Tobyhanna Army Depot News

The 2010 congressional appropriations bill includes more than $3 million for Tobyhanna Army Depot, nearly $2 million for restoring passenger rail service with the New York metropolitan area, nearly $1 million for East Stroudsburg University and $400,000 for Northampton Community College's Monroe campus.

Merry Christmas, from the U.S. Department of Defense: Tobyhanna Army Depot will let 161 contract workers go at the end of the week.

Two military contractors at Tobyhanna Army Depot will lay off 161 workers this week.

Just as the president announces his new jobs plan more cuts are coming to our area.

Electric customers of UGI Utilities will get a break next year when the company cuts rates.

A more than 50-year-old holiday tradition continued Wednesday at Tobyhanna Army Depot in Monroe County.

High production resulted in a 17 percent increase in repair and overhaul completions over fiscal year 2008 at Tobyhanna Army Depot, and $846 million in orders exceeded the plan by 2.7 percent, according to a release from the depot.

The U.S. Senate has unanimously approved federal funding for several projects throughout Pennsylvania.

U.S. Senators Arlen Specter and Bob Casey announced that the U.S. Senate has approved $86.659 million in federal funds for several military construction projects throughout Pennsylvania.

Civil rights and community activist Robert Hillman, 66, of East Stroudsburg, died from pneumonia Monday afternoon at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

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Veterans Day will be a celebration for patriots, military buffs and country music fans this weekend in Paradise Township.

Monroe County voters yesterday told Northampton Community College they're not interested in paying for a new campus in Tannersville.

A casino resort in the Poconos is gearing up for a special salute to area veterans.

Keith DiPatri , firefighter, teaches children from the Child Development Center about fire safety and how to escape from a burning building.

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

A Virginia man involved in a bribery and fraud scheme at military installations in Pennsylvania and Virginia has been sentenced to five years in prison.

Pocono Mountain School Board has five seats on the ballot, but only one of them is fielding a competitive race next week.

Christopher Mahoney , of Kingston, has been named information literacy and assessment librarian at the institution's Mary Kintz Bevevino Library.

Michael J. Johnson , executive vice president, commercial division, Lewith & Freeman Real Estate Inc.