For any questions regarding the requirements for a Pennsylvania License to Carry Firearms, applicants can contact Corporal Acosta at (570) 517-3301 or email firearms.division@monroecountypa.gov.
I recently filed a Right to Know request related to the Courthouse Expansion Project that start in 2021.
The project was initially anticipated to cost around $50 million (see attachment re: July Newsletter), it appears the actual project cost is currently at $38 million.
There is also a recently released video from Monroe County that shows the current construction status:
October 2023:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSCZ4G1zQTc
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A mother is suing her estranged husband after one of his venomous snakes bit their son at a home in Pa. and he developed anxiety and PTSD as a result, according to a lawsuit recently filed in federal court.
The lawsuit—filed by the boy’s mother, Irina Mayman—said Gregory Johnson, of Monroe County, made his 8-year-old son “swear on the Bible” not to tell anyone about the incident at Johnson’s parents’ house in August of 2021, according to the lawsuit.
Pocono Mountain School District
P.O. Box 200,
Swiftwater, PA 18370-0200
October 4, 2023
Dear Parents/Guardians,
All schools in Pocono Mountain School District are participating in the Community Eligibility
Program (CEP) for the 2023-24 school year, which means all students in kindergarten through
grade 12 are eligible to receive a free breakfast and free lunch when attending school in-person
on school days.
In addition, every household with a child attending a Pocono Mountain School District school
The Monroe County Recorder of Deeds office is now offering the new Monroe County Record Alert System to all residents of Monroe County. The record alert system will be free to anyone who would like to sign-up for the service.
If you sign-up, you will receive an email from our recording vendor, Landex, alerting you anytime a document has been recorded in our office with your name. Businesses are aslo welcome to sign-up for this service.
Return on Environment Study Shows Monroe County’s Open Spaces Generate over $1.5 Billion in Annual Revenue.
The Monroe County Return on Environment (ROE) Study demonstrates how open space is greatly contributing to the health of the local economy, as well as to a lower cost of living and improved quality of life for citizens.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP37-iPeyn0
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