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Echo Pilot A developer has received a state grant for more than $2.3 million to help fund road improvements in the State Line area of Antrim Township. The $2,378,050 grant to 2017 Greenmount Road, LLC, from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportations Multimodal Transportation Fund Program was announced April 16. It is one of 43 grants made across the state and the only one in Franklin County. PennDOT evaluates multimodal transportation grant applications on criteria such as safety benefits, ...

Despite wintry weather conditions, the Ice Lakes dam outlet repair project in Rice Twp. is underway and on schedule, according to the project engineer. At their Nov. 4, 2020 meeting, township supervisors awarded a $427,695 contract to Fabcor Corp. of Jessup to make repairs to the dam. Township engineer Andrew Pasonick of Penn Eastern Engineering told me Fabcor has begun the first step of the project, dewatering the lake. He explained the process will lower the water level around the spillway by...

Despite the COVID-19 global pandemic, revenues from two tax sources were higher than expected last year in Rice Twp. Township secretary/treasurer Jeffrey Beck told supervisors at their reorganization meeting that earned income tax and real estate transfer tax receipts were unexpectedly high in 2020. Beck reported the real estate transfer tax was $18,798 over budget, while earned income tax receipts were $37,217 over budget. Those same categories were $9,570 and $32,470 respectively over anticip...