Local government leaders agree on a preferred new name for a controversially named creek. At the Wednesday, Feb. 28, Smithfield Township Board of Supervisors meeting, Smithfield Township Conservation ...

Municipalities involved in the process of renaming Sambo Creek have a preferred name, Paemasing Creek. This comes 16 years after efforts to rename the controversially named creek began. Smithfield ...

The elected officials in Monroe County and the National Geographic Naming Board should be commended for removing the racist stain of Sambo Creek from our maps. The creek should be renamed in honor of ...

Kate Larison of East Stroudsburg is concerned about the effects of building a 700-unit housing development along the picturesque Sambo Creek, which she says is natural playground for children in ...

The state Department of Environmental Resources has agreed to study the Sambo Creek in Stroud Township, Monroe County, to determine whether it should be upgraded in quality classification. A citizens ...