The Pocono Environmental Education Center was host to a dozen Road Scholars when Irene left them in the dark Sunday. The center was one of thousands of customers without power after the storm. PEEC offers guests a close to nature experience, but they still like to have the lights on. “We have a back up [...]
Pike County Emergency Management Director Roger Maltby has the perfect personality for his job. Maltby doesn’t get too excited over anything. It is nice to have an even keel running the show when things get chaotic, as they could this weekend when Hurricane Irene comes knocking. Maltby’s droll humor helps too, although it can drive [...]
Dingmans Ferry Real Estate Broker Stan Tashlik and his son Jessie Tashlik asked Pike County Commissioners to help with a mail delivery problem they’ve had at Gold Key Estates. Stan Tashlik brought a stack of mail to Wednesday’s commissioner’s meeting and complained that since enhanced 911 address changes went into effect, he and his son [...]
The Delaware River has been calling for years and finally, I took our relationship to the next level with a four hour kayak excursion. I have a kayak but have been afraid to go on the river alone. A chance to use the buddy system presented itself this week so I tagged along with a [...]
What do a hospital, a trash dump and the Social Security Administration have in common? None can be found in Pike County. Although there is an office in Smithfield, many Pike residents go to Scranton to visit the Social Security Administration. Now, because of budget cuts, that office is cutting the hours it is open [...]
The first day of school will be prickly for Pennsylvania students who do not have newly required vaccinations. School districts are required by the Pennsylvania Department of Health to assure students have had all the right shots. In the Delaware Valley School District,435 students are still listed as under immunized. “I’m begging parents to get [...]
Black Bear Film festival is seeking volunteers. Anyone interested in creative, publicity, logistics, fundraising, ticketing, volunteer co-ordination or events should meet Saturday, 2 p.m. at the Milford Theater, East Catharine Street in Milford. The festival, in its twelfth year, is scheduled for October 14-16.
Some 50 people attended the Delaware Township hearing this week about the future plans for spending more than $1 million on improvements to Akenac Park. More often, just a handful of people attend township meetings. The hearing was held before the regular supervisors meeting where a decision approving a master plan for the park could [...]
Allen Ford, 57, of Branchville, N.J., had been out of work for a week and was looking for a way to earn money when he noticed the glut of weeds at Pine Grove Cemetery in Matamoras. He hoped to be hired to mow the place. Complications over the cemetery’s ownership and accountability have turned the [...]
Last week someone mistakenly called Pike Commissioner Rich Caridi the wrong name: “Frank.” Someone in the county office took a moment out of their work day to bring a little mirth to the commissioners meeting by sticking the name “Frank” on his name plate. Frank, — er, Caridi — noticed it before the meeting peeled [...]
