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Bulldogs edge Wildcats

LAKE HUNTINGTON, NY— After a slow start, the home-team Bulldogs of Sullivan West (6-7) posted the first points on the board in a non-league varsity hoops matchup on Tuesday, January 28, against …
50th anniversary archive

Bowling News

Callicoon Lanes is offering all lea­gue bowlers in its establishment a chance to win a “free game” of open bowling.  During the month of February, a man who rolls four …

Yes! Eldred is D-Champs 

Published March 24, 1988 GLENS FALLS, NY — “No hope” was the taunt of a spirited Greenwood cheering section early in the first quarter of Saturday’s New York State Class …
Editorial
The first edition of The River Reporter was printed on December 3, 1975.  The way I tell the story is that the paper was founded by the first managing director of Lincoln Center, Tom …
Leisure

DAMASCUS, PA — Tannis Kowalchuk and the theater troupe Farm Arts Collective are halfway through their 10-year cycle of plays about climate change—but “we haven’t exhausted …

The Mamakating Library has obtained a new collection: The S. David Phraner Local History Collection. This curated collection includes over 40 books donated by author S. David Phraner. The collection …
LIVINGSTON MANOR, NY — Livingston Manor Central School (LMCS) Class of 2027 is hosting Billy Martin’s Cole All Star Circus on Friday, February 14. The show will start at 6:30 p.m. in …
MAMAKATING, NY —  The Mamakating Library is hosting the Year of the Arts throughout 2025. The goal is to nurture the community’s love and appreciation for the arts in all its forms. …
Police Blotter
February 6 sentencings in Wayne County Court

HONESDALE, PA — Wayne County District Attorney A.G. Howell announced the following cases were addressed by the Honorable Janine Edwards, President Judge Wayne County Court on  February 6, …

Updated: Drive-by shooting in White Mills leads to arrest

Hoffman indicted for production, possession of child pornography

Scranton man gets 252 months for fentanyl distribution

Hawley woman charged for cocaine, fentanyl and OxyContin sales

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More Upper Delaware

(Reprinted with permission from Mr. Eldred’s “Historically Speaking” column in the Jan.-Feb.-Mar.: 2011 issue of the Wayne County Historical Society Newsletter.) The battle of …

In October of 1828, the Delaware & Hudson Canal opened for business, just a little over three years after the initial groundbreaking for the project.  The canal would prove to be one of …