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Fire at Business in Clarks Summit

Submitted by WNEP Web Staff
Friday, October 14th, 2011, 4:01pm

Fire broke out at a business in Clarks Summit Friday morning.

The accounting offices of Swallow and Forkal on North State street seemed to be the only business affected.

Fire crews were able to get the fire under control.

North State street between Highland Avenue and Old Lackawanna Trail was closed for about two hours due to the fire.

The cause of the fire has not been determined yet.

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Parade Day by the Numbers

Submitted by WNEP Web Staff
Monday, March 14th, 2011, 5:21pm

Days after the 50th annual St. Patrick's Day parade in downtown Scranton, the numbers are in for both downtown business owners and Scranton police.

Thousands of people flocked to downtown Scranton Saturday for the parade, bringing with them the appetite to eat, drink and spend.

For the owners of the Cigar Club on Spruce Street, which is right on the parade route, parade day is considered the shop's black Friday.

"Parade day is our single biggest day all year, La Fest is huge for us, but parade day, one day is absolutely phenomenal. It's like our black Friday," said Andy Genovese, owner of the Cigar Club. He added for cigars alone they easily sold 300 throughout the entire day, with steady traffic coming in all 14 hours they were opened.

A tent was also set up in front of the store, which was jam packed all day long, as well.

A block over, at Brixx Bar and Restaurant the owner was also celebrating an overall successful parade day.

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Snow Slows Presidents' Day Business

Submitted by WNEP Web Staff
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011, 12:34am

All that snow was the last thing area retailers wanted on this Presidents' Day.

The holiday typically has people out and about, shopping for sales, but businesses said the snow slowed things down.

The Viewmont Mall in Lackawanna County opened for business on this Presidents' Day, a little behind schedule.

The massive snow fall caused the mall to open at noon, a two hour delay.

Once the mall opened its doors, vendors said the number of customers was definitely down from Presidents' Days past. "We're taking a beating because of the snow," said Ed Henderzak of Field Goal Sports. "There's nobody coming around and everybody's afraid of traveling which I don't blame them you know?"

"The flow of traffic is a lot less than we'd normally have on a holiday like this. We should be a lot busier than we are today," said Don Karpien who runs Freedom Images.

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