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Issue 31 — Thursday, March 6, 2014
Tourism Worth $10 Million
To Upper Delaware Economy

A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 255,586 visitors to Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River in 2012 spent $10,152,000 in communities near the park unit. That spending supported 105 jobs in the local area.

“Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River is proud to welcome visitors from across the country and around the world,” said Acting Superintendent Malcolm T. Wilbur. “We are delighted to share the story of this place and the experiences it provides and to use the park unit as a way to introduce our visitors to this part of the country and all that it offers. National park tourism is a significant driver in the national economy – returning $10 for every $1 invested in the National Park Service – and it’s a big factor in our local economy as well. We appreciate the partnership and support of our neighbors and are glad to be able to give back by helping to sustain local communities.”

“The Upper Delaware River is a vastly underestimated economic engine in this five-county, NY-PA region and I’m not at all surprised that this independent study is beginning to reveal that fact. The untapped potential from river recreation-related industry and its spin-off effects is enormous... for complete story, get this week's issue.

 
Snowmobilers Trespassing On RR Tracks

LACKAWAXEN — The New York Susquehanna & Western Railroad reported to state police that snowmobilers were riding on the Lackawaxen rail spur near Scenic Drive Saturday morning.

The tracks along the Lackawaxen River are the same ones used by the Stourbridge Railroad for excursion trains. NYSW operates on the tracks and maintains the rail bed.

They said that snowmobilers could possibly damage the rails and risk injury or death from striking a rail or being struck by a train. They also risk arrest for criminal trespass.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call state police at 570-226-5718 or NYSW at 1-800-366-6979.
— Chris Jones

Vet Assistance Offered At Peifer Office

HONESDALE – Reaching out to area veterans and their families, Rep. Mike Peifer (R-Monroe/Pike/Wayne) will again host the American Legion Service Officer Outreach program at his Honesdale office on Monday, March 10.

A service representative will be at the office from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Appointments are required and can be made by calling Peifer’s office at 570-253-5533.

The program offers veterans assistance with compensation, education, pension, health care and death benefits. Veterans need not be a member of the American Legion to use the service.

 
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Hardware Merchants Hope For
Three-Peat At Milford Store
By Ken Baumel

MILFORD — To heck with the big-box stores and the poor economy, mom-and-pop hardware-store owners Doug and Penney Luhrs are making the American dream work with just some old-fashioned elbow grease, customer service, and treating employees and customers like family.

Opening their first enterprise, Independence True Value Hardware store, off Route 739 in Dingmans Ferry, on April Fools Day, 1996, turned out to be a wise move, noted Doug and Penney.

A little over a year later, their store was so successful that they expanded. They opened their second store, Roundhouse True Value Hardware, in Newfoundland, Pa.

This April, Doug and Penney are celebrating a soft opening of their third store, “dp Luhrs True Value Hardware” store, located at 300 W. Harford St., at one of the busiest intersections in Milford Borough.

What makes the opening extra special is that 300 W. Harford St, on Mill Street (Route 2001), catty corner from Turkey Hill, was the home of Luhrs True Value Hardware store from 1972 to 1989... for complete story, get this week's issue.

Milford Township Approves Zoning Revisions
By Patti Malzahn

MILFORD – After months of work and debate, township supervisors approved zoning revisions, and changed only the electric sign paragraph.

After voting to approve changes proposed on Nov. 18 with the exception of the electric sign segment, Supervisor Don Quick excused himself to speak as a citizen. Although he has no electric signs up, he has commercial interests, and may want to erect a sign later.

He was concerned that the proposed limit on electric signs was too small. It originally read “the screen for any message shall not exceed 16 square feet in area…text to 8 square feet…and not be excessively bright.” He proposed the screen area to be 30 square feet, and the “text” area to be 15 square feet.

Quick believed that 16 foot was too limiting to allow cars going by the ability to read the sign... for complete story, get this week's issue.

Super Spellers Qualify For Tri-State Bee

DINGMANS FERRY — Winners of the area’s local school spelling bees conducted Tuesday, February 25, have been announced.

They are: Montague Elementary – Chelsea Bacho, Riley McMullen, Hanna Langan, Abdul Rehman Bin Hassan, and Austin Vance; Port Jervis – Coleman Parker, Desmond Meacham, Luke Gadson, Sacia Ashe, Carson Monks; Dingman-Delaware MS – Matthew Byrnes, Christian Santiago, Riley Herman, Camerson Jagel, and Sara Duffy; Eldred – Eli McGrail, Joe Potter, Joseph Santoro, Sean Rhinesmith, Chay Cortright; Delaware Valley MS – Nick McBride, Frances King, Shane Fagan, David Marcial, and Darius Bermudez.

These students have distinguished themselves by scoring high enough in a first-round written bee to qualify for their respective school bees.

The final round for these champions will be conducted Sunday, March 16, at 1:30 p.m. in the Dingman-Delaware MS auditorium, when they will compete in the 36th annual Tri-State Spelling Bee... for complete story, get this week's issue.

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