Monthly Archives: August 2012

Milford episode of Hotel Hell airs Monday

Local reality television junkies will finally get a glimpse of Pike County next Monday when the Milford episode of Hotel Hell airs on FOX Television at 8 p.m. Hotel Hell’s hot headed host Gordon Ramsay and his crew filmed the episode, featuring the River Rock Inn, in January. Owner Ken Pisciotta and his staff have been [...]

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DelVal Superintendent Bell takes oath

Delaware Valley School District’s new Superintendent John Bell,  rose his right hand and took an official oath of office last week. The oath was administered by Pike County Prothonotary Denise Fitzpatrick during the school board meeting. Bell will take the oath again, later, in front of Judge Joseph Kameen. Here, Bell signs the oath as [...]

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New Principal named at Shohola Elementary

    A number of educators have shifted positions in the Delaware Valley School District. Christopher Ross moves to Shohola Elementary School as the new principal. He replaces Margate Schaffer who now becomes district director of elementary education. Schaffer replaces James Purcell who will now be district director of secondary education, a position formerly held by [...]

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Lehman students participate in Mady’s Snow Day

After Madyson Law died in A 2010 accident, her family and the community responded by holding fundraisers to support a scholarship fund and organizations that she supported when she was alive. The fundraisers have become places to remember Madyson and honor her memory by doing something good in her name. Madyson loved winter. That is [...]

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Watching Pike’s evolution

Ever return to a familiar place, perhaps a home town, after years of absence and find the changes unsettling? Maybe an old dairy barn is gone, a distinctive house painted a startling new color or there is a thriving new mini mall attracting shoppers to a former field. Not that there is anything wrong with [...]

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Branch manager. Not.

After a brush with danger on a Pike County Road, Pocono Record Executive Editor Chris Mele made it to the office safely today. Here, in his words, is what happened: My commute along Route 402 to Stroudsburg took an unexpected, frightening-for-a-moment turn Friday morning. I almost never drive with the window open, but because of the [...]

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Pike Library construction behind schedule but moving along

The new $2 million Pike County Library is taking shape as workers welded framing for dormers this week. The building, on East Harford Street in Milford, was to be done by the end of 2012 but the targeted completion date has been pushed back to March 2013 according to Library Board President Rob Rohner. At the [...]

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Painful extraction expected to heal nicely

The dull ache I’ve had for months will become a sharp pang this week when I drive away from a distant college dorm. My oldest is starting his freshmen year and the thought of him leaving the nest is gnawing at my heart. Also, I have a toothache. After bothering me for months, a bum [...]

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