December in the Poconos
Holiday Celebrations December is a beautiful time of year throughout the Pocono Mountains and the surrounding area. It’s a great time to enjoy some very special events. Here are a few of our favorites. Grey Towers National Historic Site December…
Readers & Writers
The 2023 Milford Readers & Writers Festival kicks off 7p Friday evening, September 22, with a performance by Amanda McBroom at The Milford Theater. Saturday, September 23, 3:45-5p features Harvey Fierstein in Conversation with David Drake. Best known for Torch…
A Writer’s Muse
The Pocono Mountains have always been an inspiration for writers. Notable authors who have lived or spent time here include Washington Irving, Zane Grey, Stephen Crane, Thomas Wolfe, Robert Frost, Ogden Nash, Kurt Vonnegut, Frank McCourt and many more. Damon…
THE HOLIDAY TOY DRIVE FOR WAYNE & PIKE COUNTIES BEGINS OCTOBER 1ST
THE HOLIDAY TOY DRIVE, now in its 6th year, brought to you by The ZIPPER JUNCTION Project™ is once again in partnership with “The Wayne County Ford & Bold Gold Media Holiday Toy Drive Challenge”. This year THE HOLIDAY TOY…
Reinventing Port Jervis – Gateway to the Northern Poconos
Port Jervis is another great community with a long history that helped to shape and build New York City and Philadelphia. Like Hawley, Port Jervis, or PJ as its affectionately called, was home to prominent glass factories. It’s location at…
What’s All the BUZZZZZZ?
There is only one Queen Bee to every hive. If the Upper Delaware region was its own hive, then Joan Santos is our Queen Bee. I first met Joan about sixteen years ago while working-out at the Woodloch Spring Sports…
Top Ten Things To Do in August (especially when guests arrive)
Top Ten Things to Do in August (especially when guests visit) Wayne County Fair – August 2-10. Demolition, Monster trucks, Livestock, Music, Food and MORE! Local fun for the whole family. Milford’s Festival of Wood – August 3-4 Hike! There…
Lackawaxen
Lackawaxen, the Leni Lenape word for Where Two Rivers Meet. Nestled in the northeast corner of Pennsylvania, this secret gem boasts the world’s most southern glacial lakes and communities like Rowland – Little Norway, Bohemia, Fawn Lake and Greeley. Greeley…
Pocono Mountains Music Festival & Performing Arts Camp
Never heard of The Pocono Mountains Music Festival? Not many people have. But this, their 9th year, is introducing many new people to its fantastic offerings of music, theater and education. Audiences will enjoy world-class entertainment with Award-winning performers including…
Two Rivers Marathon
MARCH 24 / 25, 2018 I’m not sure what surprised me more – to learn that there was a Lackawaxen Marathon or the fact that there are people who run back-to-back marathons! I didn’t even know that was possible. But,…