Archive - Jun 22, 2011
The remaining 2011 District 10 Little League All-Star brackets have been released, as Punxsy's 10- & 11-year-old baseball and softball and Senior League softball teams now know their postseason schedules.
Punxsy's Senior League softball All-Stars will play first of the three teams. They will visit Brockway Tuesday, June 28. The winner of that game will play Thursday, June 30, at DuBois.
BROOKVILLE â Despite a no-hitter thrown by Brookville's Elaina Powell, DuBois took game one of the Little League softball All-Stars tournament, 13-9, Tuesday in Brookville.
DuBois took an early lead, going up 11-4 in the fourth, but Brookville made a sixth inning push, which proved to be too little, too late.
PUNXSUTAWNEY â Police and public officials are warning the public about the dangers of ingesting bath salts or smoking synthetic marijuana as a way to get high, because the results could be fatal.
Last Monday, Punxsutawney Borough Council passed a motion to send letters to all businesses in the borough, asking them not to sell either of the latest over-the-counter substances that are being used as synthetic drugs.
Police Chief Tom Fedigan said bath salts in a crystallized form and synthetic marijuana have a grassy
PUNXSUTAWNEY â If it seems there are more people who own property in Punxsutawney who arenât keeping up with mowing the grass this year, members of borough council would agree with you.
Code Enforcement Officer Mary McHenry said there appears to be more high-grass violations than in other years.
McHenry said in the beginning of the lawn mowing season, she was lenient due to the heavy rainfall this spring.
When people would complain about the neighborsâ grass, she would say that she wanted to make sure the person in violation had enough time to cut it, she said.
Crowned Tuesday night, 2011 Laurel Queen Lidia Boghean (center) stands with the two first runners-up, Jayce Adams (left) and Hannah Fleming. This was the first year that two contestants tied for first runner-up.
