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On January 9, the Reynoldsville Borough Council re-convened a meeting that was begun with reorganization on January 9. The biggest item on the agenda was the 2020 budget. According to Borough Secretary Jackie Dixon, the problem was discovered when she was reporting budget figures to the state. She discovered there was problem with the taxes….

Reynoldsville Borough Council held a reorganization session on January 6 and welcomed new members. Ralph “Tucker” August, Mike Popson, Bill Cebulski, and John Burkett all start four-year terms. August was re-elected last fall. Cebulski, Popson, and Burkett were elected for the first time. Burkett had been serving out an unfinished term. Bill Cebulski will serve…

The Winslow Township Supervisors started the new year with a couple of meetings on January 6—the reorganization meeting and the regular meeting with the auditors’ reorganization meeting in between. The board welcomed new member Rick August who takes over for Marty Strouse. Strouse served on the township board for twelve years. Robert Krajewski was reelected…

State Police in DuBois report an unusual incident that occurred in Reynoldsville on January 4. Trooper Tyler Blaniar reports responding to a residence at 370 South 14th Street in the borough. The resident, Scott Siple of Reynoldsville, reported that he received statements and a photograph that indicated 29-year-old Alicia Wineberg of DuBois was inside his…

A DuBois man is facing numerous charges in connection with an alleged rape of a 5-year-old Reynoldsville girl. William Dean Rockwell, 38, of 21 West Washington Avenue, DuBois, is charged with numerous offenses including rape of a child, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, unlawful contact with a minor, endangering the welfare of a child, sexual assault,…

Recent data from the Pennsylvania Crash Information Tool (PCIT) show that in 2018, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s (PennDOT) District 10, 132 motorists were in a drug-related crash, a 4% decrease from 2017. While Butler and Clarion counties saw decreases in drug-related/drugged driver crashes, Armstrong, Indiana and Jefferson counties saw increases, some of them significant. A new Center…

The Reynoldsville Borough Council met for the last time in 2019 on December 18. The council tackled a busty agenda to finish the year. One item that had to be acted upon at this meeting was the 2020 budget. That budget, along with related ordinances and resolutions, had been advertised for the required 30 days…

For months, Reynoldsville Borough has been wrestling with what to do about its aging Christmas lights, but a lower cost solution was presented at the December 18 council meeting meeting. Barb Matusky, who, along with her husband Jack Matusky, have worked with the lights in the past. She told council that she contacted the company…