TRR photo by Sandy Long Jane Cypher, of Damascus Citizens for Sustainability, presents information and petitions related to gas drilling at the recent RiverFest in Narrowsburg, NY.

Rushing to a halt?

Petitions and moratoriums multiplying as means to check gas rush

By SANDY LONG

UPPER DELAWARE REGION—As gas companies scramble to secure drilling leases throughout the Upper Delaware region, so, too, are community groups, townships and organizations speeding ahead with initiatives intended to slow, or even halt, the process.

Three new petitions seeking moratoriums on gas drilling are being circulated in the Upper Delaware region, in addition to the request for a moratorium put forth by eight environmental groups seeking an Environmental Impact Study (EIS) and the establishment of a drilling moratorium in Sullivan County’s Town of Highland.

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Power line route chosen

Path avoids Milford, Shohola

By TOM KANE

ALLENTOWN, PA - After an extended study process that included 10 public input workshops throughout the region, PPL Electric Utilities has chosen Route B as the route for the Susquehanna-Roseland power line project through Pennsylvania.

This route will run north from Berwick, PA, past Wilkes-Barre and Scranton, then east to Hawley and southeast to Bushkill where it will cross the Delaware River. It follows existing power lines for almost its entire distance.

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Town tallies trees

Honesdale citizens conduct inventory

By SANDY LONG

HONESDALE, PA—“This could be the most important project to go on in Honesdale, environmentally and aesthetically speaking,” said Katharine Brown of Fox Hill Farm, a member of the Greater Honesdale Partnership Shade Tree Committee. The committee is compiling information to assess the current state of the municipality’s trees and will deliver its advisory report to the Honesdale Borough Council later this summer.

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Other stories in this issue:

• Gas meeting draws National Council of Churches
• Spotting eagles on the eddy
• Outage outrage
• Over 1,400 sign gas leases in Wayne
• Gas wells, property values
• Local veteran remembered
• Tusten supervisor touts DPW

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