News Briefs 1/30/19

Posted 1/30/19

Pike man sentenced after foot chase MILFORD, PA — Thomas Allen Shafer, age 30, presently housed in the Pike County Correctional Facility, was sentenced to three months to six months in the Pike …

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Pike man sentenced after foot chase

MILFORD, PA — Thomas Allen Shafer, age 30, presently housed in the Pike County Correctional Facility, was sentenced to three months to six months in the Pike County Jail and fined $700  for the crimes of resisting arrest, possession of drug paraphernalia and flight to avoid apprehension. 

Shafer was a passenger in a vehicle observed by the state police to be weaving along Route 507 in Palmyra Township on July 20, 2018. When the trooper activated his emergency lights and siren, the vehicle sped off, then decelerated when Shafer jumped out of the passenger door and fled on foot. Shafer was brought down with the use of a taser. Shafer continued to ignore commands when being placed under arrest. Shafer was also found in possession of a marijuana pipe.

Delaware River Watershed Initiative wins award

REGION — The American Water Resources Association (AWRA) announced on January 25 that the Delaware River Watershed Initiative is the 2018 winner of the association’s prestigious Integrated Water Resources Management Award (IWRM).

“It is so exciting to win the prestigious AWRA IWRM Award,” said Carol Collier, senior advisor for Watershed Management and Policy at Drexel University, who submitted the nomination packet on behalf of the DRWI Coordinating Committee. “The Delaware River Watershed Initiative (DRWI) is a bottom-up, non-regulatory approach, engaging over 50 non-government organizations (NGOs) working with landowners and local government officials to improve the water quality and biological communities of local streams. The more local streams that are improved or protected, the better the whole Delaware River Basin will be. We thank AWRA for recognizing this example of IWRM.”

New water quality models, mapping and GIS tools were developed specifically for the Delaware Basin, along with specific social and collaborative skills. The initiative brought together non-government organizations that were used to competing for funds and resources.

The awards committee had this to say when announcing DRWI as winner of the association’s award, “The DRWI is quintessentially IWRM. We loved the project’s commitment to institution and relationship building, including developing a basin-wide community willing to self-fund needed projects in the future.”

NPS back to work with

shutdown over for now

BEACH LAKE, PA — Staff at Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River resumed regular operations on Tuesday January 29. The delay in resumption of regular operations—after the partial federal shutdown officially ended—was due to the need to ensure safe access to park facilities for employees and visitors, officials said.

“We anticipated it would take one to two days to plow parking areas and walkways to provide access to employee offices and potentially longer to fully open the Roebling Bridge area,” a release said. All areas of the park are expected to be accessible to the public by Friday February 1. Visit www.nps.gov/upde for updated information about the park.

Delgado town hall 

PINE PLAINS, NY — U.S. Representative Antonio Delgado (NY-19) held his second town hall on January 25, in Dutchess County. His first town hall was earlier last week in Rensselaer County.

Delgado discussed his commitment to accessibility and transparency. “I want to be as great a constituent services congressman as I can,” Delgado said. “I want you to feel that you can come to me regardless of your political affiliation and know that I will listen to you, and take what you tell me back to Congress so I can be a genuine advocate on your behalf.”

The town hall occurred just after the bipartisan deal to reopen the government after the partial federal government shutdown. Delgado addressed his support for the deal to reopen the government, the harm the shutdown caused in Upstate New York and the votes he took in an effort to end the shutdown. He emphasized the importance of ensuring that the government stays open and that another shutdown does not occur in three weeks.

Other topics discussed included getting money out of politics;  Delgado’s support for HR1, a historic government reform bill that addresses the imbalance of corporate power in our democracy; as well as support for a public option in order to bring down health care costs and achieve universal health care coverage.

Delgado plans to hold 11 town hall meetings this year, one in each county in the district.

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