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Misericordia holding pre-medical conference

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Pre-medical conference will be held Saturday at Misericordia University

PITTSTON &#8212; City council members approved an application for the Redevelopment Authority to acquire a property located at Church and Carroll streets.The property, which is the old St. Mary&#8217;s Assumption Elementary School, will come down and make way for the construction of a 35-unit senior housing development.The school was closed in 2011 by the Diocese of Scranton.Joe Chacke, Executive Director of the Redevelopment Authority, said the project will cost around $11 million, with $50,000 coming from a City Community Development Block Grant and $60,000 from the county&#8217;s home and trust fund money.The Redevelopment Authority also submitted an application to the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency for tax-credited funding.Chacke, however, did not have a timeline for when the project would begin.&#8220;It&#8217;s all up to funding,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The PHFA is scheduled to make decisions in July, so we won&#8217;t find out until July if we can fund it this year. If we can&#8217;t fund it this year, we&#8217;ll re-apply next year.&#8221;In other business, council members approved:&#8226; The closing of Anderson Street between Broad and William streets between 10 a.m. and 11 p.m. on May 27 and 28 for the annual St. Joseph Marello Parish Picnic.&#8226; The re-appointment of Frank Serino to the Pittston City Housing Authority effective retroactively from October 2014 to a five-year term expiring October 2019.&#8226; The re-appointment of Charles Dominick to the Pittston City Housing Authority retroactively from October 2015 to a five-year term expiring October 2020.&#8226; An ordinance to prohibit parking on a portion of Fear Street between Broad Street and Rear Broad Street, as well as Gazette Place, citing safety concerns on the narrow streets.The next council meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 20 at city hall, 35 Broad St.<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>By Jimmy Fisherjfisher@www.timesleader.com</bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta>Reach Jimmy Fisher at 570-704-3972 or on Twitter @SD_JimmyFisher.</shirttailMeta></div>

Pittston City council OKs acquiring St. Mary’s Assumption school to make way for senior housing