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STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Stroudsburg Fire Department responded to an apartment fire early Thursday morning.

EAST STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Several families were chased from their homes after a fire in the Poconos Sunday afternoon.

First responders say several fire departments were dispatched to the 200 block of North Courtland Street in East Stroudsburg for a reported apartment building fire around 12:15 p.m.

Officials tell 28/22 News the fire started in the back of the building and quickly spread to the front. The building is now a total loss.

The winner of the sweepstakes to buy the Trexler Scout Reservation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to sheltering veterans and helping them obtain quality health care.

In a letter posted to its Facebook page Thursday, the Minsi Trails Council Executive Board said it has voted to sell the 755-acre Boy Scout camp in Polk Township, Monroe County, to the Trexler Veterans Initiative for $7.8 million.

The fate of the Trexler Scout Reservation is still in the air, but organizations have been putting together bids to take over the 755-acre piece of nature in Polk Township.

One of them is the Pocono Heritage Land Trust, which recently submitted a bid for the Boy Scout camp, which has a history stretching back more than 90 years. Executive Director Louise Troutman was limited in what she could say because of a non-disclosure agreement, but was worried about potential competition for Camp Trexler.

The Pocono Township Board of Commissioners implemented a one mill tax increase for 2023 to address continued stagnant revenues, an ongoing budget deficit and significant personnel-driven cost increases. In addition, the Township has been taking definitive steps to plan for the renovation and/or relocation of the Township municipal facilities.

In real numbers, one mill is equivalent to $100 for every $100,000 in assessed value. Therefore, if Monroe County assigns a property an assessed value of $200,000, a one mill tax increase is $200.

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

NOTICE is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of Pocono Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, will consider for adoption at a Public Hearing to be held at 10:00 a.m. on the 29th day of December 2022, at the Pocono Township Municipal Building, 112 Township Drive, Tannersville, Pennsylvania, 18372, an Ordinance adopting a Budget and Appropriating Funds estimated to be required for the Purposes of the Government of the Township of Pocono and Fixing the Real Estate Millage Rate for the 2023 Fiscal Year.

The 2024 Budget was approved at the December 19, 2023 Council Meeting.

You can review it HERE.

Ordinance 1401, Fixing the 2024 Real Estate Tax, was also approved at the December 19, 2023 Council Meeting. Click HERE to review.

The 2024 Budget was approved at the December 19, 2023 Council Meeting.

You can review it HERE.

Ordinance 1401, Fixing the 2024 Real Estate Tax, was also approved at the December 19, 2023 Council Meeting. Click HERE to review.

The 2024 Budget was approved at the December 19, 2023 Council Meeting.

You can review it HERE.

Ordinance 1401, Fixing the 2024 Real Estate Tax, was also approved at the December 19, 2023 Council Meeting. Click HERE to review.

The 2023 Budget was approved at the December 20, 2022 Council Meeting.

You can review it HERE.

Ordinance 1398, Fixing the 2023 Real Estate Tax, was also approved at the December 20, 2022 Council Meeting. Click HERE to review.

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