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Eric Frein's ambush shooting of a Pennsylvania State Police officer triggered a 48-day manhunt in the Poconos.

MONROE COUNTY, Pa. — As traffic whizzes by, Laura Maguire of Marshalls Creek proudly walks along Route 209 in Smithfield Township with an American ...

Debate watch party with the Monroe County Patriots group in Stroudsburg. Trump confidently states his excellent record as President while she runs from hers and attempts not steal his agenda. He even commented about sending her a MAGA hat.

Born in Zahor, Czechoslovakia (present Slovakia). The family came to the United States when John was about two years old. They lived in Swedeland, PA, ...

East Stroudsburg University celebrates Latino Heritage Month with its 11th Latino Heritage Film Series. The festival will be held on Saturday, September 21 in Beers Lecture Hall on ESU’s campus. The festival is co-sponsored by the Department of Modern Languages, Philosophy, and Religion; the Office of the Provost; the College of Arts & Sciences; the Department of Sociology, Social Work, and Criminal Justice; the ESU Foundation; and Kemp Library.

Today, Sept. 11, 2024, students at Stroudsburg High School took a moment of silence to mourn the lives of those lost 23 years ago. The exact number of those killed during the attack is unknown, but the estimate is about 3,000 innocent people. Much like how the nation came together in the weeks after the attack, every year we come together to respect the everyday civilians, police men, firefighters, and everyone else wrongfully killed on that day.

East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania announced the selection of its 2024-2025 Legislative Fellow, Senator Marty Flynn, at a breakfast held in his honor on Wednesday, September 11. ESU President Kenneth Long introduced Senator Flynn at the event to university faculty, students, staff and special guests from the community. The Legislative Fellow program, established in 1999, is designed to bring state legislators to campus to participate in a variety of campus activities and to meet formally and informally with students, faculty and staff throughout the year.

Update: Suspect has been located.

Statistics show that up to 72 percent  of people in the United States watch anime, but it hasn’t always been this way. Despite its current popularity, anime has had a troubled history regarding viewership.  Typically, most people tend to steer away from things considered different or unusual. In the United States, anime tends to have the reputation of being intended for outcasts. With its lively visuals, scripts, and voice acting, it easily defies the more realistic tendencies of Western cartoons.   The spirited nature of the medium often strikes unfamiliarity, unlike its appeal in Japan, where this form of entertainment originated. A major turning point in this consensus occurred at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. “ “Everybody has been watching it more because they were bored during quarantine.”

Police say the incident started on Interstate 80 but ended leaving a path of destruction on a local Stroudsburg Road. Luckily no one was injured but ...

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Description Due to paving work at the Knob Overlook, only this area will experience a one-day delay in trash collection. Trash pickups for all other areas in the Borough will occur as scheduled today.

The owners of Mountain View Vineyard Winey, Distillery and Brewery, Linda and Randy Rice, gathered with friends on September 3, 2024 to mark not just 15 years in business for the vineyard, but also 35 years of marriage. “It’s hard to believe how much we’ve grown since opening our doors on our 20th wedding anniversary back in 2009. From our humble beginnings to becoming the Pocono’s only winery… Source

About 70 people from around the Poconos are begging the state’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to stop the region’s newest warehouse.Blue Ridge Real Estate (BRRE) wants to build its second warehouse on State Route 940 in Kidder Township, Carbon County. Some residents fear the project doesn’t take enough precautions to protect Black Creek, a DEP-designated high quality stream.They formed LOVE Kidder Township, a protest group to fight what they see as region-wide warehouse overdevelopment.Blue Ridge Real Estate declined an interview. Attorney Mike Malloy said his client has said all it has to say on the project and protestors’ reactions.The DEP has noted a series of deficiencies in Blue Ridge’s stormwater application. It’s in technical review, which means the DEP will review the application with heightened scrutiny, according to a DEP letter sent to Blue Ridge.

Each state House and state Senate lawmaker has a web page that lists every legislative memo they've circulated (under “co-sponsorship memoranda”) and ...

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Stroudsburg man convicted of straw firearms purchases

Description Paradise Township Fall Clean UpSenior Pick Up:September 30, October 1, and October 2, 2024Drop Off:October 3, 2024 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.October 4, 2024 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.October 5, 2024 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.See attached flyer for information.For Paradise Township Residents Only.

A Democratic television advertisement shows its narrator saying “I guess” Pennsylvania congressional candidate Rob Bresnahan would support a ...

In August, two local establishments, the Skytop Inn and Congregation Ohr Menachem, were cited for multiple health code violations during inspections conducted by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.