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A state police fire marshal is trying to determine what caused a fire that destroyed a restaurant in Wayne County.
A charred pile of wood is all that remains from The Water`s Edge Restaurant at Lake Lorraine Golf Course near Pleasant Mount.
The building was destroyed by fire on Saturday and parts of the burnt pile is still smoking.
“Ugh, not very good, it’s just a mess,” said Alan Kulakosky of…

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A man is behind bars in Wayne County, accused of detonating a bomb outside a home near Lake Como.
State police said Steven Caiati of Lake Como set off a homemade explosive outside a home on Route 247 Thursday evening.
Three adults and two children were in the home at the time. They were not hurt.
Caiati is charged with arson, reckless endangerment, and possessing weapons of mass destruction….

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A man is behind bars in Wayne County, accused of detonating a bomb outside a home near Lake Como.
State police said Steven Caiati of Lake Como set off a home-made explosive outside a home on Route 247 Thursday evening.
Three adults and two children were in the home at the time. They were not hurt.
Caiati is charged with arson, reckless endangerment, and possessing weapons of mass destruction….

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Many incandescent light bulbs are now on their way out, being replaced by those that use less energy.
As of January 1, the federal government started phasing out 100-watt incandescent light bulbs as part of a multi-year push toward energy efficiency.
At The Home Depot near Honesdale, there are more than 100 light bulb options that are 70 percent more energy efficient than incandescent bulbs.
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One person is dead after an early morning crash in Wayne County.
The crash happened on Route 670 in Mount Pleasant Township, north of Honesdale.
Authorities said one man was killed when he lost control of his pick-up truck around 3 a.m. Thursday.
Troopers said the truck flipped several times before the man was thrown from the vehicle and pinned underneath.
The victim’s name has not been released…

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Winter weather finally returned to northeastern and central Pennsylvania. It started as steady rain early Friday, then turned into sleet and snow.
Heavy snowfall in Susquehanna County made travel difficult in spots. The snow that stuck to the road along route 29 in Dimock made it hard for some vehicles to gain traction.
Snow started falling in the early morning hours at the Delaware Gap Bridge in…

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Snow blew through parts of our area Friday morning, sticking to roads and making the morning drive tricky.
Snow was sticking to Route 29 in Dimock and drivers said getting traction was a problem.
It was a similar situation in parts of Wayne and Monroe and counties.
Snow was coming down on roads near Tobyhanna but traffic was moving smoothly.
 
 
 
 

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Police in Wayne County arrested a man Thursday and charged him with soliciting teens to sell drugs for him.
According to investigators, James Wells, 29, of Honesdale offered a 14 year old, a 17 year old and an 18 year of $1,000 each to sell cocaine, marijuana and pills for him.
Wells is locked up on $250,000 bail.

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Honedale EMS has a new home and emergency workers showed it off Tuesday night at a special open house and fundraising kickoff.
The new facility along the Lake Ariel Highway.
“It’s big, it’s big compared to the building we used to have, this new building is large,” said Honesdale Emergency Technician Pat Hazen.
It was June of 2010 when tremors from an earthquake damaged the old Honesdale EMS…

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State police in Wayne County are investigating a break-in and an attempted break-in at two churches.
The first incident happened Saturday evening at Calkins Baptist Church on Calkins Road near Milanville in Damascus Township. Troopers said someone broke into a back window of the church and stole a jug of money that had been collected by children of the church.  The money was going to help…

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Two men from Lackawanna County are accused of robbing a jewelry store in Wayne County.
It happened just before 5 p.m. Thursday at MV Precious Jewelry on Route 590 in Hamlin.
Police said Thomas Smith of Olyphant went into the store and asked about the jewelry. As the store owner turned her back to get him information, police said Smith went behind the counter, grabbed a bag of jewelry and ran out…

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Flames tore through a family’s home in Wayne County.
The fire started around 9 p.m. Thursday at the place on Little Keen Road in Clinton Township, near Waymart.
Crews tell Newswatch 16 a couple lived here.
Officials were unsure whether any one was home when the flames broke out.
The cause has not been determined.

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It is about to feel like December, finally, with snow forecasted for part of our area.
Wayne and Monroe counties could be getting the most snow in our area, the first since the big storm in October.
Back then, people rushed to supermarkets and hardware stores to make sure they were ready, but that is not the case this time around.
PennDOT crews all across the state, and in Lackawanna County, have…

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A holiday agency that makes sure every child has a gift to open Christmas morning needs help itself.
The coordinators for the Wayne/Pike Chapter of Toys for Tots said the need for families has more than doubled this year.
The rooms where the toys are stored  at the Wayne/Pike Toys for Tots headquarters near Honesdale were near empty.
“At this stage, usually we are around 150 children, now we…

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People in Wayne County want you to forget about the big box stores and do your holiday shopping downtown.
Business owners in Honesdale hope to convince shoppers that smaller is better.
Walk down Main Street in Honesdale and you will see Christmas displays front and center in shop windows and Santa hats on store shelves, all in time for the famous Black Friday shopping rush.
“They can give a good…

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A former township secretary is headed to jail for stealing money from the township in Wayne County.
Joann Kelly pleaded guilty in September to stealing nearly $80,000 from Paupack Township over an eight year period. The missing money was discovered when the township hired a firm to audit its books.
Kelly was sentenced Thursday to nine months to almost two years in prison. She must also repay $78,…

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State Representative Ed Staback announced Thursday he will not seek re-election at the end of his term.
Staback has represented the 115th Legislative District which includes parts of Lackawanna and Wayne counties for 14 terms.
It is a tremendous honor for me to represent the residents of the 115th Legislative District,” Staback said in a statement. “For me to go to work each day with a clear goal…

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A 150-year-old stone bridge has new look in Wayne County.
PennDOT is wrapping up a project preserving and improving the historic span.
Within two weeks, vehicle traffic should be back on the bridge that was once used by horses, donkeys and oxen.
It is easy to see why it is called the Niagara Bridge near Pleasant Mount: a waterfall pours from the base of the 150-year-old bridge.
On top of it,…

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A 150-year-old stone bridge has new look in Wayne County.
PennDOT is wrapping up a project preserving and improving the historic span.
Within two weeks, vehicle traffic should be back on the bridge that was once used by horses, donkeys and oxen.
It is easy to see why it is called the Niagara Bridge near Pleasant Mount.A waterfall pours from the base of the 150-year-old bridge.
On top of it,…

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Flames destroyed a hunting cabin in Wayne County.
Crews were called to the fire along Timbertop Trail in Dreher Township, near Newfoundland around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday.
No one was inside at the time.
Authorities are calling the blaze suspicious because several fires were set in the area in the past two months.
A state police fire marshal has been called in to investigate.