By Rebecca Zemencik, Managing Editor • rebecca-z@citizenstandard.com
VALLEY VIEW – After much discussion and deliberation Wednesday evening, July 3, Hegins Township has now hired a consultant at the price tag of $150 per hour to direct them on how to move forward with a proposed zoning change concerning wind power.
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By Robert Wheary, Staff Writer • csrobwheary@gmail.com
TREMONT TWP. – Supervisors in Tremont Twp. experienced a little “sticker shock” when discussing their latest road projects as the cost of blacktop increased from previous years.
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By Robert Wheary, Staff Writer • csrobwheary@gmail.com
MILLERSBURG – Contracts up for renewal by the Millersburg Area School Board was met with a little bit of resistance by one board member as he wondered if the district was getting a fair deal.
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By Robert Wheary, Staff Writer • csrobwheary@gmail.com
TOWER CITY – Those that run afoul of code offenses in Tower City borough may soon find themselves paying more than just fines.
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Submitted Photo Charles Huntzinger of Spring Street, Tremont, shared this photo with Tremont Borough Council at its Tuesday meeting and asked if he will ever be able to use his garage again? Huntzinger’s property was affected by the flooding last year. The borough is still waiting on FEMA funding to be available.
By Rebecca Zemencik, Managing Editor • rebecca-z@citizenstandard.com
TREMONT – Charles Huntzinger, a Spring Street resident of Tremont Borough whose home along with countless others experienced devastating flooding last year, was at the Tremont Borough Council meeting again Tuesday evening trying to get answers to questions.
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By Rebecca Zemencik, Managing Editor • rebecca-z@citizenstandard.com
Dan Shingara Jr. gathered with family and friends of the late David A. and LaRae Lucas on Sunday evening and lit the Shingara cross on the Trevorton mountain in memory of the couple. The cross has been in place for 20 years and is lit when a coal miner passes. David A. Lucas and his wife LaRae were involved in a crash Friday, May 24, on Route 25 in Spring Glen. LaRae died at the scene and David A. passed Saturday, June 8, from injuries sustained.
TREVORTON – Family and friends of David A. and LaRae Lucas, a Hegins couple, who died as the result of an automobile crash, gathered on top of the Trevorton Mountain, Sunday evening, when the Shingara cross was lit in memory of David A. and LaRae.
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By Rebecca Zemencik, Managing Editor • rebecca-z@citizenstandard.com
VALLEY VIEW – Representatives from two wind energy companies and an attorney attended Wednesday evening’s meeting of the Hegins Township Supervisors to ask the supervisors to consider a zoning change in the township.
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By Rebecca Zemencik, Managing Editor • rebecca-z@citizenstandard.com
KLINGERSTOWN – On Thursday, Governor’s Office of Broadband Initiatives Acting Executive Director Sheri Collins and Department of Education Deputy Secretary for Commonwealth Libraries Glenn Miller visited Mahantongo Elementary School in the Tri-Valley School District. Collins and Miller discussed how lack of access to high-speed internet hurts students’ ability to learn, and how the bipartisan Restore Pennsylvania proposal will help municipalities close the digital divide.
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By Rebecca Zemencik, Managing Editor • rebecca-z@citizenstandard.com
HEGINS – Sometimes tornado warnings are a good thing.
The Hegins Valley Fire-Rescue learned last year that the tornado warning that canceled their firemen’s parade on opening night of the carnival actually helped them to understand it might be better to move the parade night for future events as well.
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By Robert Wheary, Staff Writer • csrobwheary@gmail.com
TREMONT TWP. – Feeling that they have reached an impassive with the Rausch Creek Off-Road Park, Tremont Township will take the group to court over the township’s amusement tax.
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