Honorable mention
for press award
Two former members of the Times Observer news staff reporter Lydia Cottrell and night clerk Roy Miller received an honorable mention Keystone Press Award in the video storytelling category for their video entitled "Pumpkin Carving with Jess Johnson."
The awards were announced Friday.
DUI checkpoints
this weekend
The Warren/Forest counties DUI enforcement team will be conducting DUI and underage drinking enforcement activity this weekend, according to Carl McKee, DUI program coordinator.
Checkpoints will be established and extra patrols will be on the road looking for DUI offenders, he said.
McKee urged motorists to not drink and drive, and to use extra driving precautions.
Pine Grove Twp.
sets Clean-up Day
A spring clean-up day for Pine Grove Township residents will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 30, at the township garage.
The cost will be $5 for cars and vans, and $10 for pick-up trucks and trailers.
No oil, paint or liquid hazardous waste, asbestos, concrete, propane tanks, construction and yard waste, household garbage, batteries, tires or electronics will be accepted.
For more information, call the township office at 757-8112.
Bear harvest down
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Wildlife officials say Pennsylvania's 2010 bear harvest was down slightly from last year but still ranks as the fifth-largest in state history.
The Pennsylvania Game Commission says hunters took 3,090 bears last year, including 269 taken in the new five-day statewide archery season.
That total is down from the 3,512 taken last year. The harvest is the lowest since 2007.