The Palmyra (Wayne) Auditors and Board of Supervisors are not seeing eye to eye again after the Auditors lowered the Roadmaster’s pay by more than 37 percent.
With significant snow accumulations forecast for much of Pennsylvania on Feb. 5 and 6, PennDOT today urged motorists to avoid traveling Friday night through Saturday evening and urged those who must venture out to pack an emergency survival kit.
Agents from the Attorney General’s Child Predator Unit have recently arrested three suspected internet predators, including Joseph Thomas Ursich, 41, Hawley, a chef from Wayne County accused of sending 14 nude webcam videos to an undercover agent using the online profile of a young teen.
Every 24 hours in the United States 3,600 hundred cases of diabetes are diagnosed, 614 people die, 225 amputations occur and 120 kidneys fail from diabetes according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
On Wednesday Feb. 3, at 12:45 midnight, Honesdale Borough Police were notified by a citizen about a suspicious package located on the sidewalk of 10th Street next to a building.
The Wayne County Beekeepers Association and Penn State Cooperative Extension in Wayne County invite you to a chance of a lifetime experience to start a new hobby on Saturday, Feb. 13 from 10:30 am to 3 pm, at the Wayne County Visitors Center, 303 Commercial Street in Honesdale.
The development of Wayne County’s energy-related natural resources such as coal, water, and wind, have at times provided great opportunities while also presenting challenges. To meet those challenges several groups have formed the Wayne County Oil and Gas Task Force.
Ryan Curtis, 24, of Scranton was arrested and charged with two felony counts of Robbery, two misdemeanor counts of Simple Assault and two counts of Theft for robbing an employee at the Turkey Hill store on Main Street in Honesdale Borough, Jan. 29 around 11 pm.
Pike County District Attorney Ray Tonkin announced two Pike County men were each sentenced in the Pike County Court of Common Plea by President Judge Joseph Kameen to a period of incarceration in a state correctional facility for not less than seven years to not more than 14 years. Curtis Allen Jenks of Matamoras, 20, and David Allen Cooper of Shohola, 19, previously entered guilty pleas to one count of Rape of a Child.
As part of its ongoing concern with threats to American democracy, Waynepeace will sponsor a discussion of “Corporate Personhood and Corporate Power” at the Wayne County Public Library, 1106 Main St., Honesdale, on Tuesday, Feb. 2, at 5 pm.
Pike County resident Ted Yale will be holding a meet and greet session with voters next week to formally kick off his campaign for U.S. Congress in the 10th district. He will first need to win the Republican primary in May before facing incumbent Democrat Chris Carney in the November election.
Thousands of workers are needed to successfully execute the 2010 Census in our area and the Scranton office of the U.S.Census Bureau will hold a job info event at the Shurway Market in Greeley at the corner of routes 434 and 590. This will be held on Saturday, Jan. 30 from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm.
With heavy rains and strong winds spreading across the state today, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) District 4-0 warns motorists to take precautions when driving during inclement weather. PennDOT urges motorists to be aware of safety hazards that may pose a potential risk and to DRIVE FOR CONDITIONS they encounter.