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Wysox Supervisors hire full-time employee to manage the township
Photo: N/A, License: N/A, Created: 2012:02:07 19:34:14 WYSOX TOWNSHIP - The Wysox Township supervisors on Tuesday hired a full-time employee to manage the township, and also announced that extensive work on Glen and Dry Run roads, which were damaged in Tropical Storm Lee, has been completed. While the new hi (read more)
Parent concerns heard at Athens public meeting
Photo: N/A, License: N/A, Created: 2012:02:07 19:57:02 Athens Area School District superintendent Doug Ulkins faced a steady stream of comments, questions and concerns from district families and community members Tuesday at a Tuesday presentation regarding possible restructuring of the district's schools. Pa (read more)
A look at the winners in Corbett's budget
The big winners in Gov. Tom Corbett's second budget are income taxpayers, corporations and state police, workers and prisons. The state income tax will remain at 3.07 percent, meaning someone earning $50,000 a year will pay $1,535 in taxes, and someone e (read more)
Windham Ambulance to discontinue service
Regional EMS officials are working to ensure that a four-township service area retains ambulance coverage when the Windham Ambulance Association goes out of service next month. The association has filed paperwork with the state Bureau of Emergency Medica (read more)
What's next with the state budget
What's next with the state budget Feb. 13-29: Senate Appropriations Committee hearings Feb. 21-March 8: House Appropriations Committee hearings April-May: Big months for state tax revenue collections May-June: House and Senate unveil own budget bill (read more)
Local man jailed after manufacturing meth, assaulting wife
TROY - A 28-year-old Granville Summit man was jailed after threatening to kill his wife and possessing and manufacturing methamphetamine at his residence Jan. 25 on Allen Meadows Road in Granville Township, according to court papers filed at the office o (read more)
A look at the losers in Corbett's budget
In a budget that cuts overall spending for the second year in a row, the list of losers in Gov. Tom Corbett's second proposed spending plan is long. Higher education takes the biggest hit with cuts of 20 percent for state universities like East Stroudsbu (read more)
Corbett budget slashes higher education spending, but taxes stay the same
Gov. Tom Corbett proposed a 2012-13 state budget that cuts overall spending for the second year in a row, holds the line on taxes and again cuts a business tax while sharply slashing funding for higher education and county-run social services. "I am subm (read more)
Chesapeake Energy describes adjustment in royalty payments
Chesapeake Energy has sent a letter to its royalty owners advising them of some adjustments in their royalty payments this year following a court decision. "As a result of these adjustments, you will see a reduction in the amount you receive for your roy (read more)
Budget slashes higher education, keeps district funding mostly flat
After a state funding cut of almost $1 billion last year forced districts to slash programs and staff, area schools would see mostly flat funding under Gov. Tom Corbett's proposed 2012-13 budget, unveiled Tuesday. However, deep cuts to higher education a (read more)