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Posted on: December 10, 2019

NRCS Prepares for Flood Safety Dam Rehab Projects

A view from Garrett Dam show the pond and outlet structure in a late fall landscape.

HONESDALE –Decades ago, the precursor of USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) built a series of flood protection dams to grapple with a long line of floods from 1933 to 1955, causing more than $218,413 in damages.

In 1958, the then-...

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Posted on: November 29, 2019

Human Services Costs Help Drive Up Budget, 2020 Taxes

HONESDALE -- The Wayne County Commissioners presented the proposed 2020 General Fund and Debt Service Budget at their meeting Thursday morning, which calls for a one-mill tax increase in the new year.

For the past two years, the Commissioners have been usi...

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