Damascus Township

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation tore the historic Skinners Falls Bridge down in April. Now, residents from both communities are fighting to preserve its story.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) demolished half of the historic Skinners Falls Bridge on Thursday, April 17.

A court order to protect the Skinners Falls Bridge was denied in federal court last night.

Court order protects Skinners Falls Bridge for another day, but engineers call for its demolition to protect human lives at Friday’s federal hearing in Scranton.

Spinach leaves are sprouting at Willow Wisp Organic Farm Damascus even as winter frost covers much of Northeast Pennsylvania.

Residents protested potential plans to tear down a historic bridge from the early 1900s.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) held its final environmental planning meeting for a historic bridge. Residents protested plans to tear down the existing Skinners Falls Bridge for a modern bridge. The bridge is one of the last standing Baltimore truss bridges and is recognized under the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).