Marshalls Creek News

Juanita Kirton of Marshalls Creek will present a poetry reading and sign copies of her book, "Inner Journey," Arseya Publishing, $16.99) a collection of poems from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday at Tapestry Corner.

It used to be the only thing green at Pocono Raceway was the light that told Jeff Gordon and his pals they could go.

The drug overdose death of a 13-year-old boy in April has led to criminal charges against his mother because she did not call for an ambulance when she learned he had taken some of her pain killers.

The ghouls and goblins are just itching to get out and scare up some goodies. But if you don't have your costume figured out, we've got some great ideas for you, and they won't terrorize your bank account.

A resort in the Poconos is opening its doors Wednesday night and offering a free community dinner to those in need.

If you drink, don't drive. We hear it, but the lesson hit home Wednesday when Daryl Reinhardt, a breast cancer survivor and soccer mom, was sentenced to jail for vehicular homicide in the death of Darrin Brown.

The Marshalls Creek mastodon is for sale, sort of. Its 263 bones are being used as a fundraiser by the Friends of the State Museum.

Tragedy is on the Pocono news front again today. First, we have a report of a fatal crash late last night in Stroud Township.

Arlen Specter's Allentown office, will be available to meet with Monroe and Pike County constituents from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday, 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.

A young man was killed early Sunday morning when the car he was driving went off the road.

A contractor who was smoking on the job was the likely cause of a 2006 Marshalls Creek fire.

Forget the white stuff. We're thinking orange and we have just a few days left for our pumpkin contest.

Price Chopper grocery store will anchor a neighborhood shopping center that will take the place of the Pocono Bazaar flea market in Marshalls Creek.

The family of Vincenzio-Luis Estephan Lopez was still undergoing an ordeal as of Friday, by which time the Effort 15-year-old had been missing for six days.

Anyone living along Hollow Road may have heard a lot of sirens Tuesday evening, but need not worry.

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

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

"At 1,000 poems and still going strong, writing nurtures my soul," was what Juanita Kirton, a poet and author from Marshalls Creek, said when asked the reason for her innumerable - both published and unpublished - poems and short stories.

Five trespassers who had broken into and been living in a Tunkhannock Township house for seven days, according to information gathered by Pocono Mountain Regional Police, were arrested this week.