Man, was I impressed with the way the “junk” ordinance discussion went down Tuesday night at the Polk Township supervisors meeting. See, the township had been considering passing an ordinance that would punish people who left junk – old cars, furniture, non-used trampolines, old machinery, construction materials, etc. – on their property for an extended [...]
So just who is behind that popular “West End of Monroe County” Facebook page? It turns out that the person who has been promoting West End businesses, dishing out West End news and advertising the region in general, all on one Facebook page, is Barry Dawson, a West End native who has much experience in [...]
Something caught my attention recently. I was in the new Kinsley’s ShopRite in Brodheadsville and I noticed a sign. Yup, a sign. The sign was for Doris’s Café, the new café at Kinsley’s. The massive supermarket, which opened in August, is family owned and Doris is the mother of Chris Kinsley Sr., who runs much [...]
So last week the editors here at the Pocono Record sent me out to the West End to report on how it was affected by Hurricane Sandy. I came back to the newsroom with a decent amount of good information, but we had so many reporters covering Sandy and had so much “copy” that a [...]