In just over a week, large drive-up recycling bins in nine locations around Pike will be removed as the countywide recycling program ends. Pennsylvania law does not require residents to recycle. Pike residents who wish to recycle must find an individual trash hauler that offers curb side recycling collection. Some folks will likely go [...]
Pike County Commissioners often pass resolutions to bring attention to issues. Resolutions are read out loud and put on record during their weekly meetings. Commissioners passed two resolutions this week, naming April child abuse prevention month, and sexual assault awareness month. Resolutions make liberal use of the word “whereas.” A few lines from [...]
Funny hats are becoming a thing for the Pike County Commissioners, who sometimes play pranks on each other. At a recent meeting, Commissioner Karl Wagner was unaware that someone had taped a funny photo of him on the front of the table where he sat. Earlier in the week, Wagner had been in Commissioner Rich [...]
It wasn’t a big shocker this week to read a story by Pocono Record writer Howard Frank about how climbing rent and stagnate pay is putting the squeeze on people in Pike and Monroe Counties. The typical two-bedroom rental apartment costs $840 a month in Pike. That requires an hourly wage of $16.15, [...]
Bean Hole days is a celebration that brings thousands of visitors to the sleepy walleye fishing town of Pequot Lakes, Minnesota, population 2,162. The concept is simple. Townsfolk fix up a big ‘ol vat of beans by digging a sizable hole in the ground, and burying the bean pot in red hot coals. It cooks [...]
A little innovation can turn a struggling business around. For realistic advice on how to grow a retail business, attend one of two seminars being offered by the Pike County Chamber of Commerce: “Building Additional Revenue Streams for Retailers.” The seminar will be presented by Michael Sullivan, the new Executive Director of the Pike [...]
Delaware Township taxpayers will soon own a $300 bunny suit, ordered through the recreation committee, to be used during the springtime egg hunt. Did you notice? I didn’t say Easter. As a Christian, my understanding of Easter involves Jesus — not abunny — conquering tortured death. But put a chocolate bunny in front of [...]
The Pennsylvania Game Commission starts its annual sale of bluebird nesting boxes Monday. The boxes cost $9.54 which includes sales tax. Shipping is extra. Customers may choose assembled boxes or kits that can be assembled as a wood-working project. “Bluebirds are early nesters, so now is the time to put up new nest boxes, as [...]
Chunks of metal from the World Trade Center have been parceled out to every state in the country to be placed in a variety of memorials. A piece of the revered steel is already on display in Pike County, in the private community of Hemlock Farms. This week a 100 pound piece was delivered to [...]
That Wisconsin paper company bringing some 40 jobs to Stroud Township? It could have been in Pike County. When Northwoods Paper Converting of Beaver Dam, Wis. wanted to expand to the eastern part of the country, company, officials looked first in Pike County. It was where they wanted to be, Pike County Economic Development Authority [...]
