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Pocono Counties Workforce Development Area analyzes local and regional data to provide real-time, in-depth information to businesses, organizations, and residents of the Pocono Counties. Here, you will find a wealth of information to help you stay informed about the job market in the Pocono Counties region.  Looking for more labor market information? We would be happy to assist in providing data to employers and the general public. Contact Us. For many additional products and information from the PA Department of Labor and Industry Center for Workforce Information and Analysis (CWIA) visit their website at www.workstats.dli.pa.gov, email at workforceinfo@pa.gov, or phone at 877-4WF-DATA. 

Chuck Seese and the Monroe County Democrats explain how to complete and return your mail-in ballot. 🗳MAKE SURE YOUR VOTE COUNTS! 🗳 In PA, you MUST use the ‘secrecy envelope’ ✉️ that accompanies your mail-in ballot & also SIGN & DATE ✍️ ✅ the outer mailing envelope. Please watch👆to ensure that your mail-in ballot is accepted & counted! #MonroeCountyPA #VoteBlue #PABallot #PAMailInBallot #SecrecyEnvelope #PAVote #PAVoting #VoteDemocrat To request your mail-in ballot for the 2022 election, click here: https://www.pavoterservices.pa.gov/OnlineAbsenteeApplication/#/OnlineAbsenteeBegin After your ballot arrives in the mail, take the following steps: Step 1: Open your envelope and unpack the contents;

The Borough of East Stroudsburg is holding a Public Information meeting on September 26, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. to receive public input on the proposed Crystal Street Streetscape Project. Phase one of this Project will make Crystal Street one-way from Analomink Street to Washington Street, Add sidewalk width to both sides of Crystal Street from Analomink Street to Washington Street, add a raised Pedestrian Crosswalk where the current Crosswalk is in front of Trackside and add additional decorative street lighting. Phase two of this project will add a new sidewalk with decorative street lighting from the Prospect Street Bridge down Crystal Street to Washington Street and provide additional parking on the East side of Crystal Street along the railroad tracks. Click on the links below to see the proposed changes.

2023 YARD WASTE COLLECTION SCHEDULE The Borough offers a bimonthly curbside Yard Waste Pickup Program, which is held from April through October of each year.  Borough crews will pick up yard waste at curbside on the same days of regular recycling pick-ups in the borough according to the schedule below.  Residents may place at curbside for pick up, on these weeks only, a reasonable quantity of woody yard wastes materials from your own property – including tree branches, limbs and cuttings, small bushes (without the root ball), hedges, and tree logs not exceeding five inches (5”) in diameter.  The Borough crews will not pick up leaves, grass clippings, flowers, vines, roots, or garden/vegetable plants as part of these yard waste collections.  The yard waste materials collected will be

2024 YARD WASTE COLLECTION SCHEDULE The Borough offers a Yard Waste Pickup Program, which is held from April through September of each year.  Borough crews will pick up yard waste at curbside in the borough according to the schedule below.  Residents may place at curbside for pick up, on these weeks only, manageable lengths (no more than 4ft long and/or exceeding 5″ in diameter) tree branches, limbs and cuttings, small bushes – without root ball, hedges, and tree logs that are tied or bundled and stacked as best possible, alongside the road in front of your residence but not on the road pavement. Leaves, grass clippings, flowers, vines, roots, or garden/vegetable plants will NOT be picked up. Collected Yard Waste will be ground up and processed for mulch at the Twin Boroughs Recycling Center. The 2024 Schedule for Borough Yard Waste Pickups is as follows:

2022 Community Development Block Grant Modification Public Hearing Wednesday, December 20, 2023 Monroe County Commissioner’s Meeting Room, located at 1 Quaker Plaza, Stroudsburg, PA 18360 Healthy Home Repair Program This program provides a one-time assistance grant to assist in repairing and removing health and safety hazards for COVID vulnerable and impacted families and individuals.

CLICK HERE TO GET STARTED WITH JOBNOW What is JobNow? JobNow provides you with practical tools to help you get a job. On the home page, you have three services to choose from: 1. Career Resources: Informative, easy-to-use, and free Internet resources for job seekers; including personality and career assessments, and practice exams for many career and civil service tests.

Pocono Mountain Public Library kicks off Banned Book Week with a Book Club dedicated to George Orwell’s classic dystopian novel, “1984.” In 1984, Big Brother watches your every move and feeds you your every thought. Those who think the wrong thoughts are deemed thought criminals and pay the consequences. How does Orwell dystopian novel of authoritarian mass surveillance compare with the world we live in today? Big Brother doesn’t want you to know, but we do! Join Joe and other readers for a fascinating discussion on this important, but very readable novel on Tuesday, September 20th at 2:00pm. Reserve your copy at our library by calling 570-894-8860 #2 or emailing joe@poconolibrary.org. You can also find 1984 as an e-book on our digital platform, Hoopla, for free. All you need is a library card.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR DRINKING WATER ESTE INFORME CONTIENE INFORMACIÓN IMPORTANTE ACERCA DE SU AGUA POTABLE. HAGA QUE ALGUIEN LO TRADUZCA PARA USTED, O HABLE CON ALGUIEN QUE LO ENTIENDA.                  EAST STROUDSBURG BOROUGH WATER DEPARTMENT                    Has Levels of TOTAL TRIHALOMETHANES Above Drinking Water Standards Read Notice Here

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR DRINKING WATER ESTE INFORME CONTIENE INFORMACIÓN IMPORTANTE ACERCA DE SU AGUA POTABLE. HAGA QUE ALGUIEN LO TRADUZCA PARA USTED, O HABLE CON ALGUIEN QUE LO ENTIENDA.                  EAST STROUDSBURG BOROUGH WATER DEPARTMENT                    Has Levels of TOTAL TRIHALOMETHANES Above Drinking Water Standards Read Notice Here

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR DRINKING WATER ESTE INFORME CONTIENE INFORMACIÓN IMPORTANTE ACERCA DE SU AGUA POTABLE. HAGA QUE ALGUIEN LO TRADUZCA PARA USTED, O HABLE CON ALGUIEN QUE LO ENTIENDA.                  EAST STROUDSBURG BOROUGH WATER DEPARTMENT                    Has Levels of TOTAL TRIHALOMETHANES Above Drinking Water Standards Read Notice Here

Volunteers are needed for the Pick Up the Poconos Event being held on September 24, 2022, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Please follow this link for further information and sign up forms: https://www.poconomountains.com/event/pick-up-the-poconos-day/18665/

Volunteers are needed for the Pick Up the Poconos Event being held on September 24, 2022, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Please follow this link for further information and sign up forms: https://www.poconomountains.com/event/pick-up-the-poconos-day/18665/

Volunteers are needed for the Pick Up the Poconos Event being held on September 24, 2022, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Please follow this link for further information and sign up forms: https://www.poconomountains.com/event/pick-up-the-poconos-day/18665/

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAugust 31, 2022 DEP Declares Drought Watch for 36 Counties, Asks for Voluntary Water Conservation Harrisburg, PA –The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) today announced the Commonwealth Drought Task Force has declared a drought watch for 36 counties and asks for voluntary water conservation in those counties. “A few counties have experienced very dry conditions over the summer, and a number of others have inched into increasingly dry conditions in recent weeks. We’re asking Pennsylvanians in all of these counties to use water wisely and follow simple water conservation tips to ease the demand for water,” said DEP Acting Secretary Ramez Ziadeh.