TOBYHANNA TWP., Pa. -- A lodge in the Poconos is getting a second chance and a new name with the recent purchase of the business. Javier Egipciaco and his wife Kim recently purchased McGinley’s Pocono Trail Lodge on Route 115. The partners say they plan to reopen the lodge...

FREEMANSBURG, Pa. – A well-known restaurant is returning to its roots – under its previous name and ownership – in Northampton County. Spiro’s Restaurant, a full-service eatery offering a wide array of made-to-order dishes, is set to reopen in early November at 710 Washington St. in Freemansburg, owner Spiro Margetis said.

MONROE COUNTY, Pa. — There are all kinds of animals at the Pocono Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Center near Stroudsburg. While many animals call this place their permanent home and are used to teaching visitors about wildlife in Pennsylvania, many others are here to heal and get better. "Nonprofit,...

About a half mile away from the Shawnee Playhouse is the historic Shawnee Inn & Golf Resort with its own background of ghost stories. According to legend, there is a mysterious lady in white. Guests have reported seeing her wandering the halls outside of room 105 in a wedding dress, crying softly. This lady in white was reportedly a guest in 1918.

Did you just feel a drop of temperature in the room? Did you hear a whisper in your ear? How about that person staring at you over there? Oh wait, they disappeared. Spooky season is just around the corner, and so are the ghosts living in the Shawnee Playhouse. Just 4.5 miles away from ESU, they haunt the ancient walls and interact with the living in their own ways.

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – A cafe offering “quick, healthful, locally sourced meals” is set to end operations later this week in Northampton County. Zekraft, a locally owned and operated cafe concept that “makes and curates well-crafted food and kitchen items” using ingredients from the Lehigh Valley and surrounding region, will close its original location at 306 S. New St. in Bethlehem’s South Side on Friday, Nov. 1, according to an announcement on the business’ social media pages.

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has renewed Mohegan Pennsylvania’s Category 2 casino licence. US.- The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) has unanimously voted to renew the Category 2 stand-alone casino licence of Wind Creek Bethlehem, operator of Wind Creek Bethlehem casino in Northampton County. The PGCB determined that Wind Creek Bethlehem had fulfilled the obligations under its previous licence and therefore qualified to have its licence renewed for an additional five-year period.

BLAIRSTOWN, N.J. – Neither Amy Forsyth nor her husband, Charley Farrell, can seem to make up their minds about what to be when they grow up. They both started their professional careers as architects, but they each work in many other creative disciplines, sometimes together, sometimes separately. Amy draws...