AdvertisementBy Scranton Times-TribuneOct 22, 2021 at 1:37 pmScranton’s iconic Electric City sign that brightens the downtown has gone dark.The office building it sits atop has been vacant for some time, and the owner, Robert Pettinato, said he can no longer afford to pay the bill of about $500 a month to keep the sign lit.AdvertisementThe sign above the Scranton Electric Building, 507 Linden St., has been kept off for about the past two weeks, Pettinato said.“It’s turned off. It’s been turned off for weeks,” he said.AdvertisementHe has been discussing the status of the sign with city...…AdvertisementBy Scranton Times-TribuneOct 22, 2021 at 1:37 pmScranton’s iconic Electric City sign that brightens the downtown has gone dark.The office building it sits atop has been vacant for some time, and the owner, Robert Pettinato, said he can no longer afford to pay the bill of about $500 a month to keep the sign lit.AdvertisementThe sign above the Scranton Electric Building, 507 Linden St., has been kept off for about the past two weeks, Pettinato said.“It’s turned off. It’s been turned off for weeks,” he said.AdvertisementHe has been discussing the status of the sign with city...WW…

AdvertisementBy The Scranton Times-TribuneNov 15, 2020 at 2:36 pmCristian Garcia Torres Jr. and his family never intended to have the name of their Mexican restaurant in South Scranton offend anyone. Instead, they chose a Spanish-language word understood in Mexico and among people of Mexican descent living in the Scranton area as a harmless “running joke,” Torres testified last week to the city Zoning Board.But the city received a complaint several months ago that the word has another interpretation as a vulgarity, city Planner Don King testified. He looked up the definition of the word and...…AdvertisementBy The Scranton Times-TribuneNov 15, 2020 at 2:36 pmCristian Garcia Torres Jr. and his family never intended to have the name of their Mexican restaurant in South Scranton offend anyone. Instead, they chose a Spanish-language word understood in Mexico and among people of Mexican descent living in the Scranton area as a harmless “running joke,” Torres testified last week to the city Zoning Board.But the city received a complaint several months ago that the word has another interpretation as a vulgarity, city Planner Don King testified. He looked up the definition of the word and...WW…