Tannersville News

The Monroe County District Attorney is seeking the death penalty if Michael John Parrish is convicted.

Dressed in a light blue shirt, tie and dark blue pants Wednesday, a confident Hugo Selenski entered Monroe County Court for the first day of his trial on charges of holding a jeweler hostage in his Saylorsburg home while trying to rob his Tannersville store.

Assistant District Attorney Colleen Mancuso said in her opening statement that several state troopers and Michael Kerkowski, Sr., will testify at the trial where Selenski is charged with a January 2003 robbery of a Tannersville jeweler.

Salvatore Vito plans to get fresh with his customers. Once his son completes culinary school, Vito, a criminal trial attorney based in Stroudsburg, wants to open a restaurant showcasing baskets of just-picked local produce out front.

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

Mount Eaton Church will host its Vacation Bible School titled "VeggieTales: Values to Grow By" for preschool through sixth grade from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Monday, July 20, through Friday, July 24.

Contractor Chad Rhoades, 32, of Exton, is awaiting a future district court preliminary hearing on charges in a Tobyhanna Township illegal dumping case.

John Adams said in response to America winning independence from England: " ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shews, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other from this time forward forever more." The first celebration of Independence Day was held in 1777, and as Independence ...

A teenage girl bravely battling brain cancer continues to draw support from her family and friends as she begins months of chemotherapy.

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

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

The secret's out. Life is pink. Or so it says above the newest store at Stroud Mall.

Big month for the casinos in Pennsylvania, as slot revenue was up 18 percent . That's good news for taxpayers, but bad news for Mount Airy, which was down 10 percent in the wake of the Sands opening.

Local Girl Scout officials are worried their only camp in Monroe County could be closed.

Pocono Mountain Regional Police reported the following: A Tannersville woman is awaiting charges on endangering her children after police found her driving with her three children in her car and under the influence of drugs.

It seems like we haven't seen U.S. Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski in the region lately, but he's back today announcing some money for Pocono Medical Center .

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

May 29--Teens and college students seeking summer employment in the Poconos face older, more experienced competition this year.

The Knights of Columbus Council 12114, Our Lady of Victory Church, Cherry Lane Road, Tannersville will host a Memorial Day ceremony from 1 to 2 p.m. Sunday at the monument along Route 611 and Route 715 next to the BP Gas Station in Tannersville.

Paul Finnegan, left, of East Stroudsburg and Jack Rowe of Tannersville, of Knights of Columbus Assembly 980 Color Corps began the procession for the Memorial Day Ceremony at the War Memorial Monument inTannersville on Sunday Afternoon.