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[email protected] The Old Lycoming Township supervisors dug into several brief agenda items during their February meeting after officiating promotions within Old Lycoming Township Police Department. The supervisors unanimously approved Allyx Kennedy as the new township bookkeeper and treasurer, while they made various other appointments to its planning commission. Jessica Williams was assigned to the township’s planning commission through Dec. 31, 2024, while Ed Gair and David Kay were approved through Dec. 31, 2021. Each approval received unanimous support from the supervisors. Meanwhile, Judy Fink resigned from the Zoning Hearing Board after 28 years of service to the community. “We accept her resignation with regret. She did an outstanding job and we will miss her experience,” Linda Mazullo, one of the township supervisors, said. ....
Positive COVID-19 Cases Increasing in Pennsylvania (Harrisburg, PA) Positive COVID-19 cases are continuing to rise in Pennsylvania. The state s Department of Health reported over four-thousand new positive cases yesterday. The total number of cases has now surpassed 876,000 since the beginning of the pandemic. There were also 149 deaths reported yesterday linked to complications of the coronavirus. Governor Wolf Calls for Minimum Wage Increase (Harrisburg, PA) Governor Tom Wolf is showing his support to increase Pennsylvania s minimum wage. Governor Wolf announced yesterday that he is calling for the state to increase the minimum wage to 12-dollars per hour starting this July. Wolf s proposed plan would add fifty-cent increases to the minimum wage rate every year until 2027 when it reaches 15-dollars per hour. He also proposed an income tax cut that would affect almost three-million citizens in the state. ....