DuBois City Awards Two Bids for Rumbarger Avenue Projects

DUBOIS – The DuBois City Council awarded bids for two of the three Rumbarger Avenue projects at Monday night’s meeting. There were only three bidders total with a bid being placed by each for the three lots.  The first and third lots were awarded in the amount of $31,101 each. Both were awarded to Dennis [...]

DuBois City Looking to Install Traffic Light

DUBOIS – The DuBois City Council plans to explore putting in a traffic light at the intersection of West DuBois Avenue and First Street near the DuBois Harley Davidson store. Councilman Edward Walsh reported he’d received many calls for traffic problems at the intersection. He described the traffic situation as bad there and expected that [...]

Borough Hires Part-time Police Officer

CLEARFIELD – At Thursday night’s meeting, the Clearfield Borough Council approved the hiring of Lance Thompson as a part-time police officer. Thompson told council he’d recently graduated from the Allegheny Police Academy. He currently lives in Punxsutawney with his wife who is a member of the Pennsylvania State Police. Thompson teaches martial arts in Pittsburgh. [...]

In Clearfield Borough, Councilwoman Challenges Requested Resignation

CLEARFIELD – Clearfield Borough Councilwoman Patricia Kavelak doesn’t plan to voluntarily resign from her Third Ward council seat. At Thursday night’s meeting, Borough Operations Manager Leslie Stott announced she’d received an e-mail from Kavelak, who had contested the council’s request for her resignation. Last week during committee meetings, council members agreed to request for Kavelak [...]

LT Supers Authorize Purchase of New Computer System for Municipal Building

CLEARFIELD – At Monday night’s meeting, the Lawrence Township Supervisors approved purchasing a new computer system for the Lawrence Township Municipal Building. Secretary/Treasurer Barbara Shaffner requested the supervisors purchase two, new desktop computers for her and the code enforcement officer. Supervisor Ed Brown said he’d prefer a server/terminal system, which would cost more now but save [...]

LT Supers Reject Novey Request to Change Zoning Ordinance

CLEARFIELD – At Monday night’s meeting, the Lawrence Township Supervisors rejected Novey Recycling’s request to change its zoning ordinance to allow for higher scrap piles. The supervisors rejected Novey Recycling’s requested change, as it was to the zoning ordinance. They said the scrap pile height limit is contained within a separate junkyard ordinance. “We don’t [...]

Sandy Twp. Police Receive Accreditation from PLEAC

DUBOIS – The Sandy Township Police Department received its accreditation from the Pennsylvania Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission (PLEAC) before Monday night’s meeting of the Sandy Township Supervisors. Randy Cox of the PLEAC said out of 1,200 statewide, Sandy Township is among only 80 police departments that earned this accreditation. He said, “So your department is [...]

In Clearfield Borough . . . Council to Ask Kavelak to Resign

CLEARFIELD – The Clearfield Borough Council will ask Councilwoman Patricia Kavelak to resign from her seat due to her absenteeism. At Thursday night’s committee meetings, Councilman Fred Wisor recommended they contact Kavelak by letter and ask for her resignation. Wisor said Kavelak had yet to attend a council meeting so far this calendar year. According [...]

Borough Gets Smoke Testing Update

CLEARFIELD – The Clearfield Borough Council was updated on its smoke testing project by Engineer Todd Banks at Thursday night’s committee meetings. Banks reported they identified 99 improper sewer connections, which were mostly roof leaders. He said there could be more that cannot be detected by smoke testing like some sump pump designs. Street Commissioner Steve [...]

DuBois City Approves Getting Water Monitoring Equipment

DUBOIS – At Monday night’s meeting, the DuBois City Council approved investing in mobile water monitoring equipment. The city accepted the proposal of its geologist, Jim Casselberry. Councilman Edward Walsh said he had explored the cellular phone system. He said meters would provide immediate notification of an issue if detected. Walsh said Casselberry would also testify [...]

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