HOLLIDAYSBURG Blair County commissioners are expected to vote Thursday in favor of submitting a $3.8 million grant application for the extension of municipal sewer service to properties along Reservoir Road. Blair Township is proposing, with the county’s support, to ask the state Department of Community and Economic Development for the grant funds that could […]
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HOLLIDAYSBURG An effort to provide Blair County Prison inmates with correctional-grade computer tablets ran into a common problem of wireless connection issues, Warden Abbie Tate told the county prison board Thursday. Rather than abandoning the pursuit, the company that presented the prison with 35 tablets is now offering to upgrade the prison’s computer connection […]
FREEDOM TWP A community of more than 40 families has voiced concern over the possibility that the bridge that spans the Juniata River connecting them to Everett Road and Dunnings Highway will be removed, leaving them with only one “unsafe road” as their way out. The 70-year-old, one-lane steel-construction Jugtown Bridge is […]
HOLLIDAYSBURG Blair County’s newest commissioner spoke Wednesday about his concern over the starting salaries associated with efforts to fill vacant deputy sheriff positions. Dave Kessling, who took office this month and is now chairing the county’s salary board which met Wednesday, said the $15.52 hourly starting pay for sheriff deputies is generating below-poverty level […]