Talk:Pittston, Pennsylvania

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Poverty Level[edit]

According to this, Pittston's poverty level is much lower than what we say on the article.... --Ipeters61 (talk) 00:57, 12 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Updated to reflect Census numbers for poverty and income, based on [1] and [2] Mkmcfrlnd (talk) 14:44, 8 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Airport Location[edit]

I don't mean to be nitpicky, but the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport is technically within Pittston Township's boundaries with an Avoca mailing address using the 18641 postal code. As such, referring to the airport as being "located in Avoca" is inaccurate and misleading; I realize our local media outlets, with the expception of the Times-Leader, are guilty of this fallacy as well, as they have now dubbed it the "Avoca Airport." Come to think of it, much of the businesses in my hometown of Pittston Township are unfairly referenced as being in other nearby communities (The "Pittston" Wal-Mart, the Pilot Travel Center in "Dupont", the "Avoca" Airport, etc.) We, as a community, need to stop being so lazy and actually hold ourselves accountable for geographical confusion brought upon by sheer ignorance. -Paul J. Laure

This statement is wrong[edit]

Throughout the late 1890s, the city's borders extended from Scranton to Wilkes-Barre, but due to financial and civil differences, the city would soon be divided into the many townships and boroughs that exist throughout the central Wyoming Valley today. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.72.231.13 (talk) 21:07, 27 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Completely wrong -- I removed it today, not sure what no one else had done so. Mkmcfrlnd (talk) 16:17, 8 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Pittston in the Revolutionary War[edit]

Corrected and revised the paragraph about the Battle of Wyoming and Fort Pittston. Citation added. The fort was not occupied by the British until "stormed" by the Americans in 1780. The fort was surrendered, abandoned, partially destroyed then reoccupied in 1780. Capt Blanchard commanded a militia company not a company of Continental soldiers. Griffin's Sword (talk) 20:26, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]