Wayne woman linked to overdoses

HONESDALE — A Honesdale woman was arrested by borough police last week and charged with supplying illegal narcotics to three persons who required emergency room treatment at Wayne Memorial Hospital on September 13.

Responding to the Wayne Memorial Hospital Emergency Room Thursday, police reportedly found an adult male and a juvenile female being treated for drug overdose, who were soon joined by a third individual, a male juvenile.

All three overdoses were linked to Joy Kresge, 34, who is said to have supplied the drugs. Kresge was charged with felony, delivery of a controlled substance along with misdemeanor charges involving reckless endangerment and corruption of minors.

Settlement reached in
school aid refund suit

LIBERTY — Sullivan County, the Board of Cooperative Extension Services (BOCES) and the Liberty School District have reached an out-of-court settlement to reimburse the county following a state Department of Education audit of program aid to the educators.

A state Department of Education audit for the school years 1991/92 and 1992/93 revealed that the district and BOCES were not entitled to the funds sent and the county was charged for the discrepancy of funds.

The negotiations between BOCES, the Liberty School District and the county have been ongoing for about a year. The Liberty School district will pay the county slightly more than $94,000 and BOCES will pay a little more than $50,000 within the next 30 days to settle the outstanding debt.

River planner Hartmann dies

DEERPARK — One of the founding members of the Upper Delaware Council (UDC), Francis “Frank” Hartmann, died September 16 at Westchester Medical Center.

Hartmann reportedly had been hospitalized with heart problems for two weeks prior to his death.

A long time hunting and conservation advocate, Hartmann served 21 years on Deerpark’s planning board, chairing it for 15 years. When river planning began, Hartmann was named to the UDC predecessor, the Conference of Upper Delaware Towns, went on to chair the committee that drafted the final re-write for the river management plan and chaired the UDC.

Hartmann withdrew from UDC after being appointed to a vacant town justice seat in 1993, where he was elected and continued to serve until his death.

Trade center dampens county parade

LOCH SHELDRAKE — The 73rd annual Sullivan County Volunteer Firefighters Association parade went on as scheduled September 15 but many fire companies stayed away in observance of the recent tragedy in New York City.

Crowds along the parade route reportedly were somber and firefighters marching were even more so. Firefighters marched with badges covered to indicate the deaths of fellow firefighters at the World Trade Center. Black bunting draped on the entrances to the Loch Sheldrake Firehouse to mourn the missing.

The association agreed to theme the parade as a memorial last week in the wake of the attacks, but some 15 of 40 expected companies still felt it inappropriate and withdrew.