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Environmental Assessment: I-80 Reconstruction Project

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The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Engineering District 5-0, in coordination with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) document in accordance with 23 CFR § 771, and the National Environmental Policy Act.

I-80 Expansion meeting held in Stroudsburg

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via Newsbreak:

STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A long-standing plan to transform Interstate 80 in Monroe County may finally be underway soon, but not without some input from the community.

28/22 News Reporter Emily Allegrucci was at an emotional town hall meeting in Stroudsburg Thursday evening where some big concerns were brought front and center.

PennDOT’s reconstruction plan for I-80 was discussed and dozens of members of the community voiced their opinions and hoped to make a change.

Mt. Pocono man nabbed in online predator sting

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MOUNT POCONO, Pa. - Pocono Mountain Regional Police have arrested a man they say tried to meet what he thought was a 15-year-old for sex.

60-year-old Robert M. McMahon of Mt. Pocono is charged with attempted corruption of a minor, criminal use of a communication facility and related offenses.

Authorities say McMahon was brought to their attention after interacting with LC Predator Catcher, a non-governmental individual who conducts online stings of suspected child predators.
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Courthouse Construction Update - Renovation Expense Records: $38 Million (through July 2023)

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I recently filed a Right to Know request related to the Courthouse Expansion Project that start in 2021.

The project was initially anticipated to cost around $50 million (see attachment re: July Newsletter), it appears the actual project cost is currently at $38 million.

There is also a recently released video from Monroe County that shows the current construction status:

October 2023:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSCZ4G1zQTc

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John and Madeleine Leonard Unsolved Murder Update

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This is a follow-up for the unsolved murders for John and Madeleine Leonard who lived in Barrett Township, Cresco, PA.  At the time these murders took place, their 5 children under the age of 18 lived here in Cresco, PA  their entire lives.  The only two surviving children left are Lori and Debbie Leonard, Twins, who have started a Go Fund Me Page in order to have both their parents bodies exhumed.

Mom sues estranged husband over snakebite after custody battle (Chestnuthill Township)

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A mother is suing her estranged husband after one of his venomous snakes bit their son at a home in Pa. and he developed anxiety and PTSD as a result, according to a lawsuit recently filed in federal court.

The lawsuit—filed by the boy’s mother, Irina Mayman—said Gregory Johnson, of Monroe County, made his 8-year-old son “swear on the Bible” not to tell anyone about the incident at Johnson’s parents’ house in August of 2021, according to the lawsuit.