Poconos News
Victim hit by firetruck identified (Fri, 21 Nov 2008)
State police have identified the pedestrian killed by a fire truck yesterday on Route 33 in Monroe County as 41-year-old Brian M. O'Neill of lower Bucks County. O'Neill was identified in a news release about the car accident he survived before being...
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Firetruck strikes and kills man on Route 33 (Thu, 20 Nov 2008)
A man was struck and killed by a New Jersey fire department's brand new aerial ladder truck this morning on southbound Route 33 in Monroe County. Monroe County Coroner Dave Thomas and state police were on the scene of the accident, which had shut down...
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Rep. McCall poised to take top spot in state House (Wed, 19 Nov 2008)
| Led by state Rep. Keith R. McCall, a Carbon County Democrat nominated Tuesday to become speaker of the state House, area lawmakers in Harrisburg and Washington have dibs on more powerful posts in the coming legislative season. State Sen. Pat Browne, R-...
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4:00 p.m. - Traffic update (Fri, 14 Nov 2008)
Route 78 West is down to one lane approaching the tolls at the Pennsylvania state line due to emergency road work. With rain and fog also in the area, motorists are advised to expect delays and use caution. Rt. 191 is down to a single lane in Upper...
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Pennsylvania is high roller in gaming profits (Sun, 16 Nov 2008)
ONE-MONTH PERIOD Las Vegas slot machine revenues are down 12 percent, Atlantic City's have taken a 19-percent nose-dive since last year, and even the shore town's glitziest casino, the Borgata, laid off 400 workers last week. Any notion that the...
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Bangor building is next on list for transformation (Sat, 15 Nov 2008)
Bangor wants to expand its Keystone Opportunity Zone, a state program that gives tax breaks to businesses that develop blighted properties. In the past, that's meant turning old slate mining land into the storage unit center on Route 512, or tearing down...
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20,000-acre wildlife refuge proposed in Monroe County (Tue, 11 Nov 2008)
The federal government has proposed creation of a 20,000-acre wildlife refuge in Monroe County's Cherry Valley, an ambitious project that could cost more than $76 million. The Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge would encompass 20,446 acres in...
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Pennsylvania's Tribe (Mon, 10 Nov 2008)
By most any objective measure, the new Lenape exhibit is compact, filling a relatively tiny corner of the sprawling Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania. But by other measures, this small...
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White as a ghost (Wed, 29 Oct 2008)
The surprisingly potent storm that blustered through eastern Pennsylvania on Monday and Tuesday did more than give fits to Phillies fans. It dumped record amounts of snow in the Poconos, shut down parts of Interstate 80 and knocked out power to...
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Witnesses sought in Rhoades' fatal crash (Tue, 28 Oct 2008)
Police are looking for witnesses to the Oct. 17 highway crash that fatally injured state Sen. James Rhoades in western Monroe County. State police at Fern Ridge on Monday issued a request. They said troopers still are investigating the crash, in which...
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Embattled college official leaves post (Sat, 25 Oct 2008)
Almost four months after he was placed on administrative leave amid allegations of misconduct involving a student, the vice president for university development at East Stroudsburg University has left his $136,000 a year job under unknown terms. As the...
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Poconos mortgage suit set for February (Sat, 25 Oct 2008)
A federal lawsuit filed six years ago alleging that more than 100 home buyers were defrauded by JP Morgan Chase Bank and a Poconos builder will finally go to trial in February. U.S. District Judge Christopher C. Conner on Friday set a Feb. 2, 2009...
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State police have identified the pedestrian killed by a fire truck yesterday on Route 33 in Monroe County as 41-year-old Brian M. O'Neill of lower Bucks County. O'Neill was identified in a news release about the car accident he survived before being...
>> read more
Firetruck strikes and kills man on Route 33 (Thu, 20 Nov 2008)
A man was struck and killed by a New Jersey fire department's brand new aerial ladder truck this morning on southbound Route 33 in Monroe County. Monroe County Coroner Dave Thomas and state police were on the scene of the accident, which had shut down...
>> read more
Rep. McCall poised to take top spot in state House (Wed, 19 Nov 2008)
| Led by state Rep. Keith R. McCall, a Carbon County Democrat nominated Tuesday to become speaker of the state House, area lawmakers in Harrisburg and Washington have dibs on more powerful posts in the coming legislative season. State Sen. Pat Browne, R-...
>> read more
4:00 p.m. - Traffic update (Fri, 14 Nov 2008)
Route 78 West is down to one lane approaching the tolls at the Pennsylvania state line due to emergency road work. With rain and fog also in the area, motorists are advised to expect delays and use caution. Rt. 191 is down to a single lane in Upper...
>> read more
Pennsylvania is high roller in gaming profits (Sun, 16 Nov 2008)
ONE-MONTH PERIOD Las Vegas slot machine revenues are down 12 percent, Atlantic City's have taken a 19-percent nose-dive since last year, and even the shore town's glitziest casino, the Borgata, laid off 400 workers last week. Any notion that the...
>> read more
Bangor building is next on list for transformation (Sat, 15 Nov 2008)
Bangor wants to expand its Keystone Opportunity Zone, a state program that gives tax breaks to businesses that develop blighted properties. In the past, that's meant turning old slate mining land into the storage unit center on Route 512, or tearing down...
>> read more
20,000-acre wildlife refuge proposed in Monroe County (Tue, 11 Nov 2008)
The federal government has proposed creation of a 20,000-acre wildlife refuge in Monroe County's Cherry Valley, an ambitious project that could cost more than $76 million. The Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge would encompass 20,446 acres in...
>> read more
Pennsylvania's Tribe (Mon, 10 Nov 2008)
By most any objective measure, the new Lenape exhibit is compact, filling a relatively tiny corner of the sprawling Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania. But by other measures, this small...
>> read more
White as a ghost (Wed, 29 Oct 2008)
The surprisingly potent storm that blustered through eastern Pennsylvania on Monday and Tuesday did more than give fits to Phillies fans. It dumped record amounts of snow in the Poconos, shut down parts of Interstate 80 and knocked out power to...
>> read more
Witnesses sought in Rhoades' fatal crash (Tue, 28 Oct 2008)
Police are looking for witnesses to the Oct. 17 highway crash that fatally injured state Sen. James Rhoades in western Monroe County. State police at Fern Ridge on Monday issued a request. They said troopers still are investigating the crash, in which...
>> read more
Embattled college official leaves post (Sat, 25 Oct 2008)
Almost four months after he was placed on administrative leave amid allegations of misconduct involving a student, the vice president for university development at East Stroudsburg University has left his $136,000 a year job under unknown terms. As the...
>> read more
Poconos mortgage suit set for February (Sat, 25 Oct 2008)
A federal lawsuit filed six years ago alleging that more than 100 home buyers were defrauded by JP Morgan Chase Bank and a Poconos builder will finally go to trial in February. U.S. District Judge Christopher C. Conner on Friday set a Feb. 2, 2009...
>> read more
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