Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026

Tunkhannock Township supervisors get their first look at the 2027 draft budget tonight (Wednesday, Oct. 14) at their regular meeting at the township building, 1557 Long Pond Rd., after a 4 p.m. public budget work session, according to the township’s website. The agenda also lists a toll road developer’s agreement, a draft hazardous structure ordinance and a resolution on a pension pre-retirement death benefit. No budget figures are posted yet, and the site does not list a start time for the regular meeting. The supervisors plan to adopt the budget Wednesday, Dec. 9, at 7 p.m.

Barrett Township supervisors hold a conditional use hearing Thursday (Oct. 15) at 6:30 p.m. at the Barrett Administrative and Recreation Complex, 1200 Route 390 in Cresco, on Jeffrey H. Siglin’s application for an indoor shooting range at 1071 Route 390. According to the township’s legal notice, the “Barrett Shooting and Sports Center” would be about 20,000 square feet, with two six-lane firing ranges and an indoor archery range, open noon to 8 p.m. seven days a week, on about 7.5 acres. The board can approve the application, approve it with conditions, deny it or continue the hearing.

Before the township’s budget work session Thursday (Oct. 15) at 6:30 p.m., which we told you about Monday, here is what Coolbaugh Township supervisors did at their Sept. 15 meeting, according to minutes the township posted this month. They gave a Wawa at 1545 Prospect Street conditional preliminary and final approval, 4 to 1, with Lynn Kelly opposed. They adopted Ordinance 165-2026, which bans brake retarders (the engine brakes some trucks use on downgrades) on parts of State Routes 423 and 4008, 4 to 0, with Cara Rogan abstaining. And they approved a $150,000 tax anticipation loan for the Pocono Mountain Public Library, also 4 to 0, with Kelly abstaining.

A Name You May Recognize. In our May 27 edition we told you about motorcycle racer Gene Walker, who was thrown from his bike during practice at the Stroudsburg Fairgrounds in June 1924 and taken to Rosenkrans Hospital in East Stroudsburg. Walker died two weeks after the crash. Now the Monroe County Historical Association has shared the story of that hospital.

Dr. Carl B. Rosenkrans opened Rosenkrans Hospital at 171 Washington Street in East Stroudsburg in 1924, the same year Walker was hurt, according to the association’s Oct. 11 post. It was a three-story, 30-bed facility that drew widespread praise and was advertised as the “Best Equipped Hospital in the East.” It stayed in operation until 1951. If you know Washington Street, it stood across the street from where Taste Café is today.

One Borough, Two Hospitals. For nearly three decades Rosenkrans shared East Stroudsburg with General Hospital, the forerunner of today’s Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono.

Keystone Consulting Engineers is moving its third office to a larger space at 205 Rodenbach Lane in Brodheadsville, according to the Times News. The civil engineering and surveying firm, founded in 1972, says the office will bring surveying, municipal engineering, construction inspection, water and wastewater testing and land development under one roof. President and CEO Eric S. Snyder says the move reflects the firm’s commitment to accessible engineering services for Monroe County and the Pocono Mountain region.

The article does not give a move date. We’ll pass along details as soon as we have them.