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View the The Bedford Gazette for Wednesday, May 12, 2021

A candidate to become the next magisterial district judge in Bedford was hired to serve another role in the Bedford County district attorney’s office.

In December 2020, the Broad Top Health & Wellness or the Broad Top Area Medical Center hired a chief operating officer (COO) who was new but also familiar with the operations of the nearly 50-year old medical facility. While she started her new duties as Medical Center COO in December, Shelly Rivello had worked at the Medical Center before as a licensed clinical social worker. This was a period when the medical center was the recipient of several grants and could offer services that Rivello could offer. As a licensed clinical social worker, Rivello worked in the behavioral health field. In he...

The nonprofit Broad Top Area Coal Miners Historical Society announced today that its multi-purpose Coal Miners Museum at Robertsdale will open for the 2021 season Saturday, May 1. The society board of directors, meeting recently in the museum research library, set in motion several activities for the year including cooperative activities with the Friends of the East Broad Top (FEBT) and the EBT Foundation. The museum will be adhering to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions during the season, subject to changes in the restrictions as the year progresses. The society is hoping for a larger attendance...

It was perhaps fitting that when PennDOT District 9 officials met with local government officials on Thursday, road crews — hopefully for the last time this season — were called out in some places to treat highways for snow and ice. At the annual Bedford County transportation outreach meeting, held virtually because of lingering COVID-19 concerns, county maintenance manager Mark Yeckley reflected that “It’s been a very trying year for everybody.” On top of continued virus concerns, the winter — coming on the heels of an exceptionally mild 2019-20 season — wa...