HONESDALE, PA — Officials in Honesdale have a plan to eventually fix the borough’s declining infrastructure, which appears to worsen with every significant rainstorm. But progress has …
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By OWEN WALSH
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4/19/22
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HONESDALE, PA — With warmer days ahead, the Borough of Honesdale is facing another rainy season without immediate solutions to its stormwater problems. Increased rainfall each year, the …
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By OWEN WALSH
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3/23/22
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Jonathan Charles Fox is away right now, but we don’t want you to miss him. So here’s a column from five years ago. So much has changed! But, as Heraclitus and Jonathan say, that is the …
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By JONATHAN CHARLES FOX
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1/26/22
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HONESDALE, PA — An overarching feeling of change underpinned the Honesdale Borough Council’s January 3 organizational meeting, its first public meeting of 2022.
The mayor’s …
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By OWEN WALSH
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1/11/22
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HONESDALE, PA — Honesdale Borough’s finance committee has released an initial draft of the 2022 budget. With a New Year’s Eve deadline to officially adopt the budget, any number of …
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By OWEN WALSH
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11/23/21
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Fall arrived officially on September 22; I don’t recall anything exciting happening that day, except that the sun passed directly over the equator, thus marking the arrival of the autumnal …
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By SCOTT RANDO
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11/3/21
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HONESDALE, PA — Honesdale Borough is considering a new approach to tax collection that has residents less than enthused. Last Wednesday evening, September 28, borough councilors asked residents …
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By OWEN WALSH
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10/5/21
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TUSTEN, NY — On September 12, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that Sullivan County had been added to the Major Disaster Declaration that provides federal funding for recovery from Hurricane …
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By LIAM MAYO
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9/28/21
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PA & NY governors issue school mask mandate
HARRISBURG, PA & ALBANY, NY— Allison Beam, acting PA health secretary, issued an order on Tuesday, August 31, requiring masks to be worn …
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9/7/21
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What's new in the Upper Delaware Region August 26 to September 1
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8/24/21
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HONESDALE, PA — Enhancements to infrastructure and the beautification of the borough were the main talking points of the Honesdale Borough Council’s previous meeting on July 19.
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By LYLE T. GALLOWAY
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7/28/21
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Edward Jake Lang, the former Sullivan County resident who was arrested on January 16 for his alleged role in storming the Capitol Building, pleaded not guilty in federal …
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By OWEN WALSH
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2/18/21
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NEW YORK STATE — Gov. Andrew Cuomo today declared a state of emergency in New York City and nine other counties throughout the Hudson Valley and Long Island. Specifically, the counties included …
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2/1/21
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NEWBURGH, NY — Edward "Jake" Lang, formerly of Narrowsburg, has been arrested by the FBI for his alleged involvement in storming the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6.
The FBI's New York …
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By OWEN WALSH
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1/17/21
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NARROWSBURG, NY — According to videos and photographs posted to his social media accounts, Edward “Jake” Lang, formerly of Narrowsburg, joined fellow …
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By OWEN WALSH
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1/15/21
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Winter started this year with a snowstorm that averaged from one to two feet of snow that fell mostly through the night. Some areas of the northern tier of Pennsylvania and across the border to New …
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By SCOTT RANDO
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12/30/20
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HONESDALE, PA — The multi-million dollar project to address various stormwater issues facing the Borough of Honesdale remains unfinanced for the time being. Councilor and grants committee chair …
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By OWEN WALSH
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10/13/20
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HONESDALE, PA — Two residents had questions about the Honesdale Police Department during the borough council’s public meeting last week. Local store owner Gina Pritchard, who found her …
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By OWEN WALSH
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9/30/20
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GRAHAMSVILLE, NY — The day Tropical Storm Isaias arrived, Priscilla Bassett lost a tree.
It fell across the road that runs from her house to the main road, blocking …
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By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ
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8/19/20
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HONESDALE, PA — Due to flooding from tropical storm Isaias, Mayor Sarah Canfield declared a disaster emergency in Honesdale Borough at around 4 p.m. on August 4. In addition to the previous …
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8/4/20
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