Archive - Dec 1, 2010 - News Article
Early Wednesday morning, the Borough of Ridgway was faced with one of its worst floods since January of 1992.
Emergency Management and the Ridgway Volunteer Fire Department decided at 4 a.m. Wednesday to activate the Emergency Operations Plan as the raging Clarion River flooded the West End of downtown Ridgway. The flooding forced the borough to close the Clarion River Bridge and many of the streets in downtown Ridgway, including Center Street, Vine Alley, the majority of West End, and Route 219 by Lindberg Furniture.
The Fox Township Supervisors plan to have a new topcoat applied to a multi-use court that was recently installed at the Fox Township Community Park in order to fix issues with the smoothness of its surface. During their monthly meeting on Wednesday evening the supervisors unanimously voted to officially contact the contractor who applied the initial topcoat, explain the situation, define the standard of flatness that is expected and inform him that the surface must meet that standard before he will be paid.
Area principals provided updates on their schools during a recent school board meeting.
South St. Marys Street Elementary Principal Bob Grumley said there were nearly 700 requests for parent-teacher conferences.Â
Grumley clarified that despite rumors, each grade level will host musical productions this year. Â
He noted the successful visit from the Mobile Ag Lab. The school's third grade classes participated in the lab. In conjunction with the event, Veronica Conrad, president of the Elk County Humane Society, hosted additional activities at the school.
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