Honesdale Borough Council changes meeting location and more

Posted 1/17/23

Honesdale Borough Council changes meeting location

HONESDALE, PA — The Honesdale Borough Council has moved its monthly meetings to the Wayne County Park Street Complex at 646 Park St. The …

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Honesdale Borough Council changes meeting location

HONESDALE, PA — The Honesdale Borough Council has moved its monthly meetings to the Wayne County Park Street Complex at 646 Park St. The meetings begin at 6 p.m. Meeting participants can enter through the secure entrance nearest the flag pole and proceed to the cafeteria for the meeting. Virtual attendance is still available to anyone who desires to attend via smart device or computer. If you have any questions regarding the location change, email the borough at hdleboro@ptd.net.

NY gun law remains in effect

ALBANY, NY — The United States Supreme Court has ruled to allow New York’s Concealed Carry Improvement Act (CCIA) to remain in effect pending appeal, according to a press release from New York Attorney General Letitia James. The law strengthens requirements for concealed-carry permits, prohibits guns in sensitive places, requires individuals with concealed-carry permits to request a property owner’s consent to carry on their premises, enhances safe-storage requirements and requires background checks on all ammunition purchases.

“Keeping New Yorkers safe is my top priority,” said Gov. Kathy Hochul in response to the decision. “I’m pleased that this Supreme Court order will allow us to continue enforcing the gun laws we put in place to do just that.”

Arts and culture grants in PA

HONESDALE, PA — The Wayne County Commissioners encourage those involved in the arts and culture community in Wayne County to apply for grant money that is being offered by the state to help offset lost revenues and to bounce back from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The COVID-19 ARPA PA Arts and Culture Recovery Program was created to provide grants to nonprofit arts and culture organizations, local arts and culture districts and culture professionals located in the commonwealth, to ensure the stability of the commonwealth’s arts and culture sector. The application period is open until Tuesday, February 28. More information is available at bit.ly/ARPA-PACR.

Local voices challenge FCC broadband map

UPPER DELAWARE RIVER VALLEY — On January 12, Rep. Marc Molinaro (NY-19) joined 25 other members of Congress in calling on the Federal Communications Commission to extend its challenge period on the new national broadband map. Local leaders and residents in NY-19 had raised concerns that the challenge period provided insufficient time to thoroughly review the map, collect data and prepare challenges, leading to an inaccurate final map, according to a press release from Molinaro’s office.

Currently, the map shows that all of Wayne County, PA, is 100-percent covered by fixed broadband services, with download speeds of 25 megabytes per second and upload speeds of three mbps, according to a Wayne County press release. “We all know that’s not true,” said Wayne County Commissioner Brian Smith. That was why, he said, the commissioners encouraged residents to challenge the map.

The challenge period was set to end on January 13.

Callicoon Depot seeks board members

CALLICOON, NY and ONLINE — Callicoon Depot Inc. (CDI) will hold its annual meeting on Monday, January 30, at 7 p.m., via Zoom. The organization, which is managing the restoration and programming at the historic train depot (located at 40 Lower Main Street, Callicoon, NY), will vote on its board of directors and discuss other pertinent business.

Nominations, including self-nominations, are encouraged and are being accepted until Monday, January 23. Two-year terms on the board of directors will begin in 2023. To request the January 30 Zoom meeting link or to obtain more information, or to discuss volunteer service in any capacity, email board president Wendee Greene at allaboard@callicoondepot.org or call 845/428-9212.

Groundwater used sustainably throughout Delaware River Basin

WEST TRENTON, NJ — The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) has released an assessment of current and projected groundwater availability for the Delaware River Basin. The results are summarized in a new report, titled “Estimated Groundwater Availability in the Delaware River Basin 2020–2060.”

Results from this report indicate that groundwater resources are, and will continue to be, used at sustainable rates throughout the Delaware River Basin. Only one subbasin (the Little Lehigh Creek, PA) is projected to use more than 75 percent (and less than 100 percent) of estimated available groundwater in a very dry year.

The report is available at bit.ly/groundwater-drbc-report.

“It is encouraging that even at the upper end of projected net withdrawals during a very dry year, groundwater use remains sustainable overall,” said Sara Sayed, a water resource scientist at the DRBC and a primary author of the report.

PA Senate bill would prevent gas tax increase

HARRISBURG, PA — The Senate approved a bill to stop the automatic gas tax increase for 2023, according to Sen. Lisa Baker (R-20). For the first time, the average wholesale price of gasoline exceeded $2.99 per gallon last year, triggering an automatic increase in Pennsylvania’s gas tax. Senate Bill 35 stops the automatic gas tax increase for 2023, preventing what would produce the second-highest gas tax in the nation behind California, and permanently sets an average gas price of $2.99 per gallon as the threshold above which state gas taxes will no longer apply.

Wayne County sewer project funded

HARRISBURG, PA — Gov. Tom Wolf announced the investment of $236 million for 25 drinking water, wastewater and stormwater projects across 17 counties through the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority. The projects include a $1.26 million loan and a $4,165,550 grant to the Central Wayne Regional Authority. The funding will go to replace 10,000 feet of sanitary sewer main and associated sewer laterals, thus addressing leakage throughout the system and eliminating untreated sewage from flowing into local groundwater.

DRBC fracking wastewater exemptions challenged

UPPER DELAWARE RIVER BASIN — Damascus Citizens for Sustainability (DCS) has filed a legal complaint with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania maintaining that the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC), in its December 7, 2022 issuance of final rules governing drilling wastewater, has violated its own rule-making procedures and the directives of its formative Compact. The complaint requests as remedy that what it calls certain “extra-regulatory exemptions” be declared void, and/or that the court either direct the DRBC to undertake a new rulemaking completely prohibiting import of drilling-related wastewater into the river basin, or issue such a prohibition itself.

Honesdale Borough Council, gun control, New York, concealed carry, Wayne County, arts and culture, Callicoon Depot, Delaware River Basin, groundwater, Pennsylvania, gas tax, Central Wayne Regional Authority, Damascus Citizens for Sustainabity, fracking

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