2022-02-03 E-Edition

Fire Destroys Bedford Valley Petroleum Offices Near Everett


More than 150 firefighters from about 15 fire companies, including McConnellsburg Volunteer Fire Co., battled a massive fire that destroyed Bedford Valley Petroleum offices Thursday afternoon Jan. 27. Crews were dispatched about 3 p.m. to the site along Route 30, between Bedford and Everett, where the business offices, along with propane and other fuel tanks, are located. Tankers were called […]

County Finalizes Purchase Of Voting Equipment

Estimated to get $1M in opioid settlement

Payment of a $98,032 balance owed to a Texas-based election equipment vendor for the purchase of new voting equipment was authorized by the county commissioners at their weekly meeting held Jan. 18. The total cost of the county’s new voting equipment is $163,032, to which a $65,000 payment to Hart Inter- Civic Inc. approved by the commissioners last September as […]

Ayr Township Reorganizes


Ayr Township secretary Denise Mellott reported the results of the township’s Jan. 3 reorganization meeting at Monday night’s monthly meeting. Supervisor Marlin “Sonny” Harr was named chairman, and supervisor Thurman “Tom” Nesbitt III was named vice chairman. Ayr supervisor Gary “Punch” Hopkins was named township roadmaster. The supervisors also chose to retain Paul Schemel of DSS Law as the township […]

Union Twp. Eliminates Per Capita, Millage Taxes


Union Township residents will no longer pay real estate millage or per capita taxes, according to township Supervisor Charles Myers. The unanimous decision to bring the millage tax down to zero and eliminate its per capita tax was made at Union Township’s January reorganization/ business meeting by supervisors Chairman Myers, Vice Chairman Rebecca Ray, and Gary Sheeder. The per capita […]

COVID Case Numbers Fall


The Pennsylvania Department of Health on Tuesday reported a total of 125 new cases of COVID-19 over the last seven days beginning Jan. 25. The county’s cumulative number of cases now stands at 3,882. Cumulative COVID-related deaths increased by 2 over the same reporting period to 59. New cases of COVID in the county’s school-age children 5- 18 for the […]

PA Democrats Deadlock On Endorsing In Senate Race



HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Pennsylvania’s Democratic Party committee members deadlocked Saturday in suburban Harrisburg on a vote to endorse in the party’s hotly contested primary race for U.S. Senate, giving Conor Lamb by far the most votes, but not enough for the party’s backing. Winning an endorsement was a high hurdle to clear, requiring two-thirds of the party’s roughly 350 […]

Coolfont’s Treetop Restaurant Gets New Chef


Coolfont Resort has announced that Washington County, Md., native Gregory Bishop is now the executive chef of its Treetop Restaurant. Since receiving his professional training at the Baltimore Culinary Arts Institute in 1998, Bishop has successfully managed restaurants in the Tri-State area and most recently at Whitetail Ski Resort. He took the helm of the Treetop Restaurant at Coolfont in […]

County Weather Forecast


A big rain system is expected across the area Thursday and Thursday night. There could be a little snow and sleet at the beginning of that system and again at the end. The weekend is looking sunny with highs 30 to 35 degrees. Some readers have been asking if I could give them a personal service where I would notify […]

Shoebox Gift Collection A Success In 2021

To The Editor, Despite a global pandemic, area residents shared the true meaning of Christmas with children in need this past holiday season. Generosity throughout Bedford Fulton PA Area Team contributed to a successful shoebox gift collection season at drop-off locations for the Samaritan’s Purse project Operation Christmas Child. Across the U.S., the project collected more than 9.1 million such […]