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The story of "stuff" will be presented by the Carbon County Environmental Education Center at 7 p.m. Friday, March 12. This 20-minute video explains how big business manipulates you as a consumer, and how that manipulation affects the environment. It focuses on the connections between environmental and social issues, and encourages sustainability. A short bonus video, "The Story of Cap and Trade" and discussion will follow. Eco-responsible snacks will be available.

Going Undercover! No, we're not talking secret agents or the FBI.

The new deck located next to Molly Maguires Pub & Steakhouse on Hazard Square in Historic Downtown Jim Thorpe has just gone under the cover of a large canopy as final preparations have been completed for it to be opening at 11 a.m. for Sunday's St. Patrick's Day parade in the County seat community.

Pirate Captain Stacey Olewine, reading specialist, coordinated the fun activities for Towamensing Elementary students as they celebrated Read Across America. She is greeting, left to right, Emily Dailey, Connor Russo and Joseph Schwarz from Mrs. Greth's second grade class, to the Pirate Room. All the students from K-4th grade visited the Pirates Room where they made pirate medallions, played Dr. Seuss computer games, unscrambled pirate words, played pirate bean bags and even walked the plank. bookmarkers, journals to chocolate coins.

If you think the West End and parts of Monroe County are without homeless people, guess again.

Family Promise of Monroe County, a nonprofit non-denominational organization, had a booth at the Pleasant Valley Night of Unity event to try to make the community aware of the problem and offer ways to help those in need of a shelter.

The national organization helps communities mobilize them into providing safe shelter, meals and support services for homeless families. It also provides programs designed to redress the underlying causes of homelessness.