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Paul Rudd's Summers in Honesdale Put Camp Towanda on the Map
The Hollywood actor spent formative summers at the Wayne County camp — and has spoken about it warmly for years
Before Clueless, before Ant-Man, before becoming one of the most reliably likable performers in Hollywood, Paul Rudd spent summers at Camp Towanda in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. The Way...
Wayne County Farming Holds On Despite Pressure from Development and Markets
Family farms, dairy operations, and farmers markets reflect Wayne County's enduring agricultural identity
Wayne County has one of the strongest agricultural traditions of any county in northeastern Pennsylvania. While much of the region has been transformed by tourism, residential development, and...
Honesdale to replace outdoor public stairways with grant funds
Borough secures $600,000 federal grant to rebuild deteriorated Cliff Street steps linking hillside neighborhoods to downtown
Honesdale Borough will use a $600,079 federal grant to tear out and rebuild a set of public stairways on Cliff Street that have been falling apart for years, ending a long d...
Boxed & Loaded open for business on Route 6 in Wayne County
Locally owned shipping and packing store fills former UPS Store location on Texas Palmyra Highway
A new shipping and packing business has opened its doors on Route 6 in Honesdale, stepping into a space left vacant when The UPS Store closed last year.
Boxed & Loaded LLC is now operating at 1114 T...
Man dead following house fire on Seventh Street in Honesdale
23-year-old found on second floor of burning home; two others airlifted to burn center
A 23-year-old man is dead after a house fire tore through a single-family home on 7th Street in Honesdale Borough, Wayne County authorities confirmed.
Sheldon B. Endriss was found on the second floor of the re...
Wayne County World War II veteran celebrates 100th birthday
Hawley's Sgt. Joseph Drake, one of five surviving WWII Army Rangers, honored for a century of service
Sgt. Joseph Drake of Hawley, one of only five living World War II Army Rangers, has reached a milestone few will ever know. Born October 24, 1924, Drake has spent a full century in Wayne County —...
Clinton Township supervisors, residents join in opposing data center
Township braces for costly legal battle over proposed 743-acre data center and power plant near Forest City
Officials and residents in Clinton Township are standing together against a proposed data center and power-generating facility on 743 acres of forested wetland near Forest City, with the tow...
Court orders probation in Honesdale ethnic intimidation case
Wayne County man gets 18 months probation for antisemitic email hoax that framed former coworker
A Wayne County man who admitted to sending antisemitic messages to a Jewish-owned business in Honesdale while impersonating a former coworker has been sentenced to 18 months of probation and 90 days of...
Honesdale's Runaway Train Brewery to Brew Official Beer for America's 250th Anniversary
Local brewery crafts Declaration Lager as Pennsylvania's official semiquincentennial beer
Runaway Train Brewery in downtown Honesdale has been selected to produce the official beer for Pennsylvania's celebration of the nation's 250th anniversary, marking a notable distinction for the Wayne County...
Man Sentenced in Wayne County Marijuana Delivery Case
Mount Pocono Man Gets Prison Time After 300 Pounds of Marijuana Shipped to Airbnb
A 71-year-old Mount Pocono man will spend up to nearly two years behind bars after admitting he arranged for hundreds of pounds of marijuana to be shipped across the country to a short-term rental property in Wayne C...
How to be part of 500-tile mosaic mural in downtown Honesdale
Residents invited to hand-paint tiles for a nature-themed community mural on Main Street
The Greater Honesdale Partnership is asking residents to pick up a brush and leave their mark on downtown Honesdale -- literally.
Through a collaboration with Mural Mosaic, a Canadian company that has been p...
Affordable housing project proposed in Honesdale gets $400K from state
Former sawmill site on Commercial Street will become 42-unit apartment complex for working families and seniors
A nonprofit developer has secured $900,000 in state funding to build 42 affordable apartments on a former sawmill property in downtown Honesdale, aiming to address a housing shortage tha...