Following comments by three members of the audience, the DuBois Area School Board went on to its agenda with president Larry Salone explaining that due to the Thanksgiving holiday this would be the only meeting this month and that the Nov. 16 meeting would be both a work session and a voting session. With that…
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The first item of business at the DuBois Area School Board work session was to welcome the new student representative, Lauren Kennedy, a junior at the DuBois Area High School. She had missed the September meeting due playing in a girl’s tennis match on the same day as the meeting. She joins senior representative Dominic…
What has been rumored for a long period of time has now come into being. The Erie Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church has announced that five parishes in the area, including St. Catherines and St. Michaels in DuBois; St. Bernard in Falls Creek; Assumption Church in Sykesville; and St. Marys Church in Reynoldsville will…
A Reynoldsville man is facing numerous sex-related charges in connection with an incident that occurred over several days and ended with his arrest on September 26. According to the criminal complaint, a known father brought his 12-year-old daughter’s cell phone to the Reynoldsville Borough Police Station to have Sergeant Tammy Murray review a text message…
The Jeff Tech Operating Committee met August 27 but not in the usual location of the school’s library. It met instead in the Advanced Manufacturing Shop. Instructor Perry Neal and student Casey Rosman, a junior from the DuBois district, walked the committee members through the process of learning machining and other skills that can lead…
A State Police Fire Marshal has been called in to help investigate the cause of a fire that occurred Saturday, August 19. The fire occurred at a building along route 310. The Reynoldsville Fire department requested the fire marshal’s assistance in the investigation. So far the blaze has been listed as a fire of undetermined…
“No comment” was the response from the Reynoldsville Borough Council concerning one of its members. The council met in regular session August 21. Council member John Chesnalavich faces charges in connection with an August 5 invasion of privacy incident. The Pennsylvania State Police out of DuBois reported that Chesanalavich allegedly placed a camera in a…
Reynoldsville Borough is facing a budget dilemma that may not be so easily resolved. At the August 15 regular meeting, Borough secretary Jacquelyn Beck informed council that she was concerned that what was in the budget would not carry the borough to the end of the year. Delinquent accounts seem to be the problem. She…
The Reynoldsville Borough Council met in a marathon regular session August 21 which lasted more than an hour and half. Part of the time was taken up by an executive session concerning legal matters. After that session, Borough Solicitor Joe Ryan stated that the council had no comment concerning Councilmember John Chesnalavich who is facing…
Prior to hiring new personnel for the district, the board rejected a proposal concerning signs at schools around the district. The proposal from the Construction Committee would have replaced the sign in front of the High School which, after being repaired, would have been placed at the C.G. Johnson Elementary School in Reynoldsville. Other signs…