Three district attorneys came together on Friday to announce that an important program to educate local children on the vices of the Internet has been restored, thanks to a $20,000 grant from a U.S. telecommunications provider.

Farming’s been in Ellis Dix’s blood since day one.
“I was born on my dad’s dairy farm ...in Starlight, up in the northern part of the County. He rented my great-grandfather’s farm,” Ellis said of his dad, David. His great granddad’s name was Sylvester Dix. Ellis is a seventh generation farmer. 

 With a hearing on the subject scheduled for the December meeting, the Sterling Township Board of Supervisors is nearly set to approve a four percent tax on hotel patrons staying in the Township.
After months of debate, research, and waiting for resolution of a tax assessment appeal for Howe’s Comfort Inn at the intersection of Rt. 191 and Interstate 84, a draft ordinance is finally ready, and pending one minor revision, will be put before the people of the Township for discussion December 14 at 7 p.m.

The proposed 2010 budget for Berlin Township was presented Tuesday night with no increase in taxes. Chairman Paul Henry, however, expressed concern.

 A ribbon cutting was held Thursday, the opening day for the new Rite Aid store at Hamlin Corners.

A lawsuit has been filed in federal court seeking compensation from a natural gas drilling company operating in Dimock Township, Susquehanna County.

A coalition of local government agencies and non-profits are continuing their push to employ individuals with disabilities in the region.

 State inmates now being housed at the Wayne County Correctional Facility are providing boarding money for the county. That’s  a switch from the days before the new prison was opened in 2008, when the county spent great amounts to board excess inmates elsewhere.

 Concerned over the need for more township income, Manchester Supervisors have proposed to raise real estate taxes for 2010. This would be their first millage increase since 1987, said Chairman Steve Macey.

 Township taxes will be stable for Damascus taxpayers in 2010, said Chairman Jeffrey Dexter, at the Supervisors’ meeting Monday night.

After years on the waiting list, the Hawley-Lake Wallenpaupack Chamber of Commerce finally has its new digs, and a new executive director to go with them.

The final draft for the recreation plan at the County property in Berlin Township, was approved Tuesday by the Commissioners.

How a mechanical engineer can become a sort of Dean Martinesque performer making the rounds singing Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, and Johnny Cash is a tale of how life can turn oh so easily on a dime.

A revision of the Wayne Highlands School Board policy for pregnant and parenting students clarifies the amount of time a student may be absent if complications arise.   

Two people walked out of the Texas Township supervisors meeting Monday night, frustrated with the supervisors failure to act on repeated requests for a township website. “Make a motion to table it or make a motion to do it. Don’t just sit there and act like we don’t exist,” said supporter Marty Erk, one of two men who eventually left.