Point in Time Count Helps Bring Funds for Homelessness

HONESDALE (Jan. 10, 2020) – The Wayne County Housing Department fields a cadre of volunteers in late January for the annual Point In Time (PIT) homeless count.

For several years, the county has been hitting the pavement and providing outreach eff...

Wayne Aging Offers Support Group for Caregivers

HONESDALE–The Caregivers Support Group, sponsored by the Wayne County Area Agency on Aging, meets on the second Wednesday of the month at the Earl J. Simons Senior Center at 323 Tenth St. in Honesdale from 1:30 to 3 pm.

The experienced and unders...

Man Charged with Delivery of Crystal Methamphetamine

HONESDALE --  Wayne County District Attorney A.G. Howell announced a 41-year-old man has been captured and charged with selling close to an ounce of crystal methamphetamine to a confidential informant in the Beach Lake  area in October 2...

Newf'ld Man Gets State Prison Term for Failing to Identify Himself Properly

HONESDALE -- Wayne County President Judge Janine Edwards handed down the following sentences in the Wayne County Court of Common Pleas on Thursday, Jan. 2:

BRANDON MATTHREWS, age 25, of Newfoundland, PA, was sentenced to the StateCorrectional Institution f...

Conspiracy, Suspended License Send Two to County Jail

HONESDALE -- Wayne County President Judge Janine Edwards handed down the following sentenced in the Wayne County Court of Common Please on Thursday, Dec. 26:

JEREMIAH GUTHRIE, age 50, of Honesdale, PA, was sentenced to the Wayne County Correctional Facilit...

Drug Dealer Gets Time Served for Possession

HONESDALE: Wayne County President Judge Janine Edwards handed down the following sentences in the Wayne County Court of Common Pleas on Thursday, Dec. 19:

PIERRE SCHANDALL, age 27, of Honesdale, PA, was sentenced to the Wayne County Correctional Facility f...

Wayne County Man Faces Charges of Selling Lethal Fentanyl in H'dale

HONESDALE -- Borough Police filed charges against a Beach Lake man for selling the drugs that resulted in the fatal overdose of a Honesdale man in September 2019.

Wayne County District Attorney A.G. Howell said 47-year-old George Hazimof of Orchard Heights...

PA Link To Community Care

Do you or someone you know need services? The new PA Link to Community Care website is designed to help persons with disabilities and seniors find information that will connect them to supports and services in their community. Consumers and family members...

County Truck Scale Closes for Repairs

The Truck Scale at the Wayne County Recycling Center will be closed for repairs from Monday, January 13th until further notice. We anticipate that the scale will be closed for a 3-4 week period. We’re sorry for any inconvenience.

Wayne Swears in First Female County Commissioner

HONESDALE – Jocelyn Cramer took her seat on the Wayne County Board of Commissioners for the reorganization meeting Monday afternoon, just hours after she was sworn in as the county’s first female commissioner.

Her colleagues, Chairman Brian Smith and Commi...

Wayne County Prepares Solid Waste Plan for Public Review

HONESDALE  – The PA Municipal Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act requires counties to look comprehensively at where their waste is going and insure it is being disposed of properly.

The plans must be updated every 10 years, and ...