April 16, 2025
The denial of the injunction halting demolition of Skinners Falls Bridge by federal court does not negate the validity of the valiant advocacy by Damascus Citizens for Sustainability and countless people in our region and beyond who …
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April 16, 2025
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Rose Biondi – rosebiondi2@gmail.com
DCS Director B. Arrindell – Director@DamascusCitizens.org
SKINNERS FALLS BRIDGE
Preliminary Injunction Denied
(Scranton, PA) At 8:34 PM on Tuesday, April 15, 2025 a ruling was announced denying the preliminary injunction …
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SKINNERS FALLS BRIDGE GOES TO FEDERAL COURT
(Scranton, PA) On Friday, April 10, 2025 the future of historic Skinners Falls Bridge was the matter brought before Judge J. Mehalchick at the U.S. District Court for …
DCS and Milanville, PA resident Cynthia Nash have filed suit in U.S. District Court seeking an injunction against the destruction of the historic Skinners Falls Bridge.
DCS brings this action to challenge the decision of Defendants (PennDOT, etc.) to reject …
The Zane Grey Gallery has generously offered to donate all proceeds from its sales of Skinners Falls Reflections, by Craig Snedeker, to DCS’s legal efforts to save the Skinners Falls Bridge. Use the QR Code below or go to …
DCS is actively and strongly defending the Skinners Falls Milanville Bridge from destruction by PennDOT, using their own data.
As detailed in our 1/2/2025 comment letter, PennDOT’s claims of rapid deterioration are not supported by the data available to …
November 22, 2024 letter from DCS attorney Lauren Williams to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation:
Good afternoon,
On behalf of Damascus Citizens for Sustainability, I am forwarding the email below and associated attachments to the Advisory Council on Historic …
RGGI (Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, pronounced Reggie) strives to use a regional approach to both control greenhouse gases (GHG) and minimize greenhouse gas emissions. It is a multistate (10) arrangement that is a Cap and Trade, and invest, structure. In …
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Check out the DCS voter registration guide for DE, NJ, NY and PA.
It’s election season in Pennsylvania. One of two candidates for the open Pennsylvania Supreme Court seat will be chosen on …
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Download the Green Amendments of Pennsylvania, New York and Montana as a pdf.
Pennsylvania has a Green Amendment. It is very similar to Montana’s Green Amendment. So why haven’t we seen a similar …
Pennsylvania has its own Environmental Rights Amendment, passed unanimously over 50 years ago. It says, in part: “The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic, and esthetic values …
UPDATED April 23: The DRBC filed a motion to dismiss the DCS complaint (see below), which DCS has voluntarily accepted. Why has DCS accepted? Because the DRBC has conceded 90% of what we were asking for, without us having to …
