Local history buffs bristle when passing the detour signs on Route 209 in Bushkill directing traffic on to Little Egypt Road instead of the preferred shortcut, Brodhead Road. The story below was written for the Pocono Record in 2008. Based on PennDOT’s 2011 detour signs, it is time for a reminder. The closed road is [...]
Without thumbs, it wasn’t easy for Nathan to remove the paper off the back of his new PIKE bumper sticker. But he was motivated, because the white and black euro sticker is pretty trendy. Mysterious even. Some 1000 Pike stickers were recently produced, paid for by local hotel tax money. The stickers are free, if [...]
The National Park Service recently held a press conference at Childs Park in Dingmans Ferry to show the progress of its $2.5 million enhancement project which has the park closed until spring 2012. The Park Service has had many phone calls asking about the park and has even noticed a few people entering the park [...]
Jake Williams served several years as junior council member on the Matamoras Borough Council. As he graduates from Delaware Valley High School this year, he must also move on from the council position, which he has relished. At his last meeting in June, Williams teased Mayor Dick Gassman that he would soon take over as [...]
Delaware Valley Elementary School Principal Kim Butaitis is an experienced educator. She knows you can’t keep students packed in a hot gymnasium for a long time. So she was concerned when the super-secret school assembly she had been told to prepare on a recent Friday, was delayed. The assembly had been called by state Rep. [...]
Former Millrift Post Master Mildred Pierce used to stand by the train tracks with a large hook to catch the mail bag as the train chugged past. These days Mill Rift is the last stop for the regular mail truck from the Lehigh Valley. The Post Office is bigger than a bread box, but not [...]
I misunderstood. Thought Editor wanted me to “start a dog.” “A what?” I asked. “You know,” Ed said, rolling his eyes as if he thought the question stupid, “a web page with observations about Pike County.” It wasn’t the first time Ed had given a harebrained assignment. Who am I to question him? So I [...]
