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Johnstown Common Council will consider $13.7M bond proposal | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS JOHNSTOWN – Mayor Vern Jackson has scheduled a special meeting of the Common Council for tonight at 7 p.m. to discuss and then vote on a resolution to borrow up to $13.7 million for city capital projects. While Jackson in June had said he didn’t know whether the bonding process would be completed by the end of his term in December, the council now appears poised to move ahead with authorizing the borrowing before the end of July. First Ward Councilman Bradley Hayner said he anticipates the special me...

JOHNSTOWN – During a special meeting Tuesday the city Common Council voted unanimously to appoint Eric Parker of Worden Street to replace Amy Praught as the 3rd…

manich@leaderherald.com JOHNSTOWN — The Johnstown Senior Citizens Center recently received a sprucing up from the city Department of Public Works. Center Executive Director Diedrie Roemer, who is also associated with the local Lions Club, reported recently to the Common Council that she wanted to thank DPW, which got the facility “cleaned up this spring.” She thanked the DPW staff for also hanging flags on Main Street and “making our city a welcoming place.” “We are looking forward to the beautiful hanging flower baskets coming in May,” Roemer stated. “The Lions Club is accept...

manich@leaderherald.com JOHNSTOWN — The Common Council took action Monday night to free up the vehicular area around the Knox Building, which is again housing city students. The building used to be known as Knox Junior High School, but was simply turned into a largely administrative building at the start of this school year. But during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Greater Johnstown School District has now shifted fifth and sixth grade students from Warren Street Elementary School to the building and there is a worry about parking and public vehicular traffic access to the South Perry Street b...

Johnstown Council votes to ban parking next to former Knox Junior High School | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS The Common Council voted unanimously Monday night to ban all parking at all times on the east side of South Perry Street in front of the former Knox Junior High School from the intersection of 1st Avenue to the intersection of 4th Ave. Monday night Jackson told the council the Greater Johnstown School District asked for the parking change in the wake of the district’s decision to move 5th and 6th grade students to the Knox building, creating the potential for an influx of traffic durin...