Seniors upset about polling place in their lunchroom
Residents at Wright Manor cannot understand why their dining room was selected as a new polling place for the Pennsylvania Primary on May 18. Author: Chelsea Strub Updated: 5:37 PM EDT May 4, 2021
MOUNTAIN TOP, Pa. Wright Manor in Mountain Top is a county-owned housing facility for seniors in Luzerne County.
Last week, residents became upset when they learned their lunchroom would be turned into a polling place for voters on May 18. We re very upset. We re very scared, said resident Eileen Dominick. Between COVID, between security itself. With me personally, it s the security of all these people coming into a building that is always locked.
Pittston area
Construction has begun on a new 36-unit apartment complex for the elderly in Dupont, at the site of the vacant Ben Franklin School, 611 Walnut St. The units will include four fully accessible handicapped units and one apartment designed for hearing/sight impaired. The announcement was made by Michael Molitoris, executive director of the Housing Authority of Luzerne County, developer, and Dupont Housing for the Elderly, LP, owner. The project is designed to provide affordable housing to low-income seniors at 60% or below the area median income. Construction is projected to be completed in December 2021. Seniors 62 and older can apply online beginning at 9 a.m. Feb. 1 at www.luzctyha.org. For information, call or email Patrick Stoodley at 570-287-9661, ext. 2240, or patricks@luzctyha.org.
Construction of a new affordable housing project for the elderly has begun in Dupont.
The Dupont Housing for the Elderly project is being developed at the former Ben Franklin School at 611 Walnut St.
Michael Molitoris, executive director of the Housing Authority of Luzerne County, the developer, said the project represents a unique public and private partnership and the culmination of three years of planning to create a housing development which will remove a vacant deteriorated building and transform the site into a true community asset to provide affordable housing to low-income seniors. Construction is projected to be completed in December 2021, he said.