CHESTNUTHILL TWP., Pa. - The Monroe County Republican Party is calling for a District Court Judge to resign, citing a conflict of interest.

Monroe County Magistral District Judge Colleen Mancuso is married to newly-elected District Attorney Michael Mancuso. Both are Democrats.

The Monroe County Republican Committee is calling Judge Mancuso to step down.

"She's going to serve her own interests instead of the peoples' interests and continue to accept a full-time salary." said Tom Whitehead, former Chairman of the Monroe County Republican Committee.

A three-phase I-80 construction project is set to start by end of year, overhauling the highway, bridges, ramps and exits and putting up sound barrier walls. It will start west of Exit 303 in Stroud Township and continue east of exit 307 and the Brodhead Creek bridge in East Stroudsburg.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is moving forward with the final design of the Interstate 80 Reconstruction Project in eastern Monroe County in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration.

Warning Speed Trap around exit 308 Rt80. I just received a ticket by mail for doing 51 mph in the 40 mph, I was in the slow lane following the flow of traffic. Technically the ticket is a warning as the amount is 0 and says next time it will be a ticket. The cut-off point is 11 miles over 40 as mentioned in the ticket.

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https://nextdoor.com/p/89Xm_q-QybNJ?post=315817120

The 2024 Monroe County budget, which includes a dip in the total and an increase in tax millage, was unanimously approved by the Monroe County commissioners on Dec. 20.

Next year's budget will be $162.6 million, a decrease of $17.8 million from 2023's total of 180.4 million.

The general fund budget, which comes from real estate taxes, departmental revenue, grants and contribution from the fund balance, in addition to other sources, totals $77.2 million for 2024. That's up 10.6% from 2023’s general fund budget of $69.8 million.

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Jess Delfino investigates the preliminary stages of the I-80 expansion project by gently badgering drillers taking rock samples.

STROUDSBURG, MONROE CO. (WOLF) — The I-80 Project Impact taskforce, Residents and officials met Tuesday evening, discussing continued concerns about the proposed expansion of I-80.

“They’ve gone a little bit overboard in terms of the amount of highway they want to lay down and the fact that it won’t solve the congestion that we have today,”