Senior Residents Can Receive Farmers Market Vouchers

HONESDALE – Wayne Area Agency on Aging participates in the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program that provides $20 worth of vouchers to eligible seniors.

The vouchers will be distributed through the Wayne County Seniors Centers, including the H...

Wayne Memorial Health Foundation Community Grants Available

HONESDALE -- Non-profit groups providing health-related programs or services in Wayne or Pike Counties, or Carbondale or Forest City areas, in need of support funding may qualify for a Community Grant from the Wayne Memorial Health Foundation (WMHF). The ...

Honesdale Teen Arrested w/Mobile Meth Lab

HONESDALE – State Police arrested 19-year-old Seth Ian VanValkenburg of Honesdale yesterday evening, after stopping him for motor vehicle violations. He was found in possession of drug paraphernalia and was driving under the influence.

According ...

Man Faces Charges of Soliciting Another to Commit Homicide

HONESDALE – Wayne County Detectives arrested Robert Malpasse, 49, of Moscow Tuesday on one count of criminal homicide, multiple counts of aggravated assault and two counts of stalking, most of which are felonies.

District Attorney Patrick L. Robi...

County Discusses Wayne Tomorrow at Foxhole Session June 27

HONESDALE – “Getting out of Your Foxhole,” a Wayne Library Alliance series of informative networking opportunities for small business entrepreneurs in Wayne County, will host members of the steering committee for the Wayne To...

County Honors Children & Youth Workers for ‘Selfless Dedication’

HONESDALE – The Wayne County Commissioners marked Child Welfare Professionals Appreciation Week with a proclamation recognizing the efforts of the men and women of the County Children & Youth Services Department.

CYS Director Rozalyn Burke wa...

County Launches Petition to #SaveHankinsPondDam

HONESDALE -- The Wayne County Commissioners seek the support of the community in trying to alter the fate of the historic Hankins Pond Dam.

Constructed by hand as a reservoir to feed the Delaware & Hudson Canal, the 1000-foot-long dam at Hankins Pond w...

PennDOT Crews Plan to Improve 130+ Miles of Roads in 2018

HONESDALE – Officials from PennDOT District 4 have released the 2018 map of construction and re-surfacing projects in Wayne County, with the vast majority of work scheduled in the southern half of the county with about 100 miles of surface impro...

Lake Region Municipalities Seek Input on Plan

HAWLEY — The three Lake Region communities of Hawley Borough and Palmyra and Paupack Townships are now engaged in updating their joint Comprehensive Plan and the public is invited to complete an online public opinion survey being conducted to so...

Upper Delaware BioBlitz Highlights Local Biodiversity

STARLIGHT – From June 29 to 30, teams of scientists will gather on a demarcated property for 24 hours to collect, identify, and catalog a single specimen of every single species they can find. Then they invite youth and their families to meet th...

Conservation District Sponsors Native Plant Walk at BioBlitz

STARLIGHT --- As part of the Upper Delaware BioBlitz 2018, the Wayne Conservation District sponsors a Native Plant Walk led by Laura Silverman. It takes place from 10:30 to 11:30 am as part of the public participation aspect of the BioBlitz at the Gales p...

Conservation Seeks Sponsors for Woodmen’s Event at Fair

HONESDALE (June 19, 2018) – Since the early 1980s, the Wayne Conservation District has provided a public forum for the men – and women – of the timber harvesting industry to strut their stuff by organizing the annual Woodsmen...