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Youth Infusion Launches Youth Leadership Advisory Board (YLAB) Program

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Empowering Teens through Service Learning and Mental Health Support

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

East Stroudsburg, PA — October 3, 2024— Youth Infusion, a non-profit dedicated to fostering youth empowerment and community engagement, proudly announces the launch of its Youth Leadership Advisory Board (YLAB) Program. This innovative program provides high school students with opportunities to develop leadership skills, gain career readiness experience, and address critical mental health issues through meaningful community service.

Joint Public Hearing: Chestnuthill and Jackson Townships - Fireworks Ordinance

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CHESTNUTHILL TOWNSHIP AND JACKSON TOWNSHIP, MONROE COUNTY ORDINANCES REGULATING DISPLAY AND CONSUMER FIREWORKS A joint public hearing and meeting will be conducted by the Chestnuthill Township and Jackson Township Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, October 15, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. at the West End Volunteer Fire Company Building, Route 715, Brodheadsville, Pennsylvania. Public Hearing shall commence at 7:00 p.m. to be followed immediately by meetings of both Boards.

World Polio Day: Pocono Cinema & Cultural Center

The Stroudsburgs Rotary is hosting a free program with a significant amount of information on Oct. 24 at Pocono Cinema & Cultural Center (88 S. Courtland St., East Stroudsburg). The event is to raise awareness about the disease. A polio survivor will speak, along with a panel discussion with Dr. Vitali Pool, medical director, Sanofi U.S., and Dr. Ramlah Vahanvaty, pediatrician. They will share important information about this vaccine-preventable disease that still threatens children in parts of the world and in some parts of the United States today. Doors open from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Mount Pocono Public Conditional Use Hearing re: Sheetz

BOROUGH OF MOUNT POCONO MONROE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING OF APPLICATION OF HARVEST PROPERTIES, LLC FOR CONDITIONAL USE FOR SHEETZ CONVENIENCE STORE The Borough Council of the Borough of Mount Pocono shall conduct a public hearing on October 17, 2024, at 6:30 p.m. in the Borough Council Meeting Room, Mount Pocono Municipal Building, 1361 Pocono Boulevard, Suite 100, Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania 18344, for the purpose of considering an application of Harvest Properties, LLC for Conditional Use Approval to construct a Sheetz Convenience Store on the below described property.

Real Lawyers: A History of the Monroe County Public Defender Office in the 20th Century

On April 21, 1962, the U.S. Supreme Court received a handwritten letter from a Florida inmate asking the Court to review his theft conviction. The 12-page letter argued that he had been denied his right to an attorney during his trial because he couldn't afford one. The Florida courts had decided that, even though he was indigent, the U.S. Constitution did not require that he receive a free lawyer, paid for by the state.

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