To be truly honest I’d have to say yes and no.  Are the Poconos a safer place to live then Philadelphia or New York? I’d have to say most definitely yes. What determines that though? Is it the area itself? Is it the number of people living in this area versus a major city? Who knows. [...]
I stumbled across the PA Megan’s Law website while searching another site and curiousity got the best of me and I just had to search the Pocono area. It is the type of information you want to know, but also really wish you didn’t know at the same time. If you’re not familiar with Megan’s [...]
I don’t know the answer so if you know I’d love to get some information on it. The Mt Airy Casino and Resort opened last October (2007) and there was talk of some of the money that was being collected would be used for local tax cuts, with the majority going to the state for their [...]
We ate lunch at Garfield’s today in the Stroud mall for the first time and I must say it was actually a rather fun and relaxing experience. Eating out anywhere is a rare occasion for us, at least when we bring our 4 y/o son because he’s one ball of energy that doesn’t stop and [...]
The intersection at 191 and Main Street in Stroudsburg is just waiting for an accident – although I’m sure there have been plenty in the past but the question is how many or how severe do they need to be for changes to be made. If you’re not familiar with that intersection its a 4 [...]
Last night was fun(I’m saying that sarcasticly but I’m sure its not coming across that well in text form). We had some scattered thunderstorms roll through the area last night with intense rain and high winds – fortunately or unfortunately for us all we got was a slight drizzle. The fortunate part was that we avoided [...]
Unseasonably hot Just as we were settling into delightful spring weather we were slapped with 94+ degree heat today and the same is to be expected for tomorrow. If there’s one thing that irks me about Pocono weather(although I’m sure its not uncommon in other areas of the country) is the ocassional drastic changes in [...]