Waymart News

A 26-year-old Waymart woman died Friday afternoon in a car crash on Route 296. Natosha L. Vansant was driving north about a mile south of the Owego Turnpike when she swerved abruptly off the road just before 12:50 p.m., according to state police at Honesdale.

A woman died Friday afternoon after loosing control of her car in Wayne County. Emergency crews were called to the crash on Route 196 near Waymart around 1 p.m. Police said the woman, who has not been identified, was thrown from the car after it flipped.

The Sayre Borough Administration Committee discussed bids that have been received for two construction projects in the borough at its meeting Monday.

Review Photo/JAMES LOEWENSTEIN Project manager Jeremy Berry-Propst of Lack & Strosser Architecture, foreground, announces the bids on the YMCA renovation/expansion project, after they were opened at this week's Towanda Borough Council meeting.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] Peoples National Bank has a new leader. Alan Dakey, former senior vice president of the Dime Bank in Honesdale and past president and chief executive officer of MidPenn Bank in Millersburg, is the new president and CEO, replacing Richard Lochen.

A Carbondale man who died in a crash Thursday on the Casey Highway was stopped, facing the wrong direction with his lights off, when another the vehicle plowed into his Jeep Cherokee, state police said.

In a survey recently conducted by the National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds, seven of 31 independent, privately owned U.S. campgrounds given an overall A-rating are located in Pennsylvania.

ALAN DAKEY RICHARD LOCHEN Richard Lochen has stepped down as president and CEO of People's National Bank and will be replaced by a central Pennsylvania banker who has roots in Wayne County.

More than 300 state workers are getting bad news this week. They're being told they're out of a job because of the state budget crisis.

WAYNE COUNTY COURT NOTES Wayne County court notes are published Tuesdays in The Times-Tribune. MARRIAGE LICENSE - Jeffrey Buli and Kristen Schultz, both of South Canaan Twp.

A trailer home is in shambles after an early morning fire in Wayne County. It happened Wednesday morning just before 3 o'clock in the Waymart area.

Pocono Mountain Regional Police arrested two people after they reportedly tried to steal more than $200-worth of video games from the K-Mart in Mount Pocono on Tuesday.

WAYNE COUNTY COURT NOTES Wayne County court notes are published Tuesdays in The Times-Tribune. DIVORCE SOUGHT - Christina Crandall, 139 E. Tyron St., Apt.

Wayne County court notes are published Tuesdays in The Times-Tribune. DIVORCES sought - Joseph Tighe, 59 Batzel Road, Lake Ariel, v. Juanita Tighe, P.O. Box 369, Lake Ariel; married, May 26, 1990; Oressa Campbell, attorney.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] share this Marriage license - Javaugn Emilio Springer and Racquel Novona Nicholson, both of Scranton.

Michael J. Mullen / Staff Photographer A kitten rests in hay near a young Holstein heifer in Don and Christina Salak's barn.

As he waited for the roughly 60 participants on the 2009 Pennsylvania Maple Tour to arrive, Gene Yatsonsky reflected on his family's recent efforts to transition to a more sustainable lifestyle.

A heavily-traveled stretch of road in Wayne County was shut down for hours Tuesday after an unknown substance was discovered on the road.

It's a switch that has been in the making for nearly a decade in Honesdale as PennDOT gets ready to change the town's two main drags from two-way traffic to one-way this weekend.

Unique health care center provides both day care and medical supervision for ill children.