Children’s Service Center Takes Over Behavioral Health Services for Merakey

HONESDALE – In late October, the Children's Service Center (CSC) and its affiliate, Robinson Counseling Center (RCC), assumed behavioral health services in Wayne

County previously offered by Merakey (NHS).

"Good hires from Merakey's former staff couple...

APPRISE Helps Seniors Make Decisions about Medicare

HONESDALE – The Open Enrollment Period for Medicare ends on Dec. 7, and the Wayne County Area Agency on Aging has Apprise Counselors on hand who can help seniors wade through the available plans and what will best serve their needs.

The Apprise s...

Residents Receive Training as Advocates at Julia Ribaudo Facility

LAKE ARIEL -- Six people graduated from the PEER program at the Julia Ribaudo Extended Care Center and recently received certificates for their efforts from State Senator Lisa Baker and the Wayne County Commissioners.

The PEER program trains resident advoc...

State Police Notice Needle During Traffic Stop

HONESDALE – A serial drug dealer could spend up to seven years in state prisonafter being sentenced by Wayne County President Judge Janine Edwards on Thursday.

Richard Garth Weiss, 46, of Honesdale, pleaded guilty to a felony count of  P...

Wayne County Jury Convicts Child Molester

HONESDALE – A Hamlin man has been found guilty on four felony and two misdemeanor charges related to a series of attacks on a young girl over the course of a year and a half.

Following a two-day trial earlier this week, the jury deliberated appro...

Wayne Judge Okays Extension for Hankin Pond Engineering Work

HONESDALE -- Wayne County Solicitor Lee Krause announced Thursday that the Wayne County Court of Common Pleas accepted a joint motion to continue a planned hearing on the breaching of the Hankins Pond Dam in Mount Pleasant Township. 

The county, a...

Wayne Pike Trails & Waterways Alliance Trail Planning Project

HONESDALE (Nov. 15, 2018) – With its study committee assembled, the Trails Feasibility Study recently began efforts to review all aspects of the possible construction of a multi-use trail along the Lackawaxen River Corridor from Hawley to Honesd...

Children’s Service Center Takes Over Behavioral Health Services for Merakey

HONESDALE – In late October, the Children's Service Center (CSC) and its affiliate, Robinson Counseling Center (RCC), assumed behavioral health services in Wayne

County previously offered by Merakey (NHS).

"Good hires from Merakey's former staff couple...

Wayne Sheriff’s Dept. Crams Cruisers for Christmas Bureau

HONESDALE --The Wayne County Sheriff’s Department plans to hold its annual “Cram the Cruiser” Toy Drive on Friday, Nov. 23, to benefit the Wayne County Children’s Christmas Bureau.

Cruisers and deputies will be on ha...

County Urges Residents to Take #BroadbandTest

COMMONWEALTH – Access to affordable, reliable high-speed broadband Internet service stands as the most significant key to unlocking positive economic growth and development in Wayne County, according to several years of research dating back to the 2010 Co...