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ournal-herald THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2024 • Volume 43 – No. 33 ©2024, THE JOURNAL-HERALD. All Rights Reserved
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PennDOT discussion
Full house at East Side session by Ruth Isenberg
TOO NICE A DAY TO STAY INDOORS: Enjoying beverages from For His Kingdom Coffee in front of the Weatherly Area Museum on Sunday, from left Dan Dargay, Elva Dargay, Alicia Richie, and partly obscured, Kate Kumitis. Meanwhile, inside… Hugh Harris makes his second presentation of the weekend about the history of Eurana Park. Harris is a former Weatherly resident who worked at the park as a young man. Here, he shows the tickets he sold to non-residents so they could enjoy swimming at the park. The presentations and the coffee truck, as well as the Grill Reaper on Saturday, were part of the Museum’s opening weekend for the season. The museum is open Saturday and Sunday afternoons, or by appointment. JH: Ruth Isenberg
More discussion of PennDOT bridge reconstruction and the effect it will have on the area was the main topic of the East Side Borough Council meeting on April 4. A contingent of PennDOT officials attended, along with representatives of White Haven Borough and Kidder Township, to learn more about how the four-year project will affect the area, filling the John Murphy Room at the White Haven Area Community Library. Scott Cressman, a PennDOT engineer for District 5, explained that some work is planned to improve the local roads. A sealcoating project is due to take place in May. It will involve Routes 940 and 534, as well as River Road (Route 1005) and a small portion of Lake Harmony Road (Route 1003). Before that, drainage improvements were slated to begin this week, including inlet replacements. Various trouble spots were brought up by council members; they will be checked out. Traffic control needs were discussed. PennDOT is working with Wagman Construction to see if some temporary traffic control can be provided when heavy equipment is moved in and out. A signal is not
See EAST SIDE, page 5