Monthly Archives: October 2011

Lower taxes in Delaware Township, just in time for election

In real estate, it’s location, location, location. In politics, it’s timing, timing, timing, Delaware Township sent out a press release Monday, promoting plans for something most tax payers only dream of: a tax decrease. In the release, Supervisor Ted Parsell gives credit to Supervisor and Treasurer Ileana Hernandez (D) who is on the ballot to [...]

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Nathan romps in Bushkill snow

Nathan lives a shovel-free lifestyle, so the first big snow of the year is all good for him. After watching out the window as snow accumulated in his Bushkill yard all Saturday afternoon, he finally went outside. At 7:30 p.m fat flakes were falling steadily and it was already up to his hips. A neighbor’s [...]

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Accused Matamoras bank robber’s wants press coverage

Accused Matamoras bank robber James Edward Heller would like some attention. Recently received in the Pocono Record news room was a press release “From the offices of James Edward Heller,” return address: Pike County Correctional Facility. The professional looking release promotes Heller’s expected appearance in Pike County Court on Oct. 31, where he plans to [...]

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Pike Commissioner candidates use facebook differently

If Facebook “likes” were votes and the election were held today, here is how the Pike County commissioners’ race would shake out: 155 likes: Pam Lutfy for Pike County Commissioner 83 likes: The Committee to elect Caridi and Osterberg for Pike County Commissioners 54 likes: Karl Wagner for Pike County Commissioner Together, 292 people have [...]

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He likes Pike too

Know who else likes Pike? Pocono Record Executive Editor and Pike County resident Chris Mele. When the mood strikes, he’ll submit an entry at the I Like Pike blog. Check out the three gems below

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Dinner and vocabulary

By CHRIS MELE Pocono Record Executive Editor The sign along Route 739 might make you think of the TV science fiction series “V.” But actually the “V” in front of the old Dingmans Ferry restaurant known as RIMBY’s (Right In My Backyard) is actually a sign of things to come. RIMBY’s closed some months ago [...]

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Holy crack!

By CHRIS MELE Pocono Record Executive Editor A section of Route 209 from Milford to its intersection with Route 739 has been closed by the National Park Service because of what it describes as “failure of a section of the road.” Epic failure is more like it. The road is separated almost neatly along the [...]

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Wigsticks review

By CHRIS MELE Pocono Record Executive Editor It looked like a slice of the Greenwich Village Halloween parade visited Milford Saturday night as the drag queen show “Wigsticks” visited the Milford Theatre in a performance to benefit the Upper Delaware GLBT Center. And what a performance it was. Featuring drag queens with stage names like [...]

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PennDOT view can be yours

“Zombies ahead” is not a message approved for PennDOT’s portable lighted signs often seen at constructions sites. “We’re pretty limited in what we can write” PennDOT Spokesman James May said during a recent tour of the Traffic Management Center in Dunmore. The center controls the messages on those signs and May could not be coaxed [...]

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Key to job creation in Pike: advertise local work force

At the Pike County Chamber of Commerce dinner this week, some attendees were asked to define the key to job creation in Pike County. Some said the economy must be stronger on the national level before it improves locally. Pike Chamber board member Paul Brislin, who is also part of the Tristate Chamber, said there [...]

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