Blakeslee News

"It's like you have two faces," Monroe County President Judge Ronald Vican told Fritz Dejoie, 22, of Blakeslee, before sentencing Dejoie on Friday to 17 to 40 years in state prison for murder.

It's already a busy day this morning, so make sure to pick up the paper tomorrow, because this is just a snippet of what we've got coming: The Notre Dame teacher who police said gave students alcohol waived his right to a preliminary hearing this morning and is headed to trial.

Two men were arrested after a fight at a Blakeslee bar early Saturday morning when one of the men was cut with a knife, according to Pocono Mountain Regional Police.

Angel Velez, 28, of Long Pond; 8:48 p.m. Friday on suspicion of drunken driving following one-car accident at Locust Ridge and Caughbaugh roads; taken to Pocono Medical Center,East Stroudsburg, for blood-alcohol test; released pending test results; investigated by Pocono Mountain Regional Police Department.

A Bronx, N.Y., man was arrested last week near Blakeslee after police found him driving with a suspended liscense and in possession of marijuana.

After a trial that lasted less than a day, followed by an hour-long deliberation, a jury today convicted sex offender Alfred Borges, 50, of Blakeslee, of failing to follow Megan's Law registration requirements.

As many as 30,000 green-building advocates from around the world will convene in Philadelphia for an industry conference three years from now.

Wesley Smith, 48, of Blakeslee, will head to Monroe County Court on charges after police said they responded to a reported domestic disturbance Sept.

Six-year-old Nichlos Herring gazed at the tractors pulling weight sleds around a muddy Monroe County field, but his eyes kept going back to the line of 4-by-4 trucks waiting to do the same.

Police arrested a Blakeslee man suspected of multiple vehicle burglaries in Tobyhanna Township and Tunkhannock Township.

Brian Flyte, 30, of Bath, was arrested on an active bench warrant after he fled from police responding to a 911 call on Oct.

Interstate 80 westbound between Interstate 380 exit 293) and Blakeslee exit 284) will be down to one lane for pothole patching from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. today and Tuesday.

It was an emotional day in court Thursday as a murder victim's family came face to face with the suspected killer.

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

A Monroe County man who tried to stab himself to death after fatally stabbing another man in a jealous rage Saturday was transferred from the hospital to prison yesterday.

Police in Monroe County have charged a man with murder, after a domestic dispute turned deadly Saturday afternoon in Tunkhannock Township.

A 19-year-old Yonkers, N.Y. man died Saturday night in Tunkhannock Township after he was stabbed inside of a house, according to the Lehigh County coroner's office.

A domestic dispute turned bloody in Tunkhannock Township on Saturday when a spurned man stabbed a perceived rival and then turned the knife on himself.

Maximilian Kolbe was the man who offered himself to be killed at a Jewish concentration camp during World War II to spare another man.

Russell Blakeslee's face has healed - just a fading vertical scar running down his forehead.