Delaware Water Gap News

Memorial Day may be a week away, but some tourist businesses in the Poconos are wasting no time getting ready for the holiday rush.

Lessons are available for all ages and skills and will be held at the music department on the Priscilla Payne Hurd Campus at Church and Main streets.

The Manhattan Klezmer Band will perform 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Deer Head Inn, 5 Main St., Delaware Water Gap.

A fundraiser for Pocono Animal Welfare Society, featuring Lizanne Knott in concert, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Sycamore Grille, 92 Main St., Delaware Water Gap.

Interstate 80 westbound between New Jersey State Line and Exit 305 - US 209 Bus/Main St .

The type of traffic allowed on Route 209 between Milford and Bushkill could be restricted in 2015, when a law allowing commercial traffic through the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area is set to expire.

"They are two things that no one can be successful without," said Alexander, who recognizes those two words as his philosophy on life.

Jazz saxophonist/clarinetist and composer "Sweet" Sue Terry will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday at Deer Head Inn, 5 Main St., Delaware Water Gap.

The Castle Inn Gallery will host an artist's reception for Jasmine Abrams from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the gallery, 20 Delaware Ave., Delaware Water Gap.

This is the twitter equivalent of spending evenings and weekends working on your "Dog Bites Man" exclusive so you can impress your newsroom editor.

Taxes are supposed to support our local, state and national parks. But hard times are here.

Armed with a Colt M4 Commando rifle and a Glock 22 .40-caliber pistol, a police officer dressed in dark fatigues led a tactical response team around a two-story building.

Mia Yasmine Waring, 22, of Philadelphia, was cited for harassment Saturday after she allegedly struck Marion Steve Brewster of East Stroudsburg multiple times at the Pocono Inne in Delaware Water Gap.

Two men who trashed a historic farmhouse near the Appalachian Trail are headed to state prison to serve lengthy sentences, due to their long criminal pasts.

The faerie parade was held at the Dutot Museum in Delaware Water Gap on April 21 during the final weekend of the Delaware River Eco Film & Earth Festival event.

The Andy Leon Memorial Young Teacher Jazz Award Mentorship Program will take place 3 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday at Deer Head Inn, 5 Main St., Delaware Water Gap.

Jazz vocalist Marianne Solivan will perform 7 to 11 p.m. today at Deer Head Inn, 5 Main St., Delaware Water Gap.

A Monroe County woman fighting Lupus is asking for your help. She and the owners of Zen Fusion Restaurant organized a big charity dinner and salsa dancing event.

Kaidhn Schatzman, 5, of Stroudsburg, was one of the marchers in the Faerie Parade held at the Dutot Museum in Delaware Water Gap on Sunday afternoon.

The deaths of as many as 40 people in a spectacular chemical explosion in West, Texas offer a reminder of the selfless commitment of first responders.