The Washington County commissioners approved 50 projects to receive $8.7 million in Local Share Account grants during their meeting Thursday, but declined to modify the list to fund a request from City Mission despite pleas from the homeless shelter’s officials to reconsider. The City Mission’s application for $500,000 in Washington County’s casino gambling revenue funds […]
The projects recommended for a piece of the Local Share Account’s casino gambling money are expected to be approved by the Washington County commissioners during Thursday’s voting meeting, with one notable subtraction from the original list. The LSA committee voted last week to recommend approval of 50 projects to receive $8.7 million in gambling revenue […]
Joe Kuhns always wanted to play some part in a television show or movie but kept it to himself. When he received his opportunity recently, serving as an extra for the television series “Mayor of Kingstown,” he ended up with a case of cold feet – literally. “I don’t know that I ever spoke of […]
Nearly 100 projects are vying for a piece of the $9.2 million in casino gambling money that will be distributed this year through the annual Local Share Account program. The 94 applications under review this week by the LSA review committee are requesting a total of about $28 million, meaning the number of recipients will […]
A Bethlehem Center School District bus was rear ended by another vehicle Thursday morning. According to state police, the accident occurred shortly after 8:40 a.m. on Beallsville Road. The bus was stopped at the time. Police said after the vehicle struck the bus, it went off the road and hit a tombstone and then a […]
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The Washington County Community Foundation recently awarded $250,000 in capacity-building grants to 23 organizations from a variety of component funds. Capacity-building is defined as any activity that increases the nonprofit’s operational, programmatic, financial or organizational maturity. The majority of grants were issued for financial process improvement, which is a focus area of the foundation. Grants […]