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Pocono Business Journal
Seven Bridge Road, RR# 5 Box 5198
East Stroudsburg, PA 18301
www.pbjonline.com
POCONO
Regional Business News & Resources
THIS MONTH
• Invest in Employees............. page 3
• PBJ Columnist:
Business Coach..................... page 5
Residential Real Estate...... page 12
• Op-Ed:
PA Chamber Reacts to
Business Issues..................... page 4
• Education & Ethics............... page 9
June 2006, Vol. 2, Issue 6
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Education & Training
Training and Teaching
the Pocono Workforce
QUOTE
The illiterate of the year
2000 will not be the
individual who cannot
read and write, but the one
who cannot learn, unlearn
and relearn.
— Alvin Toffler, U.S. social
commentator
National Rose Month
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8
14
15
23
First U.S. Spacewalk (1965)
Vacuum Cleaner Patented
Flag Day
Father’s Day
Typewriter Invented
QUESTION
What type of retail trade pays
the highest salary in Monroe
County?
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for the answer on page 8.
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OBSERVE
Pat Moyer stands with students from Monroe County Technical Institute. At MCTI undergraduates learn valuable and
practical skills for the work environment that they can apply once they enter the workforce.
By Ken Clark
A trained and educated workforce is a vital ingredient for
smooth business operations, competitive advantage and business
success. But do you have to go to a metropolitan center to get your
workforce up to snuff?
Businesses in the Poconos need only look in their own backyard
for such valuable educational resources.
“If your business has the need for a unique approach in training,
we can provide an on-site analysis or build on your specific needs,”
says Pat Moyer, director of Monroe Career & Technical Institute
(MCTI). “We will structure a program to satisfy the needs of almost
any core business, bring the training to you and provide follow-up
service to ensure your programs are kept current.”
MCTI supplements the educational program of area high
schools to prepare students for higher education or to enter the
workforce. It offers a wide range of career programs including
allied health, auto body and mechanics, building trades, computer
technology, culinary arts, electronics, graphic arts, HVAC, marketing, protective services and welding. Advisory committees consisting of professionals with specific expertise provide input to keep
MCTI’s programs relevant to evolving workforce demands.
And now, as part of the “2+2+2” program collaboration that
links MCTI, Northampton Community College (NCC) and East
Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania (ESU), students who fulfill
particular requirements can continue into their chosen fields.
“By pursuing two years at MCTI and two more at Northampton, students
have attained their associate’s degree and the necessary training to make
them employment-ready,” says Matt Connell, Dean of NCC’s Monroe campus. “They have the option of completing requirements for a
bachelor’s degree at ESU or pursuing a career in biotechnology or the
pharmaceutical field.”
NCC works with area employers to place graduates and provide
customized business and professional development courses in areas like
technology, managerial skills, customer service and workplace literacy.
“The soon to be constructed East Stroudsburg University Science and
Technology Center will prepare students for a new world of career opportunities. Much more than simply another academic building the Center
will be all about empowering our students to take ideas from concept to
reality.....to succeed and excel in higher education and ultimately in the
new high technology professions of the 21st century as well as the traditional and time-honored occupations such as teaching . The Science and
Technology Center will accommodate academic disciplines across the
curriculum, and its natural focus will be on raising the level of preparing students for their futures in business, industry, the arts, the sciences,
education and career fields of the future that we can only imagine,” said
ESU President Robert J. Dillman..
see TRAINING page 6
Professional Profile - NCC Center for Business & Industry
page 10
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Pocono Business Journal | June 2006
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POCONO
Twin Willow Publishing Company
Seven Bridge Road
RR#5 Box 5198
East Stroudsburg, PA 18301-9209
570.421.0100 | fax 570.421.0404
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PUBLISHER / EDITOR
Marynell Strunk
REPORTERS
Ken Clark
James Radenhausen
Kathy Ruff
CONTRIBUTORS
Dominick J. Sacci
Lesley Smith
Before I even start to give you an overview of what’s in the June issue, I want to fill you in on
some great news. Starting with this edition, the paper has jumped to 20 pages. That’s four extra
pages of business news. We’re also starting to distribute the Pocono Business Journal on newsstands
throughout Monroe County. These are a couple of huge leaps in one month, impossible to accomplish without the support of the advertisers, readers and the business community. Thank you!
We’re introducing two new columnists this month: Richard Munson who discusses team building and Dominick Sacci, who will be giving you a quarterly report on the rhythm of the residential
real estate market in the Poconos.
With the addition of four pages comes more content. We’ve added a Business Briefs section that
captures information from recent press releases and the ‘Who’s Who’ and ‘What’s What’ in the business community.
This Education and Training issue has several great stories about how employers can find
qualified employees and the importance of investing in your staff. Another insightful article offers
viewpoints from a handful of employers on the critical match of education and ethics for employees.
As the paper continues to grow, please keep PBJ updated with press releases, story ideas, special
business events and anything you think would be of interest to the business community. All of us at
PBJ are looking forward to hearing from you as we work on upcoming editions that will continue to
inform, inquire and inspire.
Marynell K. Strunk
Publisher/Editor
[email protected]
PHOTOGRAPHER
Perry Hebard
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
Danielle Eberhardt
TABLE OF CONTENTS
COPY EDITOR
Deborah Schiffer
ARTICLES
• Invest in Employees and Make Them Shine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
• ESU Science and Technology Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
• PMCC Minimum Wage Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
PRODUCTION/DESIGN
Jason Trump
CIRCULATION
Caryn Fogel
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
COPYRIGHT: PBJ is protected under the federal Copyright
Act. Reproductions of any part by any means or facsimiles
without the express written permission of the publisher are
not permitted. Reprints of PBJ articles are available. For
rates and information visit http://www.pbjonline.com/reprints.html. PBJ cannot be responsible for the return of unsolicited material, manuscripts and photographs without the
inclusion of a self-addressed stamped envelope. Information
in this publication is gathered from sources considered to be
reliable, but the accuracy and completeness of the information cannot be guaranteed. Submission of information does
not guarantee inclusion. PBJ is published monthly from
offices located at Seven Bridge Road, East Stroudsburg, PA
18301. PBJ serves business owners, managers and professionals in the four county Pocono region: Carbon, Monroe,
Pike and Wayne. Subscriptions are available for $25 per
year or $50 for two years. POSTMASTER: Send address
changes to: Pocono Business Journal, RR#5 Box 5198, East
Stroudsburg, PA 18301
• NCC – Center for Business and Industry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-11
DEPARTMENTS
• Op-Ed: PA Chamber Reacts to Business Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
• Columnists
The Business Coach’s Corner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Residential Real Estate Quarterly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
• Reader’s Resource. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
• Business Briefs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
• Calendar of Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
• PBJ Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-19
Advertisers Index
ASSI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Action International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
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Associated Libraries of Monroe County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Brooks Accounting Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
C & M Homes, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Career Link. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Computer Troubleshooters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Core People Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7, 14
Glen Brook Country Club. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Michael Baxter & Associates Commercial Real Estate. . . . . . . . . 10
PenTele Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Pocono Mountains Business Magazine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Sherman Theater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Strunk-Albert Engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
TN Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
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NEWS
Invest in Employees and Make Them Shine
By Kathy Ruff
Good employees are like diamonds in the rough.
With a little educational investment, they can shine and
help organizations meet performance and competition
pressures.
“Some employers will say, ‘I don’t want to invest
in training my workers because if I do, they can just go
down the street for a job that pays a nickel more,’ or ‘I
can’t afford to train my workers’ for whatever reasons,”
says Paul Pierpoint, Ed.D, dean of community education
for Northampton Community College. “The question
back to that is, what can you afford better: A welltrained workforce that costs a little more or a poorlytrained workforce that can’t compete?”
Successful organizations recognize an investment
in their workers helps to maintain a competitive level of
productivity and customer satisfaction.
“The world is too competitive to assume they can
continue as they were,” says Pierpoint. “It’s different in
terms of where the investment has the greatest payoff.”
Where to invest depends on the type of business,
customer base, demand and competition. Some organizations can realize best results by training in technology, communications, customer service or specialized
troubleshooting skills. In others, training in decisionmaking and problem solving to empower employees
becomes high priority.
“Each employer has their own set of specific skills
that are most critical to their ability to compete,” says
Pierpoint.
For example, in the health care industry, rapid technological advancement and demand for improved delivery services drives Pocono Medical Center’s employee
learning areas. Those training areas include nursing,
basic management skills, customer service and problem
solving skills.
Safety training solves a variety of problems in the
manufacturing environment for both the employee and
the employer.
“It cuts back on accidents,” says Ron Blisard,
director of human resources for KME Fire Apparatus,
a division of the Kovatch Organization, Nesquehoning,
Carbon County. “Safety training does work when it’s
enforced on the floor.”
Like many progressive manufacturers, Kovatch
recognizes the value and ROI of employee training.
“It comes down to dollars and cents,” says Blisard.
“They are more productive. They have a much better
understanding of their jobs better and the relationships
between the foreman and the employee. Most of all, it
helps them realize how they are all part of the big puzzle
in manufacturing. You can’t have a complete puzzle
when there are pieces missing.”
In manufacturing, those pieces cover a wide range
of skill sets ranging from management and office functions to the warehouse.
“We have employees from finance all the way to
the warehouse, so we really make a best effort to be sure
to capture the right education experience for each one,”
says Carla Nolan, director of human relations for Altec
Lansing Technologies, Inc., Milford, Pike County.
Altec offers tuition reimbursement, summer internships, continuing and distance education programs and
specialized area training.
“We feel it’s critical to invest in human capital,”
says Nolan. “It’s important that employees have the
tools they need to do their jobs effectively and grow
into jobs at the next level, if that’s their desire. We feel
it maintains our culture of innovation and creativity. It’s
part of the change management process to make sure
everyone’s skills are kept current.”
Management’s educational commitment to help
employees move forward on their career paths remains
an integral component of Altec’s continuing success.
That commitment requires strategizing, planning and
analyzing to understand the value of such an investment
in both the employee and the business.
“It’s difficult to disrupt business for any reason, but
we feel it’s important that we make this training available to our employees,” says Nolan. “We have been able
to rearrange work schedules and come up with creative
ideas like setting up a kiosk that doesn’t require twelve
people to be out of the warehouse at the same time.”
And Altec’s payoff for investing in educating the
workforce has been a level of employee retention.
“If employees are satisfied in their jobs and they
feel they are growing and learning, they are more likely
to stay with us,” says Nolan. “It helps keep a competitive workforce and definitely helps the employees to
grow.”
SOME AREA RESOURCES
East Stroudsburg University
www.esu.edu
Lackawanna College
Wayne County, Honesdale 570-253-5408
www.lackawanna.edu
Lehigh-Carbon Community College
Nesquehoning, Carbon County 570-669-7010
www.lccc.edu
Northampton Community College
Main Campus – 610-861-5100
Pike County – Shohola 610-861-5300
Monroe County – Tannersville 610-861-5429
www.northampton.edu
Career Development and Employment, Ltd.
Tannersville, Monroe County 570-629-2690
Shohola, Pike County 570-409-9023
www.easyascde.com
PrimeTech Training, Lehighton Carbon County
610-377-9790
www.primetechtraining.com
The Training Camp
Bushkill, Monroe County 215-677-1310
www.trainingcamp.net
Sources: Pennsylvania Department of Education, Pennsylvania
CareerLink
ESU Science & Technology Center
By Ken Clark
Construction of a 124,000 square-foot Science and Technology Center at East Stroudsburg University is slated to
begin this summer. When completed in the fall of 2008,
the facility will house classrooms, offices and research
space for the departments of mathematics, computer sciences, chemistry, biology, biotechnology and physics.
University President Robert J. Dillman said he expects
the center’s influence to extend well beyond the confines
of the campus to become what the school’s master plan
defines as “a potential stimulant for regional economic
growth and development.”
“The center will be much more than simply another
academic building,” he said at the recent ground-breaking
ceremony. “The concept for the new center is all about
providing enduring educational resources that empower
our faculty and students to take ideas from concept to
reality. Ultimately, we will provide the necessary tools for
our students to succeed and excel in the new professions
of the 21st century, as well as the time-honored occupations, such as teaching.”
The ultimate cost of the facility is expected to exceed $27
million. Funds for its construction will come in the form
of federal and state grants, as well as through a fund-raising campaign in the private sector. The center will be the
first major academic building constructed on the ESU
campus since 1979.
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EDITORIAL
PA Chamber Rejects Rendell’s
Re-enacting the Fair Share Act
By Lesley Smith
Gov. Ed Rendell’s recent veto of a bill that would
have modified the unfair legal doctrine of joint and several liability by re-enacting the Fair Share Act is reflected
in Pennsylvania’s deplorable ranking among the 50 states
for the health of its civil-justice system.
A new study conducted by the Pacific Research Institute on behalf of the American Justice Partnership ranked
the Commonwealth 47th worst for the performance of its
legal system. The U.S. Tort Liability Index considered 39
factors in five categories: Monetary Tort Losses; Threats;
Caps; Substantive Law Rules; and Reform. Only three
states – New York, Rhode Island and Vermont – fared
worse than Pennsylvania.
“The Commonwealth is among the worst for liability
laws that reward abuse, impede job creation and result in
higher costs on consumer goods and services,” said Floyd
Warner, president of the PA Chamber.
Warner said the governor’s decision to go against
his word and reject Fair Share Act re-enactment, the first
significant legal reform in the Commonwealth in decades,
is counter to what many other states are wisely realizing – that a healthy legal system is a vital indicator of a
state’s economic vitality and growth.
Four of the states in the top ten were also in the top
ten in the 2004 U.S. Economic Freedom Index, which
ranks states according to how friendly or unfriendly they
are toward free enterprise and consumer choice. Five
states, including Pennsylvania, are in the bottom ten of
both indexes.
The study also identified states that are positioned to stay
at the top, stay at the bottom, or are poised to move up in
future rankings.
Pennsylvania was included in a small list of states
anticipated to drop in future rankings or stay at the bottom because of relatively high monetary tort losses and
significant threats, and have enacted few, if any, comprehensive reforms. Joining Pennsylvania on that list are
Alabama, Florida, Illinois and Vermont.
“Inequities in our legal system are just another
burden facing job creators; one more factor that has the
potential to send job opportunities elsewhere,” Warner
stressed. “The governor missed an opportunity to send a
positive message to job creators, opting instead to ensure
that Pennsylvania remains at an economic disadvantage
when compared to more progressive states that understand the importance of implementing commonsense
legal reforms.”
Lesley Smith is the Director of Communications for the
PA Chamber of Business and Industry. The Pennsylvania
Chamber of Business and Industry is the state’s largest broad-based business association, with thousands of
members representing more than 50 percent of the private
workforce. More information is available on the
Chamber’s Web site at www.pachamber.org
Minimum Wage Increase ‘Booed’ by PA Chamber
By Lesley Smith
The Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry
recently said it was frustrated that House lawmakers added to the cost of doing business by approving a
mandated wage hike. Legislation (H.B. 257) passed by
the House on April 5 would raise the state’s minimum
wage by $2 – to $6.25 an hour effective July 1, 2006, and
to $7.15 an hour effective July 1, 2007. The Senate must
now consider the measure.
“The business community is troubled that the House
has again acquiesced to organized labor and the Rendell
administration on matters of bad public policy,” said
Floyd Warner, president of the PA Chamber. Warner said
mandated wages are job killers, noting the governor said
as much as a candidate for office.
“Then governor-elect Rendell said raising the minimum wage at the state level would harm Pennsylvania
business, forcing small businesses to close down, some to
move to other states. Now, he says keeping the minimum
wage at its current level is immoral, and that the increase
will not hurt the economy.”
Warner said this artificial inflation in labor costs
will further damage Pennsylvania’s ability to attract and
retain job creators. “$7.15 an hour is well above the rate
of $6.35 an hour, which is the rate adjusted for inflation,”
he noted. Warner also stated government’s role is to help
create a business climate that fosters job creation and
business growth, not continue to find ways to make it
more costly for businesses to operate or to add to the cost
of maintaining and creating jobs.
“It’s unfortunate that so many lawmakers have lost
sight of what is truly needed to improve the lives of all
working Pennsylvanians and voted instead to advance
this flawed economic policy.”
Warner said the impact of an increased minimum
wage would fall particularly hard on small businesses,
which are critical stepping stones into the labor force for
many workers.
“Most low-wage earners work for small businesses,
not large corporations,” Warner said. “While small busi-
nesses create nearly three quarters of new jobs annually,
they are also responsible for most job losses. Hefty health
insurance premiums and other costs are already significant burdens for job creators. Adding a mandated wage
hike to that volatile mix could push many over the edge,
destroying jobs in the process.”
Warner said proponents of raising the minimum
wage have consistently used misinformation and widely
varying numbers for those impacted by the bill in making
their argument – failing to mention that the very people a
minimum wage increase is purported to help will be the
ones who are ultimately hurt. “If they cannot agree on
the numbers, it’s clear they have no idea of the financial
impact on small business,” he said.
Warner said the least skilled workers in the labor
pool – those for whom the minimum wage banner has
been so aggressively waved and who most need to get
and keep their feet on the first rung of the job ladder
– would be the first to lose their jobs.
“Unless business productivity increases sufficiently
to generate enough revenue to pay for this ‘tax,’ affected
businesses will have no choice but to cut their work force
and spread the same amount of money over fewer workers,” he said. “In turn, these low-skilled workers would
also find it more difficult to enter the labor market since
employers favor more highly skilled workers in the face
of higher wages. If the bill eventually becomes law, some
will get a raise. Others will get a pink slip.” Warner said
if Pennsylvania truly wants to help people, it must reduce
the barriers and mandates that are placed on employers
and serve to inhibit job creation.
“Reducing taxes, enabling employers to provide
affordable health care, and improving our legal and labor
law systems – all ideas being advanced by PA Chamber
members in the Agenda for Jobs – are the true sources
of economic opportunity and advancement. This would
do far more good than hiking the minimum wage, which
would benefit some to the detriment of job creators and
those most in need of employment.”
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PMCC Government
Affairs Committee
Conducts Survey on
Minimum Wage
Recently the Government Affairs Committee of the
Pocono Mountains Chamber of Commerce surveyed the entire Chamber membership and shared
the results with the Pocono Business Journal.
Below are the tabulations from the members who
responded.
1. Do you know that there are bills
(House Bill 216, 257 and Senate Bill
369) suggesting an increase in minimum wage as early as January 2006?
Yes 88%
No 12%
2. Do you have any employees receiving
minimum wage?
Yes 12%
No 88%
3. Does a minimum wage increase help
your business?
Yes 11%
No 89%
4. Does a minimum wage increase hurt
your business?
Yes 27%
No 73%
5. Do you support a minimum wage
increase?
Yes 75%
No 25%
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TRAINING ... cont. from page 1
Another unique local educational resource is Burnley
Workshop Employment and Rehabilitation Services in
Snydersville. Disabled employees receive vocational training
in assembly and packaging, food service, office cleaning and
other employment skills.
“It’s good to see people reach their potential in the workforce,” said Rich Peterson, executive director. “Our process
follows clients from their initial assessment through job coaching and training to employment with supervisory follow-up.”
Training and employment are primary missions of Pennsylvania’s CareerLink system. With sites throughout the state,
CareerLink provides one-stop delivery of career services to job
seekers and employers.
Among its many services, CareerLink offers a link between
job seekers and employers to provide qualified workers for
business and industry.
In Wayne County, the Local Workforce Investment
Area program partners with CareerLink to provide
employers with recruitment, on-the-job training, business support, customized training and outplacement.
Another Wayne resource is Wallenpaupack Area
High School, which offers vocational and adult
training in carpentry, automotive technology, allied
health and food service programs. The Wayne County
Chamber of Commerce offers a leadership program,
a Dale Carnegie course and other training seminars.
Lackawanna, Northampton Community and Luzerne
County Community colleges also offer classes in
Wayne County for a variety of degree, certificate and
non-credit programs.
Workforce Wayne, a new program that taps the
expertise of both educators and business people,
provides workforce assessment and analysis.
“We have come together looking to identify the needs
in our county, and how to communicate to the schools
what our needs are. Then we want to bring this to
the community,” says Marie McDonnell, director of
Wayne County Job Training, Honesdale. “We are
making informed decisions on how to move forward.”
Pike County has similar goals. Its Workforce Development Agency in Shohola tasks itself with making
Pike residents employable through short-term training
programs like CDL truck driving, licensed practical nursing and certified nursing assistants. It also
provides assistance for employers.
Students are trained with technical skills and exposed to
‘real-world’ situations in order to better prepare for entry
into the workforce.
“If someone has the potential to get a job and the
employer is willing to train them, we can pay half of
their salary while they are still on the learning curve,”
says Cynthia DeFebo, director of the Workforce
Development Agency. The agency also offers basic
computer classes and other employability skills for
those entering or re-entering the workforce.
On the southern fringe of the Poconos, Jim
Thorpe’s Carbon Career & Technical Institute (CCTI)
provides educational resources with fourteen career
and technical programs. These are designed for
secondary school students in fields including auto
technology, electrical construction and maintenance,
welding, building construction, cosmetology, certified
nursing aide, computer graphics and culinary arts.
“Although our focus is at the secondary level, we do
accept adults into these programs if there is room,”
says Dr. Robert Mauro, CCTI’s administrative director. “We offer evening classes for adults in areas like
machine technology, welding, HVAC, cosmetology
and certified nursing assistant.”
CCTI serves about three hundred fifty secondary school students and eight hundred adults each
year. CCTI also offers non-credit classes for personal
advancement and interests.
“People do not understand that ours is a twin mission,” says Mauro. “We serve secondary school and
adult needs. Also, we stay in close touch with the
business community and government officials in the
county, and as a result, we can respond more accurately to their needs for training and employment skills.”
Resources
To find your local CareerLink, visit
www.paworkforce.state.pa.us and click on
Pennsylvania CareerLink ‘Find the office
nearest you’ on the right-hand side.
Burnley Workshop Employment &
Rehabilitation Services
570-992-6616
www.123bears.org
Carbon Career & Technical Institute
Adult Education Center
570-325-4140
http://dir.cliu.org/SD/viewdistrict.
aspx?ID=42
East Stroudsburg University
570-422-3211
www.esu.edu
Lackawanna College (Honesdale)
570-253-5408
www.lackawanna.edu
Luzerne Community College
(Wayne Highland High School,
Honesdale)
800-377-5222 ext. 425 or 479
www.luzerne.edu
Monroe Career & Technical Institute
570-629-2001
www.monroecti.org
Northampton Community
College
570-620-9221
www.northampton.edu
Pike County Workforce
Development Agency
570-296-2909
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570-226-4557
www.paupack.ptd.net
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Commerce
570-253-1960
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Do You Need A Winning Team for Your Business?
The Business
Coach’s Corner
Richard Munson Jr.
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All successful businesses contain one common
element: a winning team. Savvy owners have discovered this secret and used it to create massively successful businesses that stand the test of time. Interestingly
enough, a simple acronym can be derived from TEAM:
“Together Everyone Achieves More.”
Winning teams have superstars and players who toil
in the trenches. Yet all of them have a vital part and must
work together to achieve the overall goals of the organization. Sports teams are great examples of this. Teams
that win the Super Bowl or the Final Four are often not
the teams with the greatest players, but the teams that
have the greatest teamwork. While winning teams have
great players, not all teams that have great players are
winners.
Throughout the Poconos, I hear “there are no good
employees,” or “good employees will not stay in this
area to work,” or even the question: “where can I find
good employees?”
Often to attract good employees, you must create a
winning environment. Good employees love to work for
companies with a winning environment, just like great
players love to play for winning teams. With a winning
environment, you may even energize and lift up employees you already have!
team wins your business wins. When your business wins
you win.
Here are the keys to creating a winning team in your
business:
1. Strong leadership. Leadership comes from you, the
owner, and is passed down through your company. Do
your team members know and understand your vision
and passion for the business? Is your leadership hierarchy clearly defined? What are the traits of a strong
leader? Ask your team and see what they say. Are you
exemplifying these traits?
5. Support risk taking. The best business owners rely
on their staff to make good decisions. If the owner only
wants his or her ideas to prevail, then they are being
short-sighted. Seeking input and fostering an environment for other team members to make decisions is
important for the development of the team and the business. The better the team, the better the opportunity for
massive results. Which opportunities have you missed
because of poor decisions and failure to take risk?
2. Common goal. Why do you operate your business?
What is your mission? As an owner you must have a
clear idea of why you are in business. Make sure each
team member is on board with your goals for the business and their department or units. Communicate that
goal and mission to each and every team member and
continually reinforce it.
6. 100% inclusion of all team members. Each member
is important and all should have input to maximize
their job performance. Each member should feel and
be included in the process. The business wins together
but the business can also lose together if everyone is not
involved. Is your team 100% included and involved?
Great players love to play for a winning team.
Great workers also love to work for a great company.
The future of your company starts today! And, remember that TEAM stands for Together Everyone Achieves
More.
3. Rules of the game. The rules for your business are
defined as how you want your business to be run—standards for staff interaction, communication, customer
service, distribution and delivery, etc. It is your culture.
Sometimes culture is written and followed, sometimes
it is understood. Your team operates under certain assumptions about the business. They need to know and
understand your rules of the game.
4. Have an action plan. Where is your business going?
Do you have clearly defined goals and specified actions,
timeframes, and expected results to meet those goals? As
the saying goes, “failing to plan is planning to fail!” Your
action plan is the key to a winning team. When your
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Pocono Mountains Corporate Center South Lot Sold To Ecoindustrial Park
Gathering at the new office of Pocono Mountains Economic
Development Corp. (PMEDC) for the Pocono Ecoindustrial
Park (PEPI) closing were (left to right) Eric Hanna, Pocono Area
Abstract Company; Jerry Hanna, attorney for PEPI; Don Hannig,
Treasurer of PEPI; Lester Weinman, President of PEPI; Chuck
Leonard, Executive Director of PMEDC; Ann O’Reilly, Pennstar
Bank; John Barlieb, PMEDC Board Member and Marc Wolfe,
PMEDC solicitor.
Tobyhanna - Pocono Mountains Economic Development Corp. Chairman, Paul Canevari, has announced
the sale of Lot 14 in the Pocono Mountains Corporate Center South to the Pocono Ecoindustrial Park,
Inc. (PEPI). The closing took place on April 6, 2006
at the new office of Pocono Mountains Economic
Development Corp. in The Courtyard at the Pocono
Mountains Corporate Center East on Route 611 in
Tobyhanna.
The Monroe County Waste Management Authority is responsible for the project and plans to construct
a 40,000 square foot building to serve
as a manufacturing facility that processes recyclables. The building will
also be an incubator for businesses that
incorporate recycled commodity material into their product manufacturing.
About fifty new jobs are projected.
“We are pleased to see this project
happen in our business park,” stated
Canevari. “This falls right in line with
the economic development plan in
Monroe 2020 to create new job opportunities in environmentally-friendly
industries.”
Lester Weinman, President and
Don Hannig, Treasurer of PEPI commented that they
and the Monroe County Municipal Waste Management Authority are excited about the prospects this
new manufacturing and distribution facility brings.
Hannig added, “We feel this facility will be an asset
to Monroe County and Coolbaugh Township in their
efforts to comply with and legislate state, county and
local recycling mandates.”
PEPI was formed as a directive of the Monroe
County Municipal Waste Management Authority
(MCMWMA), supervised by the Monroe County
Commissioners. Its mission is to collect, process,
market and sell commodity materials collected in
Monroe and the surrounding counties for the benefit
of Monroe County.
PEPI is responsible for helping emerging businesses that utilize these component commodity
materials in their own manufacturing processes. This
will be accomplished by offering discounted incubation lease space and a sustained on-site raw material
resource. PEPI will also assist with access to end markets.
Pocono Mountains Industries, along with the
Monroe County Industrial Development Authority
and the Pocono Mountains Industrial Park Authority,
are non-profit economic development corporations
dedicated to creating jobs for Monroe County residents, expanding the county’s tax base and attracting
new investment.
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Education to Ethics: Are Grads Ready For the Workforce?
By Ken Clark
The advent of graduation always sends a new wave of
young people into the job market, many for the first time,
but is the current crop adequately educated and socially
equipped to meet the needs of employers? An admittedly
unscientific survey of those doing the educating and those
doing the hiring in the Pocono region produces a mixed
report card.
“Whether it be high school, junior college or university, as far as skill sets are concerned, the job force is fairly
well prepared for what you might expect in a company,”
said Tom Schmitt, co-owner of Right Reason Technologies.
“However, some of the team skills are very much lacking
from all three segments.”
The core mission of Right Reason Technologies,
which operates under East Stroudsburg University’s Business Accelerator Program, is the teaching of homebound
high school students through a locally controlled cyber
extension that enrolls them in a “virtual” classroom. The
firm also hires employees and interns from Northampton
Community College and ESU, and while the majority of
them are academically astute, Schmitt said many are woefully deficient in the social skills necessary for success in
business. He attributes this phenomenon to the isolation of
cyberspace where video games and computer chat rooms
now dominate young people’s social lives.
“Kids can master e-mail, anything to do with computers, and they can interact exceptionally well there,” he said.
“But try to get them to stand in front of a group and provide
a presentation, or even in a small group, talking to people,
and their skills are really lacking.”
At Mignosi’s Foodtown supermarket in Marshalls
Creek, general manager Michael Mignosi said lack of motivation often is a greater problem than lack of education.
“It’s not so much the training as the work ethic,” he
said of many new hires. “We have a real tough time with
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that. A lot of the younger kids want to work, but they don’t
want to go through the painful process of actually going to
work. It’s a good idea to make money; it’s a good idea to
have a job, but unfortunately, when it comes down to doing
the work, it’s not such a good idea.”
Recently retired Weis Market cashier trainer Anita
Jones says that for about the last four years of her thirteen
years with the company, she observed new grads were
substantially lacking in the actual willingness to work.
“Many of them just weren’t willing to learn,” she said.
“They want a job, but they just don’t want to make an effort to do it. A lot of kids today are lazy. Too many of their
parents have done everything for them.”
To Glenn Watt, CEO of Backbone Security and primary architect of ESU’s program to recruit and train young
computer security specialists from area high schools and
community colleges, ethics tend to be the greatest problem
among the young of the Napster™ generation. It was under
that now-defunct Web site that young people were urged
to download thousands of songs from “shared” files, thus
denying the artists royalties on their work. Watt said he
finds it almost impossible to get young people to realize
that what they are doing actually is stealing.
“Ethics is a very tough area, but if there’s one thing no
cyber security firm can afford, it’s someone lacking in ethics,” he said. “I ask students if they think it’s okay to steal
a car, and of course they’ll all say ‘no.’ Then I’ll ask if it’s
wrong to download copyrighted music off the Internet and
most of them see nothing wrong with that.
“We have to fight against a society that says it’s okay.
By the time they’re in junior high, a lot of these kids have
been to sites like Napster™. We’re actually considering
talking to kids in elementary school about what’s right to
do on the computer and what’s wrong on the computer.”
Schmitt concurred. “People have always done wrong,
but kids think everything is situational. Right and wrong is
no longer absolute to them, and they can’t even understand
where this is an issue.”
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Northampton Community College
Training Today’s Workforce for Tomorrow
Innovation and productivity have become two primary drivers and challenges faced by business and industry in
today’s competitive marketplace. Many businesses recognize meeting those challenges requires a high-performing
workforce skilled in the ever-changing facets of technology and service.
That’s where Northampton Community College’s
Center for Business and Industry comes in. The center
offers a variety of programs and services geared toward
educating people within the workforce – whether they are
technicians on the front line or the top managers – in the
skills and expertise needed to help companies promote innovation and remain competitive.
It all started in the late 1970s when Bethlehem Steel,
Mack Trucks and other heavy industry began their downward slide. College management recognized an opportunity to educate a workforce transitioning away from its
traditional manufacturing economy. The Center for Business and Industry resulted from an educational outreach to
provide life-long learning for employees for the jobs of the
future. CBI began by offering instruction in NCC classroom or conference facilities, or at the employer’s site.
“In manufacturing in particular, there were some significant changes going on in the technologies used,” says
Paul Pierpoint, Ed.D., dean of community education. “The
whole focus is on preparing incumbent workers who are
already out there for all the new skills that are needed by
their employers, so they can remain current and competitive.”
Over the next fifteen years, the college expanded its offerings, and in 1996,
Northampton County manufacturers recognized it as the top local economic development resource.
“That’s exactly what we were trying to
do, indicate that workforce development is
economic development,” says Pierpoint. “We
are not going out soliciting companies to
move here. We are trying to find companies
that we can help improve the skills of their
workforce.”
Administrators created training services
and programs that met growing demand in
areas including computers, microelectronics,
telecommunications and industrial maintenance. Then as local demand for microelectronics training declined, classes evolved to
include consultations on organizational and
training development, customized training
programs and technology transfer assistance.
“That’s an example of how we responded
to an interesting challenge in the local workforce that had clear economic development
implications. We provided the service for as
long as it was needed,” says Pierpoint. “When
the demand disappeared, we significantly
reduced our involvement and moved our
resources in different directions. Every few
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Center for Business & Industry
Northampton Community College’s
Center for Business & Industry Focuses
in the Trades & Technologies:
• Computer Training
• Design, Drafting & Engineering
• National Training Center for
Microelectronics
• Industrial Maintenance Institute
• Construction Technology
• Industrial Safety & Health/OSHA
• Quality & Manufacturing
• Transportation Technology
Employees engage in training through a variety of classes offered by
the Northampton County Community College Center for Business
and Industry. Pictured are students attending an Access Level 1 class
and a Waste Water Operations class at one of the off-site classrooms
at Fountain Court in Tannersville.
years, there is a significant shift.”
The current shift has fueled demand in different areas.
For example, of the 225 employer organizations that
contracted with the college last year to provide training,
100 sought assistance through the Electrotechnology Applications Center (ETAC). The center provides consulting, testing and assessment assistance to manufacturers
to employ the newest technologies in their manufacturing
processes for promoting energy efficiency, reducing pollution and improving productivity.
Industrial maintenance training represents another
high-demand program in today’s business environment.
“Over the last 20 years, employers are using fewer
people to operate equipment because equipment is becoming more computer-operated or robotic,” says Pierpoint.
“You need much more sophisticated skills to maintain the
equipment, repair it and keep it going. Our biggest technical training program is advanced industrial maintenance
technology where we train the people who go out and
troubleshoot those robots when they go down. They can
Organization Name:
Northampton Community College Center for Business
& Industry
Main Campus:
3835 Green Pond Road, Bethlehem, PA 18020
Satellite Sites:
Branch campus in Tannersville, education center on the
Southside of Bethlehem and 52 satellite sites in Northampton,
Monroe, Pike and Wayne counties.
Web Site:
www.northampton.edu/prof_com/cbi/
Toll-Free Phone
Number:
877-543-0998
Annual Payroll:
$3 million
No. of Employees:
40 full-time, and hundreds of part-time instructors and trainers
Enrollment:
Estimated at 5,000 annually
quickly reprogram logic controllers and fix all the
mechanisms and sensors and everything else that makes a
very sophisticated technology so efficient.”
What appeals to businesses that use the college’s services is the ability to maintain relatively smooth business
operations while training employees.
“We have bought or fabricated our portable equipment to do all the relevant training from welding, program
logic controllers, machining, and even injection molding,”
says Pierpoint. “We can put this in the back of the big
truck and take it to employers on the site. That’s a huge
benefit to employers around here.” The college offers its
mobile education within a 75-mile radius of its Bethlehem
campus.
While technology training continues to spur demand
from almost all industries, the college has recognized
another growing workforce dynamic.
“For the last fifteen years or so, companies were
getting incredible gains in productivity from technology,”
says Pierpoint. “Although there are still opportunities for
improving productivity with technology, I think they are
also realizing it’s innovation, not just productivity, that’s so
important to long-term competitiveness.”
Employers increasingly recognize that innovation is
a function of leadership, an energy filtering through all
levels of an organization from the front line to the chief
executive officers. The center’s Leadership Development
Institute helps to educate and integrate the human capital
assets of a company through a variety of management and
professional development programs.
Development and innovation remain pivotal tools for
the center’s success, and CBI continues to develop training
it believes the workplace will demand.
“We try to get our ideas from our clients who tell us
what they think they are going to need next,” says Pierpoint. “One big area we are starting to address from this
process is teaching convergent technology, which combines telephone, Internet and cable into one technology.”
Another area of anticipated growth includes the
diverse education needed to train the emerging casino
industry and ancillary fields such as telecommunications,
computer technology, construction, landscaping, customer
service and others.
“We help our clients figure it out by analyzing the
work that’s being done and looking at places where
changes can be made,” says Pierpoint. “We try to do as
much consulting as training. Those clients that use us over
and over again have come to recognize and value that.”
The total annual payroll for the center’s non-credit
area for business related training hovers around $3 million
for over forty full-time employees plus hundreds of parttime instructors and trainers focused on serving business
and industry. Last year the center trained an estimated five
thousand workers.
“We don’t just dabble in this,” says Pierpoint. “It’s a
really significant part of who we are and what we do.”
12
NEWS
First Quarter Reflects Transition for Pocono Real Estate Market
Residential Real
Estate Quarterly
Dominick J. Sacci
As the national media paints a picture of a failing
real estate market, the local real estate market remains
active for closed residential sales in the first quarter of
2006, with signs of a mild market stabilization in home
values. Although you may hear negative statistics about
the real estate market from a national stand point, the
effects of these issues are positive for the Pocono region.
In-house statistics have found that 65% to 70% of our
business is coming from New York and New Jersey.
While most of the national media coverage is focusing on factors outside of the local market, the effects of
those issues are positive for this area.
Let’s compare real numbers. In the first quarter of
last year, 746 residential properties were sold through
the Pocono Mountains Association of Realtors ®. There
were 907 in the first quarter of 2006, an increase of 21%.
The average time on the market for 2005 was 80 days
with a sales price of $179,231; so far 2006 reports show
an average sales price of $183,340 with an average of 84
days on the market.
These statistics clearly illustrate value stabilization,
defined by an increase in units while pricing levels out.
Further evidence points to value stabilization with findings that the Pocono region was in double digit “value
gains” by this time last year, ending with a 14% increase
from 2003-2004 in residential property values. Currently,
these values are at a mild 2.3% increase for the first quarter of 2006 and as of April 1, there were 2422 residential
homes on the market for sale showing a 37% increase.
Realtors will tell you that 2006 is a ‘transitional
market’ based on the last six months of market data. And
although the market will remain active, it will not be
affected by uncontrollable growth or severe market condition changes. This year, the climate of residential real
estate will be unit driven versus volume driven. In other
words the stability of the market will be determined by
the number of closed sales instead of the increase in the
sale price of the homes. I also believe though the sales
will stay strong, it will not continue at the rate of the last
four years.
Residential market-watchers have no need to fear of
a ‘bubble’ in the Pocono market. A bubble is a Phoenix,
Arizona, Florida or California market where values
exploded 30% to 40% in one year, and unable to go any
further, have the potential to pop. Using Sept 11th as a
market indicator, the area market has sustained a mild
12% - 14% growth each year since 2001. This consistent
pace of growth is another positive indicator.
Speaking for my own firm the inventory of homes
is up 17% and sellers are starting to adjust their offering prices to compete with the increase in the supply of
homes. This should start to bring back the buyers that
were priced out of our market in the last four years.
Looking forward, market data shows that inventory
will grow to 3,000 homes on the market around July with
the third quarter being a key time to gauge the market for
2006.
In my next column I will report on the effects of
gas prices, interest rates and the prospect of casinos in
the Poconos, and how these elements will interact with
residential real estate.
Dominick J. Sacci is Vice President and General
Manager for Wilkins & Associates Real Estate, Inc. Mr.
Sacci has been tracking market statistics for the last
four years. Market data was compiled from the Pocono
Mountains Association of Realtors MLS system. Readers
can discuss the residential real estate market with Mr.
Sacci at www.pbjonline.com/blog.
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ESSA Bank & Trust Earns Highest Honor
for Financial Strength and Stability
Stroudsburg – Bauer Financial, the nation’s leading
independent bank rating and research firm, is pleased
to announce that ESSA Bank & Trust has achieved its
highest Five-Star superior rating for financial strength
and stability. This rating indicates that ESSA Bank &
Trust is one of the safest banks in the country, and has
been for 70 consecutive quarters. What’s more, having
attained this highest rating consistently for ten years or
longer, ESSA Bank & Trust has garnered a spot in the even
more impressive group of Exceptional Performance Banks.
“Earning a Five-Star rating is in itself an outstanding
achievement – evidence of consistently sound management, financial strength and performance,” said Karen L.
Dorway, president of the research firm. “Earning Five Stars
70 consecutive times is really something to be proud of,”
she continued. “When a local bank achieves the Five-Star
rating, it is a reflection
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the community it serves
and its commitment to
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East Stroudsburg - East Stroudsburg University’s
Center for Research and Economic Development
(CFRED) is accepting applications for 2006-2007
Employee-Training Grants from the Workforce and
Economic Development Network of Pennsylvania
(WEDnetPA). Funding for WEDnetPA is provided
by the PA Department of Community and Economic
Development (DCED).
The WEDnetPA Program provides qualified
companies with funds for training their employees
in basic skills for up to $450 per eligible employee
and in Information Technology for up to $700 per
eligible employee. Companies may qualify for a total
of $75,000 for basic skills and $50,000 for IT training. Funding is available primarily to manufacturing
and technology-based industries including financial,
healthcare, biotech and environmental-tech companies. Companies not eligible for funding include
point-of-sale retailers, training vendors, government,
education and non-profit organizations (except for
healthcare institutions and agencies).
CFRED will be accepting applications for
WEDnetPA funding through July 28. Grants will be
awarded at the end of August for fiscal year July 1,
2006 - June 30, 2007. During the 2005-2006 fiscal
year, ESU received over $686,000 in WEDnetPA
funding that supported forty one companies with
training grants.
Through WEDnetPA, companies can take advantage of Guaranteed Free Training, a funding program
designed to leverage a firm’s training dollar, improve
employee productivity and strengthen its competitiveness in the marketplace. Companies identify their
own training needs, which may involve skills that are
general to the workplace or specific to their industry.
Companies also choose their own training providers:
on-line courseware or traditional classroom instruction, conducted by either in-house staff or third-party
trainers.
Training may include but is not limited to:
ESU is one of the 33 WEDnetPA partners authorized to apply for funding on a company’s behalf.
Information is available online at www.wednetpa.
com. For further details or to apply for a WEDnetPA
grant, contact Nick DeMatteo, Director of Workforce
Development, ESU Center for Research and Economic Development at 570-422-7920.
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• Business Operations
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• Manufacturing Fundamentals (blueprint
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BUSINESS BRIEFS
WHO’s WHO
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BLANK - After seven months of intensive management training,
Patricia Blank was named sales manager of both the Tannersville and
Mountainhome offices of Wilkins & Associates Real Estate Inc. Blank
also recently earned her Associate Brokers License.
BOX - The Northeastern Pennsylvania Alliance (NEPA) Board of Directors, Executive Committee and Board Chairman, Paul Canevari are
pleased to announce the appointment of Jeffrey K. Box as President
and Chief Executive Officer. Box joined NEPA in October 2001 as
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer and was responsible for
all the daily operations, including financial management, personnel
administration, purchasing, budgeting and other operational areas.
CARDELLE - Dr. Alberto Cardelle has been named interim associate
provost for academic affairs at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania. His appointment will become effective with the start of the
fall 2006 semester. In this position, Dr. Cardelle will serve as a liaison
between university academic programs and the Office of Academic
Affairs. He will participate in activities related to academic program
reviews, accreditations, and student concerns. He will also facilitate
academic program development and will work with the directors of
programs such as the honors program, service learning, living/learning
communities, the American Democracy Project, and other initiatives
under the Office of Undergraduate Studies.
CENTURY 21 – SELECT GROUP - CENTURY 21 Select Group
was recognized in the 2006 Power Broker Report, as published in the
April edition of Rismedia Real Estate Magazine. The Select Group
broke into the list of the top 500 offices in the nation, garnering the
392nd spot.
DANTONI - The Lodge at Woodloch recently announced Joe Dantoni
as General Manager. Dantoni has more than 20 years of luxury
hospitality experience combined with a successful track record of
operational strength and leadership. Prior to joining The Lodge at
Woodloch, Dantoni served as hotel manager for Harbor Court Hotel in
Baltimore, Maryland.
DITTY - Lawrence Ditty of the CENTURY 21 Select Group in
Hamlin has been awarded membership in the Pennsylvania Association of REALTORS® PAR Excellence Club. Ditty is a member of the
Pike/Wayne Association of REALTORS®. Eligibility is based on the
applicant’s number of successful transactions, education, as well as
service and participation within the REALTOR® organization and the
community.
GARDNER - Dr. Henry A. Gardner has been named associate
provost for enrollment management at East Stroudsburg University of
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Pennsylvania effective June 1. Gardner, who is an assistant professor
of professional and secondary education at ESU, previously served as
dean of student affairs at DeVry University in North Brunswick, N.J.
Dr. Gardner is chairman of The Joint (ESU and Northampton Community College) Committee on Minority Recruitment in Education. He
represents the department of Professional and Secondary Education on
the University Diversity Committee.
KASHNER - Patricia A. Kashner, assistant to the vice president
for student affairs and director of New Student Programs at East
Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania, recently received professional
recognition when she was presented with the Outstanding Orientation
Professional Award from the National Orientation Directors Association during a ceremony at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Kashner worked for nearly 30 years in admissions, career
planning and placement, advising professional women returning to
school and in orientation.
McBRIDE – Fernwood Hotel & Resort named Adrienne McBride
General Manager. With extensive knowledge of the hotel and timeshare business, McBride was hired from within the ranks of Resorts
USA, Inc. She started for the company in 1992 where she was Operations and Country Club Manager for Country Club of the Poconos,
followed by her position as Assistant Vice President of Operations for
Fernwood Hotel and her most recent position as the Marketing and
Entertainment Director for Fernwood Hotel & Resort.
MEDER – John Meder was honored as the number-one salesperson
for Chant Realtor at a recent ceremony. Medar says that superior customer service played a huge part in today’s ever-changing real-estate
world. Last year, Meders’ sales were in excess of $11 million dollars.
Medars’ joined Chant Realtors almost four years ago.
PERICH - Dan Perich, CCIM, a Commercial Specialist at Michael
Baxter & Associates Commercial Real Estate, has been recognized as
the Tannersville agency’s top producer for the second straight year.
Perich facilitated the closing of more than $5 million in transactions
during 2005.
PHILLIPS – Robert Phillips, President & CEO of the Pocono Mountains Chamber of Commerce, was recently appointed to the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority Board (PIDA) by Senator Robert
J. Mellow (52 District). The PIDA Board oversees loan applications
for low-interest financing for land and building acquisitions, construction and renovation resulting in the creation or retention of jobs.
SAWYER - Rose Sawyer of the CENTURY 21 Select Group in
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Hamlin, has been awarded membership in the Pennsylvania Association of REALTORS® PAR Excellence Club. Sawyer is a member of
the Pike/Wayne Association of REALTORS®. Eligibility is based on
the applicant’s number of successful transactions, education, as well as
service and participation within the REALTOR® organization and the
community.
SMITH - Weiler Corporation, a leading manufacturer of power
brushes for the welding, fabrication and manufacturing industries,
welcomes Jeffry W. Smith as Vice President, Information Technology.
Smith comes to Weiler with over twenty-five years of experience in all
functions of Informational Technology. Most recently, Smith was a
Management Consultant at Nationwide Utility Company in Northern
New Jersey.
STOKES - Sharon Stokes was recently appointed as the new manager
at Sea Pines Campground. Stokes started with Outdoor World as a
store clerk at Lake & Shore in 1990 and was promoted to Store Lead
in 1995. After some time as a supervisor beginning in 1997, she was
promoted to Assistant Manager in 2000.
TOBYHANNA ARMY DEPOT - Seven Tobyhanna Army Depot
employees were recognized for their years of government service at
the recent Length of Service ceremony. James Lyons, (a resident of
Archbald), 40 years; Clarence Detrick, (a resident of Reeders), 30
years, Richard Rishko, (a resident of Old Forge), 30 years, Ludwig
Manganiello, (a resident of West Pittston), 30 years, Nello Pauselli, (a
resident of Lake Ariel), 30 years, Dave Sweazy, (a resident of Saylorsburg), 30 years, and Frank Vols, (a resident of Avoca), 30 years.
Lyons who retired in April was chief, Air Traffic Control Division;
Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Directorate. Detrick is a
toolmaker, Industrial Services Division, Systems Integration and Support Directorate. Rishko is a motor vehicle operator, Equipment and
Supply Division, Public Works Directorate. Manganiello is a logistics
management specialist, Command, Control, Guidance and Support
Scheduling Division, Production Management Directorate. Pauselli is
an equipment specialist, Communications Support Division, Production Engineering Directorate. Sweazy is an electronics mechanic, Tactical Communications Division, Communications Systems Directorate.
Vols is an electronics mechanic, Avionics Division, Command, Control
and Computer Systems/Avionics Directorate.
TROUT - Dave Trout has been promoted to Executive Director of
Mt. Gilead Camp & Conference Center, Stroudsburg. Trout has more
than 12 years experience in camping ministry and previously served as
the Director of Development at Mt. Gilead.
WHAT’s WHAT
Backbone Security, located in Stroudsburg, national provider of
vulnerability assessments, network intrusion prevention and steganography detection and extraction services, has been selected as the 2006
Technology Provider of the Year by the Technology Council of Central
Pennsylvania (TCCP). In addition to this award, Backbone Security
was also voted “People’s Choice Award” by the participants as the
favorite local technology company.
The Biondo Group, Milford, recently launched The Biondo Growth
Fund, a mutual fund that will be managed by Biondo Investment Advisors. A copy of the prospectus is currently available.
Core People Resources announces its initial e-commerce package
offering forms, employee handbooks and policies as part of its comprehensive online HR platform. In addition, Core People Resources recently introduced its hospitality package, an online platform designed
to meet the specific needs of businesses in the hospitality industry.
Contents include customer service mini-training seminars, food and
beverage management guidelines, beverage training programs and
front office operations tips.
ESU School of Education and the teacher education programs at East
Stroudsburg University recently received notification of their renewed
accreditation by the National Council of Teacher Education (NCATE).
The 2006 notification of accreditation is a continuation of the
university’s status as an NCATE provider. Maximum re-accreditation,
which is for a seven-year period, was also granted to the ESU teacher
education programs by NCATE in 2001.
Grad Techs, LLC, a computer security start-up company founded by
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania alumnus Brian Pedone
’05 and senior Michael P. Moynihan III, both computer science
majors, won first place in the 4th Annual Great Valley Business Plan
Competition. The prize was presented at the Great Valley Business
Plan Awards Breakfast.
Howell’s Flowers and Greenhouses, East Stroudsburg and Mount
Pocono, is celebrating its 70th anniversary of serving the Pocono
region with cut flowers, arrangements and flower needs for individuals
and events.
Lehigh Carbon Community College (LCCC) is pleased to announce
that applying for admission online is now free to current and prospective students. To apply for LCCC admission online, individuals must
go to the home page of LCCC’s Web site at www.lccc.edu. A $30 fee
will remain for paper applications.
Outdoor World, one of the nation’s leading membership campground
networks headquartered in Bushkill, is celebrating its 25th anniversary.
Pocono Medical Center recently opened the ESSA Heart and Vascular Institute, a cardiac catheterization lab that is the only facility in the
Pocono region to offer diagnostic catheterization. Beginning in May,
this new service allows residents in the area to receive this specialized
procedure without traveling out of the region.
The Pocono Mountains Vacation Bureau (PMVB), Inc. has awarded
13 beautification grants to local organizations. Beautification Grants
are given annually to groups throughout the four-county Pocono
Mountains region (Carbon, Monroe, Pike and Wayne) that are interested in making improvements to landscaping, signage, lighting, etc. to
enhance curbside appeal. This year’s recipients are:
Coolbaugh Township Historical Association - $400
Delaware Township Supervisors and Penn State Master Gardeners
- $400
Dimmick Memorial Library - $400
Old Jail Museum - $400
Southern Wayne Regional Chamber of Commerce - $400
Friends of Jacob Stroud Corporation - $300
Hawley Borough - $300
Monroe County Historical Association - $300
Equinunk Historical Society - $250
Newfoundland Area Public Library - $250
Pocono Environmental Education Center - $250
Honesdale Improvement Association - $200
Pike County Conservation District - $200
Shawnee Inn & Golf Resort is proud to introduce a brand new fleet
of 104 electric golf carts. Replacing the traditional gasoline-driven
golf carts of the past, this new fleet is battery operated, making them
energy-efficient, emission-free and extremely quiet.
Tobyhanna Army Depot is providing soldiers with computers that
give new meaning to first aid. Technicians in the Computer Service
and Repair Branch are programming computers that allow medics and
other medical personnel to diagnose and treat injuries ranging from
snake bites to gunshot wounds. In addition, the government and industry team has reached a major milestone in keeping aircrews safe. The
Depot, in partnership with Engineering and Professional Services Inc.
(EPS), recently completed the 1,000th AN/PRC-112D survival radio.
This is a new generation radio offering aircrews significant improvements that increase the probability of being rescued.
The Wayne County Chamber of Commerce recently received a
grant from PPL Electric Utilities to partially fund the 2006 Wayne
County Visitor’s Guide.
Weiler Corporation of Cresco, a leading manufacturer of power
brushes for the welding, fabrication and manufacturing industries,
recently conducted a tour for students and faculty of the Monroe Career Technical Institute (MCTI). During the tour, the students learned
first-hand how their electronics and engineering studies can be applied
in the manufacturing industry.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
June 1
BNI (Business Network International), Bartonsville, 7:00 a.m.
– 8:30 a.m. Howard Johnson, Rt. 611 & I-80 Exit 302B, Bartonsville. Contact Karen Sherrill, (570) 895-4242.
June 1
Why Should I Hire You?, 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.; Microsoft
Word Basics, 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Monroe County CareerLink,
Tannersville. Call (570) 620-2850 or visit www.pacareerlink.
state.pa.us.
June 2
BNI (Business Network International), Stroudsburg, 7:00 a.m.
– 8:30 a.m., breakfast. Fee $7. Sherman Theater, Contact Victoria Mavis, Core People Resources, (610) 863-0329.
June 2
Employer Web Site Assistance, 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Monroe
County CareerLink, Tannersville. Call (570) 620-2850 or visit
www.pacareerlink.state.pa.us.
June 3
Maximizing the Financial Benefits of Your Forest Land: A
Forest Landowners Forum, from 9:00 am to 12 Noon, at PPL
Environmental Learning Center. The Pike County Conservation Partnership in conjunction with the Penn State Cooperative
Extension is sponsoring an educational presentation for forest
landowners. Take this unique opportunity to hear experts cover
the tax and financial issues facing private forest landowners.
Also learn how to maximize your returns with conservation
easements, appropriate capital gains record keeping and techniques to minimize inheritance taxes. For more information call
Delaware Highlands Conservancy at (570) 226-3164.
June 4 - June 25
Get to Know Your Computer, The Center for Business & Industry, Northampton Community College, Wednesdays from 1:00
p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Tannersville Campus in Monroe County. Cost
$117. Contact Jennifer Kszak at (610) 861-5331 or visit www.
northampton.edu.
June 5
Computer Basics, 2:00 p.m. Monroe County CareerLink, Tannersville. Call (570) 620-2850 or visit www.pacareerlink.state.
pa.us.
June 5 -August 16
Real Estate Salesperson Program, The University of Scranton,
Center for Continuing Education, Mondays and Wednesdays,
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Fee: $385. Call (570) 941-7582 or visit
www.scranton.edu/cce.
June 6
Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Planning and Design
Training, 9:00 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. Northeastern Pennsylvania
Alliance, 1151 Oak Street, Pittston. RSVP by June 2 required.
For more information contact Jan Chess at (412) 503-4584 or
[email protected], or Kurt Bauman at (570) 655-5581 or
[email protected].
June 6
Job Search Attitude & Barriers Assessment, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00
noon. Monroe County CareerLink, Tannersville. Call (570) 6202850 or visit www.pacareerlink.state.pa.us.
June 6
Action International presents, “Six Steps to a Better Business.”
Find out how can you work less and earn more money by attending this free seminar ($75.00 value) at Howard Johnson,
Bartonsville. 7:30 a.m. Pre-registration is required. Call to
register and for additional information, (570) 992-2442 or (570)
402-0398.
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[email protected], or Kurt Bauman at (570) 655-5581 or
[email protected].
June 8
Salary Negotiation, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon. Monroe County
CareerLink, Tannersville. Call (570) 620-2850 or visit www.
pacareerlink.state.pa.us.
June 8
Pike County Chamber of Commerce, Business Card Exchange,
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Cliff Park Inn, Milford. For more information call (570) 296-8700.
June 8
Achieve Business Solutions and The Alternative Board (TAB)
are hosting an open Peer Advisory Board Meeting at the Pocono Chamber of Commerce in Stroudsburg from 12:00 noon
to 1:30 p.m. TAB Board meetings bring together area business
owners to leverage each other’s collective years of business experience. Seating is limited and advance registration is required.
If you are interested in attending or learning more, fax your
name, business name and phone number to (973) 833-0200, or
call Marcy Turkington at (973) 940-2020. There is no cost or
obligation for attending this meeting. Lunch will be provided.
June 21
Career Exploration & Assessment, 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Monroe
June 21
Membership Mixer, Carbon County Chamber of Commerce,
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., Sunny Rest Lodge, Palmerton. For more
information call (610) 379-5000.
June 21 – Sept. 6
Water Treatment I, The Center for Business & Industry,
Northampton Community College, Wednesdays from 6:00 p.m.
– 9:00 p.m. Fountain Court Campus in Bartonsville. Course
covers water sources, reservoir management, coagulation, plant
operation and safety. Cost $360. Contact Jennifer Kszak at (610)
861-5331 or visit www.northampton.edu.
June 22
June 9
Résumé Critique, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon by appointment only.
Monroe County CareerLink, Tannersville. Call (570) 620-2850
or visit www.pacareerlink.state.pa.us.
June 22
Interview Basics, 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 a.m. Monroe County CareerLink, Tannersville. Call (570) 620-2850 or visit www.pacareerlink.state.pa.us.
June 12
Pocono Mountains Chamber of Commerce, Business Card
Exchange, 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., The Lodge at Mountain
Springs Lake Resort, Mountain Springs Drive, Reeders. Hot
and cold hors d’oeuvres and networking. Advance registration
$10 Chamber members, $20 non-members. At the door, $15
Chamber members, $25 non-members. Call (570) 421-4433.
June 23
June 13
Job Applications, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon. Monroe County
CareerLink, Tannersville. Call (570) 620-2850 or visit
June 13
Pocono Mountains Chamber of Commerce, Women in Business,
12:00 noon. Burnley Employment & Rehabilitation Services,
Snydersville. Topic: Advocacy for Children & Youth, presented
by Elizabeth Weekes. Sponsored by Michelle Chappelle of A
Bookkeeper 4 U. Cost $13 Chamber members in advance, $16
non-members and walk-ins. Call (570) 421-4433.
June 13, 15, 20, 22 27 & 29
MS Project, 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Fee $399. The University of
Scranton, Center for Continuing Education, (570) 941-7582 or
visit www.scranton.edu/cce.
June 15
June 15
E- Résumés, 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Monroe County CareerLink,
state.pa.us.
June 15, 22, 29
Home Computer Security Seminar, 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Fee:
$99. The University of Scranton, Center for Continuing Education, (570) 941-7582 or visit www.scranton.edu/cce.
June 7 & June 14
Chemistry for Water & Wastewater Operators, The Center
for Business & Industry, Northampton Community College,
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Fountain Court Campus in Bartonsville.
Course offers fundamentals of chemistry, including the
concept of matter and its structure, chemical reactions and stoichiometry. Cost $78. Contact Jennifer Kszak at (610) 861-5331
or visit www.northampton.edu.
June 16
June 8
Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Planning and Design
Training, 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Monroe County Public
Safety Center, Snydersville. RSVP by June 2 required. For
more information contact Jan Chess at (412) 503-4584 or
June 20
Job Search Attitude & Barriers Assessment, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00
noon. Monroe County CareerLink, Tannersville. Call (570) 6202850 or visit www.pacareerlink.state.pa.us.
June 9
June 7
Résumés & Cover Letters, 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Monroe
June 8
June 19
Computer Basics, 2:00 p.m. Monroe County CareerLink, Tannersville. Call (570) 620-2850 or visit www.pacareerlink.state.
pa.us.
June 16
Pocono Mountains Chamber of Commerce, Monthly Breakfast,
7:30 a.m., Best Western Pocono Inn, Stroudsburg. Sponsor:
Geisinger Medical Group, Mt. Pocono Health South. Special
Program: Burnley Employment & Rehabilitation. Advance
registration $8 Chamber members, $12 non-members. At the
door, $10 Chamber members, $16 non-members. Call (570)
421-4433.
June 16
June 23
Résumé Critique, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon by appointment only.
Monroe County CareerLink, Tannersville. Call (570) 620-2850
or visit www.pacareerlink.state.pa.us.
June 27
Job Applications, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon. Monroe County
CareerLink, Tannersville. Call (570) 620-2850 or visit www.
pacareerlink.state.pa.us.
June 28
Career Exploration & Assessment, 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Monroe
June 28
Financial Benefits of Conservation, 6:30 pm, PPL Environmental Learning Center Conservation Easements not only help
conserve the working forests, active farms and wildlife habitat,
but can also provide the landowner with income tax and estate
tax relief. For more information call Delaware Highlands Conservancy at (570) 226-3164.
June 29
– 8:30 a.m. Howard Johnson, Rt. 611 & I-80 Exit 302B, Bartonsville. Contact Karen Sherrill, 570-895-4242.
June 29
Mock Interviews (students must have attended Interview Basics
Seminar), 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Monroe County CareerLink,
state.pa.us.
June 29
Healthcare Provider Course- Certification Update. The Learning
Institute at Pocono Medical Center. Storm Street in Stroudsburg.
12:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. For more information call (570) 4266890.
June 30
June 30
If you would like to have your business event listed in
the PBJ Calendar of Events, please submit information to [email protected].
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NEW CORPORATIONS
The Corporation Bureau at The Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, Department of State has informed the Pocono Business Journal that it is in
the process of revising the database access for this
information. Therefore New Incorporation listings
will not be available until further notice.
FICTITIOUS NAMES
The Corporation Bureau at The Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, Department of State has informed the Pocono Business Journal that it is in
the process of revising the database access for this
information. Therefore New Incorporation listings
will not be available until further notice.
DEEDS
(April 2006 - Over $250,000)
Carbon County
Franklin Township
Anthony Novak to Thomas Moore, $259,245.
Kidder Township North
First National Bank of Palmerton to Metro Properties LLC, $287,500, David Ruckno to Robert
Lewis, $346,000, Carl Rappold to Carole Casacio,
$375,000.
Kidder Township South
Ervin Rokke to Robert Bantivoglio, $290,000,
Willow Grove Bank to William Martin, $280,000,
Andrew Canik to Dainious Kairaitis, $260,000,
Aloysius Klitsch to Kieran Loughran, $350,000.
Lower Towamensing Township
Richard Becker to Jesse Stoltzfus, $650,000.
Penn Forest Township
Jack Bergeron to Wade Courtney, $252,000, William McNeely to Martin Konwinski, $254,500.
Monroe County
Barrett Township
Gerald Levanowitz to Ellen Flanagan, $360,000.
Chestnuthill Township
Michael Johnson to Richard Chan, $280,000,
Pearce Enterprises LLC to Chestnuthill Manor
Senior Apartments LP, $275,000, Gloria Gadsden
to Mario Harris, $266,000.
Coolbaugh Township
Pocono Mountain Industries Inc to Pocono Ecoindustrial Park Inc, $285,000, Derrick Handwerk
to Richard Alloway, $463,000, Sanford Nager to
New Point Estate Family Limited Partnership,
$305,000, Christopher Wilkes to Kenneth and
Frances Wisneiwski, $295,000.
East Stroudsburg Borough
Brian Nolan to Michael and Joan Vavrek,
$250,000, Braeside Development LLC to Lalit
and Chitra Sareen, $349,000, Beverly EnterprisesPA Inc to GPH East Stroudsburg LP, $2,825,751,
Charles Dellaria to Anthony and Beatrice Dellaria, $275,000, Marilyn Santomauro to Gabriel
Sima, $310,000, T&T LLC to Frankie Papa,
$255,000, Emerson Nobbee to George Little,
$305,000, George Warden to James and Teri Lynn
Dellaria, $563,000.
Eldred Township
John Butler to Theresa and Robert Cole,
$270,000.
Hamilton Township
John Martin to Elkin and Ana Serna, $265,000,
John DeRosa to William Sloss, $280,000, Gregg
Taormina to Peter Perkins, $340,000, Rudi Lorenz
to Joseph and Donna Burbella, $355,000.
Jackson Township
Ralph Henry to Zaheer and Kausar Ahmed,
$279,000, Raymond Geary Sr. to Perry and
Diane Conte, $250,000, S. Dana Reiter to Marion
Hunter, $364,900, Steven Mitchell to Brian Sherman, $268,000.
Middle Smithfield Township
LTS Development LLC to James and Luz
Mercado, $423,900, Anibal Rodriguez to Kevin
and Christine Fiscus, $280,000, US Home Corp
to Samir and Rexhina Nikshiqi, $508,216, Toll
PA IV LP to Louis and Karen Pallito, $433,736,
C&M Homes at CCP LP to Mohamed and
Noorbanu Mithwani, $337,950, William Stolz to
Robert and Diane Grinaway, $270,000, Toll PA
IV LP to Peter and Tone Anzalone, $407,180,
Francesco DePinto to Jesse Rodriguez, $295,000,
LTS Development LLC to Michael and Yenny
Anderson, $332,800, C&M Homes @ CCP LP
to Linda Williams, $417,716, Jason Eubanks to
Weichert Relocation Resources Inc, $385,000,
Weichert Relocation Resources Inc to Charles and
Tisha Murphy, $385,000, Carmen Prato to Hollow
Realty LLC, $750,000, Toll PA III LP to Charles
and Diane Lusk, $604,231.
Mount Pocono Borough
Charles Paff to Thomas Bierne, $280,000.
Paradise Township
F&D Sales LLC to Tarabane LLC, $350,000.
Pocono Township
Tomasz Wlodkowski to Derrick Thomas,
$289,000, Ann Smith to Blue Pond LLC,
$550,000, J. Curry McLaughlin to Stephen
Brown, $320,000, Good Living Technologies
LLC to Curvan Corbin, $269,700, Richard Mayer
to Bo Kyoung Kim, $515,000, Jacob Learn to
Pocono Township, $497,000.
Polk Township
Scott Davis to Sandra Maxwell-Jones, $435,000,
Robert Serfass to Paul and Arlene McIntyre,
$324,000.
Price Township
Joel Patigailo to Joseph Starkes, $285,000, KalTac Inc to Joshua and Pamela Smith, $399,000,
Raphael Charlenmagne to Babita Balay,
$268,000, Marco Lopes to Ana Rivera, $279,000.
Ross Township
John Cahill to Pradip and Renu Toshniwal,
$250,000, Joseph W Rogouski Construction Inc
to Kevin Dennehy, $258,000, Blue Ridge Homes
LLC to Anthony Kiziuk, $338,000, Glenn Haddock Sr to Brad Horwath, $350,000.
Smithfield Township
Monroe-Pike Land LLC to Salvador and Aurea
Gonzales, $449,800, Behzad Emrani to Rosemarie
Berardi, $579,000, Marla Maichin to Mustapha
Maarouf, $370,000, Terra Greens Inc to East
Stroudsburg Borough, $4,240,425, Betty Decker
to Pocono Palm Group, $260,000.
Stroudsburg Borough
Lloyd Bentzoni to Hartmann Realty LLC,
$299,000, Aaron Stout Trust to Yurkiye and Ahmet Serif, $550,000, Leonard Perroots to Sheyla
Angelopoulos, $277,000.
Stroud Township
LTS Development LLC to Otis Pearson,
$412,800, LTS Development LLC to John and
Patsy Ferreira, $395,930, Buff-Nauman Inc to
Ted Mejia, $361,150, Elise Ehrenberg to Michael
Pribanic, $357,000.Viet Pham to Julio Quispe,
$320,000, LTS Development LLC to Avril and
Keisha Trancoso, $416,600.Mary Vanauken to
Christopher Hewitt, $289,000, Rafael Ortiz to
Carlos Albuja, $250,000, Alexis Rodriguez to
Russell Quinn, $289,900, Jose Rivera to Victor
Lao, $260,000, Edward Mara to Michael Hughes,
$265,000, William Koshefsky to Brian Panuccio,
$390,000, LTS Development LLC to Troy Yarborough, $396,800, Robert Sciarrone to Prudential
Relocation Inc, $350,000, Prudential Relocation
Inc to Scott and April Mills, $350,000, Joseph
Dipipi to Piotr and Agnieszka, $349,900, BuffNauman Inc to Brigida Blanco, $335,000, Jacques
Meyer to Fitzmaurice Community Services Inc,
$385,000, LTS Development LLC to Alton and
Ruth Graves, $349,700.
Tobyhanna Township
Scott Spiezle to Mitchell and Eileen Cove,
$490,000, Simon Mosheshvili to Howard Berlinger, $285,000, Ajayi Ekue to Crystal and Elaine
Nickpee,$288,000, Carl Sarfert to Vincent Brocato, $550,000, Richard Wilder to Frederick and
Anne Michaels, $250,000, Colleen Reese to Gary
and Dera Lenderink, $845,000, James Buck to
John and Carole Longenderfer, $395,000, Michael
Mongiello to Ronald Dobbins, $300,000.
Tunkhannock Township
Kal-Tac Inc to Coleen Sorzano, $310,792.
Pike County
Blooming Grove Township
Charles Schmalzle to Mary Ann Vondersten,
$295,000, Michael Cuomo to Theodore and Ronnie Schwartz, $390,000, Stanley Kaplan to Steven
Kessner, $1,250,000, Sergei Sobolevsky to Gerard
Dunne, $267,500, Kevin Porter to Victor Allegeir,
$257,500, Catherine Notaro to Steven Broad,
$300,000.
Delaware Township
Thomas Bosch to Frederick and Lucille Flynn,
$259,900, Walter Liffick to Robert and Elizabeth
Gerhard, $276,000, Thomas Bosch to Philip and
Becky Brown, $268,500.
Dingman Township
Linda Murphy to Darin Fabrizio, $252,000,
Erik Lenzing to John and Rebecca Thatcher,
$275,000, David Christ to Richard and Terry
Ziemba, $270,000, Carol Ann Phillips to Paul
Brooks, $450,000, Ronald Demczak to Edward
and Denise Nikles, $444,000, Ronald Demczak to
Nikles Realty Inc, $350,000, GST Builders LLC
to Theodore Lamicella, $290,000, Narayanan
Venugopalan to Barbara Tueschler, $350,000.
Lorraine Conroy to Barbara and Dennis Mant,
$255,000, John Reilly to Michael and Anna
Boyle, $350,000, Sunnylands Inc to John and
Priscilla Ferry, $358,000, General Linen Supply
and Laundry Co Inc to David Odenath, $300,000,
Todd Michael Builders LLC to Bruce Diamond,
$419,900, Kelly Ryan to Norbert and Rosa Tassilly, $280,000, Sunnylands Inc to William Hudson,
$334,380, Jens Pilz to Joseph and Tricia Ciarelli,
$350,000, Ciriaco Picone to Jonathan and Jennifer
Eigen, $360,000, James Moran to Michael and
Nanette Kroll, $273,000.
Greene Township
James Seifert to Aaron and Amanda Gillespie,
$444,000.
Lackawaxen Township
Tod Coletta to Harry and Clare Horn, $515,000
,Christopher Haines to Timothy and Annnette
Mezick, $480,000, Saw Mill Properties LLC to
Rolland and Laura Hooey, $618,000, Michael
Levine to Neil and Autumn McShane, $265,000,
Basic Homes of Wayne LLC to Jason Colvin,
$255,000, Howard Hopkins to Joan and Charles
Clark, $320,000, Matthew Margraf to Thomas and
Debra Manzione, $550,000.
Lehman Township
Kalian at Poconos LLC to Jorge and Julieta Ortiz,
$270,486, Kalian at Poconos LLC to Howard Lu,
$274,905, Kalian at Poconos LLC to Guillermo
and Ruth Rivera, $272,785.
Matamoras Borough
Joseph Schwartz to BYJC Investment Group
LLC, $300,000.
Milford Borough
Donna Hamilton to No 611 Broad Street LLC,
$404,838.
Palmyra Township
Randall Newman to Stephen and Nancy Dougherty, $388,500, Joan Keisshauer to John Myers,
$620,000, Richard Painter to Paul Friendshuh,
$530,000, James Bohr to Mark and Mary Ann
Gibbons, $514,000, Mary Sunderland to John
Secoy, $785,000.
Shohola Township
Romano Construction Co LTD to Christopher
Lordi, $271,000, Jose Hernandez to Robert Phillips, $565,000.
Westfall Township
Raymond Calestini to Paddlers Point LLC,
$1,000,000, Craig Sloboda to Michael and
Stephanie Gruodis, $580,000, Delaware
Highlands Properties LLC to Craig and Robyn
Sloboda, $299,487, Delaware Highlands Properties LLC to Robert Melvin, $282,819, Delaware
Highlands Properties LLC to John and Kristine
Reilly, $256,000, Bruce Diamond to Heinz and
Rosemarie Pahl, $307,500.
Wayne County
Clinton Township
Joseph Karpovich to Andrew and Linda Lorenc,
$340,000, Andrew Rocuba to Sheri and Stephen
Allison, $290,000.
Dreher Township
Hilde Wittgenstein Trust to Zomir and Nasima
Uddin, $560,000.
Hawley Borough
Citizens Savings Bank to James and Patricia
Downey, $290,000.
Honesdale Borough
Mickey Kaufman to Sergio Murania, $385,000.
Lake Township
John Livingston to J&D, $300,000.
Mount Pleasant Township
Steve Richner to Mark and Audrey Nebzydoski,
$309,000.
Palmyra Township
Scott Mahoney to Dennis and Janice Mynarski,
$250,000.
Paupack Township
Francis Storm to Glenn and Nancy Dever,
$665,000, Mary Lamia to Anthony Bennie,
$425,000, Byron Lester to Salvatore and Eileen
Lomonaco, $825,000, Yim Sigua to Michael and
Marian Diamond, $255,000, George Pronesti
to Lawrence and Lorraine Ramunno, $725,000,
Craig Aberle to George and Jennifer Pronesti,
$1,475,000, Dolores Thierwechter to John and
Robine DeLeon, $315,000, Lowell McAdam to
Dennis and Claire Keating, $690,000.
Salem Township
Nancy Vandelinde to Cesar Pifano, $385,000, Stephen Stoll to Eugene Wright III, $297,500, Darbla
Inc to S&S PA Holdings, $350,000.
Texas Township
Rodney Telford to Darryl and Tamra Shurgin,
$289,000.
MORTGAGES
(April 2006 – Over $250,000)
Carbon County
Banks Township
MAG of Luzerne County Partnership, Legacy
Bank, $350,000.
Beaver Meadozws Borough
J&N Realty Investments LLC, Citicorp Leasing
Inc, $700,000.
East Penn Township
Gregory Duschak, First National Bank of Palmerton, $650,000.
Franklin Township
Jack Keith, MERS, $518,000.
Kidder Township North
Michael McDonald, Philadelphia Federal Credit
Union, $295,000.
Kidder Township South
Thomas Carney Inc, Sovereign Bank, $1,500,000,
Kieran Loughran, MERS, $280,000, William
Olex, ESSA Bank & Trust, $271,000, Michael
Gray, MERS, $260,000, Joseph Amato, ESSA
Bank & Trust, $380,000, Blue Ridge Real
Estate Co, Manufacturers and Traders Trust Co,
$10,000,000, Big Boulder Corp, Manufacturers
and Traders Trust Co, $10,000,000, Northeast
Land Co, Manufacturers and Traders Trust Co,
$10,000,000, Blue Ridge Real Estate Co, Manufacturers and Traders Trust Co, $3,100,000, Big
Boulder Corp, Manufacturers and Traders Trust
Co, $3,100,000, Northeast Land Co, Manufacturers and Traders Trust Co, $3,100,000.
Lower Towamensing Township
Jesse Stolzfus, National Penn Bank, $615,000,
Samuel Weiner, MERS, $281,511, Philip Miller,
Household Finance Consumer Discount Co,
$324,595.
Penn Forest Township
Timothy Ingle, Home Partners Credit Corp,
$269,000.
Towamensing Township
James Everett, Wachovia Bank, $500,000, Travis
Anthony, Keystone Nazareth Bank & Trust,
$256,500.
Weatherly Borough
Stephen Natafalusy, MERS, $700,000.
Monroe County
Barrett Township
Dawn and Jonathan Rack, MERS/Countrywide,
$337,500, Oscar and Nery Lara, MERS/Countrywide, $262,800.
Chestnuthill Township
Seth and Caryn Band, MERS/Countrywide,
$253,992, Richard Chan, MERS/Flagstar,
$252,000, Endys Suarez, MERS/Pinnacle
Financial, $297,500, Robert and Betty Lou Titus,
Ameriquest Mortgage, $285,000.
Carmencita Madiguid, MERS/Banco Popular,
$292,500, Francisco and Raquel Almeida, MERS/
Countrywide, $286,235, Craig Novak, MERS/
Cardinal Financial Co, $283,500, Chestnuthill
Manor Senior Apartments, Pearce Enterprises,
$275,000.
Coolbaugh Township
Diane Daveiga and Darryl Tomer, MERS/Countrywide, $254,600, Keith and Johnetta Love,
Ameriquest Mortgage, $288,000, William and
Susan Myer, Wachovia Bank, $250,000, Richard
Alloway, Wells Fargo Bank, $463,000, Pocono
Ecoindustrial Park Inc, PennStar Bank/NBT,
$360,000, Cedric and Anicia Tan-Tiangco,
MERS/Capital One Home Loans, $281,000, Blue
Ridge Real Estate Co, Manufacturers and Traders
Trust Co, $10,000,000, Northeast Land Co, Manufacturers and Traders Trust Co, $10,000,000.
Blue Ridge Real Estate Co, Manufacturers and
Traders Trust Co, $3,100,000, Northeast Land Co,
Manufacturers and Traders Trust Co, $3,100,000.
East Stroudsburg Borough
Lalit and Chitra Sareen, Wells Fargo Bank,
$279,200, GPH East Stroudsburg LP, Column Financial Inc, $1,200,000,000. Gabriel Ronel Sima,
MERS/First Financial, $279,000, James and TeriLynn Dellaria, ESSA Bank & Trust, $506,000.
Eldred Township
Theresa and Robert Cole, MERS/Gateway Funding, $278,910, Laura and C. Alan Constable,
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MERS/Countrywide, $278,000, Jeffrey and Gail
Borger, Harleysville National Bank & Trust,
$250,000.
Hamilton Township
Elkin and Ana Serna, MERS/WMC Mortgage
Group, $251,750, Kevin and Tami Forrest,
MERS/USAA Federal Savings Bank, $385,200,
Benito Matos and Linda Correa, MERS/Countrywide, $252,000, Vidya Ponnathpur and Lakshmi
Shankar, ESSA Bank & Trust, $772,400, John and
Cynthia Pfeifer, Beneficial Consumer Discount
Co, $377,089, Peter Perkins, MERS/Indymac
Bank, $272,000, Joseph and Donna Burbella,
CCO Mortgage Co, $266,250, Edward and Lisa
Kennedy, Keystone Nazareth Bank and Trust,
$280,900, S&S Home Builders, Harleysville National Bank & Trust, $800,000, Joseph and Helena
Lalli, MERS/Savings First Mortgae, $348,700.
Jackson Township
James and Karen Saunders, MERS/Wilmington
Finance, $253,800, Kim Williams, Ameriquest
Mortgage, $314,000, Winzor Pierre-Louis,
Ameriquest Mortgage, $297,300, Charles and
Marilyn Ansanyi, MERS/Castle Point Mortgage,
$273,500, Marion Hunter, MERS/Countrywide,
$291,920, Andrew Jefferson and Kenia Alcantara,
MERS/LoanCity, $276,000.
Middle Smithfield Township
James and Luz Mercado, MERS/Countrywide,
$339,120, Susan Cerrato and Kenneth Brown,
Wells Fargo Bank, $269,000, Samir and Rexhina
Nikshigi, MERS/Universal American Mortgage
Co, $345,000, Mohamed and Noorbanu Mithwani, Picatinny Federal Credit Union, $270,360,
William and Sonya Rake, First National Community Bank, $363,590, Toni and Peter Anzalone,
MERS/TBI Mortgage Co, $325,700.
Eric Ferraro and Ellen Artis-Ferraro, MERS/Flagstar Bank, $273,450, Michael and Yenny Anderson, MERS/Countrywide, $316,000, Marcus and
Earlyn Sambury, Citicorp Trust Bank, $256,973,
Linda Williams and Raymond Hausan, MERS/
Credit Suisse Financial, $334,172, Charles and
Tisha Murphy, JP Morgan Chase Bank, $308,000,
Hollow Realty, Carmen Prato, $675,000, Maurier and Darlene Winston, MERS/First NLC
Financial, $395,250, Ana and Gabriel Camacho,
MERS/Gateway Funding Diversified Mortgage,
$288,000.
Paradise Township
Tarabane, Penn Security, $280,000, David DiTota,
PNC Bank, $338,000, David Rosen, MERS/
HSBC Mortgage, $308,000.
Pocono Township
Samantha and Karmel Thomas, Indymac Bank,
$355,300, Stephen Brown, MERS/Aegis Wholesale Corp, $256,000, John and Kathleen Anzivino,
ESSA Bank and Trust, $280,000, John and
Karen Karolidis, MERS/Countrywide, $282,600,
Mohandas and Anaberta Rajwa, MERS/Countrywide, $291,600, Richard Warner, New Century
Mortgage, $280,500, Bo Kyoung Kim, Wells
Fargo Bank, $412,000.
Polk Township
Nicholas and Paula Cataldo, Secretary of Housing
& Urban Development, $262,500, Nicholas and
Paula Cataldo, Financial Freedom Senior Funding
Corp/Indymac Bank, $262,500, Sandra MaxwellJones and James Maxwell, Mt. Olive Financial
Inc, $348,000, A&M Real Estate, Mauch Chunk
Trust Co, $345,000.
Price Township
Joshua Smith and Pamela Bowers-Smith, MERS/
MortgageIt Inc, $375,250, Babita Balay and Nigel
Goday, MERS/HSBC Mortgage, $259,950, Peter
Prosper, MERS/Countrywide, $292,800.
Ross Township
Anthony Kiziuk, MERS/First Financial,
$270,400, Richard and Barbara Flynn, ESSA
Bank & Trust, $288,000, Brad Horwath, MERS/
Greenpoint Mortgage, $280,000, Golden Genberation Worship & Retreat Center, AK Insaat San
Ve Tic As, $2,040,000, Nicole and Eric Skurjunis,
Centex Home Equity, $269,294, David Spadoni,
Lafayette Ambassador Bank, $320,000.
Smithfield Township
Kuang Min Cheng, Suntrust Mortgage, $632,184,
Janusz and Maria Grabinski, Emil Puswald,
$800,000. Townhomes at Ivy Ridge, ESSA Bank
& Trust, $1,200,000. Townhomes at Ivy Ridge,
ESSA Bank & Trust, $1,000,000, Townhomes
at Ivy Ridge, ESSA Bank & Trust, $1,050,000,
Salvador Gonzales, MERS/First Horizon Home
Loan, $359,840, Errol Muir, Commercial Funding
Corp, $292,500, Clarence and Jennifer Stayman,
Beneficial Consumer Discount Co, $276,457.
Viola Bosetti and Aleem Azaad, MERS/Quicken
Loan, $281,700, Papa Fall and Julie Cohen,
MERS/Ohio Savings Bank, $320,000.
Stroudsburg Borough
Fuel Depot, Valley National Bank, $416,000,
Robert and Laurie Miller, Valley National Bank,
$416,000, Robert and Dorothy Gonzalez, F&F
Associates, $325,000.
Stroud Township
Otis Pearson, MERS/Countrywide, $330,240,
John and Patsy Compton, MERS/Countrywide,
$270,000.Ted Mejia, MERS/First NLC Financial,
$343,000, Michael Pribanic, MERS/Weichert,
$357,000, Debra Smith, Webster Bank, $266,000,
Patricia Billy, MERS/BNC Mortgage, $390,000,
Richard and Mary Eller, MERS/Decision One,
$252,000, BMJ Mortgage LP, Wayne Bank,
$350,000, Julio Quispe, MERS/Century 21,
$256,000, Avril and Keisha Trancoso, National
City Mortgage, $395,700, Richard and Yvonne
Fitzsimmons, Secretary of Housing & Urban
Development, $298,500, Richard and Yvonne
Fitzsimmons, Financial Freedom Senior Funding
Corp, $298,500, Hector and Jacqueline Quijano,
Argent Mortgage, $266,548, Brian Panuccio,
Keystone Nazareth B&T, $312,000, Troy and
Lisa Yarborough, HSBC Mortgage, $350,000,
Francesca and Philip Carollo, MERS/American
Home, $250,000, Scott and April Mills, Wells
Fargo, $270,000, Piotr and Agnieszka Ogrodniczuk, MERS/Wachovia, $332,400, Brigida Blanco,
MERS/First NLC Financial, $268,000, Neil and
Jodi Iorio, Argent Mortgage, $339,300, Jacqueline Powell-Jones, MERS/Americas Wholesale
Lender, $274,400, Fitzmaurice Community
Services, PNC National Bank, $308,000, Clinton
Ault, MERS/Bear Stearns Residential Mortgage
Corp, $304,000.
Tobyhanna Township
Mitchell, Eileen and Howard Cove, MERS/
Lighthouse Mortgage, $392,000, William and
Judith Davis, JP Morgan Chase Bank, $250,000,
Shawn and Jean McClellan, Bryn Mawr Trust Co,
$250,000, Crystal and Elaine Nickpee, Option
One Mortgage, $273,600, Bethanne and James
Albright, Premier Mortgage Funding, $412,000,
Curtis Herman, Manufacturers and Traders Trust
Co, $500,000, Brenda Evans-Streete, HSBC
Mortgage, $276,500, William and Donna Allan,
Citibank Federal Savings Bank, $280,000, Thomas and Mary O’Mara, Wachovia Bank, $355,610,
Gerald and Siti Braun, National City Mortgage,
$292,500, Gary and Debra Linderlink, Keystone
Nazareth Bank & Trust, $545,000, Juan Molina,
MERS/Countrywide, $310,865, Blue Ridge Real
Estate Co, Manufacturers and Traders Trust Co,
$10,000,000, Blue Ridge Real Estate Co, Manufacturers and Traders Trust Co, $3,100,000.
Tunkhannock Township
Robert and Jacqueline Hawthorne, HSBC Mortgage, $258,900, Corey Martin and Lorraine Maldonado, Wells Fargo Bank, $275,500, Wilfredo
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and Charlene Dones, MERS/First national Bank
of Arizona, $259,000, Kevin and Roseann Delano,
MERS/WMC Mortgage, $342,000, Northeast
Land Co, Manufacturers and Traders Trust Co,
$10,000,000, Northeast Land Co, Manufacturers
and Traders Trust Co, $3,100,000.
Pike County
Blooming Grove Township
Glenn and Mary Ann Strys, Liberty Savings Bank
FSB, $272,250, Vincent Acierno, MERS/Countrywide, $446,250, Arline Woronoff, MERS/Countrywide, $555,750.
Delaware Township
Robin and Claudia Marx, MERS/Countrywide,
$380,000, Lev and Elena Litman, MERS/Wilmington Finance, $455,000, Charles Kannebecker,
National City Bank, $350,000, Robert and Jill
Boyle, HSBC Mortgage, $279,200, Lenard and
Elaine Venraper, MERS/Wilmington Finance,
$381,600.
Dingman Township
Mary Ann and David Ruby, Wayne Bank,
$520,000, Joseph and Justine Cody, Wells Fargo
Financial, $383,293, John and Rebecca Thatcher,
MERS/GMAC, $261,250, Douglas and Monica
Collman, MERS/Mortgage It Inc, $294,350,
James and June Ward, MERS/Countrywide,
$341,460, Richard and Terry Ziemba, Sussex
Mortgage LLC, $253,750, Paul Brooks, Wachovia
Bank, $405,000, Walter and Mary, Wachovia
Bank, $250,000, Barbara Tueschler and Jack
Lenigan, MERS/Coldwell Banker, $270,000,
Kevin and Jilleen Flynn, MERS/First Horizon
Home Loan Corp, $260,000, Joseph and Tricia
Ciarelli, Wayne Bank, $265,600, Thelma Raider,
GMAC/MERS, $300,000, John and Melissa
Cipollaro, HSBC Mortgage Corp, $291,000,
James Milidantri, Countrywide/MERS, $337,300,
Michael and Nanette Croll, MERS/Ohio Savings
Bank, $264,810, Bruce Diamond, MERS/PHH
Mortgage, $$335,920.
Greene Township
Amanda and Aaron Gillespie, Honesdale National
Bank, $417,000, Ted Snopek and Jacek Smaborski, MERS, $339,079.
Lackawaxen Township
Harry and Clare Horn, Wells Fargo Bank NA,
$412,000, Thomas and Eloise Antal, MERS/
Franklin American Mortgage, $347,000, Rolland
and Laurie Hooey, MERS/Ohio Savings Bank,
$417,000, Jeffrey and Donna Bond, MERS/First
Horizon, $281,943.
Lehman Township
Joseph and Stephanie Berson, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, $330,000, Joseph
and Stephanie Berson, Seattle Mortgage Co,
$330,000, Maurice and Michelle Wells, National
City Mortgage, $269,813, Kristina Neumann,
MERS/Suntrust Mortgage, $264,000.
Matamoras Borough
Melissa and Felix Diaz, MERS/USAA, $252,964.
Palmyra Township
Stephen and Nancy Dougherty, Mauch Chunk
Trust Co, $310,000, John and Joellen Myers,
MERS/LoanCity, $417,000.Paul and Tammy
Friendshuh, MERS/Wachovia, $365,000, Steven
and Bridget Gelderman, Honesdale National
Bank, $400,000, Joseph and Marlene Regenski,
Honesdale National Bank, $290,000, Mark and
Mary Ann Gibbons, MERS/Amerisave Mortgage,
$410,000, Melinda and Eugene West, Wayne
Bank, $417,000, Melinda and Eugene West,
Wayne Bank, $383,000, John and Mary Beth
Secoy, MERS/Priority One, $628,000, Robert
Bowen, MERS/Home Loan Center Inc, $284,000,
William Giove, Wells Fargo Financial, $332,802.
Shohola Township
Mary Ann Malhame, Wachovia Bank, $400,000,
Michael Schroeder, MERS/First Franklin,
$427,000, Troy and Robin Mulqueen, Citizens
Savings Bank, $262,400.
Westfall Township
Andrew and Beverly Kelleher, Citifinancial Mortgage, $250,000, Michael and Stephanie Gruodis,
Victor Gruodis, $600,000.
Wayne County
Cherry Ridge Township
David and Jill Dulay, Honesdale National Bank,
$300,000, Gerald McDonald, MERS, $337,500.
Clinton Township
Bryan and Arlene Mulholland, MERS, $256,000.
Damascus Township
Christoph and Katharine Vonstrasser, Dime Bank,
$600,000.
Dreher Township
Zomir and Nasima Uddin, MERS, $400,000,
Peter and Lisa Holzapfel, Citizens Bank of PA,
$300,000, Farid Jaber, New Century Mortgage,
$405,000.
Hawley Borough
James and Patricia Downey, Dime Bank,
$325,000.
Lake Township
Robert and Frances Kingsley, CitiFinancial
Services Inc, $318,559, Dominick and Debra
Mutascio, Equity One, $658,300.
Lebanon Township
John and Debra Donaldson, Franklin Mint Federal
Credit Union, $360,000.
Lehigh Township
Donna Shehadi, Fairway Consumer Discount Co,
$300,000.
Paupack Township
Glenn and Nancy Dever, MERS, $300,000,
Francis and Stacey Williams, Dime Bank,
$259,700, Jeffrey and Laurie Cholish, MERS,
$320,000, John and Michelle Middleton, Indymac
Bank, $594,000, Frank and Donna Zingani,
MERS, $400,000, John and Robine Deleon, CCO
Mortgage, $250,000, Dennis and Claire Keating,
MERS, $552,000, Anthony Bennie, Wells Fargo
Bank, $335,000, Samuel and Dawn Bean, Wachovia Bank, $250,000, George and Jennifer Pronesti,
MERS, $942,500.
Preston Township
Ronald Koller/Robert Strunk/David Strunk,
Wayne Bank, $845,077.
Salem Township
Hamlin Distributors Inc, Dime Bank, $250,000,
Cesar Pifano, MERS, $270,400, Salvatore Culotta, MERS, $650,000.
Texas Township
Daryl and Tamra Shurgin, MERS, $260,100, Anthony Fritz, Honesdale National Bank, $400,000.
MERS = Mortgage Electronic Registration
Systems
Disclaimer: Deeds and mortgages recorded as
accurately as possible adhering to the cover dates
in the County Recorders office.
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