Community Corner
🌱 How a Stroudsburg wildlife center is fighting to save Ruby the opossum
And check out Chair Cardio/Movement on the Stroudsburg Patch calendar
Hello Stroudsburg! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How a Stroudsburg wildlife center is fighting to save Ruby the opossum
- Which Stroudsburg standouts made this week's EPC football stat leaderboard?
- What exactly did a Stroudsburg naturalist see looping over town in 1958?
Also on today's calendar: Life Group | The Rock Place Stroudsburg and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Cloudy most of the time, with a high of 74 and low of 59 degrees.
- Friday: A passing afternoon shower, temps: high: 83, low: 50.
- Saturday: Mostly sunny and not as warm, with a high of 71 and low of 45 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• An Opossum Named Ruby Was Struck by a Car and Left on the Roadside. Rescuers Soon Uncovered the Saddest Part of Her Story (people.com) — Stroudsburg's Pocono Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Center is caring for Ruby, an injured opossum found on a local roadside who turned out to be a nursing mother likely separated from her babies. Staff describe her head trauma and slow recovery while asking the community to support Ruby and thousands of other wild animals they treat each year. 
• EPC football stat leaders: Parkland's TJ Lawrence put up great numbers, but his value went beyond stats (mcall.com) — Stroudsburg football fans can see exactly how their Mountaineers stack up in the latest Eastern Pennsylvania Conference stat leaders, with Stroudsburg players appearing among the top rushers, passers, receivers, and sack leaders. The piece also explains how Parkland star TJ Lawrence's season-ending injury reshapes the league race, offering context for upcoming matchups against Stroudsburg.
• The freakiest UFO sightings in Pennsylvania history (keystonenewsroom.com) — Stroudsburg gets a spooky shout-out in this roundup of Pennsylvania's strangest UFO sightings, including a 1958 report from a local naturalist who saw a looping, pickle-shaped object in the sky. From Kecksburg to Bucks County and beyond, the story revisits decades of unexplained lights, odd shapes, and official investigations that never found clear answers.
📸 Around Stroudsburg
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Stroudsburg
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★ Featured events ★
- Chair Cardio/Movement →
Hughes Library, 1002 North 9th Street, Stroudsburg
2:00 pm
Friday October 2
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Other local events
- Life Group | The Rock Place Stroudsburg →
WINGZ AND A PRAYER, 9 North 6th Street, Stroudsburg
7:00 pm - Pocono Liars Writers' Workshop →
Hughes Library, 1002 North 9th Street, Stroudsburg
9:00 am - Glen Run Hike October 2026 →
Glen Run Nature Preserve, 740 Bangor Mountain Rd, Stroudsburg
9:00 am - PINKALICIOUS, The Musical →
Sherman Theater, 524 Main Street, Stroudsburg
3:00 pm - Rebel Reapers →
Sherman Showcase, 522 Main Street, Stroudsburg
7:00 pm - The Rock Place Pennsylvania Sunday Service! →
The Penn Stroud Stroudsburg - Poconos, an Ascend Collection Hotel, 700 Main Street, Stroudsburg
11:00 am - Pocono Para-Con →
Sherman Theater, 524 Main Street, Stroudsburg
12:00 pm - Free Sunday Film: Project Hail Mary (2026) →
Hughes Library, 1002 North 9th Street, Stroudsburg
2:00 pm - Preschool Storytime →
Hughes Library, 1002 North 9th Street, Stroudsburg
10:00 am - Lapsit →
Hughes Library, 1002 North 9th Street, Stroudsburg
11:00 am - Drop-In Fly-Tying Demo & Practice with Trout Unlimited (Mondays) →
Hughes Library, 1002 North 9th Street, Stroudsburg
1:00 pm
Friday October 2
Saturday October 3
Sunday October 4
Monday October 5
📣 Stroudsburg Shout Outs!
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- ShopRite posted a job opening for ShopRite - CSA/Carts Clerk in Stroudsburg. Apply here.
- CROSSMARK posted a job opening for Retail Merchandiser- Part Time (HIRING ASAP) in Stroudsburg. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Stroudsburg here.
🗞 Nearby News
East Stroudsburg
- Pennsylvania School Breakfasts Climb 13% as State Honors Top 10 (mychesco.com)
- Pink Power Zumbathon (discovernepa.com)
- Local college football roundup: Nazareth's Kuehner a scoring machine for Lafayette (lehighvalleylive.com)
Bangor
- Girls soccer rankings for Sept. 30: There's some shuffling at the end of the Top 12 (lehighvalleylive.com)
Ok Stroudsburg! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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