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Game Commission discussing 2020-21 hunting, trapping

The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners is holding its first quarterly meeting of 2020 Saturday at the agency’s Harrisburg headquarters. This meeting was the first to follow a new format adopted whereby quarterly meetings will be held in two parts, one Friday (last night) and one Saturday. Quarterly meetings previously had been held on Monday and Tuesday, with the January meeting also including a Sunday session for public comment. Public comment – limited to five minutes – will be accepted at the Saturday, Jan. 25, meeting on a first-to-register, first-to-speak basis. ...

City Council moves ahead with Crescent Park plans

Warren City Council has settled on the scope of an improvement project at Crescent Park. The original budget for the project was $330,000 but bids came in last year just over $505,000 - nearly $176,000 more than anticipated. So city staff went back to the drawing board to craft a revised ...

Sidewalk snow law reminder

The snow is coming. So the shovels will have to come out. And there are shoveling regulations in the City of Warren. Here’s what the regulations say: “The owner of any property, whether occupied or unoccupied, which abuts any street upon which public sidewalks exist shall keep ...

Eagle eyes

After being on the verge of extinction, the bald eagle is well into a recovery. The species was almost wiped out in the United States as recently as the 1970s, with fewer than 1,000 known individuals. The national symbol was subsequently listed as an endangered species and that number ...

State House takes brine off SB 790 legislation

The most contentious element of legislation that would create separate regulations for the conventional oil & gas industry has been removed. The state House Environmental Resources & Energy committee reported out an amended version of SB 790 on Monday. But the most controversial element — language that would have permitted the use of oil & gas wastewater, also called brine, on the roads as a dust suppressant — was removed entirely. Martin Causer, who represents the 67th district which includes all of Cameron and McKean as well as part of Potter County, put forth the ...

Warren County wonder makes ‘cool and calming’ list online

Of course, they are subjective, but it’s nice to have some positive news written about your own area — even if it’s online as part of one of those top 10-type articles. And, as they say, “it must be true, I read it on the internet.” That said, onlyinyourstate.com, which has ...