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...
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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...MVCI Renews Prison Contract, Plans Expansion
May 23, 2012 at 6:00 AM by Jessica Shirey · Leave a Comment
CLEARFIELD – The Moshannon Valley Correctional Institution had its contract renewed with the federal bureau of prisons, and it will remain in effect through 2016, according to Clearfield County Commissioner Chairman John A. Sobel. Sobel said the bureau can re-evaluate its contract annually. He said it leaves potential for a closure but doesn’t foresee one happening. “We’ve been hearing concerns...
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PennDOT, Law Enforcement Team Up for ‘Click It or Ticket’ Campaign
May 22, 2012 at 4:00 PM by Gant Team · Leave a Comment
(GantDaily Graphic) HARRISBURG – PennDOT will partner with state and local police in a national “Click It or Ticket” seat-belt enforcement effort through June 10. The effort will emphasize the state’s primary seat-belt law for drivers and passengers under 18 years-old, and will include outreach to boost awareness of seat-belt safety and laws. “With the busy Memorial Day weekend signaling...
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Clearfield Board Confronted about Building Projects, Athletic Improvements
May 22, 2012 at 1:00 PM by Jessica Shirey · Leave a Comment
(GantDaily File Photo) CLEARFIELD – A few community members waited out the Clearfield school board’s approximately one hour and 45-minute executive session to confront them again about their district-wide building plans and athletic complex improvements at Monday night’s combined committee and board meeting. In June 2011, the board approved renovating and expanding the high school campus into...
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Surface Transportation Board Approves Corman Rail Line Near Wallaceton
May 22, 2012 at 10:06 AM by Gant Team · Leave a Comment
WASHINGTON, DC – The Surface Transportation Board today granted final approval for R. J. Corman Railroad Company/Pennsylvania Lines Inc. (RJCP) to build and operate a new rail line using right-of-way previously rail-banked as well as new right-of-way, near Wallaceton, Pa. This is the first instance in which the Board examined a new rail line construction proposal combined with restoration of...
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CASD Approves Tentative Budget Without Tax Increase
May 22, 2012 at 6:00 AM by Jessica Shirey · Leave a Comment
CLEARFIELD – After a 3-mill property tax increase for the current-year, the Clearfield school board unanimously approved, 8-0, its tentative general fund and subsidiary fund budgets without any millage increase for 2012-13 at Monday night’s combined committee and board meeting. Board members Dave Glass, Mary Anne Jackson, Rick Schickling, Jennifer Wallace, Phil Carr, Dr. Michael Spencer, Susan...
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