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The Muncy Borough Council is in the early stages of finding a new borough hall to seat its operations.
The current borough hall is a historic building in a floodplain and is not accessible to disabled residents. So, the borough council is working on finding the best location for a borough hall either through construction, expansion or renovation.
An option standing at the fore of the borough’s conversation is purchasing the Muncy Area Volunteer Fire Company’s fire hall, which it intends to sell, and renovating it.
However, Borough Council President Ed Feigle said the costs may be too high. The fire department is asking for $275,000, but Feigle anticipates renovations to make the building functional as a borough hall might push the total cost up to half a million dollars.
Turbotville man allegedly lead police on chase in Muncy
A Turbotville man allegedly fled when Muncy Borough Police officers tried to pull him over for an expired inspection sticker.
Anthony Jourdan, 32, of 288 Main St., Apt 3, allegedly eluded police while in a car, and later abandoned the car and ran away on foot into the woods at the end of Reservoir Road, according to an affidavit filed by officer David Williams.
When officers tried to pull Jourdan over at around 2:30 p.m., Jourdan allegedly turned right into a bank drive-through on South Main Street in Muncy Borough and then turned onto South Mccarty Alley, Williams said.