How beautiful the flowers on the trees and bushes are this year. The month of May is finally here and so are the dandelions. Did you know the blanched leaves have been recommended as a winter salad, and the roots are eaten as such by the French. Its root has been used to adulterate coffee in a similar way to chicory. Even though they spread far and wide by the wind, you've got to admit if you look close, they are a pretty bright yellow flower.

Brian Bates enjoys the coziness of his small student body at Damascus Christian Academy, and yet has had the beenfit of world-reaching horizons through participation on mission trips.

The Wayne Independent is conducting a month-long reader vote to determine the best restaurants in the area. You may vote for any restaurant in Wayne County, the Lake Wallenpaupack region and surrounding areas like Callicoon, Narrowsburg, Hancock and Greentown.

How big is the Universe? One could also ask such philosophical questions as how small are we? Given the minuscule atoms and even smaller particles making up those atoms that make up matter all around, it seems we are somewhere in the middle as we either look out with our telescope or look down with our microscope.

“I’m a people person,” says Bettie Hopler of Dyberry.

Do Something features events in and around Wayne County, Pa. If you have an event you would like to publicize, please e-mail dosomething@wayneindependent.com.

President Bush, when referring to America's enemies around the world, and especially in the Middle East, often calls them "evil." Until recently  Syria, Iran, and North Korea formed the "axis of evil."  Americans, on the other hand, are uniformly good, brave, and freedom loving."

Ever struggle with arithmetic, and have only distant memories of algebra class back in high school? Those of us who may be “number challenged” can have much respect for others for whom mathematics actually comes... easy.

Yarn friends, Betty Cipriano and Sue Reinfurt, both of Beach Lake, met through an article in The Wayne Independent.

Celebrating her 100th birthday at Bethany Village on Friday, resident Ruth Havens said the best part was being with good friends. Seated by her side was her kid sister and roommate, 96-year-old Virginia.

Get up and greet the milk man and enjoy what the sky has to offer! Milk man? I must be showing my age. Please tell me some communities still have milk deliveries at your front door!

Today, April 25, marks the 10th Anniversary of the Red Hat Society. Six local chapters gathered at the Fireside Restaurant in Dyberry Thursday in celebration: Fireside Floozies of the Honesdale Area; Merry Red Hats of Pleasant Mount; Chatty Chicks of Lookout; Scarlet O’Hatters of Hawley; Trout Town of Roscoe, NY; and Royal Garnettes of Jeffersonville, NY. Fireside Floozies pictured, standing left to right: Alvena Bagdonas, Sharon Cunningham, (Queen) Debbie Ranner, Muriel Lindgren, Dolores Keesler, and Mary Suozzi. Seated, same order: Pat Stoeckle and Marilyn Levin.  

Members of the Encounter Revival Ministries team, 20-year-old Kevin Lowe Jr. of Beach Lake and 18-year-old Stefanie Beals of Honesdale are determined to make a difference for Christ.

The weather has been very windy lately and the windmills on top of the mountain have been in full motion for making electricity. Its on our mountain, but the electricity is going elsewhere. This doesn't make much sense.

Joe Maressa of Hawley is Post Quartermaster (Chief Financial Officer) for the VFW  Post 531 in Honesdale. He’s also a five-year member of the American Legion Post 311, Hawley.