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New Cumberland adjusting municipal election schedule

NEW CUMBERLAND - New Cumberland Council has taken steps to realign the city’s election schedule in order to meet changes to state law. Council met in regular session Monday, where it voted, 5-0, on the second reading of an ordinance adjusting the terms of office for current ...

Community Briefs

Tops 1341 Tops 1341 met at the Glenmoor Presbyterian Church on Monday, Oct. 5, with Mary Gailey, facilitator, presiding. Marlene Reynolds was the best loser and Gailey and Lydia Kraft were the runners up. They chose ice cream and cake as the junk foods for the next week. The drawing winners were: 50/50, Dena White; food chart, Dorothy Garn; weight loss, Kraft; and junk food, Reynolds. Garn was 8 weeks in attendance. Gaily lost three weeks in a row. Gailey and Kraft were three times in the best losers book. Cathy Wollam now holds the travel box. The monthly winners were: Best ...

THE COURTS

Common Pleas NEW CASES Anthony P. Nuzzo, Franklin Avenue, Salem, and Lori Nuzzo, Youngstown; dissolution sought. LVNV Funding LLC, Greenville, Pa., vs. Kenneth Williams, Pancake Clarkson Road, Rogers; collection sought of alleged $16,116 debt. Velocity Investments, LLC, Wall, N.J., vs. Gjergi Haxhiu, Jennings Avenue, Salem; collection sought of alleged $31,558 debt. Finwise Bank, Chicago, Ill., vs. Hunter Conner, Crestview Road, New Waterford; collection sought of alleged $3,153 debt. Fifth Third Bank, N.A., Independence, vs. Robert W. Todor, Valleyview Court, Salem; ...

Alito says Supreme Court can’t stem emergency appeals and voices concern over Trump’s rhetoric

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito says the escalating volume of emergency appeals before the court isn’t a good thing, but he adds there’s little the court can do to change the trajectory. The number of petitions asking the justices to intervene quickly has skyrocketed during President Donald Trump’s second administration, putting the court at the center of hotly debated issues such as the Republican president’s new ballroom construction and his proposed restrictions on mail ballots in the midterm elections. The number of emergency applications now rivals ...

POLICE

Sheriff’s Office — Deputies responded to a state Route 644, Hanover Township, home at 11:59 a.m. Monday in reference to alleged domestic dispute. There are no pending criminal charges at this time. — A deputy responded to the area of Hazel Run Road, Washington Township, at 6:30 p.m. Sunday in reference to a reported explosion. The deputy checked the immediate area, but did not find any explosions. The deputy did notice a few juveniles tossing fireworks off dirt bikes, but they fled when approached. — A deputy responded to a Harvey Avenue, Center Township, home at 8:20 p.m. ...