Author: Staff Reports

HARRISBURG– The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has announced that in a continuing focus on modernization and streamlining processes as well as an added convenience to customers the use of weight class stickers has been eliminated, effective January 29, 2022. “Historically, trucks with a registered weight of 5,001 pounds or greater were required to display a truck weight class sticker on the inside of their vehicles windshield,” PennDOT Secretary Yassmin Gramian said. “This was an antiquated and unreliable indicator for law enforcement and inconvenient for the industry/vehicle owners. The reliable way to determine the vehicle’s registered weight is for the law enforcement…

WAYNE HEIGHTS—Washington Township Police Department will join the Pennsylvania State Police and over 300 municipal agencies to conduct a targeted aggressive-driving enforcement wave from March 18 through April 24. The goal of targeted enforcement is to reduce the number of aggressive driving related crashes, injuries, and deaths on roadways throughout the state. Any aggressive driver stopped by police will receive a ticket. The enforcement wave will focus on distracted driving, speeding and work zone awareness. Motorists exhibiting other unsafe behaviors such as driving too fast for conditions, following too closely, or other aggressive actions will also be cited. The enforcement…

GETTYSBURG— Gettysburg National Battlefield’s Little Round Top will be closed for approximately 18 months for a rehabilitation project. This work is expected to begin later this spring . The rehabilitation of Little Round Top will address overwhelmed parking areas, poor accessibility and related safety hazards, significant erosion, and degraded vegetation. The scope of the project will reestablish, preserve, and protect the features that make up this segment of the battlefield landscape. This project will also enhance the visitor experience with improved interpretive signage, new accessible trail alignments, and gathering areas. These improvements will allow visitors to better immerse themselves into…

HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has announced that work on a 12.3-mile resurfacing project on Interstate 81 in Cumberland County is scheduled to resume next week. Weather permitting, the contractor will begin final paving operations during nighttime hours beginning the night of Sunday, March 20. This work will be performed weekly throughout the project limits from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Sunday nights through Friday morning. Lane closures not to exceed four miles in length will be implemented during this work. Motorists should be alert and drive with caution through the work zone. This is a pavement preservation project…

WAYNESBORO—Waynesboro’s own Ethan Larsh will perform Friday, March 18, at Music Makers. Larsh delivers catchy piano rock influenced by Harry Nilsson and Paul McCartney. Concert will begin at 5:30 p.m. and continue until 8 p.m. Upcoming performances include: March 25: Sussman, Jankura & Hepfer April 8: Liz Springer & Joel Newman April 15: The Flying Matlocks May 13: Across The Pond Music Makers is located at 46 W. Main St., Waynesboro.

HARRISBURG – Acting Secretary of State Leigh M. Chapman has announced that nomination petition forms are now available for candidates for Pennsylvania General Assembly and state party committee candidates seeking to be on the May 17 primary election ballot. “The Department of State is prepared to begin accepting petitions from state legislative and state party committee candidates on Friday, March 18,” Chapman said. “Candidates and voters are encouraged to review the final legislative reapportionment plan to be used in upcoming elections.” On March 16, 2022, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (SCOPA) ordered that the Final Reapportionment Plan of the Pennsylvania Legislative Reapportionment Commission (LRC), filed on Feb. 4,…

ST. THOMAS – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has announced that a lane restriction will be in place beginning Thursday, March 17, w at a bridge replacement project on Route 30 in Saint Thomas Township.  The existing single span concrete T-beam bridge, which spans a Tributary to Back Creek on the west side of the intersection with Maxheimer Road, is being replaced in half-widths. Traffic is restricted to a single lane in each direction. There will be traffic shifts at the bridge as the contractor works through phases of the project. Motorists should be alert and drive with caution through the…

HARRISBURG – Rep. Paul Schemel (R-Franklin) this week introduced legislation designed to help patients and providers wishing to utilize a Pennsylvania Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment form to direct their preferred medical treatment. POLST is a standing medical order signed by both patient and doctor where a patient with a life expectancy of less than a year expresses his or her desire not to receive certain, otherwise ordinary, medical interventions. For example, a POLST order might direct that CPR not be administered to a patient if he or she goes into cardiac arrest. Unlike most other medical orders, POLST also…

WAYNESBORO–A grand opening ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Wednesday for Erin Shank’s State Farm Office at 73 E. Main St. Shank may be reached at 717-762-7101.

HARRISBURG–The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) today released its preliminary employment figures for January 2022, showing the state’s unemployment rate down one-tenth of a percentage point to 5.4 percent. January’s report marks the 21st consecutive month without an unemployment rate increase. Meanwhile, the U.S. unemployment rate rose a tenth of a percentage point to 4.0 percent in January. The commonwealth’s unemployment rate was 2.1 percentage points below its January 2021 level and the national rate was down 2.4 points over the year. Pennsylvania’s civilian labor force – the estimated number of residents working or looking for work – increased…