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Eastburg 2025 – A Plan for the Borough’s future

The Eastburg 2025 Comp Plan has been approved!
Click here to view the adopted plan.

Comprehensive plans are a community’s opportunity to evaluate various facets of their municipality—jobs, housing, transportation, environment, etc.—and identify adjustments needed to ensure the community remains a desirable place to live and work over the decades to come. (Click here) for a fact sheet about the planning effort.

More than 100 people came to the Open House on Monday June 5 to see and hear about the recommendations that the Task Force and planning team have developed.

Special Event! Household Hazardous Waste Collection Days @ The Waste Authority

Special event held by The Waste Authority! If you have household hazardous waste to dispose of, and are a resident of Monroe County, then this event is for you! Their number is listed if you have any questions. This is not an East Stroudsburg Borough event.

Special Event! Household Hazardous Waste Collection Days @ The Waste Authority

Special event held by The Waste Authority! If you have household hazardous waste to dispose of, and are a resident of Monroe County, then this event is for you! Their number is listed if you have any questions. This is not an East Stroudsburg Borough event.

Special Event! Household Hazardous Waste Collection Days @ The Waste Authority

Special event held by The Waste Authority! If you have household hazardous waste to dispose of, and are a resident of Monroe County, then this event is for you! Their number is listed if you have any questions. This is not an East Stroudsburg Borough event.

Madden: Women Must Keep the Right to Choose


Pa. state Rep. Maureen Madden speaks against a Pa. Republican attempt to amend the state Constitution to remove a woman's right to choose a safe, legal abortion. Madden says this is not the battle we wanted, but she is confident the voters of Pennsylvania will rise to the occasion and vote down this dangerous reversal of well established precedent.

More at RepMadden.com

Madden: SCOTUS Has Become Far Too Political


After standing with Democratic colleagues from the PA House and Senate at a rally Monday decrying the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, state Rep. Maureen Madden, D-Monroe, expressed frustration that the branch of government that's supposed to be the least political — the judicial — has instead become the most political. Justices who voted to overturn Roe, she said, perjured themselves, and Madden promised that the fight to protect women's reproductive healthcare, including abortion access, is only beginning.

More at RepMadden.com

Summerfest!

Summerfest is today, Saturday June 25! Join us for the best party of the summer! Live music starts at 3:30pm with Kyle Baker, then the Maybabies rock the house from 6:30pm-10pm. We've got great food, lots of games for the whole family, a Bounce House for the kids, plus great cocktails, Pocono Punch on tap, and the tapping of Barley Creek's famous Summerfest Lager. Tickets: $15 at the door. Proceeds benefit Pocono Township Community Services.

Rights to Reproductive and Sexual Health Options Should Be Protected At All Costs 

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Delaware Water Gap, PA – Women’s Resources of Monroe County believes in every person’s right to bodily autonomy and to make decisions about what’s best for their lives. Women’s Resources of Monroe County strongly opposed any actions—legislatively or otherwise—that limit a person’s right to access a full range of reproductive healthcare services, including abortion care. We believe consent and bodily autonomy are fundamental rights no person, law or government should violate. These beliefs are integral to our mission and work. 

Rights to Reproductive and Sexual Health Options Should Be Protected At All Costs 

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Delaware Water Gap, PA – Women’s Resources of Monroe County believes in every person’s right to bodily autonomy and to make decisions about what’s best for their lives. Women’s Resources of Monroe County strongly opposed any actions—legislatively or otherwise—that limit a person’s right to access a full range of reproductive healthcare services, including abortion care. We believe consent and bodily autonomy are fundamental rights no person, law or government should violate. These beliefs are integral to our mission and work. 

Summerfest Tickets

Kick off the summer with Barley Creek Summerfest, featuring live music from the Maybabies, plus great food, drinks, fun and games for the whole fam. Tickets are $10 in advance ($15 at the door.) Buy tickets online here.

Safety Seat Inspections

The East Stroudsburg Fire Department is happy to announce they now have certified child safety seat technicians available.  Please call the fire department at 570.421.5690 or email esfd217@ptd.net to schedule an appointment for a technician to perform an inspection on your child’s car seat. 
The Fire Department is located at 380 Chestnut Street, East Stroudsburg.

Safety Seat Inspections

The East Stroudsburg Fire Department is happy to announce they now have certified child safety seat technicians available.  Please call the fire department at 570.421.5690 or email esfd217@ptd.net to schedule an appointment for a technician to perform an inspection on your child’s car seat. 
The Fire Department is located at 380 Chestnut Street, East Stroudsburg.

Safety Seat Inspections

The East Stroudsburg Fire Department is happy to announce they now have certified child safety seat technicians available.  Please call the fire department at 570.421.5690 or email esfd217@ptd.net to schedule an appointment for a technician to perform an inspection on your child’s car seat. 
The Fire Department is located at 380 Chestnut Street, East Stroudsburg.

Adopt-a-Planter Program

Help keep the downtown area of East Stroudsburg beautiful! Adopt a Planter! See details below in the downloadable sponsor packet and contact the Borough if you are interested!

Adopt-a-Planter Program

Help keep the downtown area of East Stroudsburg beautiful! Adopt a Planter! See details below in the downloadable sponsor packet and contact the Borough if you are interested!

Adopt-a-Planter Program

Help keep the downtown area of East Stroudsburg beautiful! Adopt a Planter! See details below in the downloadable sponsor packet and contact the Borough if you are interested!

Madden: Americans Support Responsible Firearms Ownership


At the 'Fight for Lives' news conference Wednesday, June 8, Pa. state Rep. Maureen Madden said people are demanding action in response to the ongoing gun violence pandemic in this country, particularly when the violence enters our schools. Yet the GOP-led General Assembly refuses to act. How much more violence, heartbreak and death must we suffer before enough is enough, she asks? Pa. Democrats, Madden said, have a vision, a plan and the legislation to make a difference and strengthen the safety of our schools and our communities.

More at RepMadden.com

June 2022 Monroe Matters


On this episode of Monroe Matters, Pa. state Rep. Maureen Madden chats with PA Legislative Black Caucus Chair Rep. Donna Bullock about the legacy of K. Leroy Irvis, curtailing gun violence, and her work on the School Safety & Security Committee. Plus Northeast Delegation Director Geoff Morrow interviews Parkland, Florida, parent Tony Montalto, who's embarked on a mission to make schools safer after his daughter was murdered in a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018.

More at RepMadden.com

PMSD announces school open house dates for 2022-23

Grade 9 & new student orientations also planned

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