Submitted Article / Map by Kmusser with elevation data by SRT The week of June 4 to 10 was designated as “Chesapeake Bay Awareness Week” in Pennsylvania under Senate Resolution 124, sponsored by Sen. Scott Martin (PA 13th), Chairman of the Chesapeake Bay Commission (CBC), and Sen. Gene Yaw (PAContinue Reading
Submitted Article State Sen. Gene Yaw (PA-23) last week was reappointed to serve as chairman of the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee for the 2023-24 legislative session. Yaw has served as chairman of the committee since 2013, and was reappointed to the post by Senate President Pro Tempore KimContinue Reading
Edited from submitted materials On May 16, Sen. Gene Yaw joined the Bradford County Heritage Association, curators of the Heritage Village and Farm Museum in Troy for its 8th annual “Farm Days 1866” Education Program benefiting public, private and home-schooled 4th grade students from Bradford, Tioga and Sullivan counties. “FarmContinue Reading
Submitted Article State Sen. Gene Yaw (PA-23), Chairman of the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, issued the following statement criticizing the Environmental Quality Board’s (EQB) vote to approve Governor Wolf’s plan for Pennsylvania to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a consortium of states that impose a carbonContinue Reading
Submitted Article The state Senate yesterday (June 14) approved, by a solid 35-15 bipartisan, veto-proof vote, a bill that would require Legislative approval of the Governor’s proposal to have Pennsylvania join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). Senate Bill 119, which creates the Pennsylvania Carbon Dioxide Cap and Trade AuthorizationContinue Reading
Submitted Article Residents living in Bradford, Lycoming, Sullivan, Susquehanna and Union counties who are looking for extra cash before the holidays may want to check with the Pennsylvania Treasury’s Bureau of Unclaimed Property, according to state Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23). Unclaimed property is any financial asset that has gone unclaimedContinue Reading
Submitted Article Legislation amending Act 537, the PA Sewage Facilities Act, to allow for the expanded use of alternate on-lot sewage systems for planning purposes throughout the Commonwealth was signed into law on Friday, according to prime sponsor Sen. Gene Yaw (23rd dsitrict). Senate Bill 1030, now Act 34 ofContinue Reading
Photos and Story by Rick Hiduk Bradford County Veterans Memorial Park Association (BCVMPA) members George Crowell (left) and Joe Doherty flank recently built forms for the stairway that will take visitors from the parking lot to the main park. A handicap-accessible ramp runs to the right. As a long, coldContinue Reading
Photos and Story by Rick Hiduk Susquehanna County Dairy Princess and Elk Lake High School junior Merecedes Spickerman (left) and PA State Dairy Princess Lu-Anne Antisdel from West Warren, Bradford County, were among the dairy royalty who offered milk, cheese, and ice cream to guests at the newly combined AgContinue Reading
Approximately 40 students from Towanda Area High School, as well as teachers and some parents, paid a visit to the state capitol in Harrisburg today, where they met up with Sen. Gene Yaw. The senator noted in a Facebook post that he looks forward to “seeing many of the sameContinue Reading