Opinion and Analysis HONESDALE, WAYNE COUNTY — In late July, Phil Lather posted a video to Facebook that has been viewed more than 707,000 times. He is standing in his bar at the Moonshadow Inn and Resort in Beach Lake, a historic hotel and restaurant he calls “absolutely beautiful.” He is holding a copy of...
A convicted felon with a record spanning two states faces criminal charges for directing a child to commit an assault. His attorney field is blank. His email tells a different story. James Allen Stalter, 40, of Texas Township, Wayne County, has been charged with corruption of minors, criminal solicitation to commit simple assault, and aiding...
Opinion | Analysis. Statements marked [FACT] are supported by documented records, emails obtained via Right-to-Know request, or PA DEP correspondence. Statements marked [SPECULATION] are the author’s interpretation. On November 18, 2025, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection sent Honesdale Borough its verdict on the Central Park soil. Here is the key passage: “While it appears...
A PPP supporter posted a photo to shut us up. Instead she handed us Exhibit A. Now ask yourself: why would a borough promise a playground to another park, then leave it rotting behind a maintenance building? Opinion | Analysis This article contains clearly labeled opinion and speculation alongside documented facts. Facts are sourced from...
Is Wayne County ADA Brendan Ellis really part-time? Some say yes. The county's own payroll records say no.
Wayne County ADA Brendan Ellis represented Coroner Edward Howell in a private civil lawsuit while serving as one of five prosecutors in the DA's office — an office that relies on Howell's forensic findings to bring criminal charges.
Wayne County, PA commissioners certified $7.8 million in child welfare spending across two fiscal years while simultaneously submitting corrective action plans to the same state agency — acknowledging the work wasn't getting done. They hired an outside consultant at a rate they won't put in the public record, and their defense is that the violations are old.
Wayne County commissioners gave ADA Brendan Ellis an award for never turning down a case. He prosecuted in front of his former law partner Judge Meagher for four years.
Linde Corporation data center, Clinton Township, Wayne County PA — WVIA got the resignation, the River Reporter got the bridge offer, the Center Square got the conflict waiver. But nobody pulled the Superior Court docket on solicitor Ronald Bugaj, checked whether WEDCO board member and county planning director Craig Rickard's own wife worked for the commissioner sitting next to him, ran Forest City Energy Center LLC through a single state business registry, or asked why a fossil fuel lobbyist named Tom Shepstone was listed as Clinton Township's planning consultant while the board decided whether to regulate any of this.
Pocono Review's full primary-source investigation into the Linde Corporation data center proposal in Clinton Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. Documents undisclosed conflicts involving solicitor Ronald Bugaj, chairman Mark Lopatofsky, county planning director Craig Rickard, WEDCO, PPL Electric, UGI Utilities, Tom Shepstone, Kiley Associates, and power plant partner Forest City Energy Center LLC. Built from Pennsylvania Superior Court records, Clinton Township board meeting minutes, Wayne County government publications, WEDCO membership rolls, and five state business registries. Free to read and use.