Bartonsville News

Sal Katirci broke out his cell phone, but it wasn't for another inquiring call about his Tile City business on 129 N. Ninth St., Stroudsburg.

A black widow prepares a meal of grasshopper. John Serrao Photo November 22, 2009 Like many fathers, Pete Belanger of Long Pond was used to his sons bringing frogs, snakes and other creatures into the house.

Andrew Provenzano, 22, of Bartonsville, and Tom Cotter, 26, of Brodheadsville, appeared before Brodheadsville Magisterial District Judge Debby York, on charges related to burning a cat in Bartonsville in September.

While many counties have had to raise taxes, it looks like on will hold the line.

On Saturday, , from 9 am until noon, members of BTU will be on-hand at the Monroe County Environmental Education Center on Running Valley Road in Bartonsville, right off Route 611, to tie and teach their favorite trout-catching patterns! Bring your vise and fly-tying materials, and learn how to tie flies that really catch trout from some of the ...

An old Monroe County eyesore has become a thing of the past. What used to be the abandoned truck stop in Bartonsville has officially opened as a new Giant Food store.

Brent Peechatka, 7, of Bartonsville, a member of Wolf Pack 86 places a new flag on the grave of a veteran interred in Dreher Avenue Cemetery on Nov.

At about 7:30 a.m. today, an ambulance arrived at an address on Tara Hill Drive, north of Bartonsville, and took one person to Pocono Medical Center for carbon monoxide illness.

A new name in supermarkets opened Wednesday in Monroe County as Giant Food launched its store in Bartonsville.

Add another bonus card tag to your key chain. Giant Food supermarket in Bartonsville - the first Giant in Monroe County - is open for business starting today.

The talent of applying makeup doesn't come naturally for some women. Help from an expert can make a world of difference.

One year ago Newswatch 16 took an in-depth look at the 16 worst bridges across northeastern and central Pennsylvania.

Daryl Reinhardt, 54, of Hamilton Township, was sentenced today to 11 1/2 to 23 months in county jail for homicide by vehicle in connection with a DUI fatal on Route 611 last October.

There's a new interest in nightlife around the Poconos, and it's somewhat sophisticated.

The following cases appeared before Tannersville Magisterial District Judge Thomas Olsen and will head to Monroe County Court: Thomas Michael Hults, 42, of Effort, Ann M. Bradley, 34, of Tannersville, Luke Lisica, 26, of Tobyhanna, and Brianna Naomi Ace, 26, of Bartonsville, charged with driving under the influence.

Construction crews have worked in earnest in recent weeks to prepare the Giant Food Stores market at the routes 611 and 33 intersection, Bartonsville, on schedule for a Nov.

Did someone say balloon festival? OK, so it might not be the greatest weather for it.

Here's a preview to what you'll find in Friday's edition of Weekend: Timber & Balloon Festival will take flight this weekend at Shawnee Mountain Ski Area.

Since Peter Rubando started Giant Floor in 1965, the business has grown to include four stores located in Bartonsville, Scranton, Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton.

Fast food takes on a whole new meaning when roller skating carhops are involved.