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STROUDSBURG — Tim Primrose remembers how old the Stroudsburg High School rifle team’s equipment was even in the 1990s, when he attended Stroudsburg High. “They were using rifles from the ’70s,” said Primrose, owner of Primrose Landscaping in East Stroudsburg. When the Stroudsburg School Board recently voted 6-2 against a $4,730 grant offered to update the rifle team’s equipment, because that grant came from the National Rifle Association, Primrose and others expressed disappointment. Viewed by many as opposing gun control, the NRA has been at the center of controversy in the wake of the February fatal mass shooting at Marjory...

STROUDSBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania woman said she was attacked, after urging a group of teens to be quiet during a movie. Cindy Santamaria-Williams, of Stroudsburg, said the three girls were loud and cursing, so she “shushed” them. After the movie, the girls were waiting for her outside with five other teens. Santamaria-Williams suffered a broken eye socket and bruises during the attack. "They immediately jumped on me and knocked me to the ground, punched me in the face," she said. She said she hopes someone will come forward to help police catch the young suspects. “They were in my...