Patrick Briegel, Pocono Township's acting manager, controls the sewer system and sits on the county's industrial land board. Five years. No disclosure.
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Blackstone Doesn’t Build Data Centers. It Buys Data Centers. And It Just Told Pennsylvania It Wants More.
Opinion & Analysis A reader wrote in after “Built to Convert” ran. They’d heard the Warner Road project was tied to Blackstone, that Core5 was building it for the private equity giant, and that money was changing hands somewhere it shouldn’t. They asked us to look. So we did. Who Is Blackstone? Blackstone is the...
Who asked for the Data Center Overlay District near the Core5 site?
Six properties. One overlay. Somebody requested it. The public record doesn’t say who — but the list of suspects is very short. Opinion & Analysis · PoconoReview.com In April 2026, the Pocono Township Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a Data Center Overlay District covering six parcels near the intersection of Warner Road and Route 715....
Where is the library money?
For almost a year, residents of Pocono Township and Jackson Township have been paying a library tax for a library that doesn’t exist. Nobody has told them how much has been collected. Nobody has told them where it went. At the June 15th Board of Commissioners meeting, Donna McMahon stood at the podium and asked:...
Core5 – What’s Really At Stake
Opinion & Analysis I wrote that Charles Keppler and Matt Long closed the door on data centers in Pocono Township. They moved fast. They tightened the ordinance. They stripped the overlay zones. They added decommissioning requirements. I meant every word of it. But clearly, I was wrong. The door isn’t closed. It’s not even closing....
Mike Velardi Calls the “Idiots” “Cowards” and Resigns His Seat as Commissioner
Pocono Township commissioner resigns mid-meeting after delivering a prepared speech attacking the board majority — two weeks after calling residents “idiots” from the dais. Pocono Township, PA — Commissioner Mike Velardi resigned from the Pocono Township Board of Commissioners during the June 16, 2026 regular meeting, delivering a lengthy prepared statement in which he accused...
Commissioner Velardi Throws Tantrum After Board Pushes Back on His Plan to Regulate Away Voters Rights
Commissioner Velardi Throws Tantrum After Board Pushes Back on His Plan to Regulate Away Your Rights Opinion | PoconoReview.com Commissioner Mike Velardi stood up at last week’s Pocono Township Board of Commissioners meeting, said “this is bullshit,” called residents in the audience “idiots,” told the board chair he didn’t care that he was out of...
Built to Convert: The Case That Core5 at Stroudsburg Is a Data Center Disguised as a Warehouse
An Investigative Analysis of Spec Anomalies, Zoning Timelines, and Industry Patterns in Pocono Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania In Pocono Township, a 702,000-square-foot warehouse is rising on 86.68 acres at 246 Warner Road in Tannersville. (Core5’s own property listing shows 88.68 acres; Monroe County tax assessment records show 86.68 — the county’s surveyed parcel figure is...
