via Newsbreak:

STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A long-standing plan to transform Interstate 80 in Monroe County may finally be underway soon, but not without some input from the community.

28/22 News Reporter Emily Allegrucci was at an emotional town hall meeting in Stroudsburg Thursday evening where some big concerns were brought front and center.

PennDOT’s reconstruction plan for I-80 was discussed and dozens of members of the community voiced their opinions and hoped to make a change.

(Via Rosemary Brown)

Many of you have heard about the I-80 expansion project over the last few years, as the project moves forward, I believe a factual overview of the project is timely.

MOUNT POCONO, Pa. - Pocono Mountain Regional Police have arrested a man they say tried to meet what he thought was a 15-year-old for sex.

60-year-old Robert M. McMahon of Mt. Pocono is charged with attempted corruption of a minor, criminal use of a communication facility and related offenses.

Authorities say McMahon was brought to their attention after interacting with LC Predator Catcher, a non-governmental individual who conducts online stings of suspected child predators.
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Concealed Weapons

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