At the Pike County Courthouse last summer, Selina McGinnis (left) and Janet Heim (right) (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) Court fines former humane society director for violating orders of protection The former longtime director of the Pike County Humane Society was fined $200 ordered to pay all court costs for violating... Local News 16 Nov 2021 | 06:39
An armed security guard watched over the meeting, which was far from the chaotic and expletive-laden meeting of recent memory (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) Christine Cahill hired to head Pike County Humane Society The Pike County Humane Society board of directors on Oct. 27 hired a new executive director, the third to serve so far this... Local News 05 Nov 2021 | 02:00
From left: Mayor Sean Strub, Councilman George Lutfy, Councilman Pete Cooney, secretary Laurie DeGeso, solicitor Anthony Magnotta, president Frank Tarquinio, vice president Adriana Wendell, president pro tem Rob Ciervo, treasurer Gregory Meyer, Councilman Joseph Dooley, and and Councilwoman Maria Farrell during the Oct. 19 borough council meeting (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) Milford Borough police get raises in new budget that also reduces millage rate The proposed Milford Borough budget for 2022 reduces the property tax millage rate by 10 percent, made possible by the new... Local News 05 Nov 2021 | 01:16
Internet safety tips kids should follow amid increase in reported predatory behavior As the number of data breaches and threats from online child predators continues to rise amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic,... Police & Fire 01 Nov 2021 | 05:02
Pike County Correctional Facility (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) The jail has Covid cases, but no hospitalizations, county says Sixteen inmates at the Pike County Correctional Facility recently tested positive for Covid-19, according to Krista Gromalski,... Local News 13 Oct 2021 | 01:50
People talked with one another outside Milford Borough Hall while the Pike County Humane Society Board of Directors held an executive session that lasted nearly 30 minutes (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) Humane society meeting breaks out into verbal brawl It was nonstop chaos punctuated by brief periods of simmering quiet. Meetings of the Pike County Humane Society’s board of... Local News 30 Sep 2021 | 01:35
Thanks to the Milford Fire Department and EMS for getting us through Ida, and every other calamity To the Editor: When Ida blew through Milford and Pike County a couple of weeks ago, I was not overly concerned. We have been... Letters to the Editor 21 Sep 2021 | 12:54
People without masks were asked to sit on the right side of the high school auditorium during the meeting. Several unmasked attendees wore tees that said, "NO MASK, NO CONTACT TRACE, NO VACCINE, NOT AFRAID." (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) Let’s wait for court decision on mask mandate, school board says As people approached the doors to enter last Thursday’s Delaware Valley school board meeting, a police officer asked those... Local News 21 Sep 2021 | 10:43
Pike County Courthouse, Milford (Photo by Pamela Chergotis) Pay increases for sheriff’s deputies will attract ‘good, qualified people,’ commissioners say The Pike County Commissioners on Sept. 15 approved a new pay scale for sheriff’s deputies, including longevity pay for deputies... Local News 21 Sep 2021 | 11:48
Pike County Correctional Facility (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) Correctional officers hired to relieve stress at Pike jail The Pike County jail has two new corrections officers, who were hired at a much higher rate than correctional officers hired... Local News 10 Sep 2021 | 05:47
Wolf needs to score bigger climate victories, activists say (AP) Gov. Tom Wolf has notched perhaps his biggest victory in his strategy to fight climate change in Pennsylvania, but climate-change... Local News 10 Sep 2021 | 06:22
GOP lawmakers go to court to challenge mail-in voting law Voting. (AP) Fourteen Republican lawmakers have filed a new lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania’s mail-in voting law, calling... Police & Fire 08 Sep 2021 | 12:50
A sign that Hurricane Ida passed through (NPS Photo/T. Roessner) An open and shut case for the park after Ida Hurricane Ida arrived in the tristate area last week with tons of energy left, even after traveling hundreds of miles up... Local News 08 Sep 2021 | 12:47
Suit challenges Pennsylvania’s new mask mandate for schools (AP) The Republican leader of the state Senate and a group of parents filed a lawsuit on Sept. 3 seeking to overturn the... Local News 21 Sep 2021 | 10:28
Pike County Courthouse, Milford (Photo by Pamela Chergotis) Dispositions in Pike County Court Gudelio Sanchez-Vasquez, 34, of Shohola, Pa., was sentenced to 72 months to 12 years in a state correctional facility and... Local News 08 Sep 2021 | 11:33
