Steve Stallone

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Supes put a hold on Breed's Treasure Island developer bailout plan

Apr 25, 2024 | 48hills.org | Steve Stallone

Reason and rationality prevailed at the Board of Supes meeting Tuesday, when the seriously flawed proposal to bailout the Treasure Island developers hit the floor. The “alternative financing” plan Mayor London Breed and Sup. Matt Dorsey sponsored would have had the city loaning the developers $115 million at a time when the city has a projected deficit of $245 million, ballooning to $555 million next year.
Breed's Treasure Island developer bailout is a serious problem

Apr 22, 2024 | 48hills.org | Steve Stallone

The supes will consider Tuesday/23 a risky plan to bail out the developers of the Treasure Island housing development. This so-called “Alternative Financing” plan, embodied in the Disposition and Development Agreement amendment, could leave the city on the hook for more than $200 million at a time when the city is already facing a huge deficit. This should be taken seriously.
Big Treasure Island developers seek $115 million city bailout

Apr 14, 2024 | 48hills.org | Steve Stallone

The Treasure Island/Yerba Buena Island development is in trouble. Don’t take our word for it, see the Stockbridge/Wilson Meany v. Kenwood lawsuit where the members of the development group are suing each other for position in the cue to claim their share of the project’s shrinking profits. The nearly 30-year history of this redevelopment project has been plagued by incompetent planning, lack of accountability and more Mulligans than a Trump golf tournament.
COLUMN: The end of a long, winding road

Sep 23, 2023 | standardspeaker.com | Steve Stallone

It was the summer of 1985, I had just graduated from college and I was beginning life in the “real world.”Unable to decide the exact path I wanted to take, I had majored in communications to keep several options open. Having done some writing for the college newspaper and producing and D-Jing my own radio show for one of my classes, I figured I had a head start in landing a job in one of those two fields. It didn’t take long for me to realize this job stuff was competitive.
HS FOOTBALL: West Scranton outlasts Hazleton Area

Sep 22, 2023 | thetimes-tribune.com | Steve Stallone

HAZLETON - The West Scranton Invaders have battled through a gauntlet of a first-half schedule, playing their first four opponents tough, but unable to make enough plays to get over the hump for that elusive first win. On Friday night, the Invaders put the ball in Hunter Baumgardner's hands, and he literally carried them to victory.
HS FOOTBALL: West Scranton at Hazleton Area

Sep 22, 2023 | citizensvoice.com | Steve Stallone

HAZLETON — The West Scranton Invaders have battled through a gauntlet of a first-half schedule, playing their first four opponents tough, but unable to make enough plays to get over the hump for that elusive first win. On Friday night, the Invaders put the ball in Hunter Baumgardner’s hands, and he literally carried them to victory.
HS FOOTBALL: Cougars hope to end 3-game slide in Homecoming

Sep 21, 2023 | standardspeaker.com | Steve Stallone

HAZLETON — The Hazleton Area football Cougars, playing their next-to-last home game of the season, will look to give their fans another reason to celebrate Homecoming when they host West Scranton this evening. Kickoff at Harman-Geist Stadium is set for 7 p.m., with Homecoming festivities slated during halftime. The Cougars (1-3) would like nothing more than to end a three-game slide and close out the first half of the season with some momentum, with four of their final five games on the road.
GAMEFACE FEATURE: Hazleton Area Quarterback Club serves as Cougar program's backbone

Sep 21, 2023 | standardspeaker.com | Steve Stallone

Thirty men in the Mountain City continue to move mountains for the Hazleton Area football program. Whether it’s a pre-game meal, weightlifting equipment, a trip to a 7-on-7 scrimmage, or a charter bus for lengthy road games, these men deliver for the Cougars time and time again. For the past five-plus decades, this club’s members have provided unwavering support for the programs at both Hazleton High and Hazleton Area, and have been the driving force behind Cougar football over the past 30 years.
HS FOOTBALL: Wilkes-Barre Area runs past Hazleton Area

Sep 15, 2023 | citizensvoice.com | Steve Stallone

HAZLETON - There weren't any storms around Hazleton on Friday night, but there was a whole lot of "Thunder and Lightning" at Harman-Geist Stadium. Wilkes-Barre Area's running back tandem of Howie Shiner and Davin Underwood combined for 330 yards rushing and a pair of touchdowns, and the Wolfpack stormed past Hazleton Area 27-8 in a showdown of District 2 Class 6A programs.
HS FOOTBALL: Cougars return home to face Wilkes-Barre Area

Sep 14, 2023 | standardspeaker.com | Steve Stallone

HAZLETON — Give or take a play or two, and a yard or two, the Hazleton Area football Cougars could be walking into Harman-Geist Stadium with a 3-0 record this evening, when they play host to Wilkes-Barre Area. Instead, the Cougars are 1-2 and looking to snap a two-game slide when they welcome the 1-2 Wolfpack for a key District 2 Class 6A contest.