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East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania recognized the winners for the 2025 Boddie Scholarship, Martin Luther King Jr. awards, and the Julianna and Wayne Bolt Art Contest. The recipients were honored at the 28th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Breakfast on January 20. Boddie Scholarship Recipients The Mary Gertrude Smith Boddie Scholarship Fund provides financial assistance to undergraduate students who demonstrate a commitment to social justice through community and/or university service. In 1904, Ms. Boddie was the first African American student to graduate from what was then known as East Stroudsburg State Normal School, which ultimately became East Stroudsburg University in 1983.

Tonight, Stroudsburg prepares to take on Pocono Mountain East in a conference matchup. Stroudsburg comes into tonight’s game victorious in their last four games and winning six out of the last seven games. In their current winning streak, the Lady Mounties have scored over 53 points in each contest, holding their opponents to less than 30 points in three out of the four games. Last week, Stroudsburg clinched another playoff berth, their ninth in the last 11 years. Currently, they sit as the sixth seed in District XI 6A. Their record is 11-4 with 6 games remaining in the season. All eyes are on McKayla Strunk, 12, tonight as she continues her pursuit of becoming a 1,000-point scorer during her high school career. There is a real possibility Strunk could get to 1,000 either Friday at East Stroudsburg South or next week at home vs East Stroudsburg North.

East Stroudsburg University’s Madelon Powers Gallery will present A Deeper River from Wednesday, February 5 – Thursday, March 6. The exhibit will feature photographic works by Susie Forrester. Hours for the gallery, located in the university’s Fine and Performing Arts Building, Normal and Marguerite streets, are Monday – Friday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.  A reception for the artist will be held on Wednesday, February 12 from 4-6 p.m. in the gallery. Both the exhibits and reception are open to the public at no cost.

Description Trash pickup will be delayed by one day this week due to extreme cold temperatures and will take place on Thursday.

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Tim DeFoor giving a speech after being sworn in as the re-elected Republican Auditor General of Pennsylvania.

LOPEZ, SULLIVAN COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — With temperatures dropping across the region, one town known as "The Icebox of Pennsylvania" saw brutally cold temperatures this week. The coldest air of the season so far, is here. It was quite the cold start Tuesday morning where temperatures were near or below zero. Selinsgrove's low-temperature Tuesday morning -14° degrees. A local weather station registered in Lopez, Sullivan County, also known as "The Icebox of Pennsylvania", recorded a low of -20 degrees. Winter Outlook: Welcome to Lopez Highs on Tuesday struggle to climb to the low and mid-teens.

Word Play Social  Next Session: Tuesday, January 28th 1:30- 4:00pm (drop in)   — Pullen Room Join us for a fun and social word game gathering every fourth Tuesday from 1:30pm to 4pm at Hughes Library. Whether you’re an experienced player or new to the games, drop in anytime during the event. Use one of the provided Scrabble, Bananagrams, and other word game boards, or bring your own favorite. It’s a self-guided, come-and-go event – stay for the whole time or just stop by for a bit. Feel free to bring friends or make new ones over a friendly game. No registration required, just show up and get your word game on! The post Wordplay Social appeared first on Eastern Monroe Public Library.

Musicals inspired by Greek mythology aren’t new. Productions like “Hades Town” and “The Lightning Thief” have taken Broadway by storm over the past few years, and now a new production of “Hercules” is coming to London’s West End. When Jorge Rivera-Herrans began writing “Epic: The Musical” (Epic), about “The Odyssey”, the reaction was unprecedented on TikTok.  By Christmas 2023 “he managed to push Taylor Swift off the top of the US iTunes album charts” according to The Guardian. Epic now has 1.6 million monthly listeners and 119 million monthly plays. 

Republican Stacy Garrity won reelection and was sworn in today in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

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Tue, 21 Jan 2025 00:00:00 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS TAKE NOTICE that the Stroud Township Board of Supervisors will hold public hearings on Thursday, Fe-bruary 6, 2025, beginning at 3:00 P.M., at the Stroud Township Municipal Center, 1211 North 5th Street, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania 18360. The purpose of the hearings is to consider the following applications for a waiver or modification from the riparian buffer regulations found at § 23-303 of the Stroud Township Stormwater Ordinance: (1) The application of Wai S. Lau concerning the 0.31 acre property that is located at 3452 Crestwood Drive, in Stroud Township, Monroe County, PA. This property is further identified as Parcel # 17.15A.2.189 and Map # 17-6392-02-57-2102 and is owned by Siu Y. Lai and Wai S. Lau. (2) The application of Matt and Tara Bauman concerning the 0.21 acre parcel located at 280 Tanite Road and the 0.48 acre parcel lo-cated along Tanite Road, both of which are in Stroud Township, Monroe County, PA.

Tue, 21 Jan 2025 00:00:00 PARADISE TOWNSHIP PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Zoning Hearing Board of Paradise Township has scheduled a Public Hearing at the Paradise Township Municipal Building, 5912 Paradise Valley Road, Cresco, Monroe County, Pennsylvania 18326 on Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. to consider the application of JSPA Realty, LLC, requesting a variance from the Zoning Hearing Board to permit the short-term rental use of the property located at 133 Montanesca Rd., Pennsylvania, 18344, through relief from §160-12.A(64.A0 and Attachment I of the Township Zoning Ordinance. The applicant further appeals the determination of the Zoning Officer, specifically the denial of a zoning permit application for the change the use of the subject property from a single-family detached dwelling to a short-term rental use. The property is located in the R-2 zoning district of the Township.

Tue, 21 Jan 2025 00:00:00 NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE SALE WHEREAS, on November 28, 2007, a certain mortgage was executed by HAZEL L. BARNES and KENNETH W. BARNES, as mortgagor in favor of VERTICAL LEND, INC. as mortgagee and was recorded in Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Monroe County in Mortgage Book 2322 Page 6155 Instrument # 200744678 (“Mortgage”); and WHEREAS, the Mortgage encumbers property located at 1533 Wallace Street Stroudsburg, PA 18360, parcel number 17.5.1.40 (“Property”); and WHEREAS, Mortgagor/ Record Owner HAZEL L. BARNES died on 09/22/18. By operation of law title vests solely in KENNETH W. BARNES and HAZEL L. BARNES is hereby released of liability pursuant to Pa.R.C.P. 1144. KENNETH W. BARNES died on 11/27/21 intestate and is survived by no known heirs. ;and WHEREAS, the Property was owned by HAZEL L. BARNES & KENNETH W.

Tue, 21 Jan 2025 00:00:00 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS TAKE NOTICE that the Stroud Township Board of Supervisors will hold public hearings on Thursday, Fe-bruary 13, 2025, beginning at 3:00 P.M., at the Stroud Township Municipal Center, 1211 North 5th Street, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania 18360. The purpose of the hearings is to consider the following applications for a waiver or modification from the riparian buffer regulations found at § 23-303 of the Stroud Township Stormwater Ordinance: (1) The application of Adam Karhu concerning the 0.44 acre property that is located at 3114 Fairfax Terrace, in Stroud Township, Monroe County, PA. This property is further identified as Parcel # 17.15F.1.87 and Map # 17-6382-04-80-7898 and is owned by Adam Karhu. (2) The application of Eu-gene Bykhovski concerning the 0.57 acre property lo-cated at 3282 Stonehenge Drive, in Stroud Township, Monroe County, PA.

Tue, 21 Jan 2025 00:00:00 NOTICE TO BIDDERS SEALED PROPOSALS will be accepted by the Tobyhanna Township Board of Supervisors until 1:00 p.m.

Tue, 21 Jan 2025 00:00:00 MIDDLE SMITHFIELD TOWNSHIP ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEEE NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING CHANGE Notice is hereby given that the regular meeting of the Middle Smithfield Township Economic Development Committee originally scheduled for 5:30 p.m., Monday, February 17, 2025, has been cancelled and rescheduled to Monday, February 10, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. at the Township’s Schoonover Municipal Building, 147 Municipal Drive, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania 18302. Middle Smithfield Township Michele L. Clewell, Township Secretary

Tue, 21 Jan 2025 00:00:00 ESTATE NOTICE Estate of Marilyn J. Avery, late of Jackson Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania deceased on October 21, 2024. Letters Testamentary in the above named estate having been granted to the undersigned, all persons indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment, and those having claims are directed to present the same without delay to the undersigned or his/her attorney within four months from the date hereof and to file with the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the Forty-Third Judicial District, Orphans’ Court Division, a particular statement of claim, duly verified by an Affidavit setting forth an address with the County where notice may be given to Claimant. Ronald S. Avery, Executor c/o Keith W. Stohl, Esquire Steckel and Stopp, LLC 125 S Walnut Street, Suite 210 Slatington, PA 18080 1/7,1/14,1/21/25