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Season 5, Episode 16 - We are on the homestretch of our series Exploring State Parks in the Poconos (https://www.poconomountains.com/plan-your-vacation/pocono-television-network/segments/#parks ) . Recently, we explored Promised Land State Park (https://www.poconomountains.com/listing/promised-land-state-park/1150/ ) which is in Pike County - not far from Interstate 84.

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TOBYHANNA, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A woman is facing charges, police say she was found walking, covered in blood, after a stabbing. On July 21, around 9:50 p.m., officers were called to Starlight Terrace in Tobyhanna for a reported stabbing. While police were responding to the scene, they said reports came in for a woman walking on Winding Way, covered in blood. The suspect, identified as Colleen Hall, 56, of Tobyhanna, was combative when police attempted to arrest her, kicking an officer in the chest. Teen arrested for allegedly stabbing man’s face According to the Pocono Mountain Regional Police Department, the victim, a 71-year-old man, claimed he lived with Hall, and she stabbed him, unprovoked, in the face and chest.

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On a breezy, sunny summer morning at the Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Ella Brennan and Karson Smith inched carefully through waist-high grass in search of one of the several wood turtles the East Stroudsburg University environmental science majors are tasked with protecting in their roles as interns there. Armed with a large metal tracking device that draws a signal from transmitters placed on the turtles, Brennan and Smith navigate down dirt paths, beside streams, over bridges, and through dense vegetation at the refuge headquartered in Stroudsburg that stretches along nearly 5,500 acres between Monroe and Northampton counties.

Tue, 22 Jul 2025 00:00:00 Sale of Surplus Real Estate Bids Group 1 The Chestnuthill Township Board of Supervisors at the Township Municipal Building 271 Route 715 Brodheadsville Pa 18322 will receive sealed bids until 10 00 a m on Monday August 4 2025 and will open bids on Monday August 4 2025 at 10 15 am and possibly award bids at the regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday August 5 2025 at 7 00 pm for the following Disposition of surplus real estate owned by Chestnuthill Township which serves no public purpose and which cannot be utilized for public purpose consisting of the following 15 unimproved lots located within the Sun Valley community Chestnuthill Township Monroe County Pennsylvania Property Address PIN Maple Road Lot 566 Maple Road Lot 567 Maple Road Lot 568A Roberts Road Lot 510 Roberts Road Lot 512 Roberts Road Lot 514 Roberts Road Lot 516 Roberts Road Lot 569 Roberts Road Lot 570 Roberts Road Lot 571 Roberts Road Lot 572 Roberts Road Lot 573 Roberts Road Lot 574 Roberts Ro

Tue, 22 Jul 2025 00:00:00 PUBLIC NOTICE OF HEARING AND OF INTENTION TO ENACT PROPOSED ORDINANCE TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Supervisors of Stroud Township will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, August 19, 2025, beginning at 6:30 P.M., at the Stroud Township Municipal Center, 1211 N. 5th Street, Stroudsburg, PA 18360. The purpose of the hearing is to consider a proposed ordinance to amend Chapter 27 (Zoning) of the Stroud Township Code of Ordinances. The proposed ordinance would add a new use category known as “adolescent group home” and add new definitions and regulations for that use. At the time of the public hearing, the Supervisors will listen to comments by members of the public concerning the proposed ordinance. If substantial amendments are not offered to the draft of the proposed ordinance, the Supervisors intend to consider enactment of the proposed ordinance immediately after the public hearing.

Tue, 22 Jul 2025 00:00:00 Sale of Surplus Real Estate Bids Group 3 The Chestnuthill Township Board of Supervisors at the Township Municipal Building 271 Route 715 Brodheadsville Pa 18322 will receive sealed bids until 10 00 a m on Monday August 4 2025 and will open bids on Monday August 4 2025 at 10 15 am and possibly award bids at the regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday August 5 2025 at 7 00 pm for the following Disposition of surplus real estate owned by Chestnuthill Township which serves no public purpose and which cannot be utilized for public purpose consisting of the following 12 unimproved lots located within the Sun Valley community Chestnuthill Township Monroe County Pennsylvania Property Address PIN Tax I D No Eastbrook Road Lot 5 6 02633003141096 02 15 3 87 2 Eastbrook Road Lot 7 02633003133916 02 15 2 65 75 Eastbrook Road Lot 8 02633003133888 02 15 2 65 74 Eastbrook Road Lot 9 02633003134855 02 15 2 65 73 Eastbrook Road Lot 10 02633003135761 02 15 2 65 72 Barwick Road Lo

Tue, 22 Jul 2025 00:00:00 Sale of Surplus Real Estate Bids Group 2 The Chestnuthill Township Board of Supervisors at the Township Municipal Building 271 Route 715 Brodheadsville Pa 18322 will receive sealed bids until 10 00 a m on Monday August 4 2025 and will open bids on Monday August 4 2025 at 10 15 am and possibly award bids at the regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday August 5 2025 at 7 00 pm for the following Disposition of surplus real estate owned by Chestnuthill Township which serves no public purpose and which cannot be utilized for public purpose consisting of the following 23 unimproved lots located within the Sun Valley community Chestnuthill Township Monroe County Pennsylvania Property Address PIN Tax I D No Roberts Road Lot 502 02633001152143 02 15 2 65 24 Roberts Road Lot 504 02633001152085 02 15 2 65 25 Roberts Road Lot 506 02633003143948 02 15 2 65 26 Roberts Road Lot 507 02633003143888 02 15 2 65 27 Roberts Road Lot 576 02633003144739 02 15 2 65 28 Roberts Road Lot

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — State health officials warned about potential measles exposure in two Capital Region hospitals after an infected Vermonter sought treatment. This local alert came as the U.S. faces its largest measles outbreak in a quarter-century as debate wears on over the federal response. On Friday, the New York State Department of Health announced potential exposures at Albany Medical Center and Saratoga Hospital. An adult from Vermont who recently traveled internationally visited the emergency departments at both facilities before doctors diagnosed the highly contagious disease. "The patient arrived masked and was immediately isolated at the hospital," said Dr. Jason Mouzakes, Executive Vice President and Hospital General Director at Albany Medical Center, adding that DOH was notified.

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Mon, 21 Jul 2025 00:00:00 PUBLIC NOTICE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF MONROE COUNTY FORTY-THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DOCKET NO. 8065 CV 2012 DEPUY HOUSE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, vs. GEORGE W. AUCHEY, JR. AND ANY UNKNOWN HEIRS IN THEIR CAPACITY AS HEIRS OF VERLA E. AUCHEY, DECEASED Defendant(s). TO: GEORGE W.

Mon, 21 Jul 2025 00:00:00 ESTATE NOTICE Estate of Madelon M. Greenwood, late of Chestnuthill Township, Monroe County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, deceased. Letters Testamentary in the above named estate having been granted to the undersigned, all persons indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment, and those having claims are directed to present the same without delay to the undersigned or his/her attorney within four months from the date hereof and to file with the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the Forty-Third Judicial District, Orphans' Court Division, a particular statement of claim, duly verified by an Affidavit setting forth an address with the County where notice may be given to Claimant. Sheila Greenwood PO Box 637 Effort, PA 18330 or To: Jason R. Costanzo, Esq. 115 E. Broad Street Bethlehem, PA 18018 July 7,14,21 2025 LSOM0327728

Mon, 21 Jul 2025 00:00:00 ESTATE NOTICE Estate of WALTER F. COVETSKIE a/k/a WALTER COVETSKIE, late of Hamilton Township, Monroe County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, deceased. Letters Testamentary in the above named estate having been granted to the undersigned, all persons indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment, and those having claims are directed to present the same without delay to the undersigned or his/her attorney within four (4) months from the date hereof and to file with the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the 43rd Judicial District, Orphans Court Division, a particular statement of claim, duly verified by an Affidavit setting forth an address with the County where notice may be given to Claimant. Debra F. Woods P.O. Box 62 Sciota, PA 18354 or To: Kevin A. Hardy, Esquire P.O. Box 818 Stroudsburg, PA 18360 July 7,14,21 2025 LSOM0328023

Mon, 21 Jul 2025 00:00:00 Public Notice - NPDES Renewal Pursuant to the Noncoal Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act and the Clean Streams Law, notice is hereby given that Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC, 7535 Windsor Drive, Suite 300, Allentown, PA 18106, has made application to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for renewal of its existing National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit No. PA0594415. The receiving streams are unnamed tributaries to Lake Creek and Cherry Creek, which are both designated as a High Quality-Cold Water Fishes, Migratory Fishes (HQ-CWF, MF) under Title 25, Chapter 93.9c. The mine site is located in Hamilton Township, Monroe County and is known as the Stroudsburg Quarry (SMP No. 6575SM1). The affected area consists of 180.0 acres situated south of Cherry Valley Road between Country Heritage Drive and Fetherman Road. The site is located on the Saylorsburg, PA U.S.