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The Greenfield Township board of supervisors voted to approve the installation of fencing around the Claysburg Area Community Park basketball court at their May 4 meeting. Suter Fencing, Altoona, was awarded a contract for the project, having submitted the lowest of three bids at $12,596. Two additional bids were accepted from Buds Sealing Deals, East Freedom, for seal-coating and line striping of the basketball court and sealing major cracks and seal-coating of the walking track at costs of $1,245 and $3,800, respectively. A quote from Riley P...
Pennsylvania voters heading to the polls on May 18 will have the opportunity to vote on two proposed amendments to the state constitution relating to disaster emergency declarations. The full text of these proposed amendments were published in the Morrisons Cove Herald on Feb. 18, March 18 and April 15, 2021. Proposed Constitutional Amendment 1: Termination or Extension of Disaster Emergency Declarations Shall the Pennsylvania Constitution be amended to change existing law and increase the power of the General Assembly to unilaterally...
Editor’s Note: Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf issued the following statement Jan. 13, 2021. In response to the House GOP’s plans to subvert democracy through amending the Constitution: “HB 55 would hinder our ability to respond quickly, comprehensively and effectively to a disaster emergency by requiring any declaration to be affirmed by concurrent resolution of the legislature every three weeks. This would force partisan politics into the commonwealth’s disaster response efforts and could slow down or halt emergency response when aid is most needed....
Editor’s Note: Pa. State Sen. Judy Ward (Pa. 30th Senate District) issued the following statement on May 7. Unfortunately, primary elections are usually treated as a rather ho-hum event by the electorate. All too often it is seen as an occasion that draws only the hard-core political party faithful to the ballot box. This year, however, the May 18 Primary Election has significant meaning as all voters – including those registered as independents – have the chance to vote on two important ballot questions that will shape the way our Commo...
In preparation for Pennsylvania’s municipal primary election on May 18, Pa. Acting Secretary of State Veronica W. Degraffenreid reminded Pennsylvanians they can find voting information at votesPA.com. “The votesPA.com site is a one-stop shop for Pennsylvania voters. They can verify their registration, find out where to vote or how to return their mail ballot, and even watch a video of how to cast a ballot on their county’s voting system,” Secretary Degraffenreid said. “We encourage all eligible voters to be fully informed about their rights an...
With the primary elections coming up on May 18, voters may be wondering, what will my ballot look like? The following sample ballots from Roaring Spring show, in general, what ballots will look like for 2021. Voters who would like to see their sample ballot – including candidates for each municipality – can go to blairco.org/Dept/Elections/Pages/SampleBallots.aspx for Blair County sample ballots and bedfordcountypa.org/deptartments/elections/sample_ballots.php for Bedford County sample ballots. – SAMPLE BALLOT – Roaring Spring Boro 1, Democrat...
The Turkey Hill convenience store in East Freedom has closed its doors. The doors were locked at 10 p.m. on Sunday, May 9, and workers began removing signage. Freedom Township officials said they were not notified by Turkey Hill officials of their plans to close the store. The Herald has reached out to Turkey Hill’s corporate office for comment but has not received a response. Turkey Hill convenience stores are part of EG America, a Massachusetts-based convenience store retailer. The company claims more than 1,600 stores across the United S...
The four school districts in the Herald’s coverage area have seats up for grabs in Tuesday’s primary election. Running to fill four seats for a four-year term on the Spring Cove School board, Linda Kay Smith, John R. Biddle and Amy Acker-Knisely have cross-filed and will be on both the Republican and Democratic tickets. Republican Chuck Gojmerac is on the ballot for both a four-year and to fill the two-year term vacated by the resignation of Jason Rhykerd. The Williamsburg Community School District sees Republicans Benjamin Postles and Mar...
Lawrence Zimmerman of Martinsburg catches a quick afternoon nap while waiting for his wife Emma to have some dental work done while parked along State Street Monday, May 10....
Tuesday, May 18, is Primary Election Day and although it’s an off year with no state or national offices in our district up for grabs, there are a few county and plenty of municipal offices to warrant a strong local turnout. The only county office in Blair that is contested is the race for prothonotary where Republican incumbent Robin Patton is facing a challenge from Republican William Straesser. District Attorney Pete Weeks and Sheriff James Ott are unopposed for their respective seats. In local municipal elections, Martinsburg Mayor Richard...
