Wilkes-Barre denies zoning applications for two BYOB clubs, splits on hookah lounges

Francois Ribery, right, smokes a traditional ‘Shisha,’ water pipe at a hookah lounge in Boulogne-sur-Mer, northern France, on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012. Closer to home, Wilkes-Barre’s Zoning Hearing Board Wednesday denied two applications for bottle clubs, split on hookah lounges sought by the applicants and approved an apartment complex for a vacant commercial property on Carey Avenue.