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Mixed reaction to addiction treatment facility plan at former Brookdale Resort
A “show place” drug and alcohol treatment facility proposed for the former Brookdale Resort drew mixed reactions Thursday night from the 180 → Read More
Brookdale redevelopment meeting moved to Thursday
> Area residents — lots of them — will have to wait a couple more days to hear details about the proposed conversion of the former Brookdale Resort to a residential drug and alcohol treatment center. > They came in droves Monday night to the regular meeting of the Pocono Township commissioners, where a formal presentation by the treatment center developer was scheduled. Attendees filled… → Read More
Voter registration mailings cause confusion in Monroe County
Candidates and their campaign organizations aren’t the only ones who inundate residents with mass mailings during a presidential election year. → Read More
Former Pocono Township resort may become rehab center
An unnamed developer proposes to convert the shuttered former Caesar’s Brookdale Resort in Pocono Township to a residential drug and alcohol → Read More
Hospital and more planned in Pocono Township
The new Pocono Medical Center hospital planned in Pocono Township is just one component of a proposed major multi-use development at the former Summit → Read More
$120K winning lottery ticket sold at ShopRite in Mount Pocono
A Pennsylvania Lottery ticket worth $120,000 was sold at the Route 940 ShopRite in Mount Pocono.The jackpot-winning Treasure Hunt ticket was selected → Read More
Monroe County gun license permit application process challenged
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office no longer uses postcards in its mailings pertaining to gun license permit applications, according to court → Read More
Monroe County commissioners put reassessment pieces into place
Tyler Technologies will lead Monroe County’s reassessment of more than 100,000 properties in an effort to achieve more equitable property values → Read More
$3.8 million from gambling earmarked for Monroe County projects
Local gambling proceeds will help fund a new connector road between routes 447 and 209, widening of a major road interchange near Kalahari Resort, → Read More
Full-service family restaurant coming to Days Inn
Huddle House restaurants’ first franchise inside a hotel will be at the Days Inn in East Stroudsburg, the company announced Thursday.The new Huddle → Read More
Monroe County to be part of Pa. documentary on courthouses
Soon viewers around the state will learn the sometimes colorful and controversial history of the Monroe County Court and the county courthouse in → Read More
Mill Creek Bridge in Stroud Township on target for Oct./Nov. opening
Travelers near the Mill Creek Road Bridge in Stroud Township will have to put up with lengthy detours for another few months.The road there formerly known → Read More
Tobyhanna Twp. fires manager Phyllis Haase
Phyllis Haase was fired Thursday as Tobyhanna Township manager in a 3-2 vote during a special supervisors’ meeting.Supervisors Anne Lamberton, → Read More
Panelists offer abuse examples at Monroe County Elder Abuse task force
The elderly are prime targets for countless financial rip-offs, panelists said Friday at a Monroe County Elder Abuse Task Force forum. → Read More
Sanofi eyeing manufacturing expansion
The state Department of Environmental Protection intends to approve Sanofi Pasteur’s air pollution control permit for a new influenza vaccine → Read More
Malfunctions prompt emergency repairs to Pocono Twp.'s sewage system
Multiple malfunctions including a large sewage “eruption” onto a street have prompted approval of about $1.7 million in → Read More
Felver quits Pocono Twp. board of commissioners
Pocono Township Commissioner Tom Felver resigned from office Friday in a single-sentence sticky-note left on his township-issued computer tablet.The note → Read More
County investigating trash, burned materials at site of planned synagogue in Canadensis
Piles of trash left at the former Daniels Top-of-the-Poconos Resort in Canadensis have sparked an investigation by the Monroe County Municipal Waste Management Authority.A large pile of burned materials and several broken televisions which might be causing lead contamination to the ground were reported by a department investigator who visited the site Friday. Mattresses, burned and broken… → Read More
GOP delegate candidates, including Sen. Scavello, say who they are backing
A few things to know if you vote Republican in Pennsylvania → Read More
National Geographic map celebration planned
Events are set next month to celebrate an unprecedented regional, three-state collaboration to promote “geotourism” along the Delaware River, from Easton to Hancock, N.Y.The “Scenic, Wild Delaware River” Geotourism Stewardship Council is promoting tourist activities for the middle and upper Delaware River region that sustain or enhance the geographic character of a place. This includes the… → Read More