A recent article in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette details the situation across northern PA where rural and small school districts are facing declining student enrollment and smaller budgets. The schools have taken several actions to deal with the issues, among them sharing services and merging districts, even sharing a superintendent. The North East School District […]
Mellon Center Receives Cost Estimates for Repairing Damages From Vandalism
When three juvenile males broke into the Mellon Veterans Outreach Center and vandalized the interior, damage was much more extensive than first reported. Richard Mellon explained, not only did they pour paint on the floors and down the stairways, but they also opened the largest cooler in one of the commercial kitchens and covered the […]
Trump Fixes Broadband Access Program to Now Include All Technologies
If you recall, I’ve written several times on the government’s effort to expand broadband access to everyone, especially to those living in rural areas where no cable or fiber is available. In the previous Biden administration, the program focused on providing fiber connections which requires lots of installers and technicians, stringing fiber on poles or […]
What is Going on with Canadian Wildfires?
We’ve had a lot of hazy sunshine in recent weeks. Often you can smell smoke when you go outside and the people you talk to will say, “It’s from those Canadian wildfires,” but do you know anything about those fires? No one ever mentions any details and it makes you wonder. We had a long […]
Not Enough Players for JV Football Team But Nice Looking Football Field
While looking over the backup documents for the NE School Board meeting on August 7th, I noticed something interesting. There is a section that lays out the various schedules for the upcoming season and the JV football schedule has an asterisk: The JV season is pending having enough players. I seem to remember pointing out […]
Mellon Veterans Outreach Center Updates
As noted the other day, the Mellon Heritage website was offline. It is now updated with a whole new look and is back online to serve veterans and first responders. Be sure to check it out at https://mellonheritage.org/ Interested in making models? Fellow veteran Dan MacMillan has been a model builder for a long time […]
Changes Underway at the Mellon Heritage Veterans Outreach Center
Interviews are currently taking place for an individual to direct daily operations at the Mellon Veterans Outreach Center. The former director, Dan Adamus, no longer holds that position and the decision to choose a replacement will be made soon. Also, the Mellon Center website is presently offline. It will be updated and back in operation […]
NE Police Apprehend Three Juvenile Males Vandalizing Mellon Veterans Center
At approximately 2:15PM Wednesday, July 16th, three juvenile males were apprehended inside Miller Hall on the Mellon Veterans Outreach Center campus. They were discovered pouring paint on the floor and stairways in the building, which will require a difficult and costly cleanup. North East police were called and responded immediately and took the juveniles into […]
NE Community Marina Signs Agreement of Sale with PA Fish and Boat Commission
From the North East Community Marina Authority Board: North East, Pennsylvania – – – – On Friday, June 27, 2025, the Board of the North East Community Marina Authority signed an Agreement of Sale to transfer the North East Marina from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission to the North East Community Marina Authority. Over […]
Lake Erie Water Level Returning to Normal
There’s been so much talk about shoreline erosion due to Lake Erie water levels and the concern about sand replenishment east of the marina, but do you know where Lake Erie’s water level is compared to where it’s been? The above chart shows the level is declining and returning to its long term average. That’s […]
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