Putting cows on the front page since 1885.
Putting cows on the front page since 1885.
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Nuisance Ordinance No. 563 will be revised after discussion at Martinsburg Borough Council’s July meeting. This ordinance says that police issue a warning when a resident’s grass and/or weeds are too high, and the resident has seven days to fix their yard before being issued a citation. Police Chief Kerry Hoover said the problem this summer is that residents are receiving warnings, mowing their grass in the seven-day period, then waiting until they receive another warning to mow again. Hoover said the department has had more issues this sum...
Last month, Roaring Spring Borough Council eased some of the restrictions on who can access Plum Creek Mountain by allowing Taylor Township residents and one guest to register to hunt the land. While the move addressed one concern of residents opposed to council’s decision to limit use of the ground, it wasn’t enough to stop the criticism leveled toward the borough since the policy change last year. At the July 11 council meeting, Taylor Township resident John Camerer thanked council for allowing Taylor Township residents to hunt the land but s...
The Greenfield Township Board of Supervisors approved the purchase of new body cameras and car cameras for the township police department at their July 5 meeting. The equipment and five years of support will cost the township $50,872, according to Ami Fether, township secretary-treasurer. The new cameras, produced by Motorola Solutions, will replace aging technology that is considered obsolete. Ronald Sharkey, police chief, stated that the new system will send video to the cloud instead of being stored on a server in the office. This will help...
Pending U.S. Department of Transportation approval, a new carrier will be servicing the Altoona-Blair County Airport later this year. According to Airport Manager Tracy Plessinger, Contour Airlines of Smyrna, Tennessee, will take over passenger service from Boutique Air. Boutique has been the airport's carrier since January of 2021 with daily flights to Baltimore and Pittsburgh. According to Plessinger, the airport authority's vote to enter an Essential Air Service agreement (EAS) with Contour...
