On March 11, American Idol revealed the season's Top 12 finalists. Among those finalists was Sonestown, Pa.'s Aaron Kelly, a 16-year-old whose story of a struggling childhood won over the hearts of judges during audition week last summer in Orlando, Fla.
And Kelly has been stirring a buzz in his small hometown of Sonestown, Pa., where many of the locals already familiarized themselves with Kelly's stage presence at area events such as the Troy Fair in 2008, and performances at the Bloomsburg Fair for two of the past three years.
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Voters will decide on their local government representation in the villages of Nichols and Waverly in Tioga County, N.Y. today.
In Waverly, three people are running for three village trustee positions on the village board of trustees. Running for Waverly Village Trustee are incumbent Mary Gorman and newcomers Joseph Chandler and William Kraus. Chandler and Kraus will replace trustees Tom Bellinger and Dave McIsaac, who both did not file petitions to retain their seats.
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The Towanda School Board on Monday established a new chemistry course at Towanda High School and continued to work on the district's budget for the 2010-11 school year, which currently has a shortfall of a little over $1 million.
The new chemistry course that was established, which is called Chemistry in the Community, "will be an opportunity for some students who shy away from chemistry and physics because they are somewhat intimidated by the name of the course," said Principal Dennis Peachey. The mathematics used in the course will not be as tough as in the regular chemistry course, he said.
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Some relief has arrived for the county's battered secondary roads, which have deteriorated as a result of "normal freeze-thaw cycles" and "heavy-truck traffic," according to PennDOT.
On Monday, work was evident in western Bradford County in the Troy area.
On Fallbrook Road in Troy Township, workers with Glenn O. Hawbaker Inc. were busy smoothing out the road's many rough places. Talisman Energy, a gas drilling company, had retained the company to do the work, said Charlie Campbell, director of special projects for Hawbaker.
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National School Breakfast Week celebrated in Troy
The Troy Area School District celebrated National School Breakfast Week March 8-12 with free breakfast on one day for all district students.
The free breakfast increased participation by 43.5 percent in the elementary and middle schools, said food service director Bonnie Bixby.
Street foreman named in Canton
George Jennings was recently hired as street foreman by Canton Borough Council, according to Amy Seeley, Canton Borough administrator.
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Erin Road closed for base repairs
Erin Road in Athens Township will be closed from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. beginning today through Friday, March 19, for base repairs, according to Athens Township Supervisor Robin Smith.
"There is a possibility the project may continue into the following week. Notice will be given if this is necessary," she stated. "Please plan ahead to allow additional time for an alterna
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TOWANDA - A new three-year labor contract is now place for Bradford County's 40 corrections officers, which gives full-time corrections officers raises of 4 or 3 percent during each year of the contract.
"I think it's a good agreement," Bradford County Commissioner Mark Smith said at the most recent meeting of the commissioners, where the commissioners approved the contract.
The county and Teamsters Union Local 529, which represents the corrections officers, didn't want to see the new contract go to arbitration, which had occurred under the previous three-year contract, Smith said.
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