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Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives quietly passed a bill requiring the Inspector General of the Department of Defense (DoD) to conduct a review into whether the Pentagon experimented with ticks and other blood-sucking insects for use as biological weapons between 1950 and 1975.

If the Inspector General finds that such experiments occurred, then, according to the bill, they must provide the House and Senate Armed Services committees with a report on the scope of the research and "whether any ticks or insects used in such experiments were released outside of any laboratory by accident or experiment design," potentially leading to the spread of diseases such as Lyme.

Ajit Pai is continuing his multi-year battle against local broadband regulation with a plan that would stop cities and towns from using their authority over cable TV networks to regulate Internet access.

Chairman Pai's proposal, scheduled for a vote at the Federal Communications Commission's August 1 meeting, would also limit the fees that municipalities can charge cable companies. Cable industry lobbyists have urged the FCC to stop cities and towns from assessing fees on the revenue cable companies make from broadband.

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Barrett Township

PennDOT Bridge Inspection Forces will conduct inspections on PA 191 between PA 390 and Sand Spring Road on Tuesday, with northbound lane restrictions from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Supervisor, Barrett Township
John Seese (D) – 161 *

Auditor, Barrett Township
Karen L. Herring (R) – 202 *

Here is a look at PennDOT roadwork plans for this week:

PA 390 between PA 447 and Pike County Line; daytime lane restriction. 6/20/19 to 6/21/19, 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM for pothole patching

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Long Road in Buck Hill Falls
To be closed Tuesday & Wednesday 6/18 and 6/19

Now this is a view.

Just about the whole watershed of Brodhead Creek is spread out far and wide below the red rock ledge where I stand. Delaware Water Gap – the destination of every drop of water in every creek in the watershed – is in the distance. Skytop’s West Mountain curves in from the left.

...the land, trails, and facilities here are privately owned, but the public is welcome to enjoy them by paying a small fee. 

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BARRETT TWP., Pa. - Police in the Poconos say a suspected heroin dealer tried to cover up a man's overdose death by hanging the body in a garage to make it look like a suicide. 

Chester Botch, 50, of Barrett Township, Monroe County, was arrested Friday.

I've been seeing lots of signs around town saying "Help Wanted"!

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I will post the job opening on the site.  

According to the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Debt Management, the U.S. government is just five years away from the point where every new dollar it borrows from the public will go toward funding interest payments on the national debt.

Barrett Township has four elected positions on the ballot this year.  Summary:

• Supervisor John Seese (D) is running for re-election, unopposed
• Karen Herring (R) is running for Auditor, unopposed
• Nobody is running for the second open auditor position
• Judge Phillip Riley is running for Magesterial District Judge 43-4-02, unopposed