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The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is urging motorists to drive safely in work zones after three separate work zone intrusions resulted in motorists hitting a PennDOT crash truck. “Even though construction season is winding down in many places, we still have road crews out there,” said PennDOT Secretary Yassmin Gramian. “Please don’t speed, never drive distracted, and always buckle up, especially in work zones.” According to PennDOT data, in 2019 there were 1,754 work zone crashes, resulting in 16 fatalities. Since 197...
President Judge Elizabeth A. Doyle announced Friday, Nov. 13, that due to the recent rapid increase in COVID-19 cases, Blair County jury trials are canceled for the remainder of 2020. Specifically, the following events are canceled: jury selections scheduled for Nov. 20, 23, 24 and 25. Judge Doyle said that for the safety and security of the jurors, victims, defendants, witnesses, attorneys, court and courthouse staff and the public, the court would not be convening large public events through the end of the year. This includes cancelling the...
To reduce the chances of a mailbox being damaged by a snowplow this winter, PennDOT encourages homeowners along rural mail routes to ensure that their mailboxes are properly prepared. Mailbox damage occurs primarily due to the weight of snow being removed from the roadway. Since most mailboxes are placed within PennDOT’s legal right-of-way, homeowners are responsible for confirming that their mailbox can withstand the weight of snow being thrown from a plow. Generally, this means firmly installing the mailbox as far beyond the roadway s...
Birds flittering around the neighborhood are a common sight during spring and summer, and these welcome guests can be enjoyable to observe as they nest, feed and interact. When the weather cools in fall and winter, many birds seek out warmer climates, but a good number of these feathered friends stick around. Certain birds can be found all winter long across regions of North America. The Great American Bird Count is a program that is run by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology and the National...
Happy fall, y'all! I'm Brooke Gochnour, the Bedford County Dairy Princess. I've been keeping busy working on my family's dairy farm as well as promoting the beloved dairy industry. This month, I would like to do a special feature on one of my favorite breeds of dairy cattle, the beautiful Brown Swiss. The Brown Swiss originally came from Switzerland where they would live in high mountainous environments and graze all throughout the summer. This breed of dairy cattle is known to be the oldest...
Basements may not be go-to hangouts during spring, summer and fall, when many homeowners spend more time on their patios and decks enjoying the great outdoors. But as winter approaches and the great outdoors becomes less welcoming, basements once again become popular places to relax and spend time with loved ones. That’s why fall is such an ideal time to address mold issues in a basement. According to WebMD, exposure to mold can irritate a person’s eyes, nose, throat, and lungs. That’s true whether a person is allergic to mold or not. Even...
The average price of gasoline across Western Pennsylvania is two cents higher this week at $2.504 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. This week’s average prices Western Pennsylvania Average – $2.504 Average price during the week of Nov. 9, 2020 – $2.482 Average price during the week of Nov. 18, 2019 – $2.770 The average price of unleaded self-serve gasoline in various areas: $2.590 Altoona $2.596 Beaver $2.579 Bradford $2.516 Brookville $2.419 Butler $2.496 Clarion $2.398 DuBois $2.571 Erie $2.398 Greensburg $2.595 In...
Linda Clapper, projects chair, announced that one of Alpha Beta Chapter's projects will be donating to local backpack programs. Members have collected food items for delivery to area schools and have also donated $450 to the Jabulani School in Africa, an amount that will provide the students there with one meal a day for five months. Members who will deliver donations to local schools are Jenn Harclerode (Bedford Middle School); Kristine Walters (Claysburg-Kimmel); Lois Stoner (Everett...
With the Dec. 18 deadline rapidly approaching, PennDOT reminds students in grades 9-12 regardless of their school’s learning model to participate in the fourth 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. This year’s Innovations Challenge asks students to develop an innovative and implementable solution that helps address Pennsylvania’s transportation revenue short...
The Blair County Retirement Board, consisting of commissioners Bruce Erb, Laura Burke, and Amy Webster, along with Treasurer Jim Carothers and Controller A.C. Stickel, recently met with Pat Wing of Marquette Associates, Inc., to review the Blair County Employee Retirement Fund’s Investment Performance Report for the third quarter of 2020. The Fund had an investment return of 4.7 percent for the quarter, net of investment management fees, generating an investment gain of more than $1.5 million. Year-to- date, the fund had an investment return o...
Relay for Life of the Cove held a craft show fundraising event Saturday, Nov. 14, at the Grace Fellowship Church – Leamserville Campus. There were 26 vendors in attendance. This event had jewelry and many homemade items, Belly Busters Food was on hand with sandwiches and food items. Mindy Wagner (right) is the chair and explained her desire to work for Relay for Life is personal. Her daughter Destiny (left), 12, assisted Saturday with another family member Michele Sullivan. Each vendor paid f...
Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, certified the results of the Nov. 3 election, despite ongoing legal action by the campaign of President Donald Trump, likely increasing the level of difficulty for the president’s long-shot bid to overturn presumed President-elect Joe Biden’s win in the state. Monday was the deadline for Pennsylvania’s counties to each certify their results, and Boockvar, the state’s top elections official, opted to follow through with her own required stamp of approval the next day. Pa....
The Wolf Administration on Nov. 24 began distribution of the seventh allotment of COVID-19 antigen test kits provided by the federal government to Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA)-certified institutions in Bucks, Juniata, Mercer and Somerset counties. “Antigen test cards are a timely, quick and easy-to-use tool for communities to receive rapid COVID-19 testing,” Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine said. “These test kits, provided by the federal government and being distributed to areas in need by the Wolf Admin...
