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Bluegrass Takes Over the Poconos
NEWFOUNDLAND — Bluegrass music will fill the air in part of Wayne County this weekend. The 18th annual Pocono Mountains Bluegrass Festival kicked off Friday morning under sunny skies. Banjos, ukuleles,...
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Agreement Reached With Wayne County Soccer Group
DREHER TOWNSHIP — A youth soccer league in Wayne County has come to an agreement with township officials, meaning the league won’t have to move its games a half hour away. The Wallenpaupack Youth...
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Tree Smashes Gazebo in Wayne County
Massive tree obliterated a gazebo at the park in Newfoundland Tuesday. Crews spending all day clearing debris. @WNEP pic.twitter.com/FYVACNw9Cs — Jim Hamill (@JimHamill) June 25, 2014 NEWFOUNDLAND...
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Tell Us Something Good! A Restaurant Fights Against Suicide
DREHER TOWNSHIP — The owner of a restaurant in Wayne County who lost a relative to suicide offered customers a discount on Wednesday to bring awareness to suicide prevention. If customers in...
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Animated Lights, Figures on Display for Holiday Season
NEWFOUNDLAND — Families enjoyed the start of the holiday season with a Christmas lights and figures display in Wayne County. The display is located along Crestmont Drive in Newfoundland. The North Pole...
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No Contest Plea in Shooting Death
DREHER TOWNSHIP — A man charged with killing his wife and neglecting dozens of animals pleaded no contest in Wayne County. Bertrand Schroeder is accused of shooting his wife, Donnalynn, in 2012 at...
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Bank Branch Is Latest Closure in Newfoundland
DREHER TOWNSHIP — A bank that’s been a fixture in part of Wayne County for decades will close later this year. But the PNC Bank branch is the latest in a long list of businesses closing their doors in...
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Digging Out of Wayne County
NEWFOUNDLAND — “This is from the plow now. It gets a little harder in here,” Richard Dyer said. It was one of those mornings where Richard Dyer of Newfoundland needed an extra cup of coffee. A little...
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Slow Start For Maple Producers
WAYNE COUNTY — The bitter cold of this winter pushed back to the start of maple syrup season for many all across our area. Now, as temperatures start to creep consistently above freezing, producers are...
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G.D.S. Fair Extended This Year
NEWFOUNDLAND — There’s still plenty of time left to get to county fairs around our area including in Wayne County where the G.D.S. Fair is running longer this year than years past. From the front gate...
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Flood of 1955 Remembered
DREHER TOWNSHIP — A devastating flood in Wayne County that killed 11 people 60 years ago is being remembered. Those 11 names were read out loud on a sunny late summer day in Carlton Drake Memorial Park...
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Elderly Woman Stabbed During Home Invasion
DREHER TOWNSHIP — An elderly woman was stabbed in a home invasion in Wayne County. According to troopers, a man came into the 83-year-old victim’s home near Newfoundland Thursday and stabbed her...
View ArticleBank Robbery at Newfoundland Bank, Serial Robber Suspected
NEWFOUNDLAND — Police are investigating a robbery at a bank in Wayne County that was robbed just two months ago. The reported robbery happened at the NBT Bank on Main Street in Newfoundland around...
View ArticleBanks Tighten Security After Latest Holdup
SCRANTON — Some bank branches are taking extra security measures because of a serial robber who’s been hitting banks in two counties. The person behind five bank robberies has still not been caught....
View ArticleVideo of Newfoundland Bank Robbery Released
NEWFOUNDLAND — State police and the FBI released surveillance pictures on Monday from the most recent holdup they believe is part of a bank robbery spree in the area. The video was taken last Thursday...
View ArticleWayne County Teacher Home After Global Teacher Award Ceremony
NEWFOUNDLAND — A Wayne County teacher, one of the top ten in the world, arrived home this week after the Global Teacher Award ceremony in Dubai. Mike Soskil may not have taken home the top prize, but...
View ArticleGreene-Dreher-Sterling Fair Underway in Wayne County
DREHER TOWNSHIP — A tradition 99 years in the making is underway in Wayne County. Many people stopped by the Greene-Dreher-Sterling Fair in Newfoundland on Monday, and a lot of kids were there to get...
View ArticleStudents’ Donations to Help Less Fortunate
DREHER TOWNSHIP — Sometimes the biggest help can come from the smallest of hands. One elementary school in Wayne County is showing its students can help feed neighbors for the holidays. Across the room...
View ArticleLocal Educator Named Teacher of the Year
NEWFOUNDLAND — To his students, he’s just Mr. Soskil, the mad scientist, at Wallenpaupack South Elementary in Newfoundland. But now, he’s earned another title — “Teacher of the Year!” “Teaching is the...
View ArticleWoman Facing Fraud Charges After Allegedly Faking Bankruptcy Documents
NEWFOUNDLAND, Pa. — A Wayne County woman is facing fraud charges after allegedly falsifying bankruptcy documents. The United States Attorney’s office says Linda Ferris, 55, of Newfoundland reportedly...
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