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Where is the Delaware River deepest? New map poster shows 113-foot answer
Where is the deepest part of the 330-mile Delaware River? Where it is also widest, where the river meets the Delaware Bay? Try Narrowsburg, New York. A new map has been published showing the mysterious contours of what is called the “Big Eddy Narrows.”. The river, the longest free-flowing...
Route 1017 roadwork to begin Monday
PennDOT will be performing milling and paving work on Route 1017 (Delaware Drive) between Mill Rift Road and Avenue C beginning Monday, May 20 through the second week of June. Delaware Drive will be closed between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. Emergency personnel and school buses will be granted access while work is being done. Motorists are encouraged to take an alternate route to avoid major delays in the Mill Rift area.
UGI announces upcoming price increases
EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — UGI Utilities announced upcoming increases in rates for consumers. UGI will increase rates by 4.5% for residential customers, 6% for commercial customers, and 6.5% for industrial retail customers starting June 1. According to UGI, on June 1 consumers will see an increase in rates followed by an additional increase projected by […]
76-year-old anti-abortion activist from N.J. sentenced to prison for blocking D.C. clinic
A Sussex County woman recognized as a leader in the anti-abortion movement was sentenced to 27 months in prison for blocking access to a Washington, D.C. reproductive healthcare clinic in 2020. Joan Bell, 76, of Montague, was convicted at trial in September 2023 along with two other defendants of felony...
Softball Recap: Eldred wins going away against Liberty
Eldred put the finishing touches on their sixth blowout victory of the season on Monday. Everything went their way against the Liberty Indians as the Eldred Yellowjackets made off with a 16-4 win. That's more bragging rights for Eldred, who also won the pair's last head-to-head. Chloe Warming spent all...
Man who lost son to overdose wants to rebuild Hawley skate park, rename it Awareness Park
A man from Tafton, who started a foundation in memory of his son who died from a fentanyl overdose, has proposed to Hawley Borough to rebuild the existing skate park and name it Awareness Park as a place for events focused on addressing substance abuse. Bill Messinetti summarized his proposal...
Delaware River Basin Commission collecting items for food drive on June 4
The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) will host a distributed food drive benefiting food pantries in several upper Delaware River Basin communities. Donations are being collected through June 4 and will be presented to the Narrowsburg Ecumenical Food Pantry, the Wayne County Food Pantry Program, and the Sullivan County Federation for the Homeless at the DRBC’s second-quarter business meeting in Narrowsburg, on June 5.
Former Honesdale softball star Amaya Yarrish is playing a key role on Lehigh's rowing team
BETHLEHEM — Amaya Yarrish is one of the most talented and versatile athletes who ever played varsity sports at Honesdale High School. Over the course of her four year career, Yarrish starred in softball, field hockey, soccer and basketball. However, after graduation last June she headed off to Lehigh University intent on focusing...
Borough Council swears in junior councilmembers, discusses brush disposal, Pride proclamation
On Tuesday, May 14, the Matamoras Borough Council welcomed two new non-voting junior councilmembers: Nathaniel Carso and Shannon O’Leary, both freshmen at Delaware Valley High School. Mayor Cory Homer — and former junior councilmember himself — swore in the two Delaware Valley High School freshmen. “I know...
The proposed 57-mile rail trail from Kingston to Port Jervis (VIDEO)
MAMAKATING- Open Space Institute is holding a series of open houses to obtain input from the public about a proposal to connect the O&W Rail Trail with the D&H Canal Trail in an effort to create an uninterrupted 57-mile trail from Kingston to Port Jervis. Last week,...
Monticello Fitness Deck may be ready by fall
MONTICELLO – The Village of Monticello wanted to purchase a more than $180,000 Fitness Deck and place it outside across from the main entrance to the Sullivan County Government Center. That was about three years ago. The village asked the county to split the cost, but that never happened.
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