{"id":86063,"date":"2026-01-14T01:31:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T01:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/86063\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T01:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T01:31:09","slug":"future-of-historic-scranton-times-building-unknown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/86063\/","title":{"rendered":"Future of historic Scranton Times building unknown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE\/WYOU) \u2014 The future of a historic landmark in Downtown Scranton is up in the air. The Scranton Times building was donated to a charitable consulting firm to help find the new owners. 28\/22 News Reporter Connor Coar spoke with the firm and people in Scranton about the building\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Lynett and Haggerty families of Scranton are putting the historic Scranton Times building up for sale. <a href=\"https:\/\/charitablesolutionsllc.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Charitable Solutions;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Charitable Solutions<\/a> is helping to find the next owners of the building.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cDonors that we work with are these types of people; they want to see their communities improve. They want to see their universities in hospitals and important nonprofit organizations, doing more for their communities. This gift will go a long way to do that,\u201d Charitable Solutions Vice President Lynn Ierardi said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">When the sale is complete, Ierrardi tells 28\/22 News that the funds used to buy the building will be distributed to charities in the city. The families will decide which charities receive the donations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It\u2019s still unclear which charities will be selected, but Ierrardi says her company loves working with families who want to give back to their communities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/local-restaurant-owner-heading-italy-225415499.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Local restaurant owner heading to Italy for Olympics;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Local restaurant owner heading to Italy for Olympics <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThe whole family agreed rather than just sell the building, they decided to make a charitable gift with it. They want to see success in downtown Scranton. They hope that this building will be a part of this ongoing improvement and success,\u201d Ierardi explained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While the building\u2019s future remains unknown, many people I spoke with are optimistic, including Diane Ogin from Nanticoke. She works with recovering addicts in the City of Scranton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThey don\u2019t have a place to live, they don\u2019t, they\u2019re not getting services, and right here in downtown, there are so many services that are accessible to them. And I think, especially with a building like this where it\u2019s located, to be in a safe environment would mean so much to not only see their recovery, but to their family life,\u201d Ogin stated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ogin tells 28\/22 News that she loves seeing the WEJL tower light up at night. She says the radio tower is her favorite part of the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The future remains uncertain for the recognizable radio tower atop the building.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Charitable Solutions tells 28\/22 News the families hope the tower will continue to light up Downtown Scranton into the future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.2822news.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to 28\/22 News.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to 28\/22 News. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE\/WYOU) \u2014 The future of a historic landmark in Downtown Scranton is up in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86064,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[43049,178,180,179,27202],"class_list":{"0":"post-86063","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scranton","8":"tag-charitable-solutions","9":"tag-scranton","10":"tag-scranton-headlines","11":"tag-scranton-news","12":"tag-scranton-times"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86063","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=86063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86063\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}