Mary Curtis, a junior at Honesdale High School, will be attending the Presidential Youth Inaugural Conference in Washington D.C. from January 17 to January 21, 2009. (MORE)

Lucy Harrington of Honesdale loves her brand new baby brother.

 Wayne County Commissioners, on New Year’s Eve, passed the 2009 budget with no changes and set the tax rate the same as it was for 2008, 3.16 mils. This includes 2.75 mils for general purposes and .41 mil for debt service. The budget totals $30.1 million.

Two men were arrested for invading a Paupack Township home three weeks ago, and one man is still on the run.

Marileta S. Robinson was honored for 20 years of service during the recent Highlights for Children holiday luncheon at The Settlers Inn in Hawley.

 Residents of Mount Pleasant Township will have no increase in taxes this year. During the year end meeting on December 30, township supervisors announcedthat the Township closed the year carrying no debt and voted to approve the budget for 2009.

Here is the complete round-up of highlights from front page news  in The Wayne Independent for 2008 in Wayne County, Pa.

State police are investigating a breaking and entering at Waymart Beverage on Saturday.

On Friday, the Wayne Pike Chapter of the American Red Cross and the Southern Wayne Chamber of Commerce will join together to collect at least 60 pints of lifesaving blood at the Hamlin Bingo Hall in Hamlin.

“I just think if we can save one life, it’s well worth it.”
Susan Sadak of Honesdale knows the difference an automatic external defibrillator (AED) can make when someone’s having a heart attack or cardiac event.

DUI police patrols will continue in full force through New Year’s Eve and over the weekend.

The county’s unemployment rate spiked, three-tenths of a percentage point, to 5.7 percent in November, according to a state Department of Labor report released Wednesday.

Honesdale Borough Council adopted the following measures and changes at Tuesday night's meeting.

One hundred and three years ago, religious pilgrims walked up and over the 1,900-foot Moosic Mountains, a 10-mile arduous journey from the Mayfield area, Lackawanna County, to South Canaan Township, Wayne County.

Here is a round-up of highlights from front page news  in The Wayne Independent for 2008, October to December, in Wayne County, Pa. A complete, one-year edition, will be published online on Friday.