Pocono Pines News

PEX water lines run alongside a severed copper pipe in the basement of a house in Pocono Pines on Thursday.

Joe Hammond saw the impact of high unemployment last year during the University of Scranton's annual volunteer income tax assistance program.

According to police, the victim, a 50-year-old man from Pocono Pines, was in the casino at 6:22 p.m. with $1,000 in non-cashable credits.

Early fiscal concerns surfaced Thursday at the Mid Valley School Board meeting, five months before the 2012-13 budget must be approved.

If you were born before the 1970s, the Pennsylvania Poconos likely conjures up memories of a cheesy honeymoon destination with heart-shaped bathtubs and mirrored ceilings at the "beautiful Mount Airy Lodge." Nearly all the Catskills-style resorts are gone.

For ski patroller Joseph Joyce of Pocono Pines coincidences and happenstances converged to save his life Friday night after he suffered a heart attack on a ski lift at Camelback Mountain Resort.