Brodheadsville News

The owners of a diner in the Poconos, who have a history of giving back to the community, are at it again, serving up free meals.

Giving back to the community worked so well last year, the owners of a West End diner plan to give away more than 100 free meals next week after serving 1,000 free meals in 2008.

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

A reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of this man suspected of stealing a woman's purse Nov.

Wesley Enhanced Living at Chestnut Hill Manor, 30 Weir Lake Road, Brodheadsville, will host experts from the Alzheimer's Association Greater Pennsylvania from 2 to 3:30 p.m. The workshop, entitled "Where We Have Been and Where We Are Going," will feature a discussion about Alzheimer's disease and related dementia, including tips for maintaining ...

Western Pocono Community Library will hold a fundraising craft show Sunday between 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event will feature over 80 crafters, including "Ye Olde Booke Shoppe," where old books, some autographed or first editions, will be sold.

The holiday spirit began back in August for Pocono Pub in Stroudsburg when it held an event to raise funds for Operation: Touch of Home.

The American Red Cross announces the following blood drives: Today, Zion United Lutheran Church- Rte 209- Brodheadsville 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Elks Lodge- Washington Street- East Stroudsburg, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Body Wellness- Rte 924- Pocono Lake- Liberty Complex- 1 to 6 p.m., Blood Mobile All presenting donors in the month of November ...

The former athletic director of Notre Dame of East Stroudsburg, who is accused of buying cherry vodka for a group of teenage girls, waived his right to a preliminary hearing Friday morning.

Andrew Provenzano, 22, of Bartonsville, and Tom Cotter, 26, of Brodheadsville, appeared before Brodheadsville Magisterial District Judge Debby York, on charges related to burning a cat in Bartonsville in September.

This morning hundreds of care packages heading to Iraq and Afghanistan will be packed and shipped from the post office in Brodheadsville after Monroe County donated thousands of items over the weekend to help troops stationed overseas.

Sometime between Saturday and Monday, someone took 80 stainless steel tapered storage baskets from Fuller's Fabrications at Route 115 and Marion Lane in Brodheadsville.

Part of Monroe County is on its way to Iraq and Afghanistan. It's called Operation Touch of Home and the goal is to make the holidays a little brighter for U.S. troops serving overseas.

Visit SPACE.com to explore a new NightSky feature each Friday. Joe Rao snapped these images of the after-effects of a single Leonid meteor on Nov.

Drivers in part of Monroe County may face delays after a crash. According to state police, a car crashed into a pole around 2:30 a.m. Friday on Route 209 near the Route 715 intersection in Chestnuthill Township, near Brodheadsville.

A man from Monroe County is locked up, accused of shooting a man Monday night. State police said Brian Hines, 35, of Brodheadsville and Gary Hoffer, 31, of Kunkletown got into an argument about 6:30 p.m. Monday on Lower Smith Gap Road in Carbon County.

Local all-volunteer organization Operation: Touch of Home will soon hold its seventh annual holiday drive to send requested items to local soldiers who are serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Police have released the name of the woman who was flown to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest after an 11:40 a.m. accident Monday on Route 715, north of Brodheadsville, in Chestnuthill Township.

Police release a photo from the surveillance video of the purse snatcher in Kinsley's ShopRite earlier this week.

The East Stroudsburg University student who lied about being raped waived her right to a preliminary hearing today in district court.