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Herald of Jan.9, 1920 Farmer’s Week at the College is just upon us. We want to make this February week the most profitable as well as the most pleasant ever. You can help do this by boosting now and attending later. Every farmer who attended the farmers’ institute was much benefited. The college now has a new fire proof safe – another gift from our broadminded and deeply interested citizen and neighbor, Mr. A. A. Cowen. We highly appreciate this gift, but we appreciate its generous donor even more. His presence and encouragement on Colle...
Herald of Jan. 5, 1995 Twelve area FFA members were scheduled to receive their Keystone Degrees Jan. 9 at the FFA’s State Mind-Winter Convention in Harrisburg. Degrees were to be presented to Mark Bailey, Dwight Smith, Thomas Snowberger, Thomas Sollenberger and Roger Stock of the Central Cove chapter; Scott Defibaugh, Laura Hogenmiller, Joy Matthews and Andrew Steele of the Northern Bedford chapter; and Brent England, Yvette England and Lisa Miller of Williamsburg chapter. The Martinsburg Unit of the Salvation Army received $2,868 from its C...
Herald of Jan. 11, 1945 One hundred quarts of a high explosives such as is used in shooting oil wells was put off in the Martinsburg borough well near the cannery Wednesday afternoon. Water, stone and debris were thrown into the air a distance of almost 200 feet following the explosion. The geyser continued for nearly a minute. The explosive was packed in long cylinder containers placed on top of each other in the well. The lowest container reached down 500 feet in the 650-foot well, and the top container reached to within 400 feet of the top....
Herald of Jan. 7 2010 Roaring Spring Borough Council met Monday to seat newly elected council members and to reorganize. Ronald Glunt, former council president, took the oath of office as the community’s new mayor, succeeding Paul Holsinger, who did not seek re-election. Holsinger held the office of mayor for 22 years. William Brumbaugh succeeds Glunt as council president. Mr. Brumbaugh is completing his first four-year term on council. Re-elected as vice president was Sue Ann Feather, now in her third term on council and her seventh year as vi...
Blair County Coroner Patricia Ross has identified the man found dead in his car in a field along Cross Cove Road and Ellis Road near Martinsburg Friday morning, Jan. 3. According to Ross, an autopsy performed Friday at Forensic DX in Windber showed that Aaron Rose, 23, of Bedford, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Ross said Rose was on his way to work along Cross Cove Road between 3 and 4 a.m. and when he didn’t show, his employer contacted his family. His car was found at around 8:30 a.m. in the field with the front end f...
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) announced Jan. 7 that at the end of 2019 there were a total of 100 video gaming terminals (VGTs) at 20 qualified truck stops operating in the commonwealth that generated over $1.2 million in tax revenue. All of the locations thus far are offering the gaming under two licensed VGT operators, Marquee by Penn, LLC. Each of the 20 locations have the maximum of 5 VGTs in operation. The process to open VGT establishments begins with the PGCB conducting on-site inspections of establishments that have applie...
The newly renovated Courtroom 1 at the Blair County Courthouse was the scene for what Blair County Commissioner Bruce Erb called "one of our nation's most valued principals, the orderly transfer of authority the rule of law allows." Before President Judge Elizabeth Doyle administered Pennsylvania's path to newly elected and re-elected county officials, Erb paid tribute to the two men who sat on either side of him at the commissionerss' table for the past four years as well as retiring County...
The Board of Supervisors of South Woodbury Township met on Monday, Jan. 6, 2020, at the township building. The meeting opened at 9 a.m. Supervisors Rick Musselman, Jeff Imler and Jay Claycomb attended. Secretary Genevieve Zebroski and Assistant Secretary Rachel White were present. Resident John Eshelman also attended. As this is the beginning of a new year, the meeting had to take place the first Monday of the month by state law. Personnel Nominations were taken for the position of chairman and...
The Woodbury Borough Council met on Jan. 6, 2020, the first Monday of the year. Members present were President Kristy Oberman, Vice Chairman Shawn Claycomb, Tim Wentz, Ron Dibert, and Secretary Barb Wilt. Mayor Dave Chesney was excused due to health issues. Ron Dibert was appointed and sworn in as a new council member by Kristy Oberman. There was nothing to report on Woodbury Area Community Center or BCAM. In old business, a majority inspector is still needed. In new business, council held its...
The average price of gasoline across Western Pennsylvania is five cents higher this week at $2.910 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. The Mid-Atlantic and Northeast region has states on both the top 10 most and least expensive list this week. Motorists in Pennsylvania ($2.82), Washington, D.C. ($2.73), and New York ($2.72) are paying the most while those in Virginia ($2.38) are paying the least. Regional gasoline stocks saw the largest build in the country with 1.5 million barrels. This helped to keep price i...
Supervisor Ralph Rispoli made a motion to appoint Heather Flaig as the Catharine Township chairman during the Jan. 6 reorganizational meeting. Supervisor Ken Brenneman, who was named vice chairman later in the meeting, seconded the motion, which passed. Secretary Eleanor Harclerode and Roadmaster Michael Fay were both retained in their respective positions. Supervisor Brenneman made the motion to give the following positions a three- percent wage increase – the roadmaster, secretary/ t...
At last month's meeting, the Williamsburg Borough Council received a new fee schedule from the PMCA (PA Municipal Code Alliance) which raised a few eyebrows and brought concerns from council members. Members saw a definite increase in costs for landlords coming to the borough. Council members instructed Borough Manager Joe Lansberry to try to get better pricing from other firms before the Jan. 6 reorganizational/regular meeting. Lansberry said another inspection office in the area provided...
The Williamsburg Community Junior/Senior High School was awarded a state grant to purchase $7,500 in equipment in the state’s Ag and Youth Grants program. Gov. Tom Wolf on Jan. 7 announced the approval of a total of $500,000 grants to fund 55 projects across the state that are intended to improve access to agriculture education in the commonwealth. The goal is to address what the state predicts to be a looming 75,000 “workforce deficit” in Pennsylvania’s agriculture industry in the coming decade. “Today’s youth are tomorrow’s leaders, entr...
At its 2019 official reorganization meeting, the Woodbury Township supervisors discussed the fact that if an employee did not use the township’s health insurance, that the employee could be reimbursed partially for private-paid insurance. At the Jan. 6, 2020, reorganization meeting, the supervisors voted in favor of the stipend. All full-time employees of the township who do not use the township’s insurance are entitled to a monthly stipend of $300 in lieu of insurance. Supervisor Joe Lansberry, who was again voted chairman at the meeting, mad...
A Pennsylvania House panel heard from a range of tradesman on a trio of bills that could reform state requirements for apprenticeship and training programs. The state House Labor and Industry Committee received testimony the week of Dec. 16 on House Bills 1746, 1840 and 2041, each addressing some facet of state standards on job training in specialized fields. HB 1746, authored by state Rep. Barbara Gleim, R-Carlisle, calls for changing apprenticeship ratio standards with more flexibility in the number of supervisors, depending on the field,...
