Updated: 11:30 AM EDT May 11, 2021
LACKAWANNA, N.Y. A popular event in Lackawanna will unfortunately not be taking place this year.
City leaders announced the annual Summer Festival has been cancelled due to uncertainty over COVID-19 protocols and on-going renovation work at Veteran s Stadium where the festival is held.
“With the lead time necessary to produce a high-quality festival, the uncertainty around exactly what Covid-19 health and safety protocols would look like this summer and the timing of the extensive work planned at Veteran’s Stadium, we felt it best to cancel this year’s event,” said Lackawanna Mayor Annette Lafallo. “We look forward to resuming our summer festival better than ever in 2022 within our newly renovated venue.”
Lackawanna approves site plans for Sucro Sourcing expansion at former Bethlehem Steel site
In addition, the Erie County Industrial Development Agency approved an incentive package, which will allow the creation of 45 expansion-related new jobs. Author: WGRZ Staff Updated: 8:47 PM EST January 27, 2021
LACKAWANNA, N.Y. An expansion project that will bring new jobs and new life to a former Bethlehem Steel site got the green light on two fronts Wednesday.
The City of Lackawanna gave the approval for a $19 million expansion for sugar supplier Sucro Sourcing. The project will transform the remains of three abandoned and decaying buildings on the former steel complex into new structures to include a raw storage warehouse, a sugar refinery, packaging and finished good warehousing and offices.