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Pleasant Valley School District Board Meeting Rescheduled The Pleasant Valley School Board of Education Meeting that was scheduled on Thursday, June 27, 2024 at 7:00pm has been moved to Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 7:00pm in the District Office. By authorization of the Board of Education Pleasant Valley School District Brodheadsville PA 18322 Tammy A. Smale, Assistant Business Manager/Board Secretary Publication Dates L00000000

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Ashley Baker had just finished speaking at East Stroudsburg University’s Take Back the Night march on April 18 when she had to hop in her car to drive to Washington, D.C. for a roundtable discussion at the White House the next morning. A few days earlier she had received the invitation from the executive director of It’s On Us, a national nonprofit group working to combat sexual assault on campuses. Tracey E. Vitchers asked Baker to participate in the roundtable to learn about changes to Title IX, the 1972 law that prohibits discrimination in education based on sex.

Last week was teacher appreciation week!  Thank you to all the teachers out there!

By Justin Glowacki,

STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Police in Monroe County are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who allegedly stole two cash boxes from a gas station.

On Sunday around 5:30 a.m., officers say a man entered the Sunoco gas station at 1550 North 9th Street, Stroudsburg, and asked the clerk to open the outside bathrooms for him.

When the clerk went to open the bathroom, he told investigators he realized the man was still in the store. After returning to the store, he told officers he found the male pictured above behind the counter with two cash boxes.

According to the release, the man fled the store and was last seen running away on North 9th Street.

Authorities have not indicated how much money the alleged thief got away with.

By Max Augugliaro, Pocono Record,

A Monroe County woman has pled guilty to conspiring to straw purchase firearms .

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 44-year-old Yesenia Ramos, of Stroudsburg, pled guilty on May 6 for her role in making false statements to federally licensed firearms dealers in purchasing firearms across Monroe County.

By Maria Francis, Pocono Record,

Road and bridge projects totaling more than $143 million are underway or set to start this year in Monroe County, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation .

"Governor Josh Shapiro's commitment to delivering safe highways and bridges across the Commonwealth remains a top priority," PennDOT said in a press release, adding that his budget included federal bipartisan infrastructure law investments.

BLAKESLEE, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A five-year-old boy was taken to the hospital after crashing into an SUV while on his scooter Monday evening.

According to the Pocono Mountain Regional Police Department, on Monday around 6:22 p.m., officers were called to an incident involving a child on a scooter in Blakeslee.

Police say a 5-year-old boy riding a scooter could not stop before arriving at the intersection on Matthews Drive and Kirtley Court.

According to investigators, while the victim was pulling up to the intersection he hit the rear bumper of an SUV being driven by a 47-year-old woman.

The child was flown from the scene to Lehigh Valley Hospital Cedar-Crest.

Chagres have not been filed against the driver and police did not say the victim’s current condition. 

https://www.pahomepage.com/news/5-year-old-hit-by-car-while-on-scooter/

STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Healing through music. The State Department of Drug and Alcohol Secretary Dr. Latika Davis Jones paid a visit to Pyramid Healthcare’s Stroudsburg Outpatient Center, to participate in a music therapy session.

Taking steps toward recovery through music.

The stop is a part of a statewide tour to learn and gather feedback from addiction treatment specialists, to find out how to better combat the opioid and overdose epidemic across the commonwealth.

Taking steps toward recovery through music.

“So a lot of our clients have anxiety depression they’re worried about what other people are thinking about themselves, so we kind of try to get them out of that space,” said Shirley Carver a behavioral health technician trainer from Pyramid Healthcare.
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