* 717: 958 Harrisburg / Scranton / Wilkes-Barre, PA

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It is one of the principal cities in the Scranton / Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area, which had a population of 563, 631 as of the 2010 Census making it the fourth largest metro / statistical area in the state of Pennsylvania.

This statement is quoted from the Scranton / Wilkes-Barre Yankees News page: " On October 12, 1926, Babe Ruth visited Wilkes-Barre's Artillery Park to play in an exhibition game between Hughestown and Larksville.

An estimated 40, 000 people live and / or work in Downtown Wilkes-Barre every day.

It is home to three low-income housing projects, two elderly high-rise apartment buildings, and the AHL team The Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins in Coal St Park.

Wilkes-Barre / Scranton International Airport serves the cities of Wilkes-Barre and Scranton

Five international airlines fly from the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton International Airport in nearby Pittston Township.

* PNC Field, home of the Scranton / Wilkes-Barre Yankees ( in Moosic )

In the midst of the lockout, the Penguins dispersed between the club's American Hockey League affiliate Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins and European leagues.

* Scranton / Wilkes-Barre Red Barons, or Red Barons, the former nickname of the Scranton / Wilkes-Barre Yankees baseball club

* Wilkes-Barre / Scranton: WOLF ( W52CE-TV Sayre ) Fox ; WNEP ABC ; and WYOU CBS

Lehighton is located in northeast Pennsylvania north / northwest of Allentown and south of Wilkes-Barre.

The town is primarily served by Service Electric Cablevision cable TV and receives both the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton market television stations and Philadelphia stations.

Directly to the north of the borough is the Toyota Pavilion and Sno Mountain Ski Resort in Scranton and directly south is the site of the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton International Airport, located in the adjacent borough of Avoca.

PNC Field, home to the New York Yankees ' farm team, the Scranton / Wilkes-Barre Yankees, is situated within the city limits of Moosic.

For 2006, a new, extension connects the county's Electric City Trolley Museum line at the Steamtown National Historic Site, Scranton, to a new station and trolley restoration facility, immediately adjacent to the Scranton / Wilkes-Barre Yankees stadium off Montage Mountain Road, Moosic.

It is the county seat of Lackawanna County and the largest principal city in the Scranton / Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area.

Other attractions responsible for recent popularity and favorable attention to the Scranton area include the Snö Mountain ski resort ( formerly Montage Mountain ), the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins, AHL affiliate of the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Scranton / Wilkes-Barre Yankees ( formerly the Red Barons ), AAA affiliate of the New York Yankees, and their PNC Field, The Houdini Museum and the Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain concert venue.

* Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, the core cities of the Wyoming Valley in northeastern Pennsylvania.

It is part of the Scranton – Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area.

Moosic is a borough in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, six miles ( 9 km ) south of Scranton and northeast of Wilkes-Barre on the Lackawanna River.

Professional ice hockey arrived in 1999 when the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League began play at the Mohegan Sun Arena ( formerly Wachovia Arena ) in Wilkes-Barre Township.

Mario Lemieux, OC, CQ (; ; born October 5, 1965 ) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and co-owner of the National Hockey League's ( NHL ) Pittsburgh Penguins and the American Hockey League's ( AHL ) Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins.

He played for the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins, an affiliate team of the Pittsburgh Penguins, in the American Hockey League during the 2004 – 05 NHL lockout.

* The Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins, an American Hockey League ( AHL ) team

On April 17 – 18, 2009, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, the AHL affiliate of the New York Islanders, played two of their home playoff games against the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins at the Coliseum due to a scheduling conflict at the Sound Tigers ' regular home, the Arena at Harbor Yard.

They are the ECHL affiliate of the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Montreal Canadiens of the NHL and the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins and the Hamilton Bulldogs of the AHL.

Fleury finished the QMJHL season with Cape Breton in a first round elimination and was subsequently assigned to Pittsburgh's American Hockey League ( AHL ) affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins and appeared in 2 post-season games.

Category: Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins players

The Senators entered the playoffs on a roll, winners of 11 of their last 13 games, and continued their dominance by cruising through the first 2 games of their first round best of 7 series against the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins, scoring 9 goals.

Boulerice was invited to the AHL's, Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins, training camp for the 2009 – 10 season.

Undrafted, Brookbank has previously played for the Anchorage Aces of the West Coast Hockey League ( WCHL ), the Oklahoma City Blazers of the Central Hockey League ( CHL ), the Orlando Solar Bears of the International Hockey League ( IHL ), the Grand Rapids Griffins, Providence Bruins, Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins, Binghamton Senators, Milwaukee Admirals, Norfolk Admirals and Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League ( AHL ), and the Nashville Predators, Vancouver Canucks, Boston Bruins and Carolina Hurricanes of the NHL.

The Penguins purchased the dormant Cornwall Aces AHL franchise from the Colorado Avalanche in 1996, but left the team inactive until the 1999 – 2000 season when it was placed in Wilkes-Barre.

Wilkes-Barre and the surrounding Wyoming Valley are framed by the Pocono Mountains to the east, the Endless Mountains to the west and the Lehigh Valley to the south.

Wilkes-Barre is by no means a city characterized by tall buildings, but it has a large skyline for a city of its population and size, and it is home to more than 30 high rise buildings, the tallest of which are as follows.

( Daniel J Flood Tower is in Kingston and the VA Medical Center is in Wilkes-Barre Township, but they are part of the Wilkes-Barre skyline, being close enough to blend in )

The legislative branch of Wilkes-Barre is the City Council, comprising five members who are elected by district to four-year terms.

Barrett and George are former Wilkes-Barre City police chiefs.

According Wilkes-Barre. pa. us, Wilkes-Barre houses 12 official neighborhoods, which are

The Wilkes-Barre Wyoming Valley Airport and the Susquehanna River dike are both located in the borough.

In 1829, a writer from Wilkes-Barre posted a notice in the Connecticut Mirror, writing, " among the curiosities of our county ( and we have a few ) are Smith's Coal Mines, situated in Plymouth township in this county ... it sends a sudden twinge through a fellow, say, to think himself walking under a mountain fifty feet through, with only here and there a pillar to support it ... those who feel desirous of knowing more about this matter, must do as many others have done-go and see for themselves.

The cities of Wilkes-Barre and Pittston are also part of this valley.

There are stories of Johnny Appleseed practicing his nurseryman craft in the Wilkes-Barre area and of picking seeds from the pomace at Potomac cider mills in the late 1790s.

However, a majority of locations in the township are addressed as Wilkes-Barre, not Wilkes-Barre Township.

Critically acclaimed hard rock sensation Breaking Benjamin are based out of Wilkes-Barre.

Students may use university-owned athletic facilities, and are also given a free membership to the Wilkes-Barre YMCA which provides a pool, gym, racquetball courts, basketball courts and other athletic facilities.

The Scranton / Wilkes-Barre Yankees are a professional minor league baseball team based in Moosic, Pennsylvania in the Scranton / Wilkes-Barre area.

For this season, while the team is still officially the Scranton / Wilkes-Barre Yankees, they are using a alternative name which is " Empire State Yankees " for promotional purposes.

The seven sports franchises that MBP owns, operates and / or consults with are the Scranton / Wilkes-Barre Yankees, a Triple-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, the Frisco RoughRiders, a Double-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers ; the Oklahoma RedHawks, A Triple-A affiliate of the Houston Astros ; the Dayton Dragons, a Single-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds ; the Hagerstown Suns, a Single-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals ; the Erie SeaWolves, a Double-A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers and the Staten Island Yankees, a Single-A affiliate of the New York Yankees.

It has successfully expanded to the Scranton and Wilkes-Barre markets, and to the Altoona-State College area, but it has been shown less interest in the suburban counties surrounding Philadelphia ( though there are a few locations ) and Pittsburgh.

Norfolk's geographically closest rivals are the Hershey Bears, Charlotte Checkers, and Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins.

The latter's cameras are actually fed through to a television channel for Service Electric cable customers in Wilkes-Barre.