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Monticello Fitness Deck may be ready by fall
MONTICELLO – The Village of Monticello wanted to purchase a more than $180,000 Fitness Deck and place it outside across from the main entrance to the Sullivan County Government Center. That was about three years ago. The village asked the county to split the cost, but that never happened.
Man who lost son to overdose wants to rebuild Hawley skate park, rename it Awareness Park
A man from Tafton, who started a foundation in memory of his son who died from a fentanyl overdose, has proposed to Hawley Borough to rebuild the existing skate park and name it Awareness Park as a place for events focused on addressing substance abuse. Bill Messinetti summarized his proposal...
Officials seize 60 dead butterflies from package passing through Philly
Agents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection recently recovered a parcel containing 60 dead butterflies as it passed through Philadelphia on its way to an address on Wayne County, Pa., officials said. According to officials with the agency, the parcel was discovered on May 2, and was labeled as “pieces...
Jaime Lozano and Tommy Newman's
The new bilingual musical Roja, a collaboration from Jaime Lozano and Tommy Newman (El Otro Oz), will be developed in residency at the Forestburgh Playhouse, culminating in staged readings at Forestburgh's In the Works-In the Woods Festival in September 2024. Florencia Cuenca will direct the readings. Roja, an exploration of...
Music therapy an important tool in recovery, officials say
The Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs highlighted the importance of music therapy in our region Tuesday. It's part of the agency's tour of recovery houses in Carbon, Monroe and Pike counties. The agency's secretary toured recovery houses in Stroudsburg and Tobyhanna, two of 20 stops on the tour.
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