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 largest data center owner in...
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. The overlay made data centers...
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: where is the library tax...
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. Not until the vote is...
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Pocono Residents to Benefit from $193 Million State Tax Relief
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New State Unit Strengthens Protections for Seniors in the Poconos
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Lights, Camera, Poconos! When Hollywood Came to the Mountains (And Nobody Noticed)
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ADL Report Reveals Alarming Surge in Antisemitism Across Pennsylvania
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5 Hilarious Historical Facts About the Poconos (Pennsylvania’s Oddest Vacation Destination)
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Zoning Hearing Scheduled for Water Gap Wellness Facility in Smithfield Township
SMITHFIELD TOWNSHIP, PA – A contentious zoning dispute involving a substance abuse treatment facility will come before the Smithfield Township...