Mike Crowley

Meadville

News reporter for @Meadville_Trib, covering City Council, @CrawfordCentral School District and more. Raking muck like Ida Tarbell since 2016.

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Articles

Council approves settlement with former city employee

1 day ago | meadvilletribune.com | Mike Crowley

Litigation between the City of Meadville and two former employees ended with a $45,000 payout by the city and few other details. Meadville City Council members unanimously approved the settlement with Tim Groves, the city’s former business manager, and Rosemarie Groves, a former benefits and payroll administrator.
Students and others planting trees, cultivating futures

2 days ago | yahoo.com | Mike Crowley

A crew of students from the life skills transitional program housed at Crawford Tech reported for work at Huidekoper Park around midday Wednesday. The day was gray, unseasonably cold and altogether miserable weather-wise, but the students didn’t seem to mind as they followed representatives of Penn State Extension and the city of Meadville’s Shade Tree Commission.
Students and others planting trees, cultivating futures

2 days ago | meadvilletribune.com | Mike Crowley

A crew of students from the life skills transitional program housed at Crawford Tech reported for work at Huidekoper Park around midday Wednesday. The day was gray, unseasonably cold and altogether miserable weather-wise, but the students didn’t seem to mind as they followed representatives of Penn State Extension and the city of Meadville’s Shade Tree Commission.
PENNCREST moves to safely dispose of stored chemicals

4 days ago | yahoo.com | Mike Crowley

HAYFIELD TOWNSHIP — After discussing an initial draft of the PENNCREST School District budget on Monday, board members turned to an issue of spring cleaning that had been left unattended for years, possibly decades. Like any chore put off for far too long, disposing of the accumulated stockpile proved more expensive than it might have been otherwise.
PENNCREST moves to safely dispose of stored chemicals

4 days ago | meadvilletribune.com | Mike Crowley

HAYFIELD TOWNSHIP — After discussing an initial draft of the PENNCREST School District budget on Monday, board members turned to an issue of spring cleaning that had been left unattended for years, possibly decades. Like any chore put off for far too long, disposing of the accumulated stockpile proved more expensive than it might have been otherwise.
Housing Authority places executive director on leave, appoints interim replacement

5 days ago | meadvilletribune.com | Mike Crowley

In a special meeting Thursday that lasted less than four minutes, Meadville Housing Authority board members voted 4-1 to place the authority’s executive director on temporary paid leave. Vanessa Rockovich, who has been the authority’s executive director since 2021, did not attend the meeting. kAmq@2C5 >6>36CD @776C65 ?@ 6IA=2?2E:@? 7@C E96 >@G6 5FC:?8 E96 >66E:?8 :? E96 w@==2?5 %@H6CD 4@>>F?:EJ C@@>]k^Am kAmp7E6C E96 >66E:?8[ 3@2C5 >6>36C r6?2 z?6F369= D2:5 E96 564:D:@? E@ A=246 #@4<@G:49 @?
'DOGE does it again': Federal cuts come for mentoring program

5 days ago | meadvilletribune.com | Mike Crowley

A loss of federal funding won’t dethrone the middle school environmentalists in a Meadville Area Middle School (MAMS) after-school program, according to leaders of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Mentoring Program. Armendia Dixon and Nancy Smith learned last week that a $50,000 federal grant expected to fund the program through next year had been frozen. kAm“s~vt 92D 5@?6 :E 282:?[” D2:5 $>:E9[ AC6D:56?E @7 E96 sC] |2CE:?
Westford Flower Club

5 days ago | meadvilletribune.com | Mike Crowley

The Westford Flower Club kicked off the season with a wonderful presentation, “Colors in the garden,” given by Dennis James, the owner of DJ Greenhouse in Transfer. James presented some new plants and helpful hints about gardening. His pictures illustrated his gardens through the year including winter shots that featured plant structures. The hellebores (lenten rose) are now blooming and he informed us that there is a similar one that blooms in fall called the Christmas rose.
Housing Authority calls special meeting for vote on executive director

6 days ago | meadvilletribune.com | Mike Crowley

Eight days after the executive director of the Meadville Housing Authority pointed to the resignation of a board member as an “easy resolution” to a conflict of interest that could result in sanctions for the authority, board members appear poised to move in a different direction.
Housing Authority calls special meeting for vote on executive director

6 days ago | yahoo.com | Mike Crowley

Eight days after the executive director of the Meadville Housing Authority pointed to the resignation of a board member as an “easy resolution” to a conflict of interest that could result in sanctions for the authority, board members appear poised to move in a different direction.