Tri-County Independent
WAYNE & PIKE - Charles A. Lindbergh, the famed aviator who was first to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1927, was descended from one of Wayne County, Pa. s early non-native settlers, and visited here at least once to look up his roots, in later years.
Lindbergh also made headlines here a year after his solo transatlantic flight, when one of his planes crashed in the woods of Pike County, killing two aviators (Lindbergh was not aboard).
A sketch of Lindbergh
First, here is a brief account of Charles Augustus Lindbergh. He was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1902.
Following his passion, he learned to fly in 1922 and was soon barnstorming in the Mid-West as a wing walker and parachutist. In 1924 he entered the United States Army Air Service and was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Air Service Reserve Corps.
PUC probes Pike County Light & Power s rate request
Impact electric, natural gas rates
Tri-County Independent
HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) on Dec. 17 voted to investigate proposed rate increases submitted by Pike County Light & Power Co. (PCL&P) to increase its electric and natural gas distribution rates.
The Commission voted 4-0 to suspend the proposed rate increase requests for up to seven months from the time the rates would otherwise have become effective, and to assign the case to the PUC’s Office of Administrative Law Judge (OALJ) for corresponding proceedings and the issuance of a recommended decision. A final decision must be made by July 28, 2021.
Bald eagle seen on the Dec. 13 Search for Eagles (Photo provided) Bald eagle near nest seen on the Dec. 13 Search for Eagles (Photo provided)
The year’s first Brandwein Field Trip, Search for Eagles took place in the Delaware Valley Sunday, Dec. 13 from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The temperature at the start was 36 degrees and at the finish 50 degrees. It was foggy with low visibility at the start until the fog lifted at 10 am. It was a pleasant partly sunny day that began with watching feeder birds, including hairy and downy woodpeckers, dark-eyed junco, blue jays, and pileated woodpeckers, among others. Four participants, wearing face coverings and social distancing, logged 150 miles in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area and Upper Delaware Scenic River from the Pocono Environmental Education Center (PEEC) to the Bushkill Access and the trip’s conclusion at the headwaters of the Lackawaxen River.