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Full report, A2
16 pagesClassi� ed ......................... B4Comics ............................. A6Lifestyles ......................... A4Lottery ............................. A9Opinion ........................... A8Public Notices ............... B4Sports ............................... B1
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Cyber Monday is turn-ing into Cyber Month. Retailers rolled out dis-counts and free shipping deals Monday but those were extended into Cy-ber Week and even Cyber Month as early reports in-dicating that shopping was less robust Monday than in previous years. A5
Pfingstlerinspired
by siblingsComing from a family
of athletes, it shouldn’t be a surprise that a little sib-ling rivalry has helped fuel the success that DuBois senior Michael Pfingstler has enjoyed in his athletic endeavors. B1
Medicaidexpansion
sees logjamA state hotline jammed
up Monday as some of the hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians frozen out of the first year of cover-age under the 2010 federal health car law’s Medicaid expansion began seeking the insurance. A10
Cyber Mondaynot as robust
Tomorrow’s Forecast
Index
ObituariesA9
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By Kimberly Finnigan
CURWENSVILLE — The Curwensville Borough Council will release a hold on a property involved in the Arnoldtown sewer project.
At Monday’s meeting, the council voted 4-1 to release a hold on the property at the request of the property’s potential new own-er.
Council members David Rose, Tommy Wingard, Keith Simcox, Mary Ellen Read voted in favor of the motion, while Ron Kuhn voted against. Councilman John Wright was not present at the meeting.
Rose gave an update on the status of the Arnoldtown project. He said one of the properties involved in the project went up for tax sale and is expected to close on Dec. 17. He said the potential property owner ap-proached the council after the tax sale and said he or she wants to see the project con-
tinue and is willing to work with the council.However, Rose said, the potential owner
said as long as the council has a hold on the property, the transfer of ownership cannot take place.
Rose said the council had instructed its solicitor to put a hold on the property to en-sure the necessary easements are signed.
It was recently discovered, he said, that the previous owner had already signed the easement.
Read questioned whether the easement would be transfered with the sale of the property.
Rose said he believes the easement will transfer and that if it doesn’t, the new owner is willing to cooperate.
According to previously published Couri-
By Katie Weidenboerner
ST. MARYS — St. Marys City Council approved two applications for grant fund-ing Monday to assist with projects which will assist in the event of a natural disas-ter.
The 100-year fl ood on May 21 dumped 4 to 4 1/2 inches of rain in a short pe-riod of time as the result of successive thunderstorms striking in a short period
of time. As a result, the Elk Creek fl ooded, putting Fourth Street underwater as well as some businesses in the Stackpole Complex.
A $10,000 grant applica-tion to the Elk County Com-munity Foundation for the Elk Creek feasibility study has the potential to identify problem areas in the area and how they can best be addressed. Gannett Flem-
ing Inc. has given the city a cost estimate of $12,975 for the study, meaning the addi-tional cost would be covered by the city.
While the application was approved, Council-woman Sally Geyer was the single dissenting vote on the board, saying $10,000-plus dollars is a chunk of change just to study a problem to then have to spend more money to actually remediate
No tax increase in 2015for borough residents
Council to release hold on property
May flood prompts study
Curwensville
By Kimberly Finnigan
CURWENSVILLE — After a bit of tweaking, residents in Curwensville should see no tax increase for 2015.
At Monday’s meeting, the Curwensville Borough Council voted unanimously to approve the tentative budget, holding taxes at 26 mills. This means the owner of a $50,000 property will pay $325 in taxes to the bor-ough. Property owners must
also pay taxes to the Curw-ensville Area School District and to Clearfi eld County.
The budget lists total income for the borough at $731,416. Council President David Rose said the budget removes money set aside for the Schofi eld Street project and the Arnoldtown sewer project until the council can get a set cost for the projects.
The budget also removes any charitable contributions until the council can vote on them.
St. Mary’s City Council is applying for grant funding for a flood alleviation study on Elk Creek after record floods in May put Fourth Street and some areas in the Stackpole Com-plex underwater. (CE File photo/ Katie Weidenboerner)
A hand-painted window display gets hunters in the mood for buck season. The mural, painted by Scott Gulvas, can be found at Mike’s Lock and Hardware store on West Long Avenue in DuBois. The window is just one way store owners in DuBois are showing their seasonal and holi-day spirit. (Photo by Kimberly Finnigan)
Polar bears, snowmen and even Santa Claus himself greet shoppers from the window display of Shankel’s pharmacy. With the Christmas season having arrived, many scenes of holiday splendor are pop-ping up across the Tri-County Area. (Pho-to by Kimberly Finnigan)
Holiday window displays
St. Marys
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2014
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