Bus contract resolved at Clarion Area

FRILLS CORNERS - The sewage line extension project in Washington Township is incurring costs even though it is far from finished and the Washington Township Municipal Authority had to address those costs at its recent meeting.

KNOX - The Keystone School Board June 20 approved a one-mill real estate tax increase, looking to keep ahead of underway projects and pending heating repairs.

MONROE TWP. - The Clarion County Planning Commission June 15 gave its final approval to a major subdivision for a proposed travel plaza in Monroe Township.

CLARION - Rootstock Racing's Endless Mountains five-day Adventure Race launched yesterday (June 20) in Clarion and will end Saturday in north central Pennsylvania.

SHIPPENVILLE - A Shippenville resident doesn't care for the way a neighboring property is in a state of disrepair and he wants something done about it.

CLARION - Staffing is "getting tight" for two key Clarion County entities, the sheriff's department and ambulance services.

CLARION - The Clarion Area School Board June 14 unanimously approved a three-year contract with Paul R. Brown Busing for the district's transportation.

Clarion state police identified a Bucks County man as the driver of a car who was the victim of a fatal crash between his vehicle and a tractor-trailer on Interstate 80 in Beaver Township on Sunday morning.

CLARION - Clarion Borough Council June 7 awarded contracts for work at Paul A. Weaver Park and South Sixth Avenue reconstruction.

FRILLS CORNERS - Building renovation was a popular topic at the June work session for the North Clarion School Board.

KNOX - Twenty years ago the Keystone School District was in dire straits facing a list of needed renovations, rising costs, debt and virtually no financial reserves.

CLARION - Clarion Borough Council agreed this month to send a letter to the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources stating the borough pool which a 1980's DCNR grant helped build is "obsolete."

FRILLS CORNERS - Finding and utilizing renewable energy is something North Clarion Superintendent Steve Young wants to address.

FARMINGTON TWP. - The Farmington Township Board of Supervisors this month approved the purchase of an excavator and trailer to improve the ability of the township road crew to respond to needed road maintenance and emergencies.

FOXBURG - Even though a three-year contract to house an Internet provider's equipment might seem innocuous, A-C Valley School Board member Brady Feicht has some concerns about the district entering such the agreement.

CLARION - Yes, two longtime buildings along Main Street in Clarion will soon be cleared away -- the former Dan Smith's Candy store and the former Paul A. Weaver Jewelry store but a new concept in downtown development and community sustainability is planned for this summer.

KNOX - Keystone School District Superintendent Teresa L. Young is leaving the district as she was hired June 7 as superintendent of the United School District in Indiana County.

CLARION - Clarion Borough Council June 7 terminated the employment of borough police officer Brittany S. Gray following a 30-minute closed session.

Clarion Hospital included in new organization

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Shortages hit government discount buying program

FOXBURG - Due to declining enrollment at the high school, the Allegheny-Clarion Valley administration suggested moving one of its science teachers from the high school to the elementary and creating a middle school model for fifth- and sixth-grade students at the elementary.

Butler Health System and Greensburg-based Excela Health have signed a letter of intent to form a new health system, according to a BHS news release.

Marienville state police said one person died and two people were injured in a two-vehicle accident on Forest Road in Farmington Township in Clarion County on Friday evening.

KNOX - Looking to help students and staff through the school day, Keystone School District administrators report positive results from the implementation of its "Rhithm" program earlier this year.

Clarion state police said two Clarion residents died in a motorcycle accident on Route 322 in Clarion Township, north of Liberty Street, late Wednesday evening.

CLARION - Whatever happens to the Clarion Borough Pool as far as its demolition is being planned, but the area it occupies near Clarion Area High School, must remain a public recreation area.

SHIPPENVILLE - Drainage problems have a pair of Shippenville residents frustrated and they took their concerns to borough council this month.

CLARION - Pinched for space, many county governments are forced to pay for office space on the local rental market at a high cost. Except in Clarion County. Clarion County has found a way to turn an expense into income.

According to Marienville state police, a 15-year-old boy operating a 1999 Honda TRX 400EX was killed at 7:12 p.m. Monday along Lickingville Road in Washington Township when the ATV struck a deer on the roadway.

CLARION - Elk Township supervisors this month tabled a proposal for the replacement of a bridge along Oak Grove Road as the cost of the work has passed the amounted budgeted for the work.

CLARION - Field condition issues have played havoc with both the Clarion Area and Clarion University baseball and softball teams but relief might be on the way.

KNOX - The Keystone School Board May 16 gave its tentative approval to a $17,530,919 million budget for the 2022-23 school year but stopped short of setting tax rates for the upcoming year.

Clarion Area looks to hold tax level in 22-23

County jail resumes work release program

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CLARION - The physical reassessment of Clarion County could begin in the next few weeks. The Clarion County Board of Commissioners May 10 issued a press release notifying county residents that a full reassessment for the properties within the county is expected to begin in the spring of this…

PAINT TWP. - For many years, the Clarion County Career Center and its sending schools had been living under the assumption vocational reimbursement funds from the state for the career center should go to the seven sending schools in the county.

CLARION - After years of stagnation, Clarion County property-owners will see a bit of an increase in the amount of their homestead/farmstead property tax exemptions this year.

CLARION - Finalizing the transportation contract between the Clarion Area School District and Paul R. Brown Busing hit a snag at the Clarion School Board's May 3 work session.

Tick bite? Test that little pest

FOXBURG - It's no secret the football field located on the A-C Valley School District campus is in serious need of repair and renovation but finding the funding to pay for the project is where it gets dicey.