Strategic Planner Sherry Socie has applied to the state Department of Community and Economic Development for 15 local share grants totaling nearly $6.2 million for the county’s municipalities since Sept. 1. Socie told Blair County Planning Commission members on Tuesday that the grant awards would be made in the fall of 2024. While the local […]
Longtime PennDOT employee Vince Greenland has been named to the top job in District 9. Greenland moves from assistant district executive for design to district executive, replacing Tom Prestash, who transferred in the spring to the top job in District 2, closer to his home. Since Prestash left, Greenland, Assistant District Executive for Construction Brad […]
The agriculture community is mourning the loss of the only horticulture educator in the immediate area. Thomas G. Ford, 63, of Duncansville, died Tuesday at UPMC Altoona. Ford was a commercial horticulture educator for 41 years, most recently at Penn State Extension for the last 31 years. “Tom was the expert on horticulture and was […]
EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — Pennsylvania Lottery announced a winning raffle ticket worth $50,000 was sold at Gerrity’s Supermarket in Luzerne County. Officials stated the winning numbers drawn for the two $50,000 Weekly Drawing prizes that are part of the second weekly drawing in the New Year’s Millionaire Raffle. This Raffle features eight weekly drawings that each […]
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