Penn State Selects New VP/General Counsel
May 24, 2012 at 10:19 AM by Gant Team · Leave a Comment
Stephen S. Dunham (Penn State Live) UNIVERSITY PARK – Stephen S. Dunham has been named vice president and general counsel for Penn State, pending approval by the Board of Trustees at its July meeting. He will take over for Cynthia Baldwin, who agreed to establish the office and serve on a transitional basis. As vice president and general counsel, Dunham will head the University’s legal...
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Secretary of the Commonwealth Unveils New Process for PA-Born Citizens to Obtain Non-Driver ID
May 24, 2012 at 6:07 AM by Gant Team · Leave a Comment
HARRISBURG – Secretary of the Commonwealth Carol Aichele announced a new, simplified process for people born in Pennsylvania to get a non-driver photo ID card for voting purposes if they lack an acceptable alternative ID. This innovative system, now in place, can certify the birth records of Pennsylvania natives without the need for them to purchase a duplicate birth certificate with a raised...
Read More...Proposed Criminal Justice Reforms Could Save PA Taxpayers $351 Million
May 24, 2012 at 6:00 AM by Gant Team · Leave a Comment
Justice Reinvestment Initiative Receives Public Safety Proposals HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania’s communities can be safer and its criminal justice system better under a proposed plan that could save taxpayers approximately $351 million while reinvesting nearly $88 million in public safety over a five-year period. Results of a five-month analysis, as well as key policy suggestions for improving...
Read More...Work on Route 153 Bridge Job near Penfield Starts Next Week
May 24, 2012 at 6:00 AM by Gant Team · Leave a Comment
Rehab work will prolong life of bridge CLEARFIELD – Preliminary work to rehabilitate a bridge on Route 153 near Penfield will get underway next week. The small bridge spans Bennett Branch, just south of Penfield on Route 153 in Huston Township. The rehabilitation work will remove the bridge from PennDOT’s list of structurally deficient bridges. Overall work on the bridge will include replacement...
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Pennsylvania Awards $36.1 Million to Strengthen Literacy Programs
May 23, 2012 at 4:30 PM by Gant Team · Leave a Comment
HARRISBURG – Secretary of Education Ron Tomalis today announced that more than $36.1 million in federal funding has been awarded to 56 local education agencies to support literacy programs for students from birth through 12th grade. The Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy grant, also referred to as the Keystones to Opportunity grant, is a five-year, competitive federal grant program designed...
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Dotts Motor Company Awarded Golden Broom
May 23, 2012 at 1:29 PM by Gant Team · Leave a Comment
Dotts Motor Company received the Golden Broom Award for the month. The Golden Broom Award is a peer-to-peer program initiated by the Clearfield Revitalization Corporation, (CRC) to promote storefront and sidewalk cleanliness. The broom has been passed by Grice Gun Shop, who won the award previously. Tom Grice commented, “You deserve this award for being a long-standing business and keeping your...
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Morrisdale Man Suffers Major Injuries in Automobile Accident
May 23, 2012 at 10:13 AM by Aaron T. Evans · Leave a Comment
COOPER TOWNSHIP – A Morrisdale man was transported for treatment following an automobile accident on state Route 53. According to the state police in Clearfield, Ryan M. Gaines was traveling north when he lost control of his Ford Explorer as he rounded a left curve. The vehicle traveled across the southbound lane and up an embankment. The vehicle went about 50 feet before traveling down the...
Read More...Sandy Supers Get Update on Treasure Lake Secession Effort
May 23, 2012 at 9:51 AM by Steven McDole · Leave a Comment
DUBOIS – The Sandy Township Supervisors received an update in the ongoing efforts of Treasure Lake to break away from Sandy Township at Monday’s Sandy Township Supervisor’s meeting. Sandy Township Solicitor Greg Kruk informed the supervisors that they had two options at the meeting. The first: the township had an attempt to have the court reject Treasure Lake’s petition on grounds of...
Read More...Four Face Charges in ‘Operation False Comfort’
May 23, 2012 at 6:17 AM by Gant Team · Leave a Comment
(Graphic provided by the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General) HARRISBURG — Agents from the Attorney General’s Insurance Fraud Section and Elder Abuse Unit have filed criminal charges against four Philadelphia area men accused of operating an elaborate financial fraud scheme targeting hundreds of senior citizens across Pennsylvania. Attorney General Linda Kelly identified the defendants...
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Fugitive Surrenders to Authorities
CLEARFIELD – Clearfield County District Attorney, William A. Shaw, Jr., announced the capture of a wanted fugitive. Shaw identified the Fugitive as Holly Wolf, age 23, of DuBois. Wolf was added to the Clearfield County Fugitive of the Week list on May 21, 2012. On Nov. 14, 2011, Officer Josh Johnston of the Sandy Township Police Department, filed a criminal complaint charging Wolf with: 1) acquisition...
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