Matamoras News

The holidays are traditionally a time of giving, and a down economy has not dampened the generous spirit of the Poconos community.

The United Way of Pike County has once again teamed up with Wachovia Bank's Valerie Seitz and Bushkill Outreach's Kate Newman for the Seventh Annual Winter Coat Drive.

Pike County District Attorney Ray Tonkin announced the Following criminal sentences were issued by Pike County President Judge Joseph F. Kameen: Daniel Smith, age 20, of Matamoras, PA was sentenced to probation for 6 months, ordered to pay a fine of $ 500.00, and had his driver's license suspended for 6 months for the crime of Possession of Small ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation awarded a $2.6 million contract using federal stimulus money to a company in Dupont to rehab the Route 6 bridge over the Delaware River, which connects Matamoras and Port Jervis, N.Y. Construction will start next spring.

Pike County court notes are published Wednesdays in The Times-Tribune. DIVORCES SOUGHT - Walter Conza, 2-227 Hummingbird Court, Bushkill, v. Constance Conza, P.O. Box 432, Swiftwater; married Oct.

Local food pantries and community organizations are seeing their demand skyrocket this year amid the economic downturn.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] The following people were sentenced in Pike County by President Judge Joseph F. Kameen on Thursday: - Daniel Smith, 20, of Matamoras, six months' probation and a $500 fine after pleading guilty to possession of marijuana.

Two months before a mysterious overnight fire gutted the Pocono Playhouse, the Mountainhome, Pa., community theater's owner - who owned the Woodstock Playhouse when it was destroyed by arson two decades ago - declared personal bankruptcy.

A fire caused major damage to the Dew Drop Inn Thursday morning. Around 1:30 a.m., Matamoras firefighters were called to a report of a big fire in the bar on Avenue C. Chief Thomas Long, who lives about a half-block away, was the first on the scene.

A state police fire marshal was investigating a fire that gutted a Pike County tavern early Thursday.

Fire broke out at a neighborhood bar in Pike County early Thursday morning. Crews were called to the Dew Drop Inn on Avenue C in Matamoras about 12:30 a.m. A family who lives above the bar got out of the burning building safely.

KENT - A Pennsylvania woman was drunk when a town officer pulled her over after she drove over a curb, police said today.

A fire caused major damage to the Dew Drop Inn in Matamoras, Pa. on Thursday morning.

At 7:30 a.m. this morning there were reports of an overturned boat along the Delaware River at Matamoras, PA.

A math teacher who resigned from Delaware Valley High School in June 2008 was hired by Bangor Area High School despite knowledge of allegations of inappropriate behavior at the Milford, Pa., school.

Police Report * 07/29/09 Michael Abramowitz, 18, of Port Jervis was charged with Retail Theft for an incident occurring at K-Mart. * 07/29/09 Tymothy Lipari, 18, of Dingmans Ferry was charged with Retail Theft for an incident occurring at K-Mart. * 07/29/09 Krystal Sanborn, 20, of Milford was charged with Retail Theft for an incident occurring at ...

A Middletown NY man, banned from Delaware Valley School District property, will spend up to six years in a Pennsylvania prison.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation will perform $8 million in road resurfacing work in Pike and Wayne counties, paid for with federal economic stimulus money.

The settlement of a 15-year legal battle for one Pike County community could mean hundreds of dollars in extra taxes for residents.

A crowd of about 60 people, including veterans of World War II, Korea, Vietnam and the Cold War, gathered Wednesday at Veterans Memorial Park and Education Center in Matamoras to hear Sen.