Archive - Nov 2012 - News Article
November 6th
Jefferson County is reporting that 100 percent of precincts are now in, with 17,304 ballots being cast.
Republican Mitt Romney swept Jefferson County with 12,288 votes (71.67 percent), compared to 4,535 votes for Democrat Barack Obama (26.45 percent).
However, the Associated Press is reporting that Obama won Pennsylvania overall.
In other Jefferson County news, Republican Tom Smith netted 12,031 votes (70.48 percent) versus Democrat Bob Casey Jr., who received 4,614 votes (27.03 percent).
The Associated Press is also reporting that Casey took Pennsylvania.
Voting polls are now closed.
The Spirit will post results as they become available from Jefferson County.
With polls closing at 8 p.m., there is still time to vote today.
Voters will be asked to show a form of photo I.D., but are not required to do so.
Pamela Rake, Judge of Elections for Henderson Township, said voting "has been pretty steady" throughout Tuesday, with no downtime for workers.
A non-presidential election in the township normally brings out 150 to 200 voters, Rake said, but as of about 5 p.m. Tuesday, 360 Henderson residents had already cast their votes.
Remember - the polls are open until 8 pm!
November 5th
BROOKVILLE — The trial of Pittsburgh resident Christopher Lawrence Thornhill began Monday in Brookville with opening statements heard from the defense and the prosecution.
Thornhill faces two counts each of attempted criminal homicide, aggravated assault, recklessly endangering another person and weapons violations following a shooting incident that occurred on Sept. 22, 2011, near a residence on Cranberry Alley in Punxsutawney.
Read the full story in Tuesday's print edition of The Punxsutawney Spirit.
PUNXSUTAWNEY — Punxsutawney Borough Committee held its Public Works/Wastewater Committee meeting on Monday.
The meeting was called to order by Chairman Larry Chenoga, and Borough Manager Ben White gave an update on the leaf collection that has been taking place.
White reported that this is the third week for leaf pickup and said that overall, it has been a pretty good leaf season.
White also reported that the H20 project has practically been completed.
The final touches will be a bit of restoration while the borough awaits grant reimbursement from the state.
PUNXSUTAWNEY — One of Punxsy's most well-known collectors is back at it, and this time around he's putting a new spin on an old trick.
After collecting a license plate from each state from cars, Douglas Bartlebaugh, a 17-year-old Punxsutawney Area High School student, decided it might be time to start collecting a miniature version of one of his old favorites: motorcycle license plates.
"My uncle gave me a Pennsylvania motorcycle plate, and I already had all the states for the cars, so I figured it was time to start something new," Bartlebaugh said.
November 4th
PUNXSUTAWNEY — The old saying goes, "All good things must come to an end."
Last week, the Levy family, which has owned and operated the Comet Market at 1028 W. Mahoning St., announced to their employees that the difficult decision to close the store's doors had been made.
The decision, Ben Levy said, was a difficult one for the entire family, as the Comet has always been a business it has been associated with since it opened in 1963.
Workers from Punxsutawney Borough's Public Works Department have been busy collecting leaves with the leaf machine.
The borough's annual fall leaf collection program will continue through the week of Nov. 12.
The schedule will continue to be: Monday — East End; Tuesday — Elk Run and Park Avenue Area; Wednesday — Middletown and Findley to Center Street; Thursday — Church Street and Indiana Street; and Friday — West End and South Side.
Changes to this schedule could occur due to weather and/or the amount of leaves to be picked up.
(The Spirit is pleased to share with our readers vignettes of life in the 19th century as originally reported in past issues of the newspapers. These reproduced stories include their original headlines and spelling.)
Local Intelligence
September 19, 1896
Two Hundred New Ovens
Work was begun this morning on two hundred new coke ovens at Eleanora Mines. Two hundred ovens added to the already enormous coke plant of R. & P. Company which now has close to two thousand ovens will add considerably to the importance of this community as a coke producing centre.
Back From Cook’s Inlet
