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All posts tagged "Schuylkill County Courthouse"
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Transparency shouldn't be this difficult.
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The disturbing pattern continues at the Schuylkill County Courthouse. That pattern? Indicating that a big chunk of money is getting moved around but providing...
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Providing details ahead of time wouldn't be difficult.
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The Commissioners transparency on the issue is right on brand.
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More "transparency" from the Courthouse
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Have they considered an alternative?
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Settlement could bring end to legal saga.
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Boots demands unanimous consent without question.
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The Commissioner clearly hasn't been to the grocery store to see how much ARPA money is costing us all.
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In a move that surprised absolutely no one, Schuylkill County Commissioners ultimately decided to unanimously approve $146,432 from their “Contingency Fund” to the Airport...
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HR salary has jumped for than 35% since 2019.
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Barron went radio silent on this discussion.
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He says he respects anyone who puts their name on a ballot.
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Statement only released to legacy media that called for his resignation.
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Jane Does previously rejected $850K settlement offer.
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This is like a sequel to a movie that barely started.
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This lawsuit continues to slog along.
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Here's who's running for County office from the Republicans and Democrats.
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Schuylkill County must be low on cash or something.
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We should all start a business providing professional services to the Courthouse.
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Ironic Flex: Schuylkill County Officials Brag About Being Proactive Hiring DOJ-Mandated Investigator
The meter's running for paying off this DOJ settlement.
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Halcovage has until Feb. 28 to respond.
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Laywer asks judge to hold Schuylkill Commissioner in contempt.
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The fun begins ...
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It's you-know-what or get off the pot time for Schuylkill County government officials.
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Where's all this donation money coming from?
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We expect to hear how the ARPA money got shuffled around in 2022.
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The vote on extra farmland preservation money didn't seem to go as Boots expected.
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Interesting move from a County that's facing a financial nightmare in the future.
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Deal ends DOJ lawsuit against the Courthouse.
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The carrot at the end of the stick has rotted and fallen off.
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Jane Doe lawyer explains why they turned down the six-figure offer.
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WNEP got a little ahead of itself.
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Commissioner says voting yes would be admitting wrongdoing.
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The budget is online but it's really hard to find.
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Email comments will be abolished under new proposed rules.
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Will bonus payments help stop the bleeding?
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Schuylkill County Commissioner Boots Hetherington was seriously injured in farming accident at his business outside Ringtown Tuesday. According to a post on the B&R...
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A persistent thorn in the side of Schuylkill County Commissioners started Wednesday’s regular board meeting by getting a public apology. The meeting ended with...
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Schuylkill County Commissioners split Wednesday on a vote to fire a Drug & Alcohol Administrator. But then, oddly and against his own comment rule,...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Schuylkill County Commissioners appear ready to start dipping into the more than $13 million in American Rescue Plan funds they got earlier this year....
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
If you want to fritter away a couple hours, go up to Schuylkill County Courthouse and ask them how hard they worked on getting...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Last week, Schuylkill County Commissioners basically said that the issue of the 2020 CARES Act – and the $12.7 million we got from it...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
A new small business grant program will soon be available to companies in most Schuylkill County communities. According to information from Schuylkill County Commissioners,...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Schuylkill County Commissioners finally released details of how they spent the $12.7 million in CARES Act spending received last summer to help combat the...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Schuylkill County government officials finally released details on how they spent more than $12.7 million in CARES Act funding last year. And to the...
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Last year, Schuylkill County Commissioners approved rules on public comments at their board meetings in an attempt to curb some of the criticism and...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Out of the blue Wednesday, Schuylkill County Commissioner Boots Hetherington announced the Courthouse will finally divulge how it spent the $12.7 million it got...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Schuylkill County Commissioners Chairman Boots Hetherington threw a temper tantrum on Wednesday during the board’s regular meeting. Boots didn’t like the public comments from...
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Alvernia University will purchase the former GIANT grocery store in downtown Pottsville and transform it into its latest CollegeTowne campus. President John Loyack...
2021 Election
Pennsylvania voters on Tuesday soundly rejected Governor Tom Wolf and his abuse of emergency powers. By a 54%-46% margin, the people voted YES on...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Last year, the Schuylkill County Commissioners said they were launching a “broadband project” with the goal of bringing high-speed internet to parts of the...
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The editing of public comments at Schuylkill County Commissioners meetings continued Wednesday. On two separate occasions, Chairman Boots Hetherington openly admitted that the County...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
It appears the local hijinks with federal COVID aid money will have a 2021 (and probably 2022) version. Last week, Schuylkill County officials discussed...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Governments in Schuylkill County are about to experience quite the windfall from the American Rescue Plan. According to estimates from the National Association of...
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Schuylkill County Commissioner Boots Hetherington decided to edit public comments submitted to be read during last week’s public meeting. The comment we’re talking about...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
A total of 73 small businesses in Schuylkill County recently got word they’d been awarded a CHIRP grant. This grant was created specifically for...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Businesses in Pottsville have a chance to get back some of the losses they’ve incurred during the COVID pandemic. The City, along with Pottsville...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Small businesses in Schuylkill County’s hospitality industry can now apply for grants to get back some of the losses they suffered during the coronavirus...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
US Rep. Dan Meuser slammed the Democrat idea that public schools need more cash to “reopen safely” after the COVID pandemic. In this Facebook...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Schuylkill County businesses in the hospitality industry – bars, restaurants, and hotels, for example – once again have a chance at getting some financial...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Schuylkill County Commissioners finally approved a new contract for a consulting firm they hired last year to help distribute and spend the $12.7 million...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
On Wednesday, Schuylkill County Commissioners held off hiring one consulting firm but agreed to hire another. The reason given earlier this week for paying...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Schuylkill County Commissioners held off approving a consulting contract with a company that allegedly helped divvy up the $12.7 million in CARES Act money...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Schuylkill County Commissioners will vote Wednesday on whether to retain the services of one of the consulting firms that helped it bungle the $12.7...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County Prison officials didn’t report a single case of COVID at the facility for nearly 9 months of the pandemic. Despite this, Schuylkill...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Despite throwing gobs of money at the problem, COVID infections continue to plague the Schuylkill County Courthouse as officials there battle over what steps...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Public and private schools in Schuylkill County are getting more money in COVID-19 relief grants, according to information released by State Sen. Dave Argall....
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
The year 2020 was one helluva year. No other way to put it. We’ve tried to encapsulate all that happened over the past 366...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy recently started The Barstool Fund to help struggling small businesses get through the COVID pandemic. And a Schuylkill County...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Not only is Schuylkill County Commissioners Chairman Boots Hetherington choosing not to read public comments critical of his administration’s policies and decisions, public comments...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Schuylkill County Commissioners Chairman Boots Hetherington is openly editing and/or refusing to read public comments during regular meetings. On Wednesday, Hetherington acknowledged and then...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Less than 2 days after denying a report that he was going to issue new business shutdown orders, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf issued sweeping...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
One Schuylkill County elected official is calling for an “immediate audit” of the Commissioners use of the CARES Act funding it received earlier this...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
How can you trust a room full of well-paid people who can’t host a proper Zoom call after weeks of trying to get broadband...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
“Something just isn’t right over there.”
Carbon Commissioner Questions Schuylkill CARES Act Spending
One Carbon County Commissioner has publicly called out the Schuylkill County Commissioners over their apparent mismanagement of the $12.7 million we received in CARES...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Schuylkill County Commissioners on Wednesday approved, on a split vote, an ordinance that sees the county government enter into two bond agreements totaling up...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Schuylkill County Commissioners are set to vote Wednesday morning on whether or not to approve $6.11 million in bonds (or general obligation notes) that...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Schuylkill County officials finally released the money from its CARES Act allotment to small businesses, non-profits, and municipalities. The money was part of...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
As Schuylkill County Commissioners faced increased criticism of its reckless spending of the $12.7 million in CARES Act funding it received earlier this year,...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
When you see how another county managed its COVID business grant program and compare it with how Schuylkill County ran its program, you might...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
If you missed Thursday’s Schuylkill County Commissioners meeting, you missed an opportunity to see what it looks like when someone gives themselves a celebratory...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
A couple weeks ago, Schuylkill County Commissioners Chairman Boots Hetherington addressed a controversial part of the already controversial new Public Comments rules. He said...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Schuylkill County Commissioners meet Thursday morning at 10 a.m. and you can once again join it virtually via Zoom or phone. To join the...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
On Wednesday, Schuylkill County government officials spelled out just how it’s spent the more than $12.7 million in CARES Act funding it received to...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Not only are the Schuylkill County Commissioners squeezing out small businesses in the area from receiving aid grants from the CARES Act fund, they’re...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
The Schuylkill Chamber of Commerce says small businesses in the area are hurting. Their time, Chamber CEO Bob Carl said on Monday, could soon...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Schuylkill County Commissioners keep approving big-ticket projects using CARES Act money like they’ve got 3 minutes to run around the store on Supermarket Sweep....
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
TL;DR … County Commissioners passed the new rules on Public Comments. It didn’t go over well. Lots of arguing. The County is probably going...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Last week, we got a lot of reaction to the news that Schuylkill County Commissioners were going to spend about $238,000 on automatic...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Pottsville Area school board members voted Tuesday to formally oppose the potential County government purchase of the former GIANT grocery store in the city....
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Schuylkill Commissioners likely will approve a request to upgrade the HVAC system at Schuylkill County Prison this morning. But the price tag for the...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Schuylkill County Commissioners will try once again this week to pass a series of rules designed to limit public criticism and squash First Amendment...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Schuylkill County totally botched its management of the $12.7 million it received from the federal CARES Act. But its mismanagement of this largess didn’t...
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Free speech lives to see another day (or week) in Schuylkill County! On Wednesday, the County Commissioners did not pass a new rule that...