Road Ownership and Sign Ordinance Highlight RS Agenda

Businesses and homes along Nason, June, and Hillcrest Drives in Roaring Spring pay property taxes to the borough but may be surprised to learn that those roads belong to Conemaugh Nason Hospital, and Nason CEO Tim Harclerode wants to give them to the borough.

Harclerode spoke to Roaring Spring Borough Council at its July 10 meeting and said that although the hospital was annexed about eight years ago and has been paying the borough property taxes, the three roads remained under hospital ownership, which leaves the burden of maintaining them up to Nason.

“We provide the upkeep, the snow removal...