Officials to kickoff the demolition of Pennsylvania Mall

Officials celebrate end of blight with destruction of abandoned Washington Mall

As trucks roared by and rain poured from the sky, sledgehammers met stone in celebration of the destruction of the abandoned Washington Mall. The mall,...

Officials to kickoff the demolition of Pennsylvania Mall

On Friday, July 18th, The Washington County Board of Commissioners and 79/70 Associates will host a ceremonial groundbreaking event at noon at the Washington Mall site near Staples. This event will mark the formal kickoff of the long-anticipated demolition of the aging shopping center. “For decades, elected officials in this area saw this property as an obstacle, I view it as an opportunity,” said Commissioner Nick Sherman. “This is going to go …