Stroudsburg, PA

The Poconos first NASCAR race of the season is this weekend! There is always a lot going on to support the Pocono Raceway. The newest event to the line-up is the first Pocono Raceway Festival right in on Main Street in Stroudsburg! There will be lots of NASCAR race cars, remote control car races, give-aways, racecar driver, race simulators, food & retail vendors and live music! There is also a kid-friendly activity station at the Driebe Freight Station. In addition (yes, there's more), a FREE concert by the Marshall Tucker Band is happening on stage on Main Street! Come on out as the community honors NASCAR and its drivers. NASCAR president Mike Helton will be on hand with other invited guests to accept the award. Admission is FREE!

For anyone who has had to use a Hospice Service you know how wonderful (or not so wonderful) they can be. This past week I spent many long hours in a Hospice Center that I have to let people know about. For those who don't know what Hospice is, it is a specialized care for the terminally ill in their final hours or days.

My father in law was diagnosed with liver cancer last year and actually over the past year did very well considering what a terrible disease that is. Last week we went to visit my inlaws because it was my mother in law's birthday and had a nice visit although we could see my father in law Michael was starting to deteriorate. He was weak, didn't want to eat and wasn't talking much. I suggested to my mother in law that maybe it was time for a nurse. The following day she said the Dr. had told her that he was not eligible for a nurse or nursing care because he was still mobile, feeding himself etc...I was surprised but hey I am not the Dr. Within 24 hours I received a call that he was in the hospital and was being transferred to a hospice center because they had discovered he now had brain metastasis. (The cancer had now traveled to the brain) I called the necessary family members and headed out on the 1 1/2 hour drive myself. He was taken to VNA Hospice of Monroe County in Pennsylvania. I cannot say enough about this place. It was beautiful, peaceful and the staff phenomenal. They treated Michael like a King.

So to my father in law Michael we all love you so and will miss you always.

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A great, fairly new addition to the downtown Stroudsburg area is Venuto's Old World Pizzeria. The feature great thin crust pizza in a variety of styles and they are named after some great Italian artists. The pizza and calzones are a work of art themselves. I had a made to order calzone that was so huge I couldn't believe my eyes! My wife had a pizza topped with buffalo mozzarella and basil and it was delicious. It is roomy inside and a very nice staff serves you. I highly recommend you take the entire family out to downtown Stroudsburg and enjoy something far from just ordinary pizza.

Easter is just around the corner, and tomorrow, 2 organizations in the Poconos will be hosting breakfast and an Easter Egg hunt! These two events are both in Stroudsburg, and below are some details. Please enjoy!

Breakfast with the Easter Bunny

4/4/09 - 8 to 11 a.m., hosted by the Women of the Moose at Moose Lodge 1336, Stokes Mill Road, East Stroudsburg. Games and prizes. Event to benefit the Moose Lodge children's trip to Knobles. For information, call Martha at (570) 421-1973.

Children's Easter Egg Hunt

4/4/09 - 2pm, at the Knights of Columbus, 212 E. Bryant St., Stroudsburg, for the children of Monroe County, ages 1 to 10. For information, call (570) 421-6226.

Saturday, June 6th is the day before the first NASCAR race at Pocono Raceway this season. This year, Stroudsburg is hosting a Pocono Raceway Festival from 12-8 on June 6th! It will take place right on Main Street, with the biggest headline being THE MARSHALL TUCKER BAND FREE CONCERT!!! Additionally, the event will feature:

•· Multiple Nascar race cars

•· Race simulators

•· Remote Control Car Races

•· Nascar Hi-def videogaming

•· Nascar drivers

•· Other regional race cars featuring quarter midget, late model, street stocks, and 4 prose

•· Local Boy Scout Pine Box Championship Race

•· Additional Live Music all day on Main Street

•· Food vendors

•· Craft and retail vendors

Stroudsburg and the Pocono Mountains continue to support NASCAR. Come visit Stroudsburg, a quick jump off Route 80, and join in the fun!!