Stroudsburg News

Thanksgiving at St. Luke's Church in Stroudsburg was all about sharing. The church opened its doors and shared its food, and in turn, the diners shared two hours with people when many would have otherwise been alone.

The nativity crèche and the menorah are no longer welcome inside the Washington state Capitol after Gov. Chris Gregoire banned non-government displays, including religious ones, from inside the building.

The new rules -- set to take effect Dec. 1 -- came after repeated protests from The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a Washington-based atheist group, over holiday décor inside Capitol campus buildings in Olympia.

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A Stroudsburg man who fled the scene of a crash in Chestnuthill Township last week was cited by police after he was located and told police he did not have insurance on the car he was driving.

Since 1973, Frank Brown and his family have served people at his Pocono Inne Town hotel and its first-floor restaurants.

Black Friday isn't just for the big boys anymore. Small boutiques in downtown Stroudsburg are offering unique gifts, special hours and prices, and a personal touch to try to get local holiday shoppers to forgo the crowds at the big chains for the decorated sidewalks of Main Street.

Convicted and sentenced for sexual offenses, former Monroe County Republican state committeeman John Curtin is now out on parole and living with his mother and brother in Stroudsburg.

Students in the Stroudsburg Area School District will get inoculated against the swine flu - thanks to the kindness of neighbors.

A veteran teacher at Stroudsburg High School was honored recently for his long service to the field of technical education.

The lone major sport with its roots in America could soon see its premier players dunking and driving to the hoop wearing uniforms made in Thailand, costing nearly 100 workers their jobs in upstate New York.

President Obama has shattered the budget record for first-year presidents -- spending nearly double what his predecessor did when he came into office and far exceeding the first-year tabs for any other U.S. president in history.

President Obama's approval ratings hit their lowest ranking yet in the Rasmussen Reports daily tracking poll out Tuesday, with 27 percent strongly approving of the president's job performance and 42 percent strongly disapproving, an index rating of -15.

A national study ranks the New Jersey city of Camden as the nation's most dangerous city in 2008.

Lou Dobbs, who resigned from CNN in November after nearly three decades with the network, suggested in a radio interview Monday that he's eyeing a future in politics.

Under construction along North Second Street, within walking distance to Lower Main in Stroudsburg, is a new 30-unit apartment complex.

Calling the Senate health care bill a package that Ponzi schemer "Bernie Madoff would really envy," Republican Sen. Jon Kyl said Sunday that the legislation to be debated in December is long on promises but short on accounting.

Downtown Stroudsburg is the place to be on Sundays. After a Jacob Stroud meeting last month, many downtown businesses have decided to open up on Sundays, which is something totally new for the area.

Attorney General agents arrested an East Stroudsburg man in connection with a two-month cocaine and marijuana trafficking investigation in Pike and Monroe counties.

In 2007, a British High Court judge ruled that Al Gore's global warming film contained nine significant errors and should no longer be screened in schools unless accompanied by guidance notes to balance Gore's "one-sided" views.

East Stroudsburg Area School District will hold its second large-scale clinic today to dispense swine flu vaccines to district students, but there will be some changes to streamline the process after thousands turned out Wednesday.