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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In the higher elevations of our area, we saw something on Thursday that we haven’t seen much of this winter, shoveling and plowing snow.
The conditions varied considerably from place to place. Some spots saw almost all rain, but drive a mile away and there were a few inches of snow.
Jefferson Township had a couple inches of rain, but a couple miles away in Jessup there was nothing.  …

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 are still smoking.
“Ugh, not very good, it’s just a mess,” said Alan…

Flames ripped through a home Saturday afternoon in Wayne County.
It happened at a house on Cemetery and Savitz Road in Salem Township.
The chief said when his crews arrived they found flames shooting through the roof of the home.
A neighbor said he saw smoke, kicked in the door, and rescued several pets.
A state police fire marshal will investigate the cause.
The American Red Cross said the…

A bank in Wayne County is cleaning up after an early morning burglary.
State police said someone smashed the glass front doors of The Dime Bank in Damascus shortly after midnight Friday and got inside the bank.
Investigators said the person then forced open drawers at some of the teller stations and took rolls of coins.
Troopers said surveillance cameras in the bank caught the whole thing on…

A suspected child rapist was brought back to Wayne County Monday from New York state where he where he was being held on a probation violation.
Police said Frank Neglia gave alcohol to a 15-year-old girl at a party in Equinunk last July, then sexually assaulted her.
Neglia was brought to Wayne County based on the warrant for his arrest in the case.
 
 

The health care company that has decided to close Marion Community Hospital in Carbondale has closed another clinic in Wayne County.
The problem is patients could not get their records Monday from that closed clinic.
Maxis Health Systems owns Marian Community Hospital in Carbondale and the Family Medical Center in Waymart. The company told patients the Waymart clinic would close at the end of…

A man from Wayne County faces attempted murder and other charges after an argument with his wife.
Police were called to the home of Jesus Martinez-Escobar on Main Street in Honesdale early Friday morning after an argument between Martinez-Escobar and his wife. 
Investigators said he tried to strangle his wife with an electric cord. When a family member interrupted, Martinez-Escobar stabbed…

A man who worked a gas pipeline project is accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of steel.
Police in Wayne County said George Doll of Oklahoma was a superintendent for Henkles and McCoy, Inc  working on a pipeline project that stretches from Uniondale in Susquehanna County through Wayne and Pike counties.
Investigators said he stole more than 60 large steel road plates…

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….

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….

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…

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…

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.
 
 
 
 

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.

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…

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…

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…

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.

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…