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Issue 31 — Thursday, March 6, 2014
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More Than
Forty Years

MILFORD — Although it has been publishing much, much longer, the Pike County Dispatch has been the newspaper of record for the County of Pike for more than 40 years. That means the Dispatch is the place to go to find out about public meetings, estate notices, bids, public hearings, real estate sales and transactions, and Sheriff sales.

The Pike County Commissioners listed the Dispatch as an official newspaper for legal notices during their opening meeting of 2011, and once again, during their annual reorganization meetings on the first business day of the New Year, most of the other municipalities in Pike County followed suit. So far, Milford and Matamoras Boroughs, and Westfall, Dingman, Delaware, Shohola, Blooming Grove. Milford and Lehman Townships have made it their business to have the Dispatch as an official newspaper.

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The Pike County Dispatch is not only Pike County's largest circulation weekly newspaper, it is also the oldest.

Founded as the Eagle of the North, it has been in continuous operation reporting news and covering local events since 1826. It is, and always has been, the mainstay in keeping the local citizenry informed. Today, subscribers are as far afield as California and Florida

The Dispatch has covered the historic events that have shaped Pike County for almost as long as that history has been in the making.

Over the years, hometown news has shared pages with national and world events, and world events were sometimes right here in Pike County, Pennsylvania.

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Plenty Of Salt On Hand – Now, About Those Potholes …
By Lisa Mickles

DINGMANS FERRY — This winter has put a strain on the roads and salt supplies for many municipalities throughout the state including PennDOT, but Delaware Township holds their own.

Roadmaster Charlie Kroener said at last Wednesday’s meeting that they have 200 tons of anti-skid with more to come and are already preparing for any upcoming winter storms. The township has approximately 25 miles of road to clear and treat with anti-skid.

“Our road crew and staff have done such a good job of monitoring the salt supply,” said Chairman Tom Ryan while noting that they recently lent neighboring Lehman Township 20 tons to help with their roads.

The supervisors complimented Kroener on the exemplary job he and his staff have done this winter season.

“I have received nothing but compliments from the public on our road conditions. You and your staff are doing a fantastic job,” said Ryan.

On the flip side, Chairman Tom Ryan said he has been receiving major complaints about big potholes on PennDOT roads... for complete story, get this week's issue.

 

Probation Violator Nabbed After Chase
By Chris Jones

MILFORD — What started as a routine inspection sticker stop Monday afternoon turned into a police pursuit of a Milford man wanted for a probation violation.

Jack DaSilva, assistant chief of the Milford Police Dept., said that patrolman Jason Evers pulled over Alan Spangenburg Jr., 31, of Milford, at 3:40 p.m., but Spangenburg sped off in his car up Route 2001 outside Milford with his wife and child in the car.

Spangenburg left the car on the side of the road between Christian Hill Road and Sawkill Road and fled on foot, with sheriff deputies looking for him. After running license checks, the Pike County Communication Center radioed that there was an active warrant for Spangenburg, who was described as wearing a blue hat and blue sweatshirt, Pike County Sheriff Phil Bueki said Tuesday morning.

Meanwhile Sheriff’s Deputy Gumble and Sgt. Don Roa were traveling north on Route 2001 while Deputy Sal Pinzone and a Milford officer refueling at the Milford Turkey Hill heard the bulletin and headed south on Route 2001.

Bueki said the police caught up with Spangenburg at 183 Route 2001, near the Cliff Park entrance. With an active warrant, Spangenburg did not need to be arraigned. Deputies took him to the Milford Police Dept headquarters and then at 5 p.m. to the county jail.

\Milford Police Chief Recovering From Snowmobile Accident
By Ken Baumel

MILFORD — Borough Police Chief Gary Williams is recovering from a serious recreational accident in which he broke five ribs when the snowmobile he was driving accidentally tipped and rolled over him, according to Mayor Bo Fean.

Fean briefed Milford Borough Council members and the public on the accident at the regular council meeting on Monday, held at the Pike County Public Library.

Fean, who supervises the Borough Police Department, said that the accident happened in early February, when Williams was snowmobiling in a park with his son.

Doctors grounded Williams for patrols, but in the past week, Williams has come in for a few hours a day a few times a week for light administrative duty, until doctors clear him for full-time duty... for complete story, get this week's issue.

Kid’s Teddy Bear, ‘Faith In Humanity’ Destroyed In Car Fire
By Chris Jones

PORT JERVIS — Debbie Redman was driving to Middletown to get some exhaust work done on her 2000 Ford Explorer when heat and smoke began penetrating the car interior from under the dashboard. She could feel her legs getting hotter and hotter.

She pulled over on I-84, and the Explorer, which she had bought from Ron’s Used Cars in Matamoras just a few days earlier, burst into flames. Luckily, Debbie’s mother and stepfather were following right behind in a second car.

As Debbie and her sister exited from the front seats, Debbie’s stepfather jumped out of his car and grabbed Debbie’s five-year-old daughter Gabrellia from her car seat in back. The car was soon fully engulfed in flames. Traffic backed up on 84 as drivers slowed to watch a huge smoke plume covering the roadside. Some stopped to help. But it was too late to do anything about the car. Everything was a total loss, including Gabrellia’s safety seat and her teddy bear.

That wasn’t the only thing that was lost. Redman said she lost her faith in humanity, too, because she felt Ron’s Auto sold her “a seriously defective car,” she said... for complete story, get this week's issue.

 
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