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The Freedom Township water project resumed construction this week after a nearly summer-long break due to supply shortages. Workers were forced to halt construction when they exhausted their supply of meter pits. The meter pits were due to be delivered an August but another delay in securing the approximately 50 needed to complete construction pushed the project’s resume date to this week. The approximately $3 million project, $1.7 for the new water lines and the remaining costs going for sewage will provide 86 public water hookups to homes a...
Saturday, Sept. 24, Martinsburg Volunteer Fire Company sold 384 chicken barbecue dinners. About twelve people were involved in cooking the chicken and setting up the dinners. People who bought dinners remarked how wonderful the chicken was and continue to be supporters of these dinners....
An all-state safety last year as a freshman, Northern Bedford's Aaron Bowers thinks he plays on one of the best pass defenses around. "Our corners and outside linebackers are pretty quick, so we can run man-free a lot. Then I can just read the quarterback and go towards the ball, while our corners and 'backers do a good job covering their guys," Bowers said. It's hard to argue with Bowers. The Black Panthers have picked off nine passes through five games this season and are holding their...
Blair County, Williamsburg Borough, and Woodbury and Catharine Townships are poised to adopt two ordinances that will provide tax breaks for new construction as well as improvements to existing structures within the respective municipalities through the Local Economic Revitalization Tax Assistance Act (LERTA), and the Deteriorating Real Property or Areas of Tax Exemption Act, known as RLERTA. Last Thursday, the Blair County Commissioners voted to advertise the proposed LERTA ordinance for the three municipalities and will vote on its adoption...
A 30-year Morrisons Cove farmer said that he hopes a grant given to Penn State will help farmers who are "already doing the right things" to help mitigate climate change. David Rice, owner of Clover Creek Cheese Cellar, LLC, on Clover Creek Road, said, "Most farmers are already doing the right thing. But I'm afraid that farmers won't get credit for things that we are already doing." Funding of up to $25 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will support a new Penn State-led collaborati...
Roaring Spring Borough is a step closer to closing the books on its ownership of Plum Creek Mountain after the Pennsylvania Game Commission voted to purchase the 1,367-acre tract of land from the borough for $1.2 million. Earlier this year, the borough entered a land lease option agreement with the game commission and the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, allowing for a six-month timeline for the organizations to decide on purchasing the land. The mountain ground has been a hot-button topic since council closed access last year citing insurance...
