It was a bit of a surprise at the March meeting of the DuBois Area School Board when W.Edd Brady, the district’s Director of Human Resources, announced his retirement. Brady has been in that position for the past six years and there was no discussion of his retirement at the previous week’s work session. Also…
The biggest news at the March 16 work session of the DuBois Area School Board came near the end of the meeting when the advisors of the Best Robotics Team told the Board two of their teams had qualified for the World Championships tournament in Dallas, Texas, in April. The two teams competed in regional…
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) District 10 is announcing the start of a resurfacing project on State Route 119 in Jefferson County on March 27, 2023. The resurfacing includes the area between the intersections of State Route 210 (Jefferson County line) and State Route 2003 in Punxsutawney and Big Run Boroughs, and Bell, Henderson,…
Fire struck a house at 735 East Main Street in Reynoldsville Friday afternoon. Thick smoke could be seen billowing from the structure. Reynoldsville Volunteers received the initial call but other nearby community units were called into assist. Utilizing the ladder trucks from Brookville and Sandy Township, firemen cut holes in the roof and the east…
State Representative Brian Smith says he plans to go ahead and introduce legislation returning the opening day of Buck Season in Pennsylvania back to the Monday after Thanksgiving. The Pennsylvania Game Commission moved the start of Buck Season to the Saturday after Thanksgiving back in 2019. In a phone conversation with Reynlow Community News (RCN),…
There were “Paws on the Ground” in Reynoldsville on the last day of February. The Pine Creek K-9 Search Unit team made up of Adam, Emily, Leslie, Millie, Nathan, Shaun, their dogs, and two tiny handlers-to-be (Children of Leslie and Adam) gathered near the Harry Kunselman Park in Reynoldsville for training exercises. This non-profit, all…
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) District 10 is holding a Public Plans Display Meeting in open-house format for the I-80 Brookville East Reconstruction project in Brookville Borough, Pine Creek Township and Rose Township, Jefferson County. The in-person meeting will be held at the Hickory Grove Elementary School, 104 Jenks Street in Brookville on March…
Before the meeting, art/math teacher Angela Dragich and two art students, Halee-Jeanne Postlewait and Megan Deemer, both from the Brookville School District, presented each member with a copy of a student-created book in honor of Career and Technical Education Month held in February. The Art Club plans to use the book as a fundraiser. During…
Before moving into its agenda, the DuBois Area School Board heard a presentation from four DuBois students who currently attend Jeff Tech in Reynoldsville. The students talked about their fields of study and what the school offers them in the way of practical education preparing them for a career. The presentations were in recognition of…
MRE. Meal Ready to Eat. It’s what our military personnel use out in the field when they get hungry. It’s easy to prepare and provides protein and other essentials, but they may not be the best when it comes to taste. That’s where the MRE Challenge comes in. Students in the Jeff tech Culinary Arts…