Wilkes-Barre mayor: Property owners tasked with removing graffiti

Graffiti covers a garage door on the side of Abe N. Solomon scrap yard in Wilkes-Barre on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (SEAN MCKEAG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER) Graffiti covers the side of the former Stanton Lanes bowling alley on Stanton Street in Wilkes-Barre on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. The vacant building is owned by Mount Zion Baptist Church. (SEAN MCKEAG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER) Graffiti is seen on the side of a building on Horton and South Franklin streets in Wilkes-Barre on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (SEAN MCKEAG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER) Graffiti tarnishes an exterior wall of Torbik Safe & Lock at South Main and Wood streets in Wilkes-Barre on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (SEAN MCKEAG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER) Graffiti covers a wall on the side of a building at South Franklin and Horton streets in South Wilkes-Barre on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. While some might consider it ‘street art,” city Mayor George C. Brown said it’s graffiti if it was painted without the permission of the property owner. (SEAN MCKEAG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER) Show Caption 1 of 5 Graffiti covers a garage door on the side of Abe N. Solomon scrap yard in Wilkes-Barre on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (SEAN MCKEAG...