Turnover, yes, but news for Columbia football is not at all bad

So while the Tide is coming off a memorable campaign, they have the feeling of having received a fresh coat of paint heading into 2022.

There's new skipper Brady Mathias, a former Hempfield football player and wrestler turned first-time head coach. While Mathias, 25, is the youngest coach in the Lancaster-Lebanon League, he spent the previous eight seasons as an assistant at Hempfield and Columbia. He's also a social studies teacher at Columbia and inherits a roster with 15 total returning starters.

"We're in a good spot," Mathias said.

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How to pay for Pennsylvania's bridges? An open question

(The Center Square) – The defeat of PennDOT's plan to toll bridges across the commonwealth ended one transportation battle, but it did not solve another question: how to pay for transportation infrastructure.

The Senate Transportation Committee met on Wednesday to learn more about the issue.

The goal, as Chairman Wayne Langerholc, R-Clearfield, noted, was to find a "holistic approach" for transportation funding that also emphasized "fiscal restraint and spending." 

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THE SUNSHINE ACT MANDATES THAT AGENCIES ARE REQUIRED TO CONDUCT THEIR DELIBERATIONS IN PUBLIC

The public’s right to attend governmental agency meetings in Pennsylvania is based upon a state law called the “Sunshine Act.” The Sunshine Act applies to public agencies, which include Pennsylvania executive branch agencies, the General Assembly, and municipal authorities, such as township boards of supervisors and local school boards. The Act also covers any organization created by statute that declares in substance that it performs an essential governmental function, exercises governmental authority and takes official action.

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The Pennsylvania Sunshine Act shouldn't be used as a weapon to shut down discussion [editorial]

As Melissa Melewsky, media law counsel for the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association, pointed out, however, the Pennsylvania Sunshine Act prohibits public officials from deliberating with each other on actions that are not on a meeting agenda, but it doesn't prevent individual elected officials from addressing a question from the public or members of the press.

"What they shouldn't be doing is using the Sunshine Act for obscuring or creating barriers to access," Melewsky said.

We are strongly in favor of local elected officials paying close attention to the letter — and spirit — of the Sunshine Act. But, as Melewsky suggested, it shouldn't be wielded as a weapon to shut down public comments.

The Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association website offers an excellent primer on the law.

Everyone — the county commissioners included — should read it.

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Steve Courtney appearing at Locust Street Park Gazebo - Wednesday, August 24, 7 pm

 

"Ghosts of the River Towns" Wednesday, August 24, at St. Peter's Apartments

 

Repair work on Malleable Road bridge to begin Monday

Nighttime repair work on a bridge spanning West Hempfield Township and Columbia will begin Monday, according to the state Department of Transportation.

York County-based Kingsley Construction will perform minor structural repairs before painting the bridge on Malleable Road, PennDOT said in a press release.

The $263,678 project will require short-term lane closures and nightly detours.

A detour using Prospect Road, Route 462 and Cool Springs Road will be in place from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. Monday through Sept. 1, and again from Sept. 6 to 9, according to PennDOT. All other work will be performed using short-term lane closures on Route 30 and Malleable Road.

The project is scheduled to be completed by Oct. 6.

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