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The United States Postal Service filed notice in October with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) of price changes to take effect Jan. 22, 2023. The new rates include a three-cent increase in the price of a First-Class Mail Forever stamp from 60 cents to 63 cents. If favorably reviewed by the Commission, the proposed increases will raise First-Class Mail prices approximately 4.2 percent to offset the rise in inflation. The price changes have been approved by the Governors of the U.S. Postal Service. The price for 1-ounce metered mail will...
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) reminds high school students of the upcoming deadline for the sixth annual PennDOT Innovations Challenge, which encourages students to use their problem-solving, creative and strategic-thinking abilities to solve real-world transportation challenges in a competition among their peers. The Innovations Challenge is open to all students in grades 9-12, regardless of their school’s learning model. For this year’s challenge, students are asked to develop ideas to help address the shortage of...
On Monday, Jan. 9, Circle K Gifts in Woodbury and Denny Shoemaker (shown left) held a joint fundraiser for the Over's Christmas tree in Woodbury. Refreshments followed the presentation. This tree has been a tradition and an icon of Woodbury for many years. It has become very big, and the cost of electricity can be high especially since it is decorated with large bulb Christmas Lights. The tree is 97 years old now. For weeks leading up to the fundraiser, Shoemaker made postcards of places in the...
The Claysburg-Kimmel School Board used its last meeting of 2022 to reappoint Rich Gergely board president and Geri Mock vice-president. Gergely was challenged for the presidency when Mock nominated Jeremy Knott for the position. Gergely retained the presidency by a 4-3 vote with Roger Knisely, Mona Eckley, Heidi Kennedy, and Craig Burket voting for Gergely, and Amy Gill, Mandi Daugherty, and Mock casting votes for Knott. Mock was elected vice-president unanimously. At December’s meeting, the board voted to award high school Principal Chuck K...
Play stopped briefly during Central's basketball game with McCort Friday as Eli Lingenfelter (below, 22) scored his 1,000th career point. His family and friends (above) applauded his achievement....
Taylor Township Supervisor William Replogle, who is facing multiple sexual assault-related charges from two separate police departments, was in Blair County Court last week where he asked for two separate trials. Replogle, 80, was arrested on Feb. 18 by both Martinsburg and North Woodbury Township police after two women who were tenants of a trailer park Replogle managed accused him of sexual assault. Replogle appeared before Altoona Magisterial District Judge Daniel DeAntonio on May 6 to answer the charges. Two separate hearings were held but...
Charles “Chuck” Kassick doesn’t envision his ascendance to Claysburg-Kimmel High School head varsity football coach as a short-term venture. “Claysburg has treated me very well, the staff, the administrative team, the students, the parents, the community members. I’ve had a very good time since I’ve been there,” Kassick said. “If you invest in me, I’ve got to invest in you.” With that in mind, the 43-year-old Kassick, hired as the district’s high school principal less than two years ago, isn’t planning to just put competitive smaller-school tea...
Get ready for the second Cove Carnival! The Parade Committee announced on Monday, Jan. 16, that Bartlebaugh Amusements will return in 2023 with rides for the Cove Carnival from Tuesday, July 11, through Saturday, July 15, 2023. At this time, only the overarching dates of the Cove Carnival are known. More details will come once the other non-profit organizations and the Parade Committee make decisions on specific events. Keep looking in the Herald for parade and Cove Carnival information....
Central's Eli Lingenfelter scored his 1,000th point early in first quarter action against McCort Friday....
The Friendship Volunteer Fire Company has a new chief. James Musselman, an eight-year veteran of the company was named chief, taking over for Nick Ritchey, who held the post for the past two years. When Musselman joined the Roaring Spring fire company eight years ago, he wasn't sure what he was getting himself into but wanted to serve his new community in some way. Born in Claysburg and raised in Martinsburg, it was a move to Roaring Spring that fueled a desire to get involved in the community...
