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The Susquehanna River and Wilkes-Barre Downtown Wilkes-Barre at night The Stegmaier Federal Building Roth Residence Hall McClintock Hall, built in 1841 According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 7.2 square miles (19 km 2 ), of which 6.8 square miles (18 km 2 ) is land and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km 2 ), or 4.60%, is water.
According to the John Wilkes article, "The city of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania was named for John Wilkes and Isaac Barré." There is no source in that article, so I hesitate to include it here, but some editor may be able to create an inline citation and add the fact here, probably in the lede. --DThomsen8 16:10, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
League president Jared Widman was quoted to say, “The (Mohegan) Sun Arena has been wonderful to work with. Bringing arena football back to Wilkes-Barre, it is something that is exciting and the league is happy about.” [3] Rowland and Widman were college classmates at Misericordia and teammates on that school's lacrosse team. [4]
Jan. 24—WILKES-BARRE — Abide Coffeehouse put out three interesting tip jars ahead of their NEPA-themed Trivia Night on Wednesday, January 24. The cups are labelled "bear," "bar," and "berry ...
Jul. 23—WILKES-BARRE — Thanks to some talented art students from Wilkes-Barre Area High School, visitors to downtown Wilkes-Barre can now get their picture taken sitting next to the iconic Mr ...
Aug. 22—WILKES-BARRE TWP. — Residents of Wilkes-Barre Township will party like it's 1774 this weekend, celebrating the town's 250th anniversary. Mayor Carl Kuren, who is in his seventh 4-year ...
In 1806, a large portion of the territory broke away from the township to form the borough of Wilkes-Barre. Today, the township of Wilkes-Barre occupies a 1-by-3-mile (1.6 by 4.8 km) strip of land adjacent to the southeast border of what is now the city of Wilkes-Barre. Coal mining was a prominent industry in and around Wilkes-Barre Township in ...
Mar. 18—WILKES-BARRE — Mayor George C. Brown on Monday announced the launch of Wilkes-Barre City's Office of Economic and Community Development's 2024 Community Survey. The city's Office of ...