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It’s Fall Foliage Festival time
Ready, set, October! Leaf peepers and festival goers flock to Jim Thorpe, the gateway to the Pocono Mountains, on October weekends each year for the Fall Foliage Festival, train rides, hayrides at...
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Edgar Allen Poe visits the Rex House on Jim Thorpe’s historic Race Street
Edgar Allen Poe, as portrayed by literary historian Edward Moran, will visit the Rex House, for a midnight reading of the Raven, as part of a literary Halloween celebration on historic Race Street....
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Ghosts and gargoyles galore in Jim Thorpe
Ghosts on Broadway? You decide. Another better late than never post. I’ve always wanted to meet a ghost…but only at the precise moment that I am ready to meet one and not a moment before. If you’d like...
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Get a jump on Black Friday with Jim Thorpe’s Customer Appreciation Day
Happy Friday! While many are counting the days until next week’s Black Friday, shoppers in Jim Thorpe can catch some great deals today as part of Customer Appreciation Day. Try Selena’s new Remembering...
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Meet under the mistletoe this Olde Time Christmas
Olde Time Christmas in Jim Thorpe officially began last night with the Christmas parade down Broadway, the lighting of the Christmas Tree in the Josiah White Park by the train station and the lighting...
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Jim Thorpe named 2012 Best of Philly: Best Romantic Getaway
Horse-drawn carriage rides down Jim Thorpe’s historic Race Street are a highlight of many a romantic weekend getaway. The world is finding out what we’ve known all along – romance and Jim Thorpe are...
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Check out WHYY’s Newsworks tonight
Tune in to WHYY’s 90.9 FM tonight between 6 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. to learn more about the Bruce Conner postcard collection that Chris and I would like to help keep in Northeast Philadelphia. We at the...
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Cure for cabin fever in Jim Thorpe
Got cabin fever? Need a winter getaway without going far away? Come to Jim Thorpe, recently named Best Romantic Getaway by Philadelphia Magazine. While Jim Thorpe – the gateway to the Poconos- is a...
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Irish eyes will be smiling in Jim Thorpe this weekend
Waking to birdsong on the first of March means not only that spring is around the corner but also that pipe bands will soon be marching down Broadway in Jim Thorpe for the 16th annual Carbon County St....
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Another Irish weekend in Jim Thorpe
Jim Thorpe merchants offer plenty of options to get your Irish on. With the Tartan Terrors and the Manhattan Lyric Opera bookending shows at the Mauch Chunk Opera House this St. Patrick’s Day weekend,...
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Spring full of fun in Jim Thorpe
Who needs April in Paris when you can enjoy springtime in Jim Thorpe? The forsythia, lilacs and trees are beginning to bloom in Jim Thorpe, just in time to celebrate Saturday’s Earth Day Festival and a...
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It’s a beautiful day to enjoy Jim Thorpe
The Race Street Park is a perfect spot to take in the beauty of Jim Thorpe. Blue skies, sunshine – there’s no better place to enjoy it than in Jim Thorpe, the gateway to the Pocono Mountains. Rent a...
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Happy Birthday Jim Thorpe
Rest in Peace, Bright Path. This weekend the town of Jim Thorpe honors the man Jim Thorpe, the athlete of the century. Despite the lawsuit and subsequent debate, the people of Jim Thorpe are doing...
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Time to enjoy summer season in Jim Thorpe
After what seemed like an endless winter and a chilly spring, we are looking forward to a great summer season in Jim Thorpe, the Gateway to the Pocono Mountains. The Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway is...
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Jim Thorpe rocks summer
Summer may have officially started in June but summer fun in Jim Thorpe is really heating up now that we’re in July. Ben Taylor rocked the Benjamin Franklin Parkway last night as part of the Philly Jam...
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Shop ’til you drop in Jim Thorpe
While Jim Thorpe’s unique shops along Broadway and Race Street hold special appeal for locals and visitors alike, this weekend’s 7th annual Merchants and Neighbors Sidewalk Sale expands fun shopping...
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Jim Thorpe is Most Fun Small Town in America Finalist
2010 Grand Marshal Hugh Dugan gets the crowd going during the 2011 St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Rand McNally announced yesterday that Jim Thorpe is the top vote-getting finalist in its 2013 Best of the...
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Simon & Garfunkle tribute kicks off Jim Thorpe Fall Foliage Fun
Mother Nature turns on the color in Jim Thorpe, the gateway to the Pocono Mountains, each fall. Just as folks make their annual pilgrimage to see the technicolor displays of Mother Nature each fall in...
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Thankful in Jim Thorpe
November is a month when we more consciously turn our thoughts to appreciation – from thanking the men and women who have served our country on Veterans Day to thanking God for our blessings on...
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Experience the enchantment of Olde Jim Thorpe this Christmas
Hikers found this fairy cottage on Flagstaff this week. Jim Thorpe is a magical place any time of the year. Each Christmas, however, it takes on a whole new feel with the town’s celebration of Olde...
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