Honesdale News

Honesdale-based Leeward Construction submitted a bid to reconstruct Van Brunt Street's sidewalk, curbs and drainage systems this summer that was less than half the next-lowest proposal.

Butch comegys / staff photographer Honesdale resident Maria McGinnis is all smiles while showing off her Cold Cherry Soup, the winning entry for this week's Local Flavor: Recipes We Love contest.

A popular day-long musical festival came to an end around midnight in Wayne County.

The 8th annual Honesdale Roots & Rhythm festival brought a eclectic mix of musicians to the otherwise quiet small town and attracted an estimated 5,000 people from all over the region, event organizers said.

Hi It's Jayne Ann Bugda from the "Producer Pod" Here's what we are working on for Eyewitness News for June 13, 2013.

The New Jersey native has performed as part of Conan O'Brien's house band since the comedian entered the talk-show scene with his "Late Night" show in 1993, lending the guitar skills he has honed since taking up the instrument as a kid.

It was a special delivery today in Wayne County. After months of work, parts of a house made by students from Johnson College in Scranton made their way to Wayne County.

The preliminary hearing for a Carbondale man accused of having sex with a 15-year-old girl was continued Tuesday in Central Court.

Hi It's Jayne Ann Bugda from the "Producer Pod" Here's what we are working on for Eyewitness News for June 11, 2013.

Jake Danna Stevens / Staff Photographer The Habitat for Humanity home built by Johnson College students will be moved from Johnson College to 347 Riverside Drive in Honesdale.

Michael J. Mullen / Staff Photographer Dave and Natalie Rickert, owners of Sunset Ranch Bark Park, a 100-acre dog park near Honesdale, and Timothy Muenkel watch Reagan run near a pond.

Hi It's Jayne Ann Bugda from the "Producer Pod" Here's what we are working on for Eyewitness News for June 7, 2013.

The Times Herald-Record of Middletown reports that 42-year-old Dee Dee Riggs was brought back to Orange County for arraignment Wednesday after being tracked her down to her current home in Honesdale in northeastern Pennsylvania.

A Lackawaxen Twp. man waived his right to a preliminary hearing on Wednesday on charges he stole nearly $72,000 from his former employer by writing checks to himself and forging the signature of another company official.

Dustin Lukaitis told police his wife punched him and split his lip - believable because city police witnessed him and Mary Lukaitis fighting in the home he said they shared.

Classic Voices' fifth anniversary springtime concert will take place Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce building, 27 N. Main St., Carbondale.

Matthew Holmes of Honesdale accidentally shot his 15-year-old daughter in the face last week - which would be an extraordinary incident anywhere in the world but the United States.

An exhausted Matthew Holmes stood next to his daughter's hospital bed in Geisinger Community Medical Center on Wednesday, grateful for the well-wishes she received from her peers.

A 33-year-old man is accused of forcing his way into a Rosengrant Road home and robbing its resident.

State police in Wayne County are looking for help to find the suspect in a violent home invasion.