East Stroudsburg Area School District will receive an additional $1.2 million through the BEF Fair Funding Formula (a 9.2% increase), $610,062 in Special Education Funding (a 10% increase), $5,551,465 in Adequacy Funding Tax Equity (a 23% increase), and $994,999 in Hold Harmless relief. East Stroudsburg will also receive about $655,349 in cyber charter reimbursements, and $223,754 for school safety (mental and physical).

Route 196/Sterling Road Safety Project 

State Route 196 (Sterling Road) is classified as a major collector roadway providing access to residential developments and businesses in Mount Pocono Borough and Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County. 

This online plans display includes digital picture boards and an online questionnaire, and is available to the public until August 5, 2024. 

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TAKE NOTICE, that the Heart & Lung Hearing Board, of the Stroud Area Regional Police Commission, will hold a Heart & Lung Hearing to address the issue as to whether Heart & Lung benefits that are currently being provided to a SARPD employee should be terminated. The hearing will be held before the Heart & Lung Board, on July 18, 2024, at 9:30 a.m., at the Stroud Area Regional Police Headquarters Meeting Room, 100 Day Street, East Stroudsburg, PA. The hearing is open to the public.

A woman was pronounced dead at Lehigh Valley Hospital after falling off a golf cart on July 6.

(Middle Smithfield)

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that the Mount Pocono Borough Zoning Hearing Board will conduct a public hearing on Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024, beginning at 6:00 P.M. at the Mount Pocono Borough Municipal Building, 1361 Pocono Boulevard, Suite 100, Mount Pocono, PA 18344 to consider the request for a Variance from Zoning Ordinance Section 215-21 (C) 12 to allow a gift shop (retail or wholesale sales) to be operated in an attached accessory building (garage).

As a resident deeply rooted in the Pocono  community, I find the recent proposal to shut down the TLC Park basketball courts not only unfair, but detrimental to our town. This move comes in response to a singular, unfortunate incident of violence that happened last week. I believe punishing the entire community for the actions of one individual is a direct attack on the spirit of our community.