Businesses Delinquent with Hotel Tax on Hot Seat

CLEARFIELD – Hotels that have yet to pay the county’s hotel property tax are on the hot seat. The Clearfield County Commissioners directed Solicitor Kim Kesner to contact district justices to file for payment from the entities that have yet to pay their hotel taxes. “We have to...

Navy Destroyer Named for Penn State Alum Killed in Afghanistan

UNIVERSITY PARK - The U.S. Navy has honored Michael Murphy, a Penn State alumnus and Naval lieutenant who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroic actions in Afghanistan in 2005, with the naming of its newest missile destroyer. Secretary of the Navy Donald C. Winter announced at a...

GANT CONTEST: Happy 2nd Anniversary

Happy Anniversary GANT!To celebrate our 2nd anniversary we’ve decided to hold another contest. Each person to sign up for the Daily Inbox Delivery will automatically be entered into a drawing to win a $250.00 Gift Card from By The Room Furniture in DuBois. Click here to enter--it's FREE!...

Philipsburg Country Club Golf Course Vandalized

PHILILPSBURG - The Philipsburg Country Club golf course was vandalized last month. State police in Philipsburg are investigating the incident that occurred on April 25. Someone used a chemical on different parts of the golf course. According to police the chemical caused the vegetation to...

Burnside Residence Burglarized

BURNSIDE - State police in Punxsutawney reported that someone broke into a Burnside man's garage over the weekend and stole a number of items.According to police someone gained entry into the man's garage by crawling through a crawl-space. The person then broke through a trap door in the garage....

Proposed DuBois Land Development Plan Falls Through

DUBOIS - Plans to turn the former Rockwell playground into land for as many as five homes, but at least four, for low and medium income families seems to have reached a dead end as DuBois City Council voted against giving their encouragement for the program at the Monday night meeting. Habitat...

Novey's Metal Burglarized Monday Morning

CLEARFIELD - Clearfield Borough Police reported that Novey's metal was burglarized Monday morning. According to police someone entered the structure through a window that housed an air conditioner. Once inside the person went through the cabinets and drawers. No money was removed due to the...

CCCTC Approves Revised 2008-09 Budget

CLEARFIELD - The Clearfield County Career and Technology Center Joint Operating Committee approved the 2008-09 general fund budget at Monday’s meeting. Kathie Malinich, business manager, made her fourth presentation to the committee with the budget’s final “tweaks.” She...

Curwensville Borough Employee Health Care Costs on the Rise

CURWNESVILLE – It was announced Monday night that Curwensville Borough’s health care plan rose. By nearly 70 percent. Curwensville Borough Council anticipated that their health care costs would rise by 20-25 percent. Council member Dave McNaul said he called the Teamsters. He stated...

Sunnyside Issues Top Curwensville Borough Council Meeting

CURWENSVILLE – The Sunnyside ethanol plant project was a main topic at Monday night’s Curwensville Borough Council meeting. Speaking on behalf of Citizens for a Clean Curwensville, group President Pam Sheeder thanked Aaron Keirn, Mark Curulla and the planning commission for acting in...

DEP Issues Stay-Out Order to Owners of Vacant Punxsy Industrial Building

MEADVILLE – After discovering a dangerous compound inside the former Berlin Metals building in Punxsutawney, the Department of Environmental Protection has ordered the property’s owners to prevent the public from entering it until remediation work can be completed and the property...

Crimestoppers Offers Cash Reward for Information

DUBOIS - The Pennsylvania Crimestoppers has released information about an incident of criminal mischief that occurred sometime April 8 to 9 along state Route 219 in Jefferson County. Several commercial businesses, from DuBois to Brockway, had windows shot at with what investigators believe was a...

CCAAA to Cancel May Advisory Council Meeting

CLEARFIELD - The May 20th meeting of the Clearfield County Area Agency on Aging, Inc. has been cancelled. Agency representatives said the June meeting will occur as planned. For more information on the CCAAA Advisory Council, contact Sue Kordish at 765-2696.

Shaw Library to Hold Early Literacy Event

CLEARFIELD - The Joseph & Elizabeth Shaw Public Library will hold a very special story time event on Tuesday, May 13, 2008. The featured story will be Up, Down, and Around, written by Pennsylvania author Katherine Ayres and illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott. Call the Library at 765-3271 to...

Father, Son Graduate at Clarion

CLARION - Diane Wells got an early Mothers Day present Saturday at Clarion University Commencement Ceremonies. Both her husband and son were among the 851 students receiving diplomas during commencement ceremonies Saturday at Clarion University. Both had waited a long time to earn their degrees,...