A sinkhole resulted in closure of a section of road in North Huntingdon Monday night. PennDOT officials said Paintertown Road is closed between Bickerstaff Road and Penn Woods Drive until further notice. Motorists are being directed along a detour following Station Street, Morris Avenue, Nike Site Road, Route 130 and
Jonathan Bergmueller
Soap Box Derby racers finished assembling their racing vehicles in anticipation of race day a month out.
The construction workshop, hosted at the Penn Woods Bancorp. building in South Williamsport on Saturday, allowed children racing in the event, accompanied by their adult “handler,” to construct the soap box “stock” car.
Each of the 64 participating children who attended the workshop left with a stock car that has been teched for safety and is able to be practiced at home.
The fate of the race, which will take place on the Market Street hill on June 12, was previously left up in the air after the coronavirus pandemic impounded racers last summer.