Cresco News

Men's Retreat at Pocono Plateau Camp & Retreat Center in Mountainhome will be held from 7 p.m. Friday through 2 p.m. Sunday.

Illustrations and prints by Mountainhome artist Brian Ajhar will be on display in the Weiler Family Community Room at the Barrett Paradise Friendly Library on Route 390 in Cresco for the month of November.

The following cases appeared before Tannersville Magisterial District Judge Thomas Olsen and will head to Monroe County Court: Robert Anthony Proto Jr., 33, of Saylorsburg, Abigail T. Tarver, 21, of Analomink, Jeffrey Sphar, 43, of Cresco, Alexa M. Santapaola, 25, of Tannersville, and John Joseph Dempsey, 40, and Christopher James Stapler, 18, both ...

A 21-year-old man was arrested after he and another man were found sitting in a parked car in a Middle Smithfield community parking lot with pot.

Barrett Township will hold a "Meet the Candidates Night" at Barrett Elementary Center on Route 390 in Cresco on Tuesday, Oct.

A 21 year-old man was arrested after he and another man were found sitting in a parked car in a Middle Smithfield community parking lot with pot.

THE BARRETT PARADISE FRIENDLY LIBRARY: Paranormal Specialist Charles J. Adams III to "Tell Strange Tales," 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct.

The following cases appeared before Mountainhome Magisterial District Judge John Whitesell and will head to Monroe County Court: Ralph Perry Mele II, 18, of Moscow, charged with simple assault, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.

A former U.S. Health and Human Services secretary told an audience of local business and health care leaders on Friday that current proposals for federal health care legislation do not constitute reform and will not address the rising cost of health care that threatens to cripple the national economy.

The fire that destroyed the Pocono Playhouse was a loss, both economically and culturally, to the local community.

The following cases appeared before Marshalls Creek Magisterial District Judge Brian Germano.

At 12:54 a.m. Friday, police spotted a Subaru Impreza and Chrysler Pacifica speeding in the area of routes 940 and 611 in Mount Pocono.

Barrett Township police said they responded to a Cresco home at 2:05 a.m. Sunday and encountered an intoxicated, disorderly Ralph Perry Mele II, 18, of Moscow, who resisted arrest and assaulted an officer.

A state trooper checking on a Monroe County man who failed to report to his job made a horrifying discovery: the unconscious victim lying in his home, his right hand bitten off by a pit bull inside the residence.

Hundreds of people came to Monroe county Wednesday to listen to a U.S. senator's views on health care reform and to express their own.

The following cases appeared before Mountainhome Magisterial District Judge John Whitesell: Charged with driving under the influence, Eugene Robert Boone, 50, of Canadensis, and Gregory Warren Holmes, 45, of Newfoundland, appeared before Whitesell and will head to Monroe County Court.

Editor's note: This column features some of the high and low spots in recent news.

From its first years that began in 1913, the Ray Price family auto dealership was identified with Ford and in later years with Chevrolet.

The following cases appeared before Tobyhanna Magisterial District Judge Anthony Fluegel.

The following cases appeared before Tannersville Magisterial District Judge Thomas Olsen.