By Roger DuPuis rdupuis@timesleader.com
Diamond City Partnership officials are seen at Midtown Village in Wilkes-Barre, where a new series of happy hour events, dubbed Sunsets on South Main, will debut on May 15. From left are DCP Director of Marketing and Development Susan Magnotta, Executive Director Larry Newman and marketing intern Medina Saeed.
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DCP’s Medina Saeed, left, and Susan Magnotta examine some of the pop-up shop buildings that will be part of Sunsets on South Main.
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WILKES-BARRE A series of events kicking off later this month is designed to help bring more foot traffic into Downtown Wilkes-Barre as center city businesses work to rebound from the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Today
Sunshine to start, then a few afternoon clouds. High 68F. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph..
Tonight
Partly cloudy skies this evening will become overcast overnight. Slight chance of a rain shower. Low 44F. Winds NE at 5 to 10 mph. Updated: April 6, 2021 @ 5:44 am
Downtown Wilkes-Barre office workers say they are going to miss Tony âThe Shoe Guyâ Bonczewski, who died earlier this week at age 91, days after he retired.
Bonczewski was the owner and cobbler of Jordan National Shoe Repair, having been the first tenant of the Bicentennial Building on Public Square when it opened in 1977.
After 76 years in the shoe and accessory repair business, Bonczewski retired on Feb 14. He was to clean the remaining stuff out of his shop on Tuesday, the day he died.
âHis death was a big blow in our building. Everyone was upset. Yesterday was essentially his last day. He didnât show up. Then his son showed up,â said Robert Finlay, president of Humford Equities, which manages the building. âIâve known Tony all my life. He didnât seem right once he announced he was retiring. He used to go in on Saturdays and Sundays to stay active.â
Real estate and investment management company Colliers International announced it has completed the sale of the six-story Bicentennial Building at 15 Public Square in downtown Wilkes-Barre.A private equity company led by an investor in Lawrence, New York, purchased the 74,452-square foot multi-tenant office and retail building from Bicentennial Building Associates, said Jeff Algatt, a senior vice president of Colliers investment sales group.