The Pleasant Valley School Board passed a resolution Thursday that could allow for the furlough of up to 51 employees, for economic reasons.
“The budget forced our hand to pass the resolution tonight,” Superintendent Lee Lesisko said. “ It would behoove us to have teachers and professional staff sit in a classroom with no kids and pay them, it would be fiscally irresponsible. We don’t want to furlough, but if we don’t, we’ll go bankrupt in the next few years.”
The resolution states the board’s intent to suspend a maximum of 39 professional employees that provide instruction, a maximum of four administrative staff and a maximum of eight other professional employees.
Apr 20, 2021
Nike will lease a 1 million square-foot warehouse in Bethlehem, a move that is expected to bring hundreds of jobs to the city. The warehouse, which will be in the Majestic Bethlehem Center on old Bethlehem Steel land on Commerce Center Boulevard, is expected to open in mid-summer, according to city Mayor Bob Donchez, who says the warehouse will bring at least 250 jobs to the city.
The Pennsylvania Department of Health added 5675 new cases of coronavirus to the state s overall total, which now sits at 1,109,291. Those new cases are over a two-day span. During those two days, 29 new COVID-related deaths were also reported, leaving Pennsylvania with 25,690 since the pandemic began. Statewide percent positivity for the seven days ending April 15th stood at 9.6-percent.
Harrisburg Police provide an update on three investigations
The latest homicide involves a 16-year-old who police say they will not identify. They say they have ideas on the circumstances surrounding the teen s death. Author: Grace Griffaton (FOX43) Updated: 3:52 PM EDT April 1, 2021
HARRISBURG, Pa.
Thursday afternoon, Harrisburg Bureau of Police provided an update on three recent investigations. Can we have a couple minutes of silence, a couple seconds of silence for all of the homicide victims in our city, requested Police Commissioner Thomas Carter.
Hours after the city s fourth homicide of the year, Commissioner Carter asked for a moment of silence at the City Government Center.
Dec 15, 2020
A big, big snowstorm is on its way. Accu-Weather s Joe Lundberg gives us a time frame on when we ll see the flakes flying. It s going to start tomorrow afternoon around 3 or 4 o clock and then snow all night and exit early Thursday morning. So we re talking about a 15-to-17 hour storm but in that period it s going to snow very hard, Lundberg says. So hard, we might end up with one-to-two feet of snow by the time things settle down Thursday morning.
PennDOT says it s in a relatively good position to respond to the forecasted winter weather. While PennDOT fell short on its hiring goals for the season, the department has a surplus of salt to help treat the roads thanks to last year s mild winter. As is always the case with major snowstorms, PennDOT plans to prioritize interstates, expressways and high-volume roads first.
Applause erupted at the Forum in Harrisburg Monday afternoon as Democratic electors cast all 20 Electoral College votes for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
The meeting at the Forum in Harrisburg lasted slightly more than an hour as the electors cast, certified and transmitted the votes in the presidential election. Let us ring the Liberty Bell loud and clear so that it can be heard all over the world, and let everyone know that Pennsylvania is the state that gave the United States its liberty, its justice and its honorable standing in the world, said Nancy Mills of Allegheny County, who was selected as president of the Electoral College.