COMM 115 October 26, 2010. S CRANTON, P ENNSYLVANIA The electric city……
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Transcript of COMM 115 October 26, 2010. S CRANTON, P ENNSYLVANIA The electric city……
Chris Doherty
First elected as Mayorin 2001
almost $400 million dollars is being invested in Scranton and all of it began with Doherty’s election nine years ago.
THE MAYOR
GREAT NIGHT LIFE Wide array of Pub’s
Many Night clubs
Underage nights
Festivals
And much more…..
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THE UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON
Scranton is one of only 100 colleges and universities in the nation to be named to Templeton Foundation’s Honor Roll of Character-Building Colleges. (http://matrix.scranton.edu/news/pointsofpride/index.shtml)
Jesuit Institution
Has over 4,000 students
18 division III athletic teams
http://www.earnmydegree.com/online-education/online-college/University-of-Scranton.html
HISTORY• A very productive Coal mining city
• Developed on the foothills of the Pocono’s
• Founded by the Abbott brothers
• First electric street car system in the United States• “The Electric City”
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SPORTS• Home of the Scranton/ Wilkes -Barre Yankees
• Home of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
• And various high school athletics…
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2nd Largest in the COUNTRY!
ST. PATTY’S DAY PARADE
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THINGS TO DO….
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