Tannersville News

KNOWLTON TWP. - On May 21 at about 9:15 a.m. State Police arrested Daniel Shakley, 38 of Tannersville, Pa.

A motorist was robbed at knifepoint and struck in the head shortly after midnight Monday morning on Interstate 80 East between the Tannersville and Bartonsville exits, state police said.

Camelback Mountain Resort plans to invest $145 million to expand its facilities with an indoor water park, 453-room hotel, restaurants and conference areas.

The second of five defendants charged with aiding a prostitution ring that operated out of massage parlors in Lackawanna and several other nearby counties was sentenced Tuesday in federal court to two years' probation.

Carbon County Recorder of Deeds Emmett P. McCall reported his office recorded 195 deeds, 253 mortgages and 458 other writs during the month of April.

Flower Sale: 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday at Monroe County Children and Youth Offices, 730 Phillips St., Stroudsburg and Courthouse Square, 18 N. Seventh St., Stroudsburg.

It was a slow crawl. If you were anywhere near Interstate 80 in the vicinity of Stroudsburg and Bartonsville this week, you had the opportunity to see time stand still.

Week of the Young Child was observed across the country from April 14-20. This annual celebration is sponsored by the National Association for the Education of Young Children.

Wanda Mendez, Region 13 vice president for the Pennsylvania Parent Teacher Association, called it the "people's convention" as local organizer for this year's state PTA convention, held April 19-21 in Tannersville.

A Cresco man charged with leading one illegal prescription painkiller ring is heading to Monroe County Court, while a Tannersville man charged with leading another ring is allegedly in drug rehabilitation.