NEWS

Roulette Township

The Roulette Township rescheduled February monthly meeting will be held, on Thursday, February 15, 2024 at 4:30 p.m., at the township office.

Port Allegany School District

WELCOME MRS. PAULA NEWELL

At the regular board meeting held this evening the PASD Board of Directors hired Mrs. Paula Newell to serve as the district superintendent beginning July 1, 2024.

Mrs. Newell currently serves as the Director of Teaching and Learning at Valdez City Schools (Alaska). She has additional experience as a site administrator at the Lower Kuskokwim School District (Alaska), and served as a principal at the Vienna (Austria) International School and American School of Durango (Mexico).

Paula was a technology teacher at Kerrville ISD (Texas), a school counselor at the Bandung Alliance International School (Indonesia), and has additional teaching experience as a technology teacher at Evangel Heights Academy (Pennsylvania).

She and her husband Steven have four children.

Village of Cuba

It was determined at the emergency meeting of the Village of Cuba Board of Trustees on 02/12/2024 at 5:00 p.m. that:

An emergency has been declared to move the business location of the Village of Cuba, N.Y. from 17 East Main Street to The Town of Cuba Municipal Building at 15 Water Street, pending Town Board Approval at the 2/13/24 meeting indefinitely in order to continue serving the Village of Cuba, N.Y. and residents, and Village operations while the Village Hall is being remediated due to environmental reports of dangerous levels of black mold.

The Village Clerk Treasurer and Deputy Clerk Treasurer can receive payments and conduct business at that location beginning 2/14/24 in person during the hours of Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 7:00 a.m- noon and 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Friday 7:30-11:30 a.m. As always, payments can be made online or by mail, but at this time drop slot services are not available. Please continue to use the phone number 585-968-1560 to conduct Village business only. The telephones have been transferred. They cannot conduct any business for the Town of Cuba. Full meeting minutes, with determinations to follow as soon as possible.

Jim Barnes

Village of Cuba Mayor

Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) today announced that all driver license and photo centers, including its full-service center in Harrisburg, will be closed Saturday, February 17, 2024, through Monday, February 19, 2024, in observance of Presidents Day. 

Customers may still obtain a variety of driver and vehicle products and services, including all forms, publications and driver training manuals, online through PennDOT’s Driver and Vehicle Services website. 

Please sign this petition calling on Pennsylvania’s Governor Josh Shapiro to take action to protect the environment and the health and safety of the residents of Cyclone by directing the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to REVOKE  the Catalyst Energy, Inc. UIC Class II Disposal Well permit.

HARRISBURG – Rep. Clint Owlett (R-Tioga/Bradford) today announced that fire and ambulance companies in Tioga County will collectively receive more than $307,000 in state grants thanks to the state’s Fire Company and Emergency Medical Services Grant Program.

“Our fire and EMS personnel risk their lives daily to ensure the safety of our communities, and that mission has become more difficult for several reasons,” Owlett said. “As we work to adopt policies to encourage recruitment and retention of our first responders, these grants are a big help with the financial challenges our companies face.”

The grants are awarded through an ongoing program created by the Legislature and administered by the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency and Office of the State Fire Commissioner (OSFC). All funding comes from the proceeds from slot machine gaming, and not General Fund tax revenue. All companies that apply and meet the requirements outlined by OSFC receive funding.

Projects eligible for funding include the construction or renovation of a fire or ambulance company facility, the purchase or repair of equipment, training, or the reduction of existing debt. In order to receive funding, recipients must file a grant agreement with OSFC.

The grants were awarded as follows:

• Blossburg Volunteer Fire Department: $13,450.59.
• Chatham Township Volunteer Fire Company: $13,450.59.
• Crary Hose Company: $14,812.24.
• Elkland Borough Volunteer Fire Department: $13,645.11.
• Knoxville Deerfield Volunteer Fire Company: $14,034.16.
• Lawrenceville Fire Department: $13,645.11.
• Lawrenceville Fireman’s Ambulance Association Inc.: $10,000.
• Liberty Volunteer Fire Company: $13,450.59.
• Mansfield Firemens Ambulance Association: $15,000.
• Mansfield Hose Company: $14,228.68.
• Middlebury Ambulance Association Inc.: $15,000.
• Middlebury Township Volunteer Fire Department Inc.: $13,645.11.
• Millerton Volunteer Fire Department: $15,590.33.
• Morris Township Fire Company: $13,256.07.
• Nelson Volunteer Fire Company Inc.: $13,061.55.
• Oscelola Volunteer Fire Department Inc.: $13,450.59.
• Sabinsville Firemens Ambulance Association: $15,000.
• Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital EMS: $15,000.
• Tioga Volunteer Fire Department Inc.: $13,061.55.
• Tioga Volunteer Firemens Ambulance Association Inc.: $15,000.
• Wellsboro Firemens Ambulance Association: $15,000.
• Wellsboro Volunteer Fire Department: $14,617.72.

The Education Council is hosting a free marketing series presented by PennWest Clarion Small Business Development Center. “The Core of Small Business Marketing” is Part One of a three-part series about marketing your small business. Part Two is entitled “Better Marketing Brings Better Customers,” and Part Three is “Bringing Your Marketing to an Expert Level.”

This course walks through the organic progression of a business’s need for marketing. The lessons learned and strategies used in this seminar will help participants assess their current business’ marketing needs and provide suggestions, tips, tools, and tricks to improve your business communications and sales. This practical approach to solving real marketing problems is told in a way that new or young business owners can learn and retain for use in their daily lives as they run their small businesses.

These free, in-person seminars, taught by Jason Strohm, Business Consultant with the Clarion SBDC, will be held on Thursdays, February 29, March 28 and April 25, 2024^, respectively, from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. at the Education Council’s office at 5 Water Street, Coudersport. Bring your own bag lunch; bottled water will be provided. Registration is required. To register visit https://pasbdc.ecenterdirect.com/events/31149 or call (814) 393-2060.

[Ridgway Township] – Sandy Beach Park, nestled in the heart of Ridgway Township, is set to undergo a transformative project that combines recreation and heritage, thanks to a generous Partnership Grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR). The LHR is thrilled to announce the approval of the grant, which will fund the development of an exciting mountain bike trail within the park.