Saylorsburg News

BISHOP JOHN SPONG presents ''Escaping Biblical Literalism in Search of Truth'' 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. today at Christ Lutheran Church, 69 Main St., Hellertown .

The following cases appeared before Tannersville Magisterial District Judge Thomas Olsen and will head to Monroe County Court: Robert Anthony Proto Jr., 33, of Saylorsburg, Abigail T. Tarver, 21, of Analomink, Jeffrey Sphar, 43, of Cresco, Alexa M. Santapaola, 25, of Tannersville, and John Joseph Dempsey, 40, and Christopher James Stapler, 18, both ...

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.

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A fundraiser to help defray medical expenses for Bushkill Township resident Alyssa Bray will be held Sunday in Saylorsburg.

There's no Bill Murray on this team, and there are no crazy camera angles or frauds mugging to cameras.

A state police trooper shot and killed a pet dog during an incident at a home on Shady Hill Road in Middle Smithfield Township on Tuesday evening.

Three people were hurt in an accident on Old Route 115 at Meixsell Valley road in Ross Township on Sunday.

Sunday should have been race day at Borger's Speedway in Saylorsburg. Instead, employees of the track and garage watched as two state police fire marshals sifted through the charred debris left after a devastating fire destroyed the garage late Saturday afternoon.

A fiery explosion this evening claimed a family business in Monroe County. It happened at Borgera s Garage and Blue Mountain Speedway on Old Route 115 in Saylorsburg.

A Monroe County race track will stay silent for the rest of the year, after an explosive fire Saturday evening.

The fire scene at Borger's garage and speedway in Saylorsburg. October 24, 2009 Emergency crews are on the scene of a fire at Borger's Garage and Blue Mountain Speedway in Saylorsburg.

Crews from numerous communities are fighting a fire at a popular race track in Monroe County.

Route 33 southbound between Saylorsburg and Wind Gap will experience a lane restriction from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Oct.

Just when you thought people couldn't get any creepier, two men are accused of throwing cats into a burn barrel.

Route 191 has reopened in Northampton County. The road had been closed because of downed poles and wires.

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

ROSS TOWNSHIP Saylorsburg man accused of ramming vehicle twice A Saylorsburg man rammed his pickup truck into another moving vehicle on a Ross Township road after an argument early Saturday with the two people in that vehicle, police said.

A Saylorsburg man involved in a routine traffic stop Tuesday got a bit more than he bargained for.

When Courtney Igo of Saylorsburg was on her way to a midwife's appointment on Oct.