ICE warehouse developer to pay $82K to resolve deficiencies
UPPER BERN — Developers of a warehouse in Upper Bern Township will pay $82,390 to address outstanding issues they failed to complete before selling the building to the Trump administration and ICE earlier this year. The money will help township officials clean out the culvert on Schoolhouse Road, close a stormwater permit, and locate a sanitary sewer line for the over 500,000-square-foot warehouse at 3501 Mountain Road. The payment comes after township officials granted Transwestern Development Company, through GACSD Industrial Development LLC, a 10th extension on the project’s ...
Educators want $15M for literacy ‘crisis’ amid $5B budget gap
Educators from Pennsylvania Literacy Coalition and Teach Plus PA sat down Wednesday with state legislators to discuss the improved literacy practices implemented in the Middletown Area School District and lobby for increased funding to address Pennsylvania’s reading crisis. Today, Pennsylvania schools report that only 33% of fourth grade students are reading proficiently; a statistic that has remained essentially unchanged for the past 20 years despite yearly increased funding from the state. Although early literacy is one of the strongest predictors of a student’s later ...
Spotlight PA, other newsrooms sue Penn State trustee leaders
STATE COLLEGE — Spotlight PA and two other news organizations are suing leaders of the Penn State Board of Trustees in federal court, accusing them of violating the First Amendment by controlling what individual trustees can say to the public and the press. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, challenges what it refers to as a “gag policy” embedded in the trustees’ bylaws. That policy, the filing argues, “unconstitutionally restrains” trustees, prohibiting them from making any negative or critical public ...
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Directors recognize TSA fashion design team, advisor
LEWISTOWN — The Mifflin County School District Board of Directors recognized students in the Technology Student Association (TSA) program, as well as the program adviser, for their achievements on Thursday. TSA Advisor Rebecca ConnerMiller expressed her gratitude for the honor of being ...