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It was perhaps fitting that when PennDOT District 9 officials met with local government officials on Thursday, road crews â hopefully for the last time this season â 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 âItâs been a very trying year for everybody.â On top of continued virus concerns, the winter â coming on the heels of an exceptionally mild 2019-20 season â was a rough one, Yeckley told the group. âIt has taken a little bit of a toll,â Yeckley said. ....