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• Pa. Senate GOP writes Marcellus Shale tax bill -

  HARRISBURG (AP) — State Senate Republicans have begun drafting legislation for a sweeping overhaul of Pennsylvania's oil and gas law that includes proposals for a new tax on the extraction of natural gas from the Marcellus Shale formation and...

• Helena teen accidentally texts sheriff to buy pot -

  HELENA, Mont. (AP) — General rule of thumb: when looking to buy marijuana, don't text the sheriff.

• Tonight: Follow Friday night football games at PoconoRecord.com -

  It's that time of year again: High school football is back, and you can follow the action live with us tonight. We'll have regular updates and scores from all the Pocono area games, so check back often.

• Slot revenues up in August -

  Slot revenues at Pennsylvania's casinos were up slightly in August. Revenues gained 3 percent among the state's eight casinos that were operating for at least a year. The state's ninth casino, Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh, opened on August 9, 2009.

• Even more road work: Second nighttime I-80 project starts next week -

  Nighttime road work on a second stretch of Interstate 80 will begin next week, PennDOT announced Friday. Motorists can expect lane restrictions in both directions between Route 715 (Exit 299) and the New Jersey state line from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.

• ES North's bond gets tighter with unique camp -

  BUSHKILL — What's the best way to bring a young team together?

• Sterling quick to lead -

  BUSHKILL — Adrian Sterling already has the title as the Mountain Valley Conference's fastest player.

• Magic in the Valley: Community Day at Lehman -

  The supervisors of Lehman Township will host Community Day — Magic in the Valley from noon to 8 p.m. Sunday at Lehman Township Community Park, Winona Falls Road, Bushkill. Parking and admission are free.

• Reward offered for info in Lehman burglary -

  Mark Friedman of East Sugar Mountain Road in Lehman Township is offering a $500 reward for information leading to the arrest(s) and conviction(s) of the person(s) who buglarized his home and stole two guns.

• Pocmont Resort price 'negotiated,' sale expected -

  Sale of the shuttered Pocmont Resort to an undisclosed buyer is still expected to be finalized, says John Cowley of Cowley Auctions.

• Some knowns, plenty of questions for South -

  EAST STROUDSBURG — Make no mistake, there is plenty of star power back for East Stroudsburg South.

• Coscia hit offseason hard -

  EAST STROUDSBURG — James Coscia knew what he needed to do.

• Area court blotter, East Stroudsburg, Friday, September 3 -

  District Judge Michael Muth

• Cavs hand reins over to Carmella -

  EAST STROUDSBURG — Michael Carmella has been waiting for this night for years.

• Gary Curtis Memorial Charity Picnic on Sunday -

  A party celebrating the life of an area musician, Gary Curtis, has morphed into a day-long musical event featuring 12 bands. The event will provide funding for aspiring area guitarists.

• Comforts, questions on both sides of the ball for West -

  POCONO SUMMIT — There are plenty of sources of comfort for Pocono Mountain West.

• PM West's Gonzalez will go after another successful year on the gridiron -

  POCONO SUMMIT — Jim McCarroll didn't hide his admiration for Josh Gonzalez.

• Man assaulted, stripped naked in Coolbaugh -

  Four people are charged in connection with a Wednesday incident involving an argument, a vehicle chase, gunshots fired, a crash and a man stripped naked and assaulted.

• Man assaulted, stripped naked in Coolbaugh -

  Four people are charged in connection with a Wednesday incident involving an argument, a vehicle chase, gunshots fired, a crash and a man stripped naked and assaulted.

• Local men busted for pot in Tobyhanna traffic stop -

  Police stopped driver Ginelsi Guerrero, 23, of Pocono Summit and his passenger Tyshawn Sommerville, 23 of Mount Pocono on Route 940 Saturday for a traffic violation.

• Local men busted for pot in Tobyhanna traffic stop -

  Police stopped driver Ginelsi Guerrero, 23, of Pocono Summit and his passenger Tyshawn Sommerville, 23 of Mount Pocono on Route 940 Saturday for a traffic violation.

• Pocono commuters robbed while at NYC jobs -

  MOUNT POCONO — Edwin Hamilton spends much of his work life 600 feet above the ground with little more than a safety harness to keep him from falling.

• Second Pocono MRI bookkeeper in two weeks charged with theft -

  Rajkumar H. Nichani, 50, of Easton, on Thursday became the second Pocono MRI bookkeeper in two weeks to be charged with stealing from his employer.

• Rotary gives check to Pocono Medical Center -

  Mount Pocono Rotary recently presented a check to the representatives of the Pocono Medical Center to be used for the Dale and Frances Hughes Cancer Center.

• Pocono Humane Society benefit this Saturday in Blakeslee -

  benefits Humane Soc.

• Pocono Humane Society benefit this Saturday in Blakeslee -

  The Pocono Humane Society will be selling chocolates from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Ahart's Market at routes 940 and 115 in Blakeslee.

• Pocono Manor development project still a go -

  Pocono Manor Investors LP still plans to build more than 1,000 residential units in a development that will be in Mount Pocono and Pocono Township.

• Local men busted for pot in Tobyhanna traffic stop -

  Police stopped driver Ginelsi Guerrero, 23, of Pocono Summit and his passenger Tyshawn Sommerville, 23 of Mount Pocono on Route 940 Saturday for a traffic violation.

• Abandoned cat, kittens, pit bull up for adoption -

  Staff at the Hampton Inn in Stroudsburg discovered a mother cat and her four kittens in a box in the Dumpster outside the hotel Saturday night.

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