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Blossburg Awarded Grants to Upgrade Island Park

Blossburg has been awarded two grants to improve Island Park!

• $412,400 from DCNR to replace the track and refurbish the football field

• $150,000 from Greenway Trails and Recreation for the same project

These funds will allow the installation of a 6-lane all-weather track with fencing and re-sod the football field

33 Year Old Sentenced for Eluding Police

33 year old DILLION ROBERT BENJAMIN, of Towanda, PA, was sentenced to a maximum of 36 months, together with a $600.00 fine, for Fleeing and Eluding a Police Officer, a Felony, and one count of Possession of a Controlled Substance, a Misdemeanor. The Defendant was charged by Officer Clinton Vermilya of the Towanda Borough Police Department after the Officer attempted to stop Benjamin on the Merrill Parkway in Towanda.

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Demolition of Erie Plaza Underway

The demolition of the Erie Plaza in the southside of Elmira is officially underway. According to the City of Elmira Mayor Dan Mandell, the demolition company knocking the plaza down will end up owning the property once its complete.

Elmira City officials said the City of Elmira seized the Erie Plaza after the former owner refused to pay the taxes, refused to show up to court, and more.

The company doing the demolition, L.C.P Group, has an agreement with the City of Elmira to own the property once the demolition is done.