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The Bedford transportation office has selected Spring Cove Elementary to receive a $1,086.68 donation as part of Walmart’s support of local communities. Private Fleet truck drivers for Walmart – already among the safest drivers in the country – drove extra carefully during the week from July 20 through July 26, 2019. For every accident-free mile they drove during that week, Walmart made a financial contribution to local schools. Walmart is donating one cent for each accident-free mile driven by the drivers at each Walmart transportation offic...
There is a new face at the Martinsburg Community Library. Shaena Brantner, a native of Williamsburg and daughter of Charles and Nancy Brantner, started working part time at the library in November 2019. Shaena graduated from Williamsburg High School and Lock Haven University. She taught English at Williamsburg and Northern Bedford high schools. Deciding that she enjoyed working in the school library, she added library certification to her teaching certificate. In June 2019, Shaena started...
Kelsey Jo Dick and Brady Clair Ebersole, both of Martinsburg, are engaged to be married. Miss Dick is the daughter of Richard and Melissa Dick of Henrietta, rural Martinsburg. She is a 2014 graduate of Central High School, Martinsburg. She is employed by the Hollidaysburg Area School District. Mr. Ebersole is the son of Alton and Cheryl Ebersole of Claysburg. He is a 2012 graduate of Claysburg-Kimmel High School. He is employed by Penelec (First Energy), Altoona. A Saturday, May 23, 2020,...
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Jan. 7 called for his state to initiate legal actions against Pennsylvania, citing the "obvious inadequacy" of its Chesapeake Bay cleanup plan, and against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency which he said has "no intention" of forcing his northern neighbor to do more. In a letter to Maryland state Attorney General Brian Frosh directing the action, the Republican governor said that Maryland wastewater treatment plants, farmers and municipalities had helped meet...
The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has reminded the more than 2.5 million Pennsylvania households that heat with oil or propane to take a commonsense approach to maintaining their fuel supply for a safe winter. A heating oil or propane delivery can travel many miles to reach a residence or business. From a refinery, an oil tanker ship or pipeline transports it to a primary storage terminal. A truck takes it from the primary terminal to customers or to a secondary storage terminal, where another truck takes it on to customers. A...
Diana Dodson of Martinsburg and Heather Dodson of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, traveled to Reykjavik, the capital and largest city of Iceland, Oct. 9-14 for their mother-and-daughter trip. While in Iceland the women went to see the Northern Lights, "with no luck," Diana said. They spent a day at the Blue Lagoon and also did the Golden Circle tour....
Even though Pennsylvania does not touch Chesapeake Bay, that doesn’t mean the state doesn’t have an effect on it. On the contrary, nearly a million gallons of freshwater flow into the mid-Atlantic bay every second, and about half of that stems from central Pennsylvania. That’s why state Sen. Gene Yaw, R-Williamsport, called a Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meeting to hold what he called “a briefing” on the Chesapeake Bay. He held it at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex during its signature annual event because he said h...
As former Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Jim Cawley sees it, environmental friendly policies are concepts conservatives have allowed to slip away from the party platform in more recent times. “We, as Republicans, we, as conservatives, can continue to let others define who we are, or we can step forward boldly,” Cawley, who served as lieutenant governor from 2011-15, said this week at the Pennsylvania Conservative Energy Forum in Harrisburg. Cawley was one of multiple speakers, including former Homeland Security Secretary and Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Rid...
The 2020 4-H Potato Grading and Identification Contest was held at the Pennsylvania Farm Show on Jan. 7 with a record number of contestants. One-hundred and thirty-nine 4-H members from across the state participated in this contest. Registration numbers increased by 40 percent from last year and included five new counties, one of which was Blair County. 4-H youth from Blair, Bradford, Bucks, Carbon, Indiana, Lebanon, Lehigh, Lycoming, Mifflin, Montgomery, Northampton, Union and York counties...
Blair County was well represented at the 2020 Pennsylvania Farm Show at the market livestock show. Those who attended were (from left): Front row: Lynnae Dibert, MiKayla Burket, Drew Heltzel and Danielle Heltzel. Back row: Garrison Dibert and Cassandra Michelone. Absent are Carson Frye, Austin Frye, Dana Heltzel, Darcy Heltzel and Konstantina Crull....
By STEVE BITTENBENDER The Center Square The number of Americans on the move might have reached a 65-year low in 2019, but U.S. Census Bureau data shows Pennsylvania ranked among the top states for both attracting and losing residents. A recent report by STORAGECafé, a storage rental marketplace, reports that Pennsylvania is the 10th most popular destination for people moving from another state. In 2018, the state attracted 253,000 newcomers. Pa. attracted more residents from New Jersey than anywhere else. The site reported that 44,000 people...
The Greenfield Township Board of Supervisors reorganized at their Monday, Jan. 6, meeting. Matthew Treon was reappointed as board chairman and Jordan Oldham as vice chairman. Treon and Oldham spent time debating which of three interested candidates should be appointed to fill a vacancy for the third supervisor position. Treon motioned to appoint Joseph Claar to the seat, citing Claar’s knowledge of township business from recently serving on the board. Oldham motioned to appoint Alex Musselman, stating he thought it would be valuable to bring ...
Herald of Jan. 10, 1895 Dr. Charles Oellig, 75, one of the oldest residents of Woodbury, died at his home from paralysis of the brain. He was born in Waynesboro, Franklin County, and moved to Woodbury in 1842 at the age of 23. C.P. Ashcom withdrew his business interests in the Anchor Stationary Co. and in Eichelberger, Earlenbaugh & Ashcom, a mercantile firm in Martinsburg. Another local firm, H.M. Klepser & Co., was reorganized when J.D. Soyster retired from the flour and feed firm. This left two partners, Klepser and A.B. Woodcock. At a...
Herald of Jan. 16, 1920 Martinsburg Borough Council convened in regular session Monday evening, January 5, 1920, and was called to order by President H. E. Brown in the chair. Members present: H. E. Brown, H. R. Bowers, I. E. Brumbaugh, J. F. Greaser and E. H. Lykens. Minutes of previous meeting were read and approved. The regular order of business was dispensed with and council proceeded at once to the consideration of the account of Nelson Kein, tax collector, and the account of W. U. Skyles, borough treasurer. Tax collector’s account showed...
Herald of Jan. 18, 1945 That much of the game on the mountains surrounding the Cove and in the Barrens section is suffering from lack of food, if not actually perishing, is the word that is brought back by men who during the past week or two have visited the habitat of wild life. The ground has now been covered with deep snow for five weeks, and animals and birds that should have access to the ground for much of their food are having a hard time of it. Even deer, which is a browing animal, are roaming over a large territory in search of food. W...
Herald of Jan. 15, 1970 Sportsmen of the Cove area are actively engaged in feeding deer, turkeys and other wild animals and bird reported snowbound and starving in some localities. Both Martinsburg and Henrietta Sportsman’s Associations were putting out corn at a number of locations, and Charles Colbert, president of the Henrietta Sportsmen, asked for help to conduct another feeding over the coming weekend. In Friends Cove, south of Bedford, sportsmen were using an airplane to drop food for the deer in the Martin’s Hill area and other iso...
Herald of Jan. 12, 1995 The Northern Bedford Chapter of Future Farmers of America was invited to march in style Tuesday afternoon, Jan 17, in the Governor’s Inaugural Parade at Harrisburg, after Governor-Elect Tom Ridge would take office. Approximately 30 chapter members would participate in the division “Marching into the Future,” a division devoted predominately to youth. Carol Noel was given the oath of office to become a new member of Roaring Spring Borough Council at the start of the Jan. 9 meeting. Lester Steele of Loysburg recei...
Herald of Jan. 14 2010 Martinsburg Borough Council members looking forward to construction of a new municipal building in the spring, also are considering plans for the current building. Randy Stoltz, borough manager, spoke about the new municipal building to be constructed on Woodlawn Avenue. He said that the ideas for interior security and design can be offered by staff at newer municipal buildings in Blair County. He named Logan Township and Hollidaysburg Borough as having newer buildings. The reorganized Martinsburg-area food pantry has off...
The Pennsylvania legislature is considering legislation that is anti-safety and anti-driver, the Speed Trap Bill SB 607. This bill is part of theenforcement-for-profit-not-safety racket that has infected Harrisburg: their desire to give radar to municipal police (Page B6 of the Jan. 9, 2020, edition of the Herald). Radar should be banned in Pennsylvania and not extended to municipal police. There is no epidemic crisis of speeding, only an epidemic crisis of highway engineering malpractice allowing well-meaning but misinformed politicians to...
To the Editor: Born during the Truman Administration, I grew up under Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, politically active but unsure about either party. In the ensuing half century, I've seen flaws in each of our presidents, but ultimately believed they had the best interests of our country at heart, no matter how strongly I disagreed with their policies. Tragically, today we can no longer believe that, since Trump's motivation for his every word, every act, is merely short-term personal financial gain and the massaging of his monstrous ego...
Your life is a valuable gift, a gift from God to you. Your life should be cherished and protected. God has acted in a wonderful way to create you, to create all of us-each and every person. In some magnificent way, God created you in His own image and likeness. Do you know that God loves you? God cares for you. God even knows how many hairs are on your head! Before you were born, God knew you. In fact, in the first week of your life, just after your conception, your body was smaller than a grain of sugar, but all the instructions were present...
"We are here to protect each member of the community's family, now we need the community to step up and help as well," Williamsburg Volunteer Fire member Marcus Hughes said about the situation that the Williamsburg Volunteer Fire Company is in. At last month's Williamsburg Borough meeting, it was announced that at the end of December, the Williamsburg Ambulance would be no longer in service. In a letter to the community, Hollidaysburg American Legion Ambulance Service (HALAS) Chairman Robert...
Following the closing of the Williamsburg ambulance service in late December, many Williamsburg residents are asking what will happen if there is a medical emergency in their community. Emergency responders in the community are working on an answer. A response from the main station of the Hollidaysburg American Legion Ambulance Service (HALAS) would take 15 to 20 minutes for the drive to Williamsburg. In acute medical situations such as cardiac arrest, this is not quick enough. The long response would not permit the best care to the person in...
Authority Member Ed Patterson was again named chairman of the Williamsburg Municipal Authority during the reorganization and regular meeting Tuesday, Jan. 7, in Williamsburg. Authority Member Chet Bingham made a motion to retain the same officers as the previous year. Authority Member Harry Mullins seconded the motion, which passed. Officers are: Chairman Patterson, Vice Chairman Harry Mullins, Treasurer David Myers and Secretary Daryl Cole. Treasurer Myers made a motion to make a payment to Pennvest of $107,697 with Member Bingham seconding...
The average price of gasoline across Western Pennsylvania is two cents cheaper this week at $2.898 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. Nearly every state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast region saw gas prices decrease or hold steady this week (Pa., minus 1 cent). At $2.37, Virginia carries the cheapest gas price in the region and ranks as the 11th least expensive average in the country. Meanwhile, Pennsylvania ($2.81), Washington, D.C. ($2.72) and New York ($2.72) carry the most expensive averages in the region and f...
