Texas Township has a problem.
Here we go again.
For the past several months, we have been trying to unearth records related to Starrucca Borough and what seems to be shenanigans which took place for a long period of time.
In Florida today, voters are going to the polls to cast ballots in the Republican Presidential Primary election.
Though it’s a long way from here, and much warmer, what’s happening in Florida and in other primary states could have direct ramifications for Pennsylvania and the entire country.
The issue of parking in Honesdale has once again been brought up.
Even though there is certainly a new direction when it comes to the Honesdale Borough council, that doesn’t erase the past.
At The Wayne Independent, we try very hard to listen to what our readers have to say and make adjustments if warranted.
H.L. Mencken, the world-renowned student of the English language, writer, thinker, reporter and hard-hearted curmudgeon, has as many quotes useful in illustrating some of my own bitter and more contemptuous views than I have hairs on my head.
In our Thursday edition, we featured a story about Janine Edwards, the newly elected district attorney in Wayne County.
It’s a sad day for us here at The Wayne Independent.
Dick Kreitner, who for 22 years has written his cooking column for this newspaper, is hanging up his spatula.
It’s a sad day for us here at The Wayne Independent.
At the writing of this editorial, America was honoring the memory of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
There’s an old saying, “We’ve always done it that way.”
On Friday of this week, an incident involving an arrest of someone accused of asking youth in Honesdale to sell drugs for him showed us why some things just have to change.
A very wise Székely man once said “Nem azért hogy együnk, azért eszünk hogy éljünk.”
Though Hungarian is often impossible to translate into English, a rough translation of this phrase might be ‘We don’t live for the joy of eating, we eat for the joy of living.”
It might be a small step, but the fact the Honesdale Borough council even discussed the matter of the break-ins at the zoning office is one in the right direction.
The council voted unanimously this week to ask its solicitor to write a letter to the district attorney asking the case be turned over to the office of the state attorney general.
On the left side of this page today you will find a new feature in the newspaper.
It’s called “Wayne Highland Highlights” and features news and happenings from the school district. It will appear each Thursday in The Wayne Independent.
On Monday night, the Honesdale Borough council voted to reopen the 2012 budget. This was no surprise since the group said that was a top priority.
With only 100 of them in existence, we felt privileged today to be able to conduct an in-depth interview on Monday morning with Sen. Pat Toomey, the Pennsylvania Republican in the U.S Senate.
Wanted: A mayor and member of the council in the borough of Honesdale.
