Pa budget talks inch forward amid price tag delays
The Pennsylvania budget process moves slowly as aides draft more than a dozen bills tied to a near 28 billion plan 80 days late. Key sticking points include legalizing table games, leasing forest land for gas exploration, widening taxes on events and small fundraisers, and eliminating WAMs amid staff access limits.
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Marc Levy
Associated Press
Harrisburg
Nick Kotik
Allegheny County
House
Senate
Dominic Pileggi
Delaware
Pileggi
Kotik
District notes staff, programs, and grants at Clearfield schools
Clearfield district lists numerous staff roles including advisers, coaches, substitute workers and aides at Clearfield Elementary Centre Elementary Clearfield Area Middle School and high school. Plan details include collapsing certain personal care assistant positions shifting to ACCESS funded roles, and creating new learning support and emotional support positions. Family Medical Leave requests are noted along with Band and grant actions to fund bullying prevention program and three PA Cares grants up to 7500 per school.
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Clearfield
Courtney Shagren
Centre Elementary
Martha Spackman
Clearfield Area Middle School
Renee Biancuzzo
Clearfield Elementary
Linda Law
Melyssa Jacob
Steve Miller
Kristen Johnson
Christine Semelsberger
Amanda Sloppy
Kristina Yatchik
Elysha Lyle
Andrew Johnson
Emma Reasinger
Dorothy Collins
Jason Johnson
Bobby Dunlap
Bernadette Bell
Girard Goshen
Ashely Young
Gerald
Thomas Mohney
Clearfield County Career and Technology Center
Kevin Wallace
Perkins
Mohney
Oil City
PA Cares
Bradford
Centre
Girard-Goshen
CurwensvilleDistrict weighs tax hike for renovation costs
Curwensville Borough residents face higher taxes as a district board weighs a $26 million renovation plan. Critics urge answers on heating options from engineer costs to education per student and 2004–09 repair costs. Board leaders defend the process, citing scrutiny, public input, and the impact on families. The meeting covered resignations, staffing changes, tutoring expansion, and a district strategic plan review with hearings slated for Oct. 15 and 19.
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Curwensville
Shaffer
Penn-Grampian
Curwensville Area
Ken Caldwell
Ken Weihdeffer
Glenn Pentz
Caldwell
Weihheffer
Ryan Briskar
Wendy Bloom
Banks to close downtown branches for G 20 summit
Pittsburgh banks announce downtown branch closures Thursday and Friday during the G 20 summit at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. Citizens Bank will shut seven branches. PNC will close all but two. Dollar Bank closes two and trims hours. Northwest Savings Bank follows suit with downtown closures.
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Pittsburgh
Mo Valley School Board Announces Library Grant Award
The Moshannon Valley School District board heard from elementary principal Connie Chilton Godin about a $2,000 Wal-Mart grant for the elementary library, provided through librarian Sharon Matyasovsky, to buy new books for students.
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Moshannon _ Valle
Connie Chilton- Godin
Sharon Matyasovsky
Wal-Mart
West Sandy water project plans and Oct 5 meetings
Sandy Township officials finalize documents for the West Sandy water project while preparing for the next municipal authority and board of supervisors meetings set for Oct 5 at 7 p.m. at the municipal building. The Coast Guard will close a five mile Y shaped stretch of Pittsburgh rivers for the Group of 20 summit with security boats and police patrols anticipated.
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West Sandy
Sandy Township
Board of Supervisors
Coast Guard
Pittsburgh
Three Rivers
Terrell Sisk
Ohio
Allegheny
Monongahela
Sisk
First day of fall brings snow to Colorado hills
The first day of fall feels like winter as light snow and freezing temperatures spread across Colorado with a winter storm watch for Boulder and nearby foothills. In Vail and mountain towns snow fell, with at least three inches in foothill areas west of Denver. Denver temps dropped to the upper 30s while Flagstaff saw lows in the 30s and Loveland ski area activated snowmaking early.
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Vail
Colo
Colorado
New Mexico
Wyoming
Nevada
Utah
Arizona
Boulder
Rocky Mountain
Denver
Flagstaff
Ariz
Loveland
Planners to Review Projects for Community Benefit
Planners from Page 1 will arrive Thursday to rank projects by potential benefit to the most people. PA Wilds offers grants up to $1000 for signage upgrades and up to $3000 for welcoming signage for communities. New staff include an ombudsman Ta Brant and outreach specialist Sam MacDonald to aid small businesses and tourism growth. The rural water workshop with Clearfield County Conservation District drew seven local authorities to pursue source water protection. Four two-lot subdivisions were approved, including the McCracken estate in Mahaffey and Bundy Marshall Bennesse plans, all conditional on utility approvals and Clean and Green considerations. The CCPDC meets next Oct 19 at 7:30 p.m. at the Multi-Service Center.
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Brennan
Pennsylvania Wilds
PA Wilds
Pawilds Com
Ta Brant
Sam MacDonald
Commission
Clearfield County Conservation District
Mark Stevens
State Department of Environmental Protection
Joel Jordan
Rural Water Association
Beccaria-Coalport
Doe Alley
Oak Street
Beech Alley
Spruce Street
McCracken
Frederick
Nellie Bundy
Stephen
Ruth Marshall
Michael Bennesse
Bundy
Bricen Trucking Towing & Salvage
Bundys
Rob
Thomas
Clearfield County
Marshall
Brady Township
Cliff Null
Marshalls
Mahoning Creek
Bennesse
Clearfield
Barclay Street
John and
Kathy Bennesse
Hannah Street
Beccaria Township
J.E. Hamilton Trust
Sanitary Sewer Service
CCPDC
Leonard Street
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Todd Bachus
D-Luzerne
Brett Marcy
Robert J. Mellon
D-Lackawanna
Fruit Hill Presbyterian Church
Wendy B. Lynn
Chris Caldwell
Vickie Bunnell
Holly McGarry
Chris McGarry
Fairman
Kendrea Neeper
Mo Valley
Sandy
Crested Butte
Bella
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