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Gift giving can be more of a mental exercise than we expect sometimes. If you’ve been racking your brain trying to figure out what to get some of the tricker personalities on your list, we have some very special ideas for you.

The hand-picked ideas below can all be found at Pocono Arts Council’s Holiday Shop at 530 Main Street, Stroudsburg, PA. With a variety of work from 30 artisans there is something for everyone. Keep in mind, these lists are not exhaustive. We aimed for three ideas per personality, but in most cases, there are many other wonderful options for each.

A conditional-use application for a hotly-contested mega-warehouse project, proposed for the intersection of Interstate 84 and Route 6 in Milford Township, has been pulled by the applicant.  News 13's Preston Ehrler has the story.

I feel that school lunch should be free because it can really help the people that need it. School lunch debt is a pervasive problem in the U.S.
Stroudsburg Junior High School freshman Jiles Hernandez believes that having free school lunch is a great idea, “I believe that school lunch having an expense is dumb. It leaves kids who can’t afford food in debt. For example, I’m currently $160 in lunch debt and I can not afford to pay it off.”
More than 30 million students can’t afford their school meals, according to the Education Data Initiative, a research team that collects data and statistics regarding the U.S. education system, and 68.8% of surveyed schools have students with unpaid meal debt.
First, free school lunch makes sure that every student has nutritious meals throughout the day. It helps reduce food insecurity due to some families struggling to afford daily meals.

The Pocono Environmental Education Center (PEEC) is located within the 77,000 acre Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area and is the education partner of the National Park Service in this area.

Pre-registration is requested until otherwise noted.

Painting with Light

Saturday, January 6, 10am-12pm

$10 / child

Join artist Pam Rice in making artwork using sunlight in different ways. Children will make cyanotype artworks using leaves, feathers, and dried flowers as elements in sun painting compositions, as well as create shadow drawings of fall plant life. *Ideal for ages 6-10* Please call to register.

Scenes of the Season: Paint & Sip

Sunday , January 14, 12pm-3pm

East Stroudsburg University students, faculty, and staff collected gifts for more than 100 local families and pets this holiday season.

The ESU chapter of AFSCME Local 2366 sponsored two “Angel Trees” on campus.

The gifts will be distributed through the Salvation Army and A.W.S.O.M.

Returning passenger rail services to Northeastern Pennsylvania has been a priority of Congressman Cartwright since first joining Congress, and on Friday, December 8 he announced that our rail project has qualified for federal funds.

This week, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg called with the great news that the PA Northeast project was accepted into the Corridor ID program. This is a significant milestone and represents years of dedicated efforts to restore passenger rail service, which will contribute to our region’s economic growth and vitality.

This rail transportation option will provide residents of NEPA a new form of environmentally and all-weather transportation to over 500 destination stations on the Amtrak System across the United States and Canada.

Ho, ho, ho! It's our staff holiday party. Barley Creek's main restaurant in Tannersville will close at 5pm tonight, December 12. The kitchen will close at 4:30pm. Need your Barley fix tonight? Try our second location - the Barley Creek Tasting Room & Pub - at the Pocono Premium Outlets. Cheers and see you tomorrow!