Wilkes-Barre
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Wilkes-Barre is in northeast Pennsylvania, near Scranton. The city is named for one of the participants in the American Revolutionary War.
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Get in
Fly into Avoca (AVP) airport if you can and take I81 south, or Allentown/Bethlehem. There is a Martz Trailways bus station downtown.
Get around
Very little public transportation, but there is a bus which runs every 30 to 60 minutes during the day between the mall and downtown (and to other local towns such as Hazelton and Dallas).
See
The original Planter's Peanuts building is here. If you drive outside the city, you may see steam rising from the ventilation shafts of the old coal mines.
Do
You can catch an ice hockey game or concert at the Wachovia Arena. Kings College and Wilkes University often feature art exhibits in their libraries. The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons AAA baseball team plays 15 minutes north near Montage Mountain, which also features a major concert venue and skiing in the winter.
Buy
Nearly all of the shops are chain stores located in the mall area outside of downtown. Comic book collectors should check out Gema off Blackman Street, and the Phoenix downtown.
Eat
This area is known for its many authentic diner car restaurants; Eddy's has fries with gravy and is open late. La Tolteca, near the mall, is popular for Mexican. Garlic Garden downtown has very reasonably priced Lebanese food, with fish on Fridays for the local Catholic population.
Drink
There is karaoke almost every night of the week, often hosted by DJ Scott Stevens.
Sleep
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