{"id":40773,"date":"2025-11-21T16:18:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T16:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/40773\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T16:18:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T16:18:01","slug":"grand-opening-held-for-new-barnes-and-noble-bookstore-scranton-times-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/40773\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand opening held for new Barnes and Noble bookstore \u2013 Scranton Times-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A grand opening for a new Barnes &amp; Noble bookstore in Dickson City \u2014 which included an appearance by author Matt Birkbeck who signed copies of his books, including \u201cThe Life We Chose: William \u2018Big Billy\u2019 D\u2019Elia and the Last Secrets of America\u2019s Most Powerful Mafia Family\u201d \u2014 took place Wednesday at 638 Commerce Blvd. The retailer \u2014 which also operates a location inside the Arena Hub Plaza in Wilkes-Barre Twp. \u2014 occupies the former Joann Fabrics space in the Dickson City Crossings.The approximately 20,000-square-foot store will feature books, toys, games, magazines, gift items and a B&amp;N Cafe.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Gabriel Yurkanin looks at manga novels during the grand opening...\" class=\"size-article_inline\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Gabriel Yurkanin looks at manga novels during the grand opening of the Barnes and Nobles on Commerce Blvd. in Dickson City on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025. Yurkanin expressed that he\u2019s excited to no longer drive to Wilkes-Barre to visit the chain bookstore. (REBECCA PARTICKA\/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Customers look at books and other merchandise during the grand...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/STT-L-BOOKSTORE-CAPST-1120-06.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Customers look at books and other merchandise during the grand opening of the Barnes and Nobles on Commerce Blvd in Dickson City on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025. (REBECCA PARTICKA\/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"The Starbucks cafe area in the Barnes and Nobles on...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/STT-L-BOOKSTORE-CAPST-1120-05.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Starbucks cafe area in the Barnes and Nobles on Commerce Blvd. in Dickson City on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025. (REBECCA PARTICKA\/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Camille Bonavoglia reads a local history book during the grand...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/STT-L-BOOKSTORE-CAPST-1120-04.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Camille Bonavoglia reads a local history book during the grand opening of the Barnes and Nobles on Commerce Blvd. in Dickson City on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025. (REBECCA PARTICKA\/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Customers browse different types of media during the grand opening...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/STT-L-BOOKSTORE-CAPST-1120-02.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Customers browse different types of media during the grand opening of the Barnes and Nobles on Commerce Blvd. in Dickson City on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025. (REBECCA PARTICKA\/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n<p>Show Caption<\/p>\n<p>1 of 5<\/p>\n<p>Gabriel Yurkanin looks at manga novels during the grand opening of the Barnes and Nobles on Commerce Blvd. in Dickson City on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025. Yurkanin expressed that he\u2019s excited to no longer drive to Wilkes-Barre to visit the chain bookstore. (REBECCA PARTICKA\/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-enlarge mng-gallery-fullscreen-expand\" aria-label=\"Expand fullscreen slideshow\">Expand<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A grand opening for a new Barnes &amp; Noble bookstore in Dickson City \u2014 which included an appearance&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40774,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[60,1099,201,182,28,178,180,179,181],"class_list":["post-40773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-business","tag-dickson-city","tag-lackawanna-county","tag-local-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-top-stories-stt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40773\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}