Mountainhome News

The following appeared before Mountainhome Magisterial District Judge John Whitesell and will head to Monroe County Court: David A. Naughton, 45, of Greentown; Christos Sphikas, 50, of Mount Pocono; and John E. Barrage, 72, of Coatesville, charged with driving under the influence.

Almost four months after a 19-year-old woman was stabbed outside a house party in Coolbaugh Township, police arrested two people for planning the attack.

A Barrett Township man charged with drug possession says his girlfriend and co-defendant, a Pocono Mountain School District teacher, should not be charged because none of the drugs are hers.

Men's Retreat at Pocono Plateau Camp & Retreat Center in Mountainhome will be held from 7 p.m. Friday through 2 p.m. Sunday.

Illustrations and prints by Mountainhome artist Brian Ajhar will be on display in the Weiler Family Community Room at the Barrett Paradise Friendly Library on Route 390 in Cresco for the month of November.

The following cases appeared before Stroudsburg Magisterial District Judge Kristina Anzini.

While Ralph Miller runs the Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope, a fire - classified as arson - destroys a nearby building he owns.

An interactive workshop examining the works of Shakespeare will be held at 1 p.m. today at the Barrett Paradise Friendly Library on Route 390 in Cresco.

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 Barrett Township man and his partner face a dozen counts of animal neglect after Pocono Animal Rescue seized 12 head of cattle from his property near Mountainhome on Aug.

In her nearly 10 years of investigating animal neglect and cruelty cases around Monroe County, Eileen Pasquin thought she had seen it all.

The following cases appeared before Mountainhome Magisterial District Judge John Whitesell and will head to Monroe County Court: Ralph Perry Mele II, 18, of Moscow, charged with simple assault, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.

A little neighborhood hardware store that has served the northeast corner of Monroe County for 21 years just became a lot bigger.

The fire that destroyed the Pocono Playhouse was a loss, both economically and culturally, to the local community.

A raging fire tore through and consumed the Pocono Playhouse in Monroe County early this morning, leaving nothing but the charred wooden frame and memories.

Fire gutted a Monroe County landmark. Now investigators want to know how is started.

A cultural landmark in the Poconos has been destroyed by flames. From plays to musicals the Pocono Playhouse in Monroe County has been the hot spot for shows since the 1940s but early Friday morning its 62-year run had a final curtain call.

A fire destroyed the Pocono Playhouse early this morning, according to a report in the Pocono Record.

A summer theater in the Poconos has been destroyed by an early morning fire.The 500-seat Pocono Playhouse in Mountainhome was completely consumed in the fire with just a few structural elements left standing.The Monroe County Communications Center says the fire was reported around 1 a.m. Friday.

Bart Tallada, 39, and Cynthia Vangilder, 38, both of Canadensis, have been charged with growing marijuana in their Beartown Road home in Canadensis, said Barrett Township police.