Joe Sylvester

Pennsylvania

News Editor and Reporter at Danville News

News editor, The Danville News, reporter, author

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Blight Task Force seeking additional help for city code enforcement

3 days ago | newsitem.com | Joe Sylvester

SHAMOKIN — Revitalization program manager Betsy Kramer will ask Shamokin City Council to consider hiring a second part-time code enforcement officer, for which Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding may be available. Kramer, community revitalization program manager with SEDA-COG, brought up the possibility at the Mayoral Blight Task Force meeting on Tuesday evening.
Line Mountain OKs contracts, insurance policies, personnel moves

1 week ago | newsitem.com | Joe Sylvester

MANDATA — The Line Mountain School Board Tuesday approved contracts, renewed insurance and approved personnel changes in the district. The board renewed the online Destiny Library Catalog System through Follett School Solutions, McHenry, Illinois, at a cost of $2,543, for the elementary and high school libraries. The renewal runs from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026.
Line Mountain board adopts budget, keeps same tax rates

1 week ago | newsitem.com | Joe Sylvester

MANDATA — Line Mountain school directors Tuesday night adopted a $23.4 million budget for 2025-26 that maintains the current tax rates. The spending plan, which goes into effect on July 1, includes a budget deficit of $400,857, but Business Manager Kaitlin Rosselli said after the meeting the district will make up the difference with money from the fund balance, which totals $8 million. She said the deficit might even be less than $400,000 once she sees what the final revenue figures are.
Clouds don't keep away crowds at Anthracite Heritage Festival

2 weeks ago | newsitem.com | Joe Sylvester

SHAMOKIN — Cooler temperatures on Saturday may have led to bigger crowds than in past years at the Anthracite Heritage Festival of the Arts. Crowds of people filled Market Street between Arch and Pine streets for the 19th edition of the event, despite the clouds, breeze and occasional sprinkle and temperatures around 60 degrees. kAmQxEVD 36EE6C E92?
Vietnam War veteran remembers those lost serving their country.

2 weeks ago | standard-journal.com | Joe Sylvester

CLEVELAND TOWNSHIP — Lawrence Latsko remembers when eight soldiers died as a mortar struck a nearby barracks soon after he arrived in Vietnam. He vividly recalls a new friend, an 18-year-old kid who had arrived about a month earlier. He was just 10 feet away from Latsko while on patrol in the jungle when a Viet Cong sniper shot the younger soldier in the head. “He was a real good friend,” recalled Latsko, who was about 20 at the time and had a few more months experience.
Vietnam War veteran remembers those lost serving their country.

2 weeks ago | newsitem.com | Joe Sylvester

CLEVELAND TOWNSHIP — Lawrence Latsko remembers when eight soldiers died as a mortar struck a nearby barracks soon after he arrived in Vietnam. He vividly recalls a new friend, an 18-year-old kid who had arrived about a month earlier. He was just 10 feet away from Latsko while on patrol in the jungle when a Viet Cong sniper shot the younger soldier in the head.
Line Mountain seniors close book on high school, move on to future

2 weeks ago | newsitem.com | Joe Sylvester

MANDATA — Chase Zerbe is going to work for T-Ross Brothers Construction in July. Laura Snyder wants to be a landscape designer. But first, Zerbe and Snyder had to close their high school careers with their fellow graduates during Line Mountain’s commencement ceremony at Eagle Stadium on Friday evening.
Business group conducts tour of Mount Carmel Township warehouse sites, hopes to draw tenants

2 weeks ago | newsitem.com | Joe Sylvester

MOUNT CARMEL TOWNSHIP — Focus Central PA recently took about 40 industry representatives on a tour of the Blue Creek North and South locations in the township to help find tenants for the properties. Township Supervisor Chairman Aaron Domanski announced the May 5 tour at the supervisors meeting on Tuesday. kAmQ(6VC6 G6CJ 9@A67F= E9@D6 D:E6D 5@ 364@>6 56G6=@A65[Q s@>2?D<: D2:5]k^AmkAm$FA6CG:D@CD s@>2?D<:[ r92C=6D z@G6=6D<:6 2?5 y@D6A9 {2A@ED<J G@E65 b\_ :?
Two newcomers win dual nominations for Mount Carmel Area School Board

2 weeks ago | newsitem.com | Joe Sylvester

MOUNT CARMEL — Three of four Mount Carmel Area School Board members won nominations to run for reelection in the fall general election, while challengers Janice Nestico and Stanley “Stosh” Pultynovich each won dual nominations in Tuesday’s primary election, according to complete but unofficial results. Incumbent Bill Brecker won both Democratic and Republican nominations, fellow incumbent Donna James won a Democratic nod, and board member Dan Renno won a Republican nomination.
Line Mountain School Board incumbents win nominations

2 weeks ago | newsitem.com | Joe Sylvester

SUNBURY — Three Line Mountain School Board members likely will return to the board in December. Republicans Michael A. Bordner in Region I and Dennis W. Erdman in Region II, and Linda Lou Gutkowski, who ran on both parties’ ballots, easily won nominations in Tuesday’s primary election, according to complete but unofficial results. kAm~?=J vFE<@HD<: 72465 2? @AA@?6?E[ r2=63 $92776C[ H9@ C2? @? E96 #6AF3=:42? 32==@E] $96 C646:G65 ef G@E6D E@ $92776C’D e_ @? E96 #6AF3=:42? E:4<6E] $96 C646:G65 e` G@E6D @?