Editing Moosic, Pennsylvania (section)

==Culture and contemporary life==
Recent developments in Moosic have created a restaurant, retail, and entertainment scene, including a [[multiplex (movie theater)|multiplex]] movie theater, along with several restaurants and hotels. In 2005, a plan to build a large outdoor shopping mall near the theater was announced. [[The Shoppes at Montage]] were completed in 2007, consisting of an open-air, outdoor plaza housing over forty stores and restaurants.

The [[Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders]] are a [[Triple-A (baseball)|Triple-A]] [[Minor League Baseball]] team in Moosic.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ballparkwatch.com/stadiums/IL/swb.htm |title=Archived copy |website=www.ballparkwatch.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927012848/http://www.ballparkwatch.com/stadiums/IL/swb.htm] |archive-date=27 September 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> They are a farm team of the [[New York Yankees]] and play at [[PNC Field]].

Other sites in the borough include the Lackawanna County Visitors Center, a [[Scouting in Pennsylvania|Boy Scouts]] center, and the Glenmaura complex of upscale houses. Glenmaura National Golf Club is recognized as a [[Professional Golfers' Association of America|PGA]] tournament course and identified by a major U.S. golf magazine as one of the top 100 courses in the nation.

Directly to the north of the borough is the Toyota Pavilion and [[Montage Mountain Ski Resort|Montage Mountain Ski Area]], and directly south is [[Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport]], located in the adjacent borough of [[Avoca, Pennsylvania|Avoca]]. In 2008, a water park was built on the grounds of Montage Mountain ski resort. Known as Montage Meltdown, the park was completed in June 2009.

The major daily newspaper in Moosic is ''[[The Scranton Times-Tribune|The Times-Tribune]]'' of Scranton. The main television studios of [[WNEP-TV]], the local ABC-TV affiliate, are located in Moosic.

Vehicle traffic is the major mode of transport. [[Walk Score]] rated Moosic as car-dependent, as "few amenities are within walking distance."<ref name="Walk Score">{{cite web|title=18507 Walk Score|url=http://www.walkscore.com/score/18507|work=Walk Score|access-date=9 March 2013}}</ref> Public transportation is provided by the County of Lackawanna Transit System (COLTS).<ref name=COLTS>{{cite web|title=COLTS Bus|url=http://www.coltsbus.com/|publisher=County of Lackawanna Transit System|access-date=August 26, 2020|location=Scranton, Pennsylvania}}</ref> Baseball fans can take a trolley from the [[Electric City Trolley Museum]] at the [[Steamtown National Historic Site]] in Scranton to a station next to PNC Field.<ref name=Trolley>{{cite web|title=Trolley Museum Hosts Trolley Runs to SWB Yankees Games|url=http://www.lackawannacounty.org/index.php/archives/1103|work=Lackawanna County|access-date=18 March 2013|date=2 June 2011}}</ref>