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Irwin Council decided Wednesday to no longer require anyone attending their meetings to wear a mask in spite of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommendation to do so in order the slow the spread of covid-19.
Meeting online through Irwin’s Facebook page, council decided 6-1 to return to the public works building for meetings starting in March until further notice.
Masks will be optional and there will not be a limit on the number of people allowed in the room.
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About 1,000 employees and staff members at Redstone Highlands’ three skilled nursing facilities have their first and, in some cases, second doses of the coronavirus vaccine.
With the facilities on their way to being protected, president and CEO John Dickson said it was a shock to learn the virus made its way back in. An outbreak of covid-19 was reported in the Greensburg center, where 15 residents and three staff members tested positive during the past week. One resident died.
“This has been surprising to us,” Dickson said.
Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania crews have started to replace more than 11,600 feet of gas pipelines serving about 90 customers on six streets in North Huntingdon, the company said. Customers along Main Street and Iris, Saralyn, Tulip, Hazel and Mica drives will be affected, Columbia Gas officials said. The gas
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The spread of covid cases in the North Huntingdon-Irwin area slowed to a trickle over the past week, with only 43 additional confirmed cases being reported from Feb. 1 to Feb. 8, according to state Department of Health data.
The state reported Monday there was only a 1.6% increase in covid cases in the North Huntingdon-Irwin, Larimer, Ardara and Westmoreland City ZIP codes. Confirmed covid cases in the area rose from 2,533 to 2,576 as of Feb. 8, another indication that the post-holiday spike in cases has not occurred in an area with a population of 35,000. There had been only a 1.8% increase in confirmed cases from Jan. 25 to Feb. 2.
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Norwin School District is planning a two-day training session in March aimed at qualifying people to become emergency-certified substitutes who can work immediately in the school district.
The substitute teacher academy for those who do not hold a teaching certification is planned for 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. March 10 and 11 in the high school auxiliary gymnasium. It is open to anyone with a bachelor’s degree in any field, as well as Norwin student teachers and those completing pre-student teaching with Norwin. College education majors who have more than 60 credits also are eligible to attend the sessions.