The Clymer Library workers were all smiles when they received a Proclamation from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, sponsored by State Representative Jack Rader.
Pictured from left are Love Beatty (Children’s Librarian), Melissa Lopez (Director) and Ian Boyd (Cataloguing and Circulation Technician).
Tunkhannock Township Supervisors are looking for a better way to handle amusement tax payments, said solicitor Harry Coleman during the April 10 township supervisors’ meeting.
An attorney specializing in collections provided information to the township, but because it was just received the day of the meeting, any action was tabled until the May meeting. Atty. Coleman noted that he is also looking at the City of Bethlehem’s amusement tax ordinance in order to draft a stronger ordinance for Tunkhannock Township.
Up by season, but down overall
by Pat AlbanoPocono Mountain Regional Police Departent Chief Chris Wagner opened the April 9 Police Commission meeting with updates on March crime, noting one additional homicide in Coolbaugh Township from the previous month. Criminal arrests increased 23% from 72 to 89
and traffic arrests increased significantly from 172 to 275. Wagner commented, “The numbers go up as winter transitions to spring.”
Wagner then gave a detailed video presentation and annual report showing trends over the last decade stating, “There are fewer complaints between 2023-24
See PMRPC, page 3
The issue is collecting amusement taxes due once an event is over. Berkheimer Associates is currently charge with collecting the amounts due, but supervisors are not satisfied with their progress on collecting amusement taxes on events such as last year’s Elements music festival. A potential solution in a stronger ordinance could be requiring a deposit or bond at the time a permit for an event is issued.
Elements and Pocono Raceway declined an invitation to attend the May worksession to discuss this year’s festival. An invitation will be extended to attend the June worksession.
On the recommendation of the Planning Commission, supervisors voted to send an amendment removing solar from OS-W zone (open space) to Monroe County Planners, and to advertise it for adoption at the May meeting.
A proposed developer’s agreemet for Route 115 Associates, LLC, was tabled, because requested changes were just received the day of the meeting.
A proposed land development modification for Rapid Logistics on Route 115 was approved.
Supervisors received a sketch plan update from PGS Realty.
Supervisors Byron Witt proposed that the township work with the Pocono Lions Club to bring its Veterans Day wreath ceremony to the township. Each year, the Lions sponsor a wreathlaying ceremony at the Pocono Lake cemetery. In order to expand the program to the Long Pond Cemetery, both the township and the fire company will make $300 donations to the club.
The supervisors will also support the Clymer Library’s house tour, and the PMREMS Round-Up event.
Supervisors are waiting for engineer’s input on the Act 167 Stormwater Ordinance, as well s the proposed zoning amendment on warehouses.
Readers—want your organization’s activities featured in these pages? Send news tips, press releases and photos to the editor at journalruth@pa.metrocast.net, or call 570-215-0204 xt2.
To the Editor: Tunkhannock Township Warehouses, Truck Stop, Fueling Station, and more:
The residents of Tunkhannock Township are challenging two proposed warehouses, a truck stop, a fueling station, and other high impact industrial projects to discharge stormwater into the exceptional value (EV) Tunkhannock Creek and Mud Pond Run and associated EV wetlands.
The Exceptional value Tunkhannock Creek Watershed contains numerous threatened, vulnerable, and endangered
globally rare plant and animal species.
The current deadline to send a letter to the DEP is 4/27/24. This is an opportunity to speak out about your concerns related to this development. Send your name, address and concerns to:
Pamela R. Kania, P.E., pkania@pa.gov; Waterways and Wetlands Program Manager
Re: Request for extension of public comment period and public hearing for PAD450168 – Tunkhannock Township, Monroe County.
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Urge the DEP to deny the current application for the project I80-115 C-1 Site, LLC NPDES PAD450168. There are extensive unaddressed technical deficiencies that still exist in the application, even after a year and multiple rounds of technical review by the PA DEP. If the applicant does not address the deficiencies adequately and within the time designated by DEP in the March 18th letter, the application should be denied outright.
Deficiencies include but are not limited to
missing infiltration data, significant problems with sequence of construction, significant errors in velocity calculations, impervious surface mischaracterization, conflicts with on-lot septic, calculation issues with detention basins, and the utter lack of any measures to test and monitor water quality of the receiving waters. The on-lot septic system is also significantly under-sized for this project. An undersized on-lot septic system will result in conflicts with stormwater management, and degradation of the receiving Mud Pond Run.
Include your personal comments. And conclude by requesting a public hearing and extension of comment period.
We all deserve a hearing to speak to the PA DEP about the deficient NPDES permit application and on the water quality degradation impacts to Mud Pond Run that will ensue if the PA DEP for some unfathomable reason decides to move forward with issuing this permit.
Beth Hurley LOVE Kidder Township
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and calls to 911 and service indicating our community is healthy and stable. Patrol hours increased since 2013 which means there is less time investigating and more time patrolling.” Wagner added, “This is good and what we want to see. Despite the small increase in Type I crime which are more serious I am not concerned when comparison is made over ten years.
“Coolbaugh Township used to have serious crime, drive by shootings and drugs and that made for bad press, but I am proud to say Coolbaugh is at the lowest rate of police intervention since 2009.
“Type II petty crimes are falling in recent years and center on retail theft in Mt. Pocono as are ordinance arrests, which are driven by parking lot violations.” Wagner closed out his annual report noting, “When compared with other regional police departments we serve double population and area and have an $8,000,000 budget.”
The Commission approved five vehicle leases.
Wagner noted, “body cameras have been deployed and the M/500 cameras as well as laser scanners are still going through the process of installation.”
The American Recovery Grant is moving forward and 85% complete. Of the 80 initial applicants for 2024 hiring 14 are left and interviews will be conducted. “We hope to get those hired into the police academy by June or July,” noted Wagner.
The meeting ended with discussion of community events. In March officers read to Tobyhanna Elementary School students in ‘Read Across America,’ and assisted Stroudsburg in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
The Pocono Mountain Police Foundation was discussed. This foundation, established in 2010 assists police with CPR equipment and grant funding.
Recently the foundation provided $5,000 in funds for ‘Shop with a Cop,’ to help families in need over the holidays.
Pocono Mountain School Board heard from a special guest at its April 3 meeting. Dr. David Ruth, president of Northampton Community College, discussed enrollments, which are up, and grants available totaling $7,000,000 this year.
“Northampton is now the community college of the Poconos, and named this year’s top online college in criminal justice,” Ruth said. “In 2013 Northampton opened a Tannersville satellite campus and graduates of Monroe County find Northampton affordable.”
Superintendent Dr. Elizabeth Robison discussed student accomplishments including sixth grade students who celebrated “Trip down the Nile,” where they built cardboard pyramids and talked about Egyptian culture.
Tobyhanna Elementary Center celebrated Art and Music Week and Swiftwater Elementary held a Winter Carnival.
In March Swiftwater also celebrated ‘Read Across
America,’ which included buddy reading. Launched in 1998 by the National Education Association and guided by a committee of educators, NEA’s Read Across America is the nation’s largest celebration of reading. The program focuses on motivating children and teens to read about events, partnerships, and reading resources that are about everyone, for everyone.
Robison closed out her report stating that 150 students will compete in the PA Odyssey of Mind in the state finals.
Dr. Mark Wade presented a check to Big Brothers and Sisters of PA for $4,005.33.
Dr. John Kevra from Tobyhanna Elementary Center discussed Read Across America Week and Reading Buddies at TEC. Kevra stated, “Love of reading is one of the most important items a school can accomplish.”
Fourth grade students pair with kindergarten students in reading, and as pen pals in exchanging letters. Student participants were on hand to share their experiences and what they liked about the program.
The Pocono Mountains Music Festival is thrilled to announce its 2024 and 15th Season of Music in the Mountains, July 15 through July 27.
This milestone season features five productions, including the return of Festival favorite performer Liz Callaway. Capping off the season is a Roaring 2020s Speakeasy Fundraiser event, featuring Carole J. Bufford and her band. Performances will take place across Monroe County at venues including Stroudsburg’s Sherman Theater, Buck Hill Falls, Skytop Lodge, and the Barrett Administrative Recreation Complex (BARC). The Festival’s highly recognized Performing Arts Camp Experience (PACE) begins July 15.
Opening the season is The Line Up with Susie Mosher on Friday, July 19, at Buck Hill’s Tennis Tea venue. This is Susie’s fourth year opening the Festival with her raucous, anything goes variety show. Broadway performers take the stage alongside local stars and graduates of PACE to preview the upcoming season.
You’ll have the time of your life on Saturday, July 20, when Dancing Queens rocks the Sherman Theater. Dancing Queens brings the heart-pounding, disco beats of Cher, Madonna, and other female music icons to life backed by PMMFs own Pocono Pops! Orchestra. Dancing in the aisles is encouraged.
Tea & Symphony on Sunday, July 21, at Skytop
Lodge is guaranteed to transport you to the most elegant Mayfair tearoom sipping tea and nibbling on scones while you listen to dazzling operatic performances.
The vocal virtuosity of Liz Callaway lights up Pocono Mountain East High School on Friday, July 26, with her one-woman cabaret, Broadway and Beyond. Liz first performed at the Festival in 2017 and we’re thrilled to welcome her back for our 15th year celebration.
The Room Where It Happens Performing Arts Camp Showcase has our student artists strutting their stuff on Saturday, July 27, at a special matinee performance at PMEHS. The Jazz age is infused in this performance with songs from the 1920s remixed for our modern audiences.
The Barrett Administrative Recreation Complex will be transformed on Saturday, July 27, as we celebrate a successful 15th season with a Roaring 2020s Speakeasy. You’ll be transported back in time, enjoying sumptuous food, and a performance by Festival favorite chanteuse, Carole J. Bufford. It’s our time to be reminded of how far this Festival has come and how much further it can go
Audience Extras return for a second year with Pocono Performs! on Tuesday, July 16. Pocono Performs! features local theater companies performing selections from their summer productions at the Sherman Theater.
Behind the Curtain – An Insider Event takes place on Tuesday, July 23, at Pocono Mountain East High School. Donors are invited to get
an up-close look at PACE and the student artists their donations support.
This year’s Pocono Page Turners book club on Wednesday, July 24, at BARC, partners with NEPA’s NPR station, WVIA, to explore jazz through the work of jazz pioneer Eddie Durham. Jazz historian Loren Schoenberg will be on hand to show selections from his documentary on Durham and discuss the book NPR Listener’s Guide to Jazz.
Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased online at www.poconofest.org
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About The Pocono Mountains Music Festival: Originally founded in 2009 as the Buck Hill Skytop Music Festival by Buck Hill resident David S. Mazza, M.D., the Festival has presented world-class performers from a wide range of performing arts disciplines. The mission of the Pocono Mountains Music Festival, together with its Performing Arts Camp Experience, is to engage world-class talent from all musical genres to entertain, enrich and educate. Learn more about the Pocono Mountains Music Festival and our Performing Arts Camp Experience at www.poconofest. org
To celebrate Earth Day, the Pocono Lake United Women in Faith are hosting a Forest Health Town Meeting. Please join Logan Goddard, Service Forester for the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), Delaware Forest District, who will discuss the history of our forest, types of trees in our area, problems affecting our trees and what we can do about it.
The meeting will be held on May 14 from 7-8 p.m.
at the Pocono Lake United Methodist Church. There will be a free 5-year Norway Spruce seedling given to the first 100 people who attend. Pocono Lake United Methodist church is located on Route 940 between Pocono Pines and Blakeslee.
For more information, call the church 570-646-2650 or email poconolakeumc@ gmail.com. Visit us on Facebook or at www. poconolakeumc.org
Join the Kettle Creek Environmental Education Center on May 8 or 15 for a morning of birding in the Tannersville Bog. Combine one of the most unique natural settings with one of the most spectacular natural phenomena and you get a morning of migration birding at the Bog. Cost is $6 per person.
Registration is required by calling 570-629-3061.
Directions: Route 611, at the light at the Tannersville Inn turn onto Cherry Lane Road. The bog parking lot is 1.9 miles from 611 on the right.
For more information, call (570) 629-3061. For information on other programs visit www. mcconservation.org
Vendors are now being accepted for the 20th Annual Pocono Lake United Methodist Church Community Flea Market to be held rain-or-shine on Saturday, June 8, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. $15 will reserve your table/space
on the Green in front of the church, located at 1188 Route 940.
Please contact the church office at 570-646-2650 to reserve your table or for more information.
Prepayment for vendor tables/space is required. Checks may be made out to “Pocono Lake United Methodist Church”.
The church is located 4.5 miles east of Blakeslee at 1188 Route 940. The United Women of Faith sponsor the event, and everyone in the community is invited to participate. It is always well-attended by neighbors,
vacationers, racing fans, and folks simply driving by on Route 940.
The PLUMC Flea Market is a fun way to start the summer and is greatly looked forward to by the entire community. There will be a wide variety of items available to purchase, including crafts, artifacts, puzzles, home décor, and a White Elephant table that features interesting “treasures” and excellent buys. It is always an enjoyable day perusing the tables, making memorable purchases, and greeting and welcoming friends and neighbors.
United Women of Faith will once again feature their delicious home baked goods for sale. Call 570-646-2650 for more information.
Earthquakes, an eclipse, hailstorms, wow. I missed the earthquake due to my disease having me resting at the time.
The eclipse was a shadow due to clouds at the peak time, but photos from elsewhere were wonderful.
As for the hailstorm, I witnessed the first from the house at mid-day, and the second set while driving home from Tamaqua through driving rain and soggy ice balls just after sunset on Sunday.
Small wildflowers are up and blooming in our yard. The magnolia at the office is also in full bloom risky at this time of year.
Congrats to college champions South Carolina for women’s basketball and UConn for the men, Ohio State for women’s ice hockey and UofDenver for the men. Bravo to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins for making the playoffs; the big Pens missed the cut. Bravo to the 76ers for winning their play-in game to face the Knicks.
Happy Passover to all who celebrate and good health to all.
Celebrating their 60th Anniversary, the Lutheran Church of Our Savior in Mount Pocono encourages daily/weekly Bible reading and prayer. Their weekly Family Bible Story began April 14 with Genesis 1, God Creates the World.
For anyone who would like to read and discuss the Bible, Christianity, and the Lutheran Church, the public is also invited to attend, free of charge, two classes (seminars) scheduled for Saturday, April 27 and Saturday, May 4, both from 10 a.m - 12:30 pm. Snacks begin at 9:30.
For further information, please call Rev. Peter A. Richert at 570-839-9868 or email him at richertp@ yahoo.com.
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COUNTY OF MONROE
NOTICE OF A GENERAL PRIMARY ELECTION TO BE HELD:
TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2024
BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 7:00AM TO 8:00PM (Prevailing Time)
In pursuance of the provisions of the Constitution and the Election Laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, we the County Board of Elections of Monroe County do hereby make known and give notice to the electors of said Monroe County that a General Primary Election will be held in the said County of Monroe on Tuesday, April 23, 2024:
To see sample ballots please visitwww.monroecountypa.gov
We hereby make known that the following persons have been placed in nomination by the different parties for the offices listed below as far as known to us:
Public Notice is hereby given, that Monroe County Computing Board will convene at 7:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, in the Commissioners Meeting room 2nd floor Administration Building, Stroudsburg, PA Monroe County for the purpose of pre-canvassing and canvassing the Absentee and Mail-In Ballots.
One authorized representative of each candidate in an election and one representative from each political party shall be permitted to remain in the room in which the absentee ballots and mail-in ballots are canvassed.
ATTEST: Sara L May-Silfee
Directorof Elections & Voter Registration
The Monroe County Board of Elections will convene at 7:00 a.m. on April 23, 2024, in the Commissioners’ Conference Room, Monroe County Administrative Center, One Quaker Plaza, Stroudsburg, PA for the purpose of conducting business relating to the Election.
If you require any special accommodations with regards to this meeting please provide sufficient notice of your needs to the Commissioners’ Office, One Quaker Plaza, Stroudsburg, PA 18360 or phone (570) 517-3165.
MONROE COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS
Sara L. May-Silfee, Director of Elections
The Monroe County Board of Elections will convene at 9:00 a.m. on April 26, 2024, in the Commissioners’ Conference Room, Monroe County Administrative Center, One Quaker Plaza, Stroudsburg, PA for the computation and canvassing of the return votes cast at the General Primary Election on April 23, 2024.
If you require any special accommodations with regards to this meeting please provide sufficient notice of your needs to the Election Office, One Quaker Plaza, Stroudsburg, PA 18360 or phone (570) 517-3165.
MONROE COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS
Sara L. May-Silfee, Director of Elections
THE JOURNAL OF THE POCONO PLATEAU,
JAMES ROBERT YOUNG
James R. “Jim” Young, 64, of Pocono Pines, passed away, Thursday, April 11, 2024. He was the loving husband of Jane K. (Koskulitz) Young. They recently celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary, December 31, 2023.
Born in Bethlehem, January 12, 1960, he was the son of Robert C. Young and Mary (Sullivan) Young of Pen Argyl, both since deceased.
He was a 1977 graduate of Pleasant Valley High School and a 1981 graduate of Bloomsburg State College.
Jim worked for Pocono Medical Center in the accounting department beginning in 1997 and
through the merger with the Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) until his retirement in December 2023.
Jim was a lifelong and avid hobbyist, enjoying mountain biking, kayaking, camping, fishing, and building remote control cars, among many other pursuits.
In addition to his wife, Jim is survived by his adoring daughter, Margaret “Maggie” Young and her husband Connor Flath of East Stroudsburg; sisters Rebecca Wilder of Bethlehem and Ann Frankel and her husband Scott Frankel of Westerly, Rhode Island; and a number of nieces and nephews, all of whom he loved dearly.
Services and internment will be private and held at the convenience of family. Online condolences may be offered at www. ruggierofuneralhome.com.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be offered to Rails to Trails Conservancy at RailstoTrails.org.
Joan E. Rinehimer, 86, of Pocono Pines, passed away on Sunday, April 7, 2024 peacefully at home.
Born in Wilkes-Barre, she was the daughter of the late Fred and Mary (Carol) Ertley. Joan worked as a title abstractor for over 25 years before retiring. After retirement she found passion and time for her hobbies gardening and traveling.
Joan was a beloved member of Saint Maximilian Kolbe Parish. She was the Treasurer of the Questors, a member of the Pathfinders and Pacesetters.
Joan is survived by her son, Albert Rinehimer III, his wife, Patricia M. Rinehimer; her daughter,
Susan Reinhart, her husband, Mark Reinhart; her three grandchildren, Cole, Chase and Lauren; her two greatgrandchildren; her sister, Molly Sanflippo; her caretakers, Dorota and Jolanta.
Joan was predeceased by her husband, Albert Rinehimer Jr., in 2009; and her sister, Ann Robb, in 2023.
A Mass took place April 12, in St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish, Pocono Pines, followed by burial at Pocono Lake Cemetery.
Joan’s funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Bolock Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc.
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Devon LeVar Cummins, God called him home on Wednesday, April 10th at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital, in Philadelphia.
He was born to Tia Benjamin of Tobyhanna on May 22, 1989. Devon was an energetic and charismatic child who was intelligent and loving.
He was the loving Dad to four beautiful children: Yasmyn and Bryan to whom he was the sole caregiver, Carter and Sincere.
He loved the Lord, his family, and sports, namely basketball and football. After graduation from Pocono Mountain School District, he attended Penn State College.
Devon worked briefly before his health caused him to stop working. In his late 20s, he was diagnosed with several health issuesone being heart disease.
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Devon is survived by his father, Nigel Cummins; grandparents, Rosemary Benjamin, and Hugo & Pauline Cummins; siblings, Naadira Burke, Shakorah Burke, Langston Cummins, Kailen Cummins, and Kazon Cummins; mothers of Devon’s children, Jaleesa Agosto, Veronica Harrison; and honorary bonus father, Harvey Giles.
Funeral services were held April 18 from the Bolock Funeral Home, Cresco.
Jane Virginia Edmunds Edwards, 74, of Blakeslee, and Jonesport, Maine, formerly of Plainfield and South Plainfield New Jersey, passed away peacefully on April 12, 2024 at home, surrounded by family, and in the embrace of her eldest son, after a valiant battle with Parkinson’s Disease.
Jane was born in Paterson NJ to Robert Edmunds and Barbara Elwell Edmunds, and grew up in Little Silver, NJ. She graduated from Red Bank Regional High School, and the Duke University School of Nursing, with a BSN and a love for the Duke Blue Devils. As a professional, she served hospitals in Port Jervis, NY, Albuquerque, NM, and Red Bank, NJ and served at G.S.A. Camp Sinawik at Camp Oak Springs, Somerset NJ.
Most of her life was dedicated to her family. Her greatest passion was for her children, grandchildren, and most any children, having been involved in Girl Scouts, Christian Nursery schools, and other school and church activities. Her second passion was spending time at her piece of the old Farnsworth Family Homestead, on Masons Bay in Jonesport,
Maine, where she was a sixth generation blueberry grower. She enjoyed sewing, knitting, crafting, baking, and gardening. Up until her time of passing, Jane, along with her husband, was a dealer at Pocono Peddlers’ Village Antique Mall, in Tannersville.
Jane was a member of the Pocono Lake Wesleyan Church, Pocono Lake, Sawyer Memorial Congregational Church, Jonesport, Maine, and the Jonesport Historical Society.
She is survived by her husband of 53 years, Mark Edwards; a sister, Marilyn Edmunds; a brother, Russel Edmunds; two sons, Keith (Carrie) Edwards, of Pocono Summit, Brian Edwards, of North Brunswick, NJ; a daughter, Cindy (Doug) Cooper, of Calhan, Colorado; five grandchildren, Riley and Connor Edwards of Pocono Summit, Daniel and Jack Cooper, of Calhan Colorado, and Katherine Cooper, of Colorado Springs, Colorado.
A Celebration of Life was held at Pocono Lake Wesleyan Church, on April 18. Interment will be scheduled at a later date, in Jonesport, Maine.
Arrangements are in the charge of Bolock Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc.
Beverly A. Hay, 72, of Mount Pocono, passed away Friday, April 5, 2024, at Whitestone Care Center in Stroud Township. She was the wife of Robert C. Hay, with whom she shared 48 years of marriage.
Born on November 6, 1951 in Reading, she was the daughter of the late James and Shirley (Yoder) Rucco.
She attended East
Stroudsburg University, graduating in 1973.
Upon their marriage, she and Bob moved to Mount Pocono. Beverly worked in banking and real estate. After retirement she worked as a paraprofessional in the North Pocono School District.
Beverly served on the East Stroudsburg University Council of Trustees for 18 years, and the American
Cancer Society Monroe Unit, where she was a past president.
She is survived by a brother, Brian Rucco of Reading.
Services were held April 17 in Stroudsburg. Burial is at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery in Annville.
Memorial remembrances may be made to the ESU Foundation or American Cancer Society.
