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amother
Wheat


 

Post Tue, May 16 2017, 11:41 am
Hi,
Looking for ideas to do in the summer. Would be for a day. It's a couple n 11month old. Also looking for a nice cheap hotel near a shul. thank you
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doctorima




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, May 16 2017, 11:52 am
Scranton has a nice train museum, and a pretty park called Nye Agh (sp?). A bit farther away is an amazing place called Ricketts Glen State Park, with around 20 waterfalls. There are several cheapish hotels in the area.
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shanie5




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, May 16 2017, 7:48 pm
The park is called nay aug.
The treai museum is Steamtown National Historic Site. Its right near the Trolley museum.
There is also a Coal Mine Tour, Houdini Museum, Museum of Anthracite.
Hotels are about a 1 mile walk from shul. There is a bed and breakfast (not cheap) right around the corner from 1 shul. 2 hotels are inside the eruv. Not sure of their pricing. One is a Hilton and 1 Radisson.
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doctorima




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, May 17 2017, 6:52 am
Thanks, forgot about the coal mine tour and Houdini Museum - both lots of fun. For hotels, there's also a Sheraton which is around the corner from the yeshiva. It's a somewhat different part of town than where the shuls are, but if you're just looking for a minyan, it will certainly do the job, and it's probably cheaper than the Hilton. What's the name of the B&B?
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amother
Wheat


 

Post Wed, May 17 2017, 7:20 am
Thank you everyone. Yes just need a minyan n will be there during the week. Is there any food place?
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doctorima




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, May 17 2017, 8:22 am
No restaurants. There's a coop/grocery store, which may have some take-out (?), but you should plan on bringing your own food.
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amother
Wheat


 

Post Wed, May 17 2017, 7:31 pm
How far is this from a minyan?

Days in
1946 Scranton Carbondale Hwy, Dickson City, PA, 18508,
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amother
White


 

Post Wed, May 17 2017, 7:58 pm
25 minutes away in Kingston there is a new kosher pizza shop. They have limited hours but serve great food!
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doctorima




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, May 17 2017, 8:16 pm
amother wrote:
How far is this from a minyan?

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1946 Scranton Carbondale Hwy, Dickson City, PA, 18508,


Google maps says 10-15 minutes (each way) from the two Scranton shuls as well as the yeshiva.
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shanie5




 
 
    
 

Post Sat, May 20 2017, 9:26 pm
amother wrote:
How far is this from a minyan?

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1946 Scranton Carbondale Hwy, Dickson City, PA, 18508,


10-15 minutes is about right.

This one is much closer. 2 minute drive.

http://redcarpetinnscrantonpa.com/
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shanie5




 
 
    
 

Post Sat, May 20 2017, 9:31 pm
amother wrote:
25 minutes away in Kingston there is a new kosher pizza shop. They have limited hours but serve great food!


Limited hours means they are open 2 days a week. Sunday from noon-8pm and thursday from 5pm-9pm.

They are closed for now, not sure when they are reopening. Some technical difficulties.

But they do have good food.

There is also a chabad that makes and delivers food.

https://jewishdiscoverycentero.....t.htm

The kosher grocery does not have any takeout, but they do have any kosher food you want.
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MagentaYenta




 
 
    
 

Post Sat, May 20 2017, 9:45 pm
The Houdini Museum is a must see. There should be a website with hours and admission.
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doctorima




 
 
    
 

Post Sat, May 20 2017, 10:24 pm
MagentaYenta wrote:
The Houdini Museum is a must see. There should be a website with hours and admission.


There is: http://www.houdini.org/.

Excuse the really poorly-constructed web page. If you're able to get there when it's open and there's a show going on, you'll have a good time.
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shanie5




 
 
    
 

Post Sat, May 20 2017, 10:59 pm
doctorima wrote:
There is: http://www.houdini.org/.

Excuse the really poorly-constructed web page. If you're able to get there when it's open and there's a show going on, you'll have a good time.


There's always a show going on. It's a 2 hour continuous tour. About 1 hour of that is a magic show.
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doctorima




 
 
    
 

Post Sun, May 21 2017, 7:25 am
Interesting, when we went (admittedly, many years ago), they had very limited hours. I believe they weren't open at all on certain days, and some days only by appointment, and only in the summer did they have more extended hours. Perhaps that's changed, although the website says that only in the summer are they open every day, and the rest of the year only on weekends.
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amother
Papaya


 

Post Thu, Aug 09 2018, 6:24 am
Hi anyone know the hechsher of the pizza place in Kingston?
Also, where is the kosher grocery? Or what is the name...
TIA!
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amother
Firebrick


 

Post Thu, Aug 09 2018, 6:31 am
amother wrote:
Hi anyone know the hechsher of the pizza place in Kingston?
Also, where is the kosher grocery? Or what is the name...
TIA!


Here is their website: https://www.baistzviyosef.com/kosher/

The grocery is located in 2-3 rooms of the yeshiva. Not a rea big grocery store...a small coop as part of the yeshiva.
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amother
Plum


 

Post Thu, Aug 09 2018, 11:55 am
Is it possible to stay in the Four Points Sheraton and walk to the shul/ yeshiva?
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happy12




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, Aug 09 2018, 12:10 pm
Before you book four points sheraton, read the reviews.
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amother
Khaki


 

Post Thu, Aug 09 2018, 3:13 pm
yes you can walk to ohev tzedik shul from the sheraton
or to the yeshivah
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