Comment on Wilkes-Barre commercial site with back taxes removed from auction

WILKES-BARRE — A city property with $271,400 in unpaid real estate taxes dating back more than a decade was removed from Luzerne County’s August auction Monday after an owner complained he was not properly notified of the sale. The 56,600-square-foot brick building on Oregon Street is owned by brothers Howard and Jeffrey Rockman and had housed offices and bakery equipment supplies for Beroc Inc., a family business established by their father, Bernard, who also is listed on the deed, according to the family and property records. Howard, who lives in Fresh Meadows, New York, appeared before county Judge Fred A.