News-Argus/Greg Sousa

Construction on the Paramount Theater grows closer to completion day by day. Work on the Center Street landmark is on schedule, with the facility expected to reopen in February — almost three years to the day that it burned. The revamped building will seat 500 people and feature state-of-the art lighting and sound, a wider and deeper stage and a new three-story lobby and balcony overlook, along with an elevator, new loading dock and actors’ annex. More than $500,000 in private gifts have helped pay for the $5 million project.