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Good morning, Flamingoes: Washingtonville Councilman wakes to surprise
The front yard of Frank and Karen Dombroski was flocked with pink flamingos Monday night. They were to decorate the Washingtonville yard until Tuesday evening.
WASHINGTONVILLE — When Frank Dombroski stepped outside his home early Tuesday morning, he found he and his wife Karen had been flocked.
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FEMA approves $65,595 in change orders for middle school
Construction worker Zach Peatty cuts a piece of copper pipe for installation at the Danville Middle School. School board officials approved more than $65,000 in federally reimbursable change orders for the school, including pipe work and door and frame revisions.
School board members have approved $65,595.15 in change orders for construction for the Danville Middle School.
The changes are primarily several smaller items and include rerouting pipe work, door and frame revisions and adding ceiling bulkheads to part of the building. All of the change orders are reimbursable through the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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Montour Relay May 17 and 18
RIVERSIDE – The Montour County Relay for Life will be held from 3 p.m. May 17 through 3 p.m. May 18 at the Southside Fire Company grounds, Avenue D.
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School district calculating cost of new healthcare laws
School officials are crunching numbers to calculate what upcoming changes to healthcare laws spell for the district.
“There are many different pieces and parts to it…we’re taking it one day at a time,” said district business manager Janis Venna. While it is a great thing for people to have access to healthcare, she said, the regulations for doing so are incredibly complex.
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Mayberry Township residents urge preservation of scenic woodlands
DANVILLE — Residents living near spectacular views and endangered species and others are concerned for the future of 226-plus acres to be auctioned in June.
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Danville high school band crowned grand champions at Music Showcase Festival
The Danville High School Concert Band is shown outside a Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C. The band won first in its division and was named grand champion at a weekend festival in Williamsburg, Va.
DANVILLE — The first time proved a charm for members of the Danville High School Concert Band.
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Seminar prepares regional brokers for health insurance changes
Lobbyist Vince Phillips spoke at a health insurance seminar hosted by Geisinger Health Plan on April 29.
Forty-one insurance brokers from across the Susquehanna Valley region gathered at Pine Barn Inn for a seminar preparing them for next year’s healthcare changes brought about by the Affordable Healthcare Act.
The seminar was hosted by Geisinger Health Plan, with one of the main events being a presentation from Vince Phillips, a Harrisburg lobbyist who has represented several health insurance associations. Attendees came from nearby counties with other traveling from as far as Harrisburg, State College and Wilkes-Barre.
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League of Voters forum will let residents, school directors chat
DANVILLE — A community forum on Thursday will give school district residents a chance to voice their opinions directly to school board members.
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Danville Police chief urges more residents to attend Neighborhood Watch meetings
DANVILLE — Police Chief Eric Gill is hoping more people will start attending Neighborhood Watch meetings.
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Danville grad McCarthy sails on 9/11 commemorative battleship
Travis McCarthy, of Danville High School's class of 1999, now serves as the ship's secretary for the USS Arlington, one of three ships commissioned in memory of the Sept. 11 attacks.
NORFOLK, Va. — A Danville graduate has set sail in a new Navy battleship commemorating the lives lost in the Sept. 11 attacks on the Pentagon.
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