Pittston, Pennsylvania
Pittston, Pennsylvania Pittston City aerial view looking northeast.
Pittston City aerial view looking northeast.
Official seal of Pittston, Pennsylvania Pittston, Pennsylvania is positioned in Pennsylvania Pittston, Pennsylvania - Pittston, Pennsylvania Region Greater Pittston Website City of Pittston, Pennsylvania Pittston is a town/city in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States.
The town/city gained eminence in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as an active anthracite coal quarrying city, drawing a large portion of its workforce force from European immigrants.
The populace was 7,739 as of the 2010 census. At its peak in 1920, the populace of Pittston was 18,497.
Pittston City is at the heart of the Greater Pittston region (a 65.35 square mile region in Luzerne County).
Greater Pittston has a total populace of 48,020 (as of 2010). 5.1 Pittston Tomato Festival 6.2 List of mayors of Pittston City 6.3 Pittston mayoral election, 2013 Pittston lies in the Wyoming Valley on the east side of the Susquehanna River and on the south side of the Lackawanna River.
Pittston broke away from Pittston Township and officially became a borough in 1853.
John Hosie served as the first burgess of the Borough of Pittston.
Throughout the late 1890s, Pittston's borders extended from Scranton to Wilkes-Barre, but due to financial and civil differences, the improve would soon be divided into the many townships and boroughs that exist throughout the central Wyoming Valley today.
Child workers at Pittston coal mine, 1911.
Pittston is positioned inside Pennsylvania's Coal Region.
The first mine was established in 1775 near Pittston. With the opening of a canal in the 1830s, Pittston became an meaningful link in the coal industry.
Money made through the quarrying and transit of coal led some of the dominant merchants to petition its separation from Pittston Township.
The anthracite and barns trade thriving thousands of immigrants, making Pittston a true melting pot with once-distinct ethnic and class neighborhoods.
The populace of Pittston boomed in the late 19th century.
Many of Hine's subjects were photographed in the mines and coal fields in and around Pittston between 1908 and 1912.
Coal quarrying remained the prominent trade in Pittston for many decades, but disasters did strike on more than one occasion.
In the early morning hours of June 28, 1896, ninety miners were at work in the Red Ash Vein of the Newton Coal Company's Twin Shaft Mine in Pittston.
The cave-in killed 58 miners (including the city's then-acting mayor, Michael J.
Anthracite coal quarrying remained a primary industry in the Greater Pittston region until the Knox Mine Disaster.
Pittston became an active barns center in response to its quarrying and industrialized activity.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad maintained a beautiful station in downtown Pittston, near the foot of the Water Street Bridge.
Pittston also had a station on the historic Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad, generally known as the Laurel Line.
Besides quarrying anthracite coal, Pittston was home to many industries in the 19th and 20th centuries, including metals, plastics, paper products, apparel, electrical equipment and beverages.
The Pittston Stove Company, established in 1864, produced coal and wood-burning stoves for heating and cooking.
The Pittston Brewing Company, brewers of Glennon's Beer, maintained operations in Pittston from 1873 until 1948.
From the 1930s to the 1980s, Pittston City emerged as a nationwide center for clothing manufacturing.
Thousands of workers, mainly women, labored in many factories throughout the Greater Pittston area.
Pittston, like most metros/cities in the rust belt, witnessed populace loss and urban decay.
On March 15, 1993, two Pittston firefighters (John Lombardo and Len Insalaco) were killed while fighting a blaze on the city's chief street.
From 2004 to the present, the Diocese of Scranton has closed many of the churches and private schools in and around Pittston due to declining populace and enrollment.
The town/city council appointed the first female mayor in the city's history (Donna Mc - Fadden-Connors) to serve out the remainder of Keating's term.
Main Street, Downtown Pittston In October 2005, it was revealed that Daniel Siniawa and Associates of Dickson City, Pennsylvania, designed a condo complex for Pittston City.
Pittston City can be seen on the right (along the river).
The City of Pittston lies in the Wyoming Valley on the east side of the Susquehanna River and on the south side of the Lackawanna River.
The town/city can be divided into three sections: the Oregon Section (located in southern Pittston), the Downtown (or City Center), and the Junction (or Upper Pittston).
Two bridges cross over the Susquehanna and connect the Downtown with the Borough of West Pittston (on the opposite bank).
The region in and around Pittston is referred to as Greater Pittston and includes Avoca, Dupont, Duryea, Exeter, Exeter Township, Hughestown, Jenkins Township, Laflin, Pittston, Pittston Township, West Pittston, West Wyoming, Wyoming, and Yatesville.
Pittston Tomato Festival The City of Pittston promotes itself as "The Quality Tomato Capital of the World." Images of tomatoes can be seen throughout Pittston.
The Pittston Tomato Festival, in its twenty-eighth year in 2011, is held annually on South Main Street in Downtown Pittston to jubilate the city's tradition and tradition in cultivating the tomato.
Delicious food (from food vendors throughout the Greater Pittston region), a range of live entertainment, games, rides, arts and crafts, bingo, and of course home-grown Pittston tomatoes keep bringing an enthusiastic crowd to the festival year after year.
The event also consists of a beauty pageant, a tomato tasting contest, a best looking and ugliest tomato contest, a 5 km run through the city, tomato fights, and a parade.
In May 2011, Parade Magazine cited the Pittston Tomato Festival in one of its articles.
City Hall of Pittston Pittston was incorporated as a town/city in December 1894.
As defined by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pittston is a Third Class City and directed under the state Third Class City Code.
Following approval by the electorate, Pittston City's government began operating under a Home Rule Charter effective January 2, 2013.
Under the home rule charter, the town/city is governed by a five-member town/city council composed of four propel town/city councilmembers and the propel mayor, who, in addition to being the presiding officer of the town/city council, holds additional executive authority as prescribed by the home rule charter.
There is also an propel town/city controller and propel town/city tax collector/treasurer who hold specific duties as set forth in the home rule charter.
A experienced town/city administrator appointed by the town/city council oversees the day-to-day operations of the town/city government.
Pittston's City Hall is positioned on 35 Broad Street (near the city's downtown).
Main article: Mayor of Pittston, Pennsylvania The current mayor of Pittston is Jason C.
List of mayors of Pittston City Maloney, first mayor of Pittston City (1894 1898) From 1894 to the present, the City of Pittston is served by an propel mayor (serving four year terms). Maloney 1894 1898 First mayor of Pittston City.
Walsh 1980 1998 Served 10 years on City Council and 18 years as mayor.
Lombardo 1998 2006 Pittston's second youngest mayor.
Donna Mc - Fadden-Connors 2009 2010 Served the remainder of Keating's term, and was as Pittston's first female mayor.
Klush 2010 present Pittston's youngest mayor; sworn in at age 33. Pittston mayoral election, 2013 Pittston City mayoral major election, 2013 Pittston Area School District is positioned in the northeastern corner of Luzerne County (it can be seen in green).
Pittston City is positioned inside the Pittston Area School District, which covers Pittston Township, Dupont, Duryea, Hughestown, Yatesville, Avoca, and Jenkins Township.
The Pittston Area School District consists of four schools: Pittston Area Primary Center - Hughestown (Grades: K-1) Pittston Area Intermediate Center - Pittston (Grades: 2-4) Mattei Middle School - Pittston (Grades: 5-8) Pittston Area Senior High School - Yatesville (Grades: 9-12) There were a several Catholic schools in the Greater Pittston area; many have been closed by the Diocese of Scranton due to lack of funding and low enrollment.
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport is positioned inside the Greater Pittston region (just outside of the city).
US Route 11 passes though Pittston City.
Pittston is also positioned near the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, Interstate 476, providing a link to Allentown and Philadelphia.
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport is positioned in Pittston Township.
Pittston is served by the Luzerne County Transportation Authority and COLTS, which provides bus services to the town/city and other communities inside Luzerne County and Lackawanna County.
Martz Trailways also provides commuter, tour, and trip service from Pittston, and close-by locations in downtown Scranton and Wilkes-Barre to points east and south, such as Philadelphia, New York City, and Atlantic City.
At present, the Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad, Canadian Pacific Railway (successor to the Delaware and Hudson) and the Luzerne & Susquehanna Railroad (designated-operator of the county-owned shortline) furnish freight service inside the town/city and Pittston Township.
Pittston City Fire Headquarters (20-22 Kennedy Street in Pittston) The Pittston City Fire Department provides fire protection for the Greater Pittston region.
Today's department operates from its command posts at 20-22 Kennedy Street in Pittston.
The Pittston City Police Department was established on April 26, 1895.
The Chief of Police also chairs the town/city Traffic Committee, which makes recommendations for shifts to traffic flow and town/city parking. A no-charge community clinic is also positioned in Pittston.
Charles Calvin Bowman, mayor of Pittston and U.S.
The football stadium at Pittston Area High School in Yatesville is titled in his honor.
"Mayors and the Burgesses of the City of Pittston - City of Pittston | City of Pittston".
"Pittston mayor resigns after major defeat".
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