radioNovo News for Stroudsburg: September 11, 2026

           A NEW JERSEY MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO UP TO TWO YEARS IN PRISON FOR INDECENTLY ASSAULTING AN INTOXICATED WOMAN AT A MIDDLE SMITHFIELD TOWNSHIP PARTY. 24-YEAR-OLD JEREMY VERA OF UNION CITY, PLED GUILTY TO MISDEMEANOR INDECENT ASSAULT FOLLOWING A DECEMBER 2024 INCIDENT AT A SHORT-TERM RENTAL. A MONROE COUNTY JUDGE SENTENCED VERA TO FOUR-AND-A-HALF MONTHS TO TWO YEARS, ALONG WITH FIFTEEN YEARS OF SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION.          ON THIS 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SEPTEMBER 11TH TERRORIST ATTACKS, MONROE COUNTY REMEMBERS SEVEN LOCAL RESIDENTS LOST IN THE TRAGEDY.           AMONG THOSE KILLED WERE SOUTH TOWER WORKERS GEORGE LOPEZ, HARRY BLANDING JUNIOR, JOE FLOUNDERS, MARY MELENDEZ, AND PHIL MILLER. ALBRIGHTSVILLE RESIDENT TIMOTHY O’SULLIVAN DIED WHILE EVACUATING THE NORTH TOWER, AND PORT AUTHORITY POLICE OFFICER WALTER MCNEIL WAS KILLED AFTER RESPONDING TO THE SCENE.                    NEWS BROUGHT TO YOU BY "WE FIGHT FENTANYL."            THE OPIOID CRISIS IS REAL.  LISTEN TO THE "DOSE OF REALITY PODCAST"  AT WE FIGHT FENTANYL-DOT-ORG.  POWERFUL STORIES.  HONEST CONVERSATIONS.           LAURA LEBEAU, RADIO NOVO NEWS.