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Downtown Alliance festival to boost area, artists
Review Staff Report
Two Alliance-area groups have joined together to present the Historic Main Street Festival this summer in the city’s downtown.
Also scheduled is a car show sponsored by Pocket Change Antique Mall, located at 426 E. Main St.
Pocket Change owner Ed Albert and GhostRighterz owner Chrystal Robinson-Shofroth are actively involved in a push to redevelop the Main Street area of Alliance, so it’s no surprise to see them helping to lead this effort.
The event also will serve as the premiere of the locally produced “Empty Canvas Documentary,” which offers a look at the city from the eyes of its artist community. A tease to the video is available on YouTube.
Some parents and boosters in the Chestnut Ridge School District are asking school officials to consider upgrading the districtâs athletic facilities.
A group representing the Chestnut Ridge Touchdown Club football booster club briefly spoke to the district school board at its meeting Tuesday night about their hopes for larger weight room, as well as new facilities and turf for the football field.
âWeâre behind the times,â said Jamie Ickes, who spoke on behalf of the group.
Ickes said the groupâs top priority is a bigger weight room for student athletes, saying the current room is not large enough to accommodate more than about a dozen students at a time.
Pat Wellenbach / AP
New data from Pennsylvania’s Department of Education shows that the pandemic has caused a small, but significant enrollment decline at traditional public schools, while increasing the share of cyber charter students.
It’s also revealed an interesting divide. While public schools in urban and suburban counties have lost students, schools in more rural counties have largely tread water.
Overall, preliminary enrollment data shows a 1.7% drop in total public school enrollment, which equates to about 30,000 students statewide. The dip was more pronounced in kindergarten, where enrollment fell from 115,275 students last year to 110,803 students in 2020 nearly a 4% decline.