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- The Downs are high on Preakness -
EAST STROUDSBURG — Big Brown will bring big business to The Downs off-track wagering hall here today. - Area court blotter -
The following appeared before Stroud Township Magisterial District Judge Thomas Shiffer and will head to Monroe County Court: - No one injured in I-80 accident -
No one was injured in a one-vehicle accident that happened shortly before 8 a.m. on Interstate 80 East on the border between Hardwick and Knowlton townships, state police at Hope, N.J., said. The accident backed up eastbound traffic. - County may turn its back on coal -
POTTSVILLE (AP) — Hard coal built this area of eastern Pennsylvania into an economic powerhouse in the 1800s and early 1900s, and helped fuel the nation's industrial revolution. - Monroe's take from slots -
The payout coming from the state's slot machines will be enough to hold the line or reduce school taxes for eight out of 10 Monroe County homeowners. - Body discovered in river is ID'd as missing fisherman -
A body found in the Delaware River on Wednesday has been identified as that of missing fisherman Richard Skoland, 62. - Fundraiser for Sivick is Sunday -
A rally and fundraiser for Lehman Township Supervisor John Sivick, a Republican candidate for state representative in the 189th District, will be held Sunday at Pocmont Resort on Bushkill Falls Road from 6 to 8 p.m. - HYK looks to court in batch plant standoff -
The entire HYK concrete batch plant conditional use hearing in Smithfield Township on Thursday was devoted to arguing objections to a subpoena. - Copper wire, riding mower thefts probed -
State police at Swiftwater are investigating the following incidents: - PMC's search for new CEO continues -
EAST STROUDSBURG — Pocono Medical Center is in the midst of a slow, deliberate process to hire a new president and CEO. - Stroudsburg man muscles his way into spotlight -
Pam cooking spray is the secret behind the shine for many bodybuilders. - Pocono trees will soon have zillions of mouths to feed -
They're back! Gypsy moth larvae, those hairy little beasts that devour foliage before rappelling back to earth, have begun their annual feast. - Police on lookout for pickup truck reported stolen from Tobyhanna -
Police are on the lookout for a stolen blue 2000 Dodge Ram turbo-diesel pickup truck with Pennsylvania license plate YTB 3535. The truck was last seen at 10:30 p.m. Thursday in A Pocono Country Place’s J section in Tobyhanna. - NYC landlord tried to blow up tenant, prosecutor says -
NEW YORK (AP) -- Prosecutors say a New York landlord who tried to kill a tenant with a bomb has been indicted on attempted murder and other charges. The tenant lost a leg in the blast. - Your Pocono Weekend: Nah, not necessarily a washout -
Look! Up in the sky over the Poconos. It's Chinese skydivers. - Pa. added 2,300 jobs in April, unemployment rate up slightly -
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Hiring rebounded a bit in April, as employers added 2,300 jobs in Pennsylvania, despite a slowing economy and rising gas prices, the state Department of Labor and Industry said Thursday. - Table games bill still faces opposition from Senate, Rendell -
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The debate on gambling in Pennsylvania shifted Thursday, if only briefly, to craps, poker and blackjack, instead of whether the Legislature set up a flawed regulatory mechanism to vet who should win a slot-machine casino license. - Increased credit card use hurts gas station profits -
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — Gas station owners say more people pull out credit cards when the cost of a fill-up rises, and that hurts their profits. - Cat-reeking house fouls neighborhood -
EFFORT — A drive down Matterhorn Drive in Chestnuthill Township takes you past tidy homes with well-kept lawns and gardens, until you come to a weed-choked property with an abandoned house reeking of garbage and feral cats. - Group wins grant to keep Paradise Township farm green -
A $248,000 state grant will help the Pocono Heritage Land Trust buy a 52-acre Paradise Township farm and protect it from development. - Table games bill still faces opposition -
HARRISBURG (AP) — The debate on gambling in Pennsylvania shifted Thursday, if only briefly, to craps, poker and blackjack, instead of whether the Legislature set up a flawed regulatory mechanism to vet who should win a slot-machine casino license. - Poconos may draw Chinese skydivers -
POCONO MANOR — Could the Pocono Mountains become the skydiving mecca of the Chinese? That is one prediction made by futurist Ed Barlow on Thursday at Pocono Tourism Day, an annual meeting focused on marketing the region, hosted by the Inn at Pocono... - Jail study says Monroe County Correctional Facility must improve training, policies -
The Monroe County Correctional Facility must clearly communicate its "zero tolerance" for sexual misconduct to the employees and inmates, says a report, and break the "code of silence" that makes both groups reluctant to report violations. - Pedestrians in peril during sidewalk work -
STROUDSBURG — The Gateway Safety Project on Main Street is designed to make downtown safer for pedestrians. But as work is being done, some pedestrians are putting themselves in danger by walking through construction zones. - East Stroudsburg issues a boil advisory after water main break -
EAST STROUDSBURG — Officials have issued a boil advisory for much of the borough after a water main break on the East Stroudsburg University field hockey field Thursday afternoon affected customers throughout the borough's water system. - Man gets prison time for running 'sex club' -
STROUDSBURG — Dennis Lewis, 63, of Pocono Lake, was sentenced Thursday to nine and a half to 20 years in state prison after pleading guilty to sexual offenses against girls in Monroe County between summer 2002 and last summer. - HYK looks to court for relief in concrete batch plant standoff -
The entire HYK concrete batch plant conditional use hearing in Smithfield Township on Thursday was devoted to arguing objections to a subpoena. - Marshalls Creek tavern is cited for liquor violations -
Dakota's Steakhouse and Tavern in Marshalls Creek has been cited by the state Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement for two February violations of state alcohol laws. - Boat abandoned on road, police say -
Someone abandoned an 18-foot fiberglass boat in the middle of Wild Acres Drive, Delaware Township, Pike County, between noon Tuesday and 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, police said. - Area police blotter -
Krystle L. Sbat, 22, of Stroudsburg, was taken to Pocono Medical Center after a May 14 one-vehicle accident on Mountain Road, west of Frailey Road, in Jackson Township.
Pocono Life
- Pedestrians in peril during sidewalk work -
STROUDSBURG — The Gateway Safety Project on Main Street is designed to make downtown safer for pedestrians. But as work is being done, some pedestrians are putting themselves in danger by walking through construction zones. - Hey, Stroudsburg pedestrians: Stay out of the wet cement -
STROUDSBURG — The Gateway Safety Project on Main Street is designed to make downtown safer for pedestrians. But as work is being done, some pedestrians are putting themselves in danger by walking through construction zones. - 18-foot boat dumped on Pike County road -
Someone abandoned an 18-foot fiberglass boat in the middle of Wild Acres Drive, Delaware Township, Pike County between noon Tuesday and 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, police said. - Five Points intersection will work when traffic-control box is fixed -
Officials disputed complaints regarding traffic at the Five Points intersection in Mount Pocono, saying the improvements are working. They say a damaged traffic-control box has kept the design from operating as well as it could. - Kanjorski votes to reduce oil reserve to lower gas prices -
WASHINGTON — Congressman Paul Kanjorski, D-11, joined the vast majority of House colleagues this week in approving legislation to reduce the amount of oil set aside by the government for future energy emergencies. - Five Points intersection frazzle: Is traffic getting worse? -
It's been several months since construction on the new and improved Five Points intersection was completed. - Governor says there's no need for a gas-tax holiday -
Pennsylvania's Gov. Ed Rendell doesn't support a gas-tax holiday. - Tell 'em where to go: Transit authority seeks public's input -
Do you want the Monroe County Transit Authority to provide additional bus routes or more frequent runs? Are there other things the agency should be doing to improve local mass transit ridership and service? - Rendell says no to a gas tax holiday, yes to inflated tires -
Governor Ed Rendell today said he does not support a gas tax holiday. - DOT Increases Protections for Air Travelers with Disabilities -
People with disabilities will have additional protections against discrimination when they travel by air, as the result of a new rule issued today by the U.S. - Airline On-Time Performance in March Better Than in February -
The largest U.S. airlines’ rate of on-time flights this past March was lower than in the same month last year but higher than the rate recorded in February, according to the Air Travel Consumer Report released today by the U.S. - Sharpton: Philly police beating ’worse than Rodney King’ -
The Rev. Al Sharpton called a videotaped police beating of three shooting suspects in Philadelphia “worse than Rodney King,” prompting the city’s police commissioner to chide anyone “fanning flames ... from afar.” - Rendell favors county plan to charge toll on interchange -
Gov. Ed Rendell says a novel county proposal for a $1 toll just to use an interchange has caught his interest and maybe some state money. - Is leaded gasoline still available in the U.S.? -
With all the ink that is being given to the subject of gasoline, why is the adjective “unleaded” still being used to describe it? I can’t remember when I last bought “leaded” gasoline. Is it still available in the U.S.? - Gas jumps above $3.67, oil passes $126 on Venezuela concerns -
Oil rose above $126 a barrel for the first time Friday, bringing its advance this week to nearly $10, as investors questioned whether a possible confrontation between the U.S. and Venezuela could cut exports from the OPEC member. - Lane closures on I-80 toll bridge -
The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission has announced temporary off-peak lane restrictions will take place on Monday, May 12, Tuesday, May 13, and Wednesday, May 14 on the Delaware Water Gap (I-80) Toll Bridge to accommodate contractors working... - Car slams into porch in Stroud Township -
STROUDSBURG — Alma Weber was driving Thursday morning to get her hair done by a friend while Rashawn Clark was driving around, learning how to operate his first stick-shift. At about 11:35 a.m., both cars collided. - It may no longer be a 'Community Drive' -
First of all, this is my last roads column for a while. - Sunflower oil spill in Lancaster -
An improperly secured drum is being blamed for a sunflower oil spill on South Queen Street in Lancaster. - Philly officers off street, video of beating being analyzed -
Mayor Michael Nutter said the behavior of police officers shown in television footage kicking, punching and beating three suspects during a traffic stop was “not acceptable” and will be dealt with directly. - Pa. school officials walk to D.C. to rally on high gas costs -
Johnstown-area high school officials will walk 216 miles from western Pennsylvania to Washington, D.C. in an attempt to raise awareness about high fuel costs. - Group’s lawsuit challenges NYPD’s stop-and-frisk policy -
A civil liberties group sued Wednesday in a challenge to the NYPD’s practice of stopping hundreds of thousands of people each year for questioning, saying it is racially biased. - Bypass future remains wait-and-see -
STROUDSBURG — Local elected officials are still awaiting answers on the fate of the Marshalls Creek Bypass, and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation says it's still working on them. - Suspected cocaine found in man's car -
TUNKHANNOCK TOWNSHIP — Police said they found about 220 grams of suspected cocaine and 15 grams of suspected crack cocaine Tuesday, when they stopped a 1992 Ford Crown Victoria driven by Dexter Scotland, 31, of Elmira, N.Y.
Lehman Township
East Stroudsburg
- The Downs are high on Preakness -
EAST STROUDSBURG — Big Brown will bring big business to The Downs off-track wagering hall here today. - PMC's search for new CEO continues -
EAST STROUDSBURG — Pocono Medical Center is in the midst of a slow, deliberate process to hire a new president and CEO. - Poconos may draw Chinese skydivers -
POCONO MANOR — Could the Pocono Mountains become the skydiving mecca of the Chinese? That is one prediction made by futurist Ed Barlow on Thursday at Pocono Tourism Day, an annual meeting focused on marketing the region, hosted by the Inn at Pocono... - East Stroudsburg issues a boil advisory after water main break -
EAST STROUDSBURG — Officials have issued a boil advisory for much of the borough after a water main break on the East Stroudsburg University field hockey field Thursday afternoon affected customers throughout the borough's water system. - ESU gallery opens summer season -
To open its summer season, the Madelon Powers Gallery of East Stroudsburg University will present "Val Sivilli — The Body Printed," an exhibit of unique prints, Monday through June 24. - Water main break at ESU causes "boil advisory" (Update 7 p.m.) -
A water main break on the East Stroudsburg University field hockey field Thursday afternoon affected customers throughout the borough's water system. Contractors were working on the field when they hit the main at around 3 p.m. - Suspect arrested in Eastburg holdup -
EAST STROUDSBURG — A 19-year-old man was arrested last week after police say he used a box cutter to rob a gas station. - Full-day kindergarten coming to Eastburg -
EAST STROUDSBURG — Full-day kindergarten is all but certain to come to East Stroudsburg schools next year. - Teen arrested in robbery case -
EAST STROUDSBURG — A 19-year-old man was arrested last week after police say he used a box cutter to rob a gas station. - Quick-thinking Scout saves accident victim from death -
Panic, disbelief and total shock were just a few of the emotions felt by 17-year-old Boy Scout Kevin Mink on Oct. 14, 2007. Mink and his family were on their way to church when they encountered an unbelievable site on the road. - Marine's explosive war story -
Sgt. Jacob "Jake" Knospler's tales of death and danger during his two tours of duty in Iraq are chilling. His story about the early morning of Nov. 12, 2004, that left his face disfigured and his voice unrecognizable is downright horrifying. - Author writes of mother's death in 'The Crossing Over of Mattie Pearl' -
Andrea Garrison of East Stroudsburg sees her mother's transition from this world to the next as a gift worth sharing. At some point, most people must walk next to a parent or grandparent on the last mile of life's journey. - ESU graduates prepare to enter turbulent job market -
Most college graduates now add to the pool of job seekers — which already was getting larger by the day with the economic downturn and resulting layoffs. - How to buy a home and avoid foreclosure -
Joan Fitzgerald has been in the real estate business for 24 years, but one thing she realizes: it's an ongoing learning process — for the agents as well as the clients. - ESSA Bancorp holds its first meeting for its shareholders -
ESSA Bancorp's first shareholders meeting as a publicly traded corporation was part formality and part celebration. - Two pedestrians hit in East Stroudsburg -
EAST STROUDSBURG — Two accidents involving vehicles hitting pedestrians further tied up area traffic between 3 and 4 p.m. Friday. - Rendell recognizes local employers for excellence -
HERSHEY — Gov. Ed Rendell on Thursday recognized two local employers for excellence in education, training and hiring practices. - Pentecostal worship service is Sunday -
East Stroudsburg Presbyterian Church, one of the finest music venues in Eastern Pennsylvania, has a real Southern treat in store on Sunday morning. - East Stroudsburg teen is turning dreams into reality (with video) -
Sixteen-year-old East Stroudsburg resident Christian Porter is taking the music industry by storm. He is a triple threat, with awesome vocals and natural talent on guitar and keyboards. - Annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive will be Saturday -
The 16th annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive will take place Saturday. The food drive is coordinated by the National Association of Letter Carriers in partnership with the United Way. - Man accused of attacking mayor, conservation officer with bat is caught -
After almost 19 months on the run, the man wanted in the baseball bat attack on East Stroudsburg Mayor Armand Martinelli and county conservation official Craig Todd was arrested by U.S. marshals. - Two PMC nurses receive awards of excellence -
With National Nurses week being this week from the 6th to the 11th, it seems the perfect time to recognize the exceptional nurses of Pocono Medical Center. - Court blotter: Thursday, May 8, 2008 -
The following appeared before East Stroudsburg Magisterial District Judge Michael Muth and will head to Monroe County Court:
Coolbaugh Township
- Recall affects beef sold at Tobyhanna Army Depot, other military bases -
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Beef sold at some military bases around the country — including Tobyhanna Army Depot and two bases in New Jersey — may have be contaminated with E. coli. - Police on lookout for pickup truck reported stolen from Tobyhanna -
Police are on the lookout for a stolen blue 2000 Dodge Ram turbo-diesel pickup truck with Pennsylvania license plate YTB 3535. The truck was last seen at 10:30 p.m. Thursday in A Pocono Country Place’s J section in Tobyhanna. - Tractor-trailer spills in Coolbaugh; driver hurt (with video) -
COOLBAUGH TOWNSHIP — The driver of a tractor-trailer was taken to the hospital after his truck flipped over when he lost control on a turn of Route 423 about a mile north of Route 196. - Feds: NYC workers, including Toby man, took $1M in bus company bribes -
NEW YORK (AP) — Private bus companies paid nearly $1 million in bribes to four New York City school system employees in exchange for favors that included tip-offs about upcoming safety inspections, federal prosecutors said. - Route 423 shut down between Routes 196 and 507 -
Route 423, between Route 507 in Pike County and Route 196 in Coolbaugh Township, is closed. - Grego enters pleas in sex-abuse case -
STROUDSBURG — Charged in the 2006 sexual molestation of three Monroe County 9- and 10-year-olds, former county employee Michael Grego, 54, of Tobyhanna, on Monday pleaded: - Former county employee pleads guilty, no contest in child molestation case -
STROUDSBURG — Charged in the 2006 sexual molestation of three Monroe County girls between ages 9 and 10, former county employee Michael Grego, 54, of Tobyhanna, on Monday pleaded: - Tragic fluke or cancer cluster? -
The Pennsylvania Department of Health has opened an investigation into a cluster of childhood cancers in the Pocono Mountain area. - Tobyhanna man acquitted in rape case -
A jury on Thursday acquitted Colin Ray Werts Jr., 24, of Tobyhanna, of raping a Monroe County woman in her home last July. Werts was found not guilty of rape, sexual assault, indecent assault, simple assault, burglary and trespassing. - Tobyhanna State Park: The original waterpark -
"A stream whose banks are fringed with alder," or tobyhanna, is the American Indian word for such a body of water, and Tobyhanna State Park features just that. - Profiling alleged in drug arrest at Toby Depot -
TOBYHANNA — An American citizen of Middle Eastern descent says drug possession charges against him were a result of profiling, which he says occurred when he stopped with a friend at the Tobyhanna Army Depot to ask directions and was arrested after... - Hearing to be scheduled in alleged hostage case -
TOBYHANNA — Devon John, 27, is awaiting a preliminary hearing in district court on charges in what was reported Friday as a domestic hostage situation on Oak Terrace in A Pocono Country Place.
Mt. Pocono
Tobyhanna Township
- Pocono Lake UMC's Meekins is relocating to Wilmington, Del. -
Pocono Lake United Methodist Church has announced that the Rev. Gary L. Meekins, the church's pastor for the past four years, will be leaving the area to pastor a United Methodist congregation in the Peninsula Delaware conference. - Man gets prison time for running 'sex club' -
STROUDSBURG — Dennis Lewis, 63, of Pocono Lake, was sentenced Thursday to nine and a half to 20 years in state prison after pleading guilty to sexual offenses against girls in Monroe County between summer 2002 and last summer. - Man gets state prison time for running 'sex club' of minors -
STROUDSBURG — Dennis Lewis, 63, of Pocono Lake, was sentenced Thursday to nine and a half to 20 years in state prison after pleading guilty to sexual offenses against girls in Monroe County between summer 2002 and last summer. - Driver acquitted of homicide by vehicle in passenger's death -
A remorseful Edwin Sotero exhaled and hung his head in relief Tuesday when a jury acquitted him of homicide by vehicle, the most serious of the charges against him in the death last May of Jennifer Jepson, 18, of Saylorsburg. - Driver acquitted of homicide by vehicle in passenger's death -
STROUDSBURG — A jury Tuesday acquitted Edwin Sotero, 21, of Valley Stream, N.Y., of homicide by vehicle in the death last May of his passenger, Jennifer Jepson, 18, of Saylorsburg, on Route 940 in Tobyhanna Township. - Tragic fluke or cancer cluster? -
The Pennsylvania Department of Health has opened an investigation into a cluster of childhood cancers in the Pocono Mountain area. - Latino artists mark Cinco de Mayo with workshops -
It's May, and it's time to learn about your Latino neighbors. The Latino Task Force of Monroe County will celebrate the Mexican holiday Cinco de Mayo with an art exhibition and a series of workshops given by Latino artists from 1 to 5 p.m. - Two bars cited for liquor law violations -
Two area bars were cited by state liquor control officers for violations that took place in March.
© 2008 Pocono Record. Used with permission from the Pocono Record, a division of Ottaway Newspapers, Inc.
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