Robert F, Reinhardt, Jr., 72, of Oldsmar, FL, formerly of Paradise Valley, PA, passed away April 8, 2024 after battling a long illness. He was the first son of Kathryn and Robert F. Reinhardt, Sr. Born in East Stroudsburg, PA, Bob grew up in Mountainhome. Young Bob was an active child who enjoyed sports, building model cars and traveling with his family. His love for sports continued with high school where Bob earned varsity letters in football, wrestling and track, graduating Pocono Mountain High School in 1969.

After graduation Bob joined the family business, J.A. Reinhardt & Co., Inc. in Mountainhome, and quickly became a master machinist. Bob grew up with the business playing in important role in the company's advances in the Aerospace Industry. He became an expert in the Reinhardt Company's products and traveled throughout the country collaborating with major companies including Lockheed Martin, Boeing and Honeywell. Bob also worked closely with aerospace companies overseas including firms in France, Belgium, Israel, Turkey and the UK. The second generation was given control of the company in the early 1990's. Bob, along with his cousin and two brothers, grew the business for the next twenty years establishing it as leader in for the aerospace industry. The Reinhardt family sold the company and it's now part of the Raytheon Corporation.

Healing comes in many shapes and forms. For one nonprofit in Monroe County, it means acts of kindness. This month the group out of Cresco is putting together foster care totes.

Bags of Hope are being filled this morning to give to kids who are removed from their homes.

The primary election is Tuesday, April 23, 2024.

A township in the Poconos is getting ready to unveil a space dedicated to helping the people who call it home.

MONROE COUNTY, Pa. — When Barrett Township bought the former Barrett Elementary Center near Mountainhome in the fall of 2022, it was in rough shape.

Harry "Hank" Hallam passed away peacefully and comfortably in his home in Mountainhome, Pennsylvania, surrounded by family, on Saturday, April 6, 2024.

Born January 26, 1942, in Clifton Heights, PA, he was the son of Paul and Mary Glenn (Mellor) Hallam. After graduating from Upper Darby High School in 1959, Hank enlisted in the U.S. Army and served his country as an intelligence courier in a then-divided Germany, where he witnessed the construction of the Berlin Wall. Upon his return to the States after an Honorable Discharge, he attended West Chester State College where not only did he receive his degree in education and his teaching certificate in biology, but where he also met his future wife Patricia (Pat), to whom he was married for just two months short of 58 years.

Hank began his teaching career at Yeadon High School in 1966, but his and Pat's fond memories of spending time in the Pocono Mountains during their summers as children, eventually led them to relocate their young family to the small town of Mountainhome in the spring of 1977.

Hank taught tenth-grade biology at East Stroudsburg High School from September to June, and mowed the greens at the Buck Hill Falls Golf course from June to September. But despite working year-round, he still somehow managed to take his family to his late sister and brother-in-law's lakeside cabin in Damariscotta, Maine, for summer vacations. While there, he enjoyed swimming, fishing, and boating with his children, and antiquing with his wife, but mostly he enjoyed indulging in at least one fresh Maine lobster every day.

Peter Paul Heitz, 72, of Cresco passed away on Sunday March 31, 2024. Born in Somerville, New Jersey, he was the son of the late Robert and Catherine (Ludvig) Heitz. Peter honorably served his country in the United States Army. He was an electrician who owned and operated his own business. Peter was an avid outdoorsman and he enjoyed working on classic cars.

Gloria A (Storm) Smith, 70 currently of Debary, Florida, formerly of Mountainhome and Stroudsburg, PA died on April 1, 2024 at AdventHealth Fish Memorial in Orange City, Fl. She was the loving wife of the late Robbie G Smith, with whom she shared 26 years of marriage.

Born in East Stroudsburg, PA she was the daughter of the late Horace W and Iola M (Banks) Storm.

Gloria worked as a machinist for J.A. Reinhardt and Company in Mountainhome, then changing careers as a bank teller for several banks in Mountainhome, and lastly settling in Domestic Relations as an Accounting Tech for Monroe County, retiring in 2016. Gloria enjoyed gardening, reading Nora Roberts, and watching the Game Show Network. She graduated from Pocono Mountain Jr/Sr High School in 1971.

INVITATION FOR BIDS TAKE NOTICE that the Barrett Township Board of Supervisors invites and will receive sealed bids for paving on Pleasant Ridge Road (T-594), High Road (T-635), Low Court (T-634) and Spring Lake Drive (T-409) in Barrett Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, until 4:00 P.M. on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 1200 Route 390, Cresco, Pennsylvania 18326. All bids must be submitted upon forms furnished by Barrett Township and returned in a sealed envelope clearly marked “Paving Bid 2024 – Barrett Township.” Faxed bids and bids received after the deadline will not be accepted. Copies of the Contract Documents including detailed specifications may be obtained at the Barrett Township municipal offices at the address listed above. All materials must conform to PennDOT specifications and standards as provided in Publication 408, as amended. Pennsylvania Prevailing wages may apply to this contract depending on the bid amount. The Contract Documents contain requirements addressing prevailing labor wage rates, labor standards, nondiscrimination in hiring practices and related matters. All contractors and subcontractors must comply with the Pennsylvania Public Works Employment Verification Act. The Act requires the contractor to verify employment eligibility through the e-verify program operated by the United States Department of Homeland Security as a precondition of being awarded a contract for this project. The Contract Documents contain information regarding the Act. Each bid must be accompanied by a proposal security in the amount of 10% of the amount bid in the form of a certified check, bank cashier's check, or satisfactory bid bond naming Barrett Township as payee. No bid or proposal may be withdrawn before May 1, 2024. The successful bidder must furnish a performance bond in the amount of 100% of the amount of the bid, naming Barrett Township as payee. The successful bidder will also be bound by the terms and conditions of the Contract Documents. The Board of Supervisors will open and read aloud every sealed bid at a public meeting on Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 8:00 A.M. and may award a contract immediately thereafter or at a subsequent public meeting, the date and time of which will be announced after bids are opened. The Board of Supervisors will award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder or may reject all bids within 30 days of the date of the bid opening. The Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids or parts thereof, and to waive any defects or irregularities in the proposals. The Board further reserves the right to reject any proposal deemed not to be in the best interest of Barrett Township. By order of the Barrett Tow-nship Board of Supervisors

Part-time front desk attendant
Weekend shift - approximately 10 hours.  Responsible for sign in and fee collection for those utilizing facility. Other light duty tasks as needed. 

Equipment Operator / Truck Driver
CDL required, Monday-Friday 7am-330pm, overtime required as needed. Contact the township for a full job description.

Learn more:

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April 20 & 21, 2024
Saturday 9-5
Sunday 9-3

Mountainhome United Methodist Church
Sunday April 27th 4:30-7:30pm

Adults $10
12 and under $5
Under 3 free

Dine-in or curbside pickup

Sheriff's Sale OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE   By virtue of a Writ of Execution issued out of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to 5890 CIVIL 2022 I, Nick Cirranello, Sheriff of Monroe County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will expose the following described real estate to be sold at a public online auction conducted by Bid4Assets, 8757 Georgia Ave., Suite 520, Silver Springs, MD 20910 on: Thursday, April 25, 2024 AT 10:00 A.M.   By accessing the web address: www.bid4assets.com/monroecountysheriffsales   PURCHASERS MUST PAY 10% OF THE PURCHASE PRICE OR SHERIFF'S COSTS, WHICHEVER IS HIGHER TO BID4ASSETS BY WIRE TRANSFER NO LATER THAN 4:00PM THE DAY AFTER AUCTION     LEGAL DESCRIPTION ALL THAT CERTAIN lot, or piece of land situate in the Township of Barrett, County of Monroe, and State of Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows, to wit: BEGINNING at a pipe, a corner of lands of Louise Groody, from which a stake at the Northeasterly corner of other lands of the Grantees herein, bears South 15 degrees 35 minutes West distant 25 feet; thence by lands of Louise Groody (Bearings Magnetic Meridian of 1943) North 15 degrees 35 minutes East 99.65 feet to a pipe, from which a stone corner at the northwesterly corner of lands of Wallace A. Hay bears North 15 degrees 35 minutes East distant 227.7 feet; thence by other lands of Wallace A. Hay of which this lot was formerly a part; South 67 degrees 10 minutes East (at 134 feet passing a pipe) 157.9 feet to a corner in the center line of the public road leading from Canasensis to Skytop; thence along the center line of the said public road South 31 degrees 50 minutes West 100 feet to a corner; thence by lands of Louise Groody North 67 degrees 10 minutes West 129.55 feet to the place of Beginning.   Tax Code: 01.25.1.53; PIN# 01639903007706.   Being the same property which Matthew Ball, a single person, transferred by Deed dated March 22, 2022 to VRC, LLC and VRC2735, LLC, recorded as book 2605, page 337 in the office for the Recording of Deeds in and for the Monroe County, at Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 2735 Route 390, Canadensis, PA 18325 The legal owners of this property are VRC, LLC and VRC2735, LLC only. Svetlana Hanover is not the property owner of this real estate, but a defendant named in the underlying confession of judgment.   SEIZED AND TAKEN IN EXECUTION AS THE PROPERTY OF:  VRC, LLC, VRC2735, LLC AND SVETLANA HANOVER   TO ALL PARTIES IN INTEREST AND CLAIMANTS: Prospective bidders must complete the Bid4Assets on-line registration process to participate in the auction. The highest bid plus costs shall be paid to bid4assets, on their website, as the purchase price for the property sold by the Sheriff's Office, Stroudsburg, PA. A schedule of proposed distribution for the proceeds received from the above captioned sale will be on file in the Office of the Sheriff within thirty (30) days from the date of the sale. Distribution in accordance therewith will be made within ten (10) days thereafter unless exceptions are filed within said time.   Sheriff's Office Stroudsburg, PA Patrick Best, Sheriff's Solicitor Nick Cirranello Sheriff of Monroe County Pennsylvania Samantha J. Koopman, Esquire Advertise: 3/22, 3/29, 4/5/2024

Sheriff's Sale OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE   By virtue of a Writ of Execution issued out of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to 1588 CIVIL 2023 I, Nick Cirranello, Sheriff of Monroe County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will expose the following described real estate to be sold at a public online auction conducted by Bid4Assets, 8757 Georgia Ave., Suite 520, Silver Springs, MD 20910 on: Thursday, April 25, 2024 AT 10:00 A.M.   By accessing the web address: www.bid4assets.com/monroecountysheriffsales   PURCHASERS MUST PAY 10% OF THE PURCHASE PRICE OR SHERIFF'S COSTS, WHICHEVER IS HIGHER TO BID4ASSETS BY WIRE TRANSFER NO LATER THAN 4:00PM THE DAY AFTER AUCTION     LEGAL DESCRIPTION ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of land situate in the Township of Barrett, County of Monroe and State of Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows, to wit: BEGINNING at a pipe on line of land now or late of Charles King which bears South twenty-seven degrees thirty minutes West two hundred eighty-nine feet and South twenty-two degrees West twenty-eight feet from the Northeasterly corner of land of the Granter (Volume 95, Page 510); THENCE South twenty-two degrees West one hundred twenty-eight feet to a pipe on line of land now or formerly of the Seitz Estates; THENCE by the same, North forty-three degrees thirty minutes West one hundred twenty and eight tenths feet to a pipe on line of land of Harold Osborn; THENCE by the same, North twenty-seven degrees thirty minutes East ninety-three feet to a pipe; THENCE by land of the Grantor and about to be conveyed to Charles Costanzo, South fifty-nine degrees fifty-four minutes East one hundred and eighty-three hundredths feet to the PLACE OF BEGINNING. CONTAINING twenty-six hundredths (0.26) acre exact. BEING KNOWN AS: 115 SQUIRREL LANE F/K/A PLAYHOUSE LANE, MOUNTAIN HOME, PA 18342 BEING THE SAME PREMISES WHICH GERARD MCKENNA, JR, SINGLE BY DEED DATED 10/13/2005 AND RECORDED 10/14/2005 IN THE OFFICE OF THE RECORDER OF DEEDS IN DEED BOOK 2243 AT PAGE 8452, GRANTED AND CONVEYED UNTO ALICE K. STRUNK, NOW DECEASED, (DATE OF DEATH 2/16/2021) AND CHARLES A. HARRISON, NOW DECEASED, (DATE OF DEATH 1/22/2021), JOINT TENANTS WITH RIGHT OF SURIVIVORSHIP AND NOT AS TENANTS IN COMMON.   PIN #: 01638701168281 TAX CODE #: 01.14.1.30   SEIZED AND TAKEN IN EXECUTION AS THE PROPERTY OF:  The Unknown Heirs of ALICE K. STRUNK Deceased   TO ALL PARTIES IN INTEREST AND CLAIMANTS: Prospective bidders must complete the Bid4Assets on-line registration process to participate in the auction. The highest bid plus costs shall be paid to bid4assets, on their website, as the purchase price for the property sold by the Sheriff's Office, Stroudsburg, PA. A schedule of proposed distribution for the proceeds received from the above captioned sale will be on file in the Office of the Sheriff within thirty (30) days from the date of the sale. Distribution in accordance therewith will be made within ten (10) days thereafter unless exceptions are filed within said time.   Sheriff's Office Stroudsburg, PA Patrick Best, Sheriff's Solicitor Nick Cirranello Sheriff of Monroe County Pennsylvania Danielle M. DiLeva, Esquire Advertise: 3/22, 3/29, 4/5/2024

$1.8 million, single-family home at 123 Forbes Drive
The 5,049 square-foot detached house at 123 Forbes Drive in Cresco has been sold. The transfer of ownership was settled in February and the total purchase price was $1,825,000, $361 per square foot. The house was built in 1914. The deal was finalized on Feb. 21.