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PA farm world’s first Regenerative Organic Certified hemp grower

Pocono Organics has been designated as the first and only Regenerative Organic Certified hemp producer in the world.

Brian Myszkowski, Pocono Record

• One of the largest cannabis fests in the country is headed to the Poconos
• Film festival to highlight Lenape community
• Lehigh Valley fests worth the trip

According to a study done by online fashion retailer Boohoo, Pennsylvania is among the top-10 most festival-obsessed states in the country― and the Poconos are no exception. April kicks off festival season in northeast Pennsylvania and the Lehigh Valley.

Read on for our staff’s festival picks.

Pennsylvania Cannabis Festival to take place at Pocono Raceway

Pennsylvania’s 9th annual Cannabis Festival is headed to the Tricky Triangle. The festival, themed “Pocono420” will take place April 22-23 at the Pocono Raceway in Long Pond. The Scranton-based festival is one of the largest on the East Coast, second only to the Boston Freedom Rally.

Presented by CuraLeaf, the 18 and over festival boasts two concert stages, more than 300 vendors and 30-plus food vendors. Enjoy headliners such as Bong Hits for Jesus and Space Kamp on the day stage, and rock out to Kottonmouth Kings and Mendo Dope for Saturday night concerts, among other acts.

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(The Center Square) – A new effort to redesignate the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area as a national park and preserve has reignited old controversies among property owners wary of further government intrusion.

Facing off on the issue are the Delaware River National Park & Lenape Preserve Alliance – who is spearheading the congressional petition for the redesignation – and the Delaware Water Gap Defense Fund, also known as No National Park, who feel the area’s current status is satisfactory.

Bob Fitch, media liaison for the Lenape Preserve Alliance, says it wants to place “this gem of our national heritage into the jeweled crown of the national park system where it has always belonged,” enhancing its protection and prestige.

The recreation area spans 70,000 acres along a 40-mile stretch of the Delaware River, from northeastern Pennsylvania to the western edge of the Kittatinny Mountains in New Jersey’s Warren and Sussex counties. At the time of its original designation, it did not fit the characteristics of a national park.

The petition calls for 9,760 acres – 14% of the area – to become a national park, the majority of which surrounds the river. Over 56,000 acres would become a preserve on which hunting would be allowed.

Delaware River National Park and Lenape Preserve’s proposal to redesignate portions of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area as a national park, as illustrated in this map.

Delaware River National Park and Lenape Preserve

No National Park worries, however, that doing so will increase traffic, damage infrastructure in the park and surrounding communities, cost too much money, restrict hunting and farming, and lose more property through eminent domain.

The group’s concerns stem from historical precedent – the memory of which causes…

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Jackson Logar pitched five innings of one-hit ball and struck out 11 while allowing five walks to lead Shawnee past Lenape 10-0 in Medford.

Shawnee (4-1) took a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning before adding three more runs in the second. Oskar Heino hit a three-run home run and scored a run.

Shawnee’s Danny Scullion also went 3-3 with a home run, two RBI, and one run. Evan Lure finished 2-2 with two RBI and one run.

Grant Hunter recorded the sole hit for Lenape (1-2).

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Craig Epstein may be reached at cepstein@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @CraigEpstein18.

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