

All ages, genders, and sizes welcome
Come swap, shop, and socialize!

Urban Gardening Workshop

In collaboration with Wild Notion Farms 
BSPCAC (Black Scranton Project Cultural Arts Center)
Want to learn how to grow your own food and transform urban spaces? Join us for a free hands-on Urban Gardening Workshop! 
Here’s what you’ll get:
Free Gardening Kit: Compost, plant starts (herbs, lettuce, tomatoes, peppers), and food-safe buckets
Intro to Gardening: A quick workshop on transplanting seedlings and gardening basics
Hands-on Learning: Get your hands dirty and grow your own garden!
Free RSVP required – 1 kit per household. Spaces are limited!

Chamber 4

NEPP violinists Robyn Quinnett and Emily Frederick, joined by violist Edwin Kaplan and cellist Titilayo Ayangade, bring you beloved classics by Haydn and Duke Ellington, and accessible and intriguing new works exploring the African-American historical experience, by Carlos Simon and Rhiannon Giddens. Music by always riveting young American star composer Jessie Montgomery completes the program.

This series is sponsored by the Stoppini Chamber Sponsorship.

A Swinging 60`s Celebration

Put your bellbottoms on and join your friends of the Philharmonic League for a 60's themed evening of food, music and fun on the patio at Constantino's in Clarks Summit as we celebrate our 2025 Super Symphony Supporter, Cindy Gowell, in recognition of her exemplary support and contributions to the Philharmonic. Tickets are $60 and include passed hors d'oeuvres, food stations and special dessert bar! Music by EJ the DJ. Cash bar available. Peace out.

Dunmore approves campground at Silver Lake between I-84/380 and Route 435

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Dunmore approved a developer’s plan to create a campground with five cabins near the Interstate 84/380 Twin Bridges and the new flyover exit ramp for Elmhurst, the borough zoning coordinator said. S. Walsh Properties LLC of 2641 Pittston Ave. in Scranton sought from the Dunmore Zoning Board a special exception to establish a campground and construct five cabins at Silver Lake on Drinker Turnpike, according to public notices of the board’s April 24 meeting agenda published in The Times-Tribune on April 15 and 22. The board Thursday unanimously approved the special exception, borough Zoning Coordinator Michael Brazil said Friday. The […]
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