Time to update you on some ongoing items around Reynoldsville: Paving is being completed on Third Street by the Medical Center. Grant Street is also slated for paving as weather permits. Work appears to be wrapping up on the Point View Bridge with paving on either side of the bridge on August 19. Jefferson County…
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The evening of August 16, 2019 remained dry and warm as nearly two hundred fifty former classmates gathered together for the thirty-fifth annual Reynoldsville-Sykesville High School Alumni Reunion and dinner. Those gathered represented twenty-eight graduating classes: 1938, 1943, 1944, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950 through 1970 and 1972. Ruth Engle, currently of Brookville, was the most…
The Reynoldsville War Memorial Committee met on August 7 and discussed the clearing of the property it acquired recently. The two buildings are located on Main Street adjacent to the Uni-Mart. The demolition will be conducted in steps, first clearing the trees and then the two buildings. Just when the trees will be removed is…
On Saturday, August 3, Reynoldsville Fire officials and the State Police Fire Marshall investigated the cause of the fire that damaged the China One building on July 31. According to Fire Chief Darren Scolese, the fire was determined to be accidental and was electrical in nature. Damage estimates have been set at $20,000.00. There were…
A fatal accident occurred at the Route 830/Interstate-80 off ramp yesterday afternoon. State Police at DuBois say a car came off the Interstate at the ramp and failed to stop. It crossed into the path of a vehicle driven by Walter Kitko (no address given). Upon impact, the exiting car rolled over coming to rest…
Through the efforts of volunteers, Reynlow Park now has a new web site and a new Facebook page. There are events coming up at the park in August including Yoga in the Park Saturday, August 17, at 6 p.m. To visit the web site, click here. To visit the Facebook page, click here.
BIG Idea Contest offers up to $50,000 prize The North Central PA LaunchBox and Penn State DuBois, in conjunction with Ben Franklin Technology Partners have launched the BIG Idea Contest for aspiring entrepreneurs. You don’t need to be an inventor, scientist, or historic statesmen like Ben Franklin in order to win this year’s BIG Idea…
Nothing was going to stop the Reynoldsville Borough Council from completing meeting it started earlier this month—including a fire at an adjacent building. On July 31, the council reconvened a meeting it adjourned July 17 so it could advertise and then act on the Quality of Life Ordinance. That ordinance brings together and updates several…
Fire struck the China One building on Main Street in Reynoldsville shortly after 7:30 p.m. on July 31. Members of the Reynoldsville Police Department, who were attending the borough council meeting in the municipal building next door, were alerted and called in the fire. The rest of the people in the meeting were evacuated. Off-duty…
After being destroyed by fire on January 22, owner Jim Brown of DuBois promised to rebuild. On July 15, the rebuilding began. Crews began the process of preparing the site for the new building located on Main Street in Reynoldsville. A temporary facility is located at the site while the work is completed. No word…