Damascus News

Leasing prices from at least one gas drilling company have slipped from $2,750 per acre with a 14 percent royalty for a five-year lease just two weeks ago, to $2,250 with a 14 percent royalty for a 10-year ...

“While it was unfortunate that confusion apparently existed about the township's dealings with COG and COSTAR, it is important to note that the law presumes good faith on the part of the supervisors.”

Complainant calls for resignation of the DA DAMASCUS, PA - Wayne County District Attorney Michael Lehutsky dismissed charges of criminal behavior lodged against the three Damascus Township supervisors by Beach ... via Http

SOUTH MIDDLETON TOWNSHIP, Monday, Arpil 7 -- A Cumberland County man led police on a high-speed chase early Sunday morning, topping speeds of 100 miles per hour in a 45 mile-per-hour zone. via Chambersburg Public Opinion

VIEWS FROM LOOKOUT: 4/3/08 Peggy Cox 03.APR.08 Northern Wayne Fire Co., Lakewood, will host a special day of fun and games for the benefit of Sam Rowe III, a 21-year-old cancer victim. via The Weekly Almanac

“You make the economic engine of Wayne County go”

Wayne's leaders stress importance of cooperation Mary Baldwin 27.MAR.08 The Wayne County commissioners have been able set aside their political differences to "do what is best" for county residents, ... via The Weekly Almanac

A female bald eagle leaves the nest after being relieved of incubation duty by her mate. via Http

Maple program set at Jennings Attendees can discover how sap taken from the tree becomes syrup on the breakfast table at the Jennings Environmental Education Center at 2 p.m. Sunday. via Leader Times

“The $22.3 million in grants ... will help undo this damage with effective treatment systems, agricultural best management practices, stabilization work, storm water management strategies and flood protection projects”

The state's Growing Greener grant program will hand out $22.3 million this year to 120 stream improvement, watershed restoration, dam removal and flood control projects. via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“We're the second largest district in Pennsylvania in square miles, 435. The weather is very different from the Honesdale area to Preston and Damascus. It's very different”

It was another day off school for students in several districts across the area because of snow and ice. via WNEP-TV Moosic

“There is no basis for a fee if you have no authority to regulate.”

Damascus residents bandy pros and cons DAMASCUS, PA - Two sides are lining up over the issue of gas drilling. via Http

“Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain.”

Henry David Thoreau, the philosopher of Walden Pond who gave early voice to environmental awareness, said: "Nature will bear the closest inspection. via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for a Lake Ariel woman accused of driving drunk when she hit a 13-year-old girl walking to the family mailbox earlier this month. via The Times-Tribune

“Locally, we sometimes forget the global profile of Fallingwater”

If you could visit the Taj Mahal for the price of a tank of gas, wouldn't you do it? Smithsonian magazine describes the wondrous Indian monument as both a feat of engineering and a sublime work of art, and the ... via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“They have literally thousands of well sites in the Northwest region to the Central region right now, and to monitor more than 10 percent of them is just impossible”

Role and capacity of DEP is questioned DAMASCUS, PA - Some people in Wayne County are excited. via Http

“A gas driller can drill more than once to make it work right. If they're going to drill about 100 wells as they say, it could take an average of 300 million gallons of water to do the job.”

Residents have questions, few answers DAMASCUS, PA - Some say it's easy money and others say that whatever is paid is not equivalent to what is lost. via Http

“I think from what they're telling”

Dan Hust Democrat WILLIAMSPORT, PA. ATTORNEY Lester Greevy walks through the enormous crowd gathered inside the Damascus Area Elementary School in Damascus, Pa. via Sullivan County Democrat

“They are hoping against hope that I will get threatened and retract and they will get off the hook”

Beck asks that the two remaining supervisors resign DAMASCUS, PA - Rolf Beck has stirred up a hornet's nest. via Http

You don't have to look far to see that it's Christmastime in the city -- and beyond. via PittsburghLIVE.com