Superintendent Paul Spaventa said that $2.2 million was cut from the original budget, including $901,000 from the district’s technology budget and $489,000 in employee salaries and benefits. Eight employees were \”lost\” due to retirement, resignation or a non-renewed contract.

Spaventa noted that while eight people were \”cut,\”, no positions were lost as existing employees were shifted to fill the vacancies.

He complimented district administrators for going over their respective budgets and finding areas where money could be saved.

Board members praised Spaventa and his administrative team for their hard work on the budget, which resulted in a \”minimal\” tax increase with no lost programs, even in the midst of very challenging financial times.

Residents will cast their votes on the budget during the annual School Election April 20 from 2 to 9 p.m.

In other business, Board members voted to change next year’s school calendar to abbreviate Spring Break.

In 2011, students will be off on Good Friday, Easter Monday and Tuesday, and will return to school on Wednesday.

The Board’s reorganization meeting will be Thursday, April 29, at 7 p.m.

The next regular meeting will be Tuesday, May 4, at 7 p.m. Both meetings will take place in the Gloucester High School Media Center.

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SAU\’s school record 24-game winning streak came to an end Tuesday as Louisiana State-Shreveport upset the No. 1 ranked Muleriders 12-4 at Pilot Field. It was SAU\’s first loss since a 6-5 decision to North Alabama on February 27 in Magnolia.
Mulerider shortstop Andrew Whittington (Texas City, Texas) also saw his Gulf South Conference record 37-game hitting streak come to its end. Whittington was hitless in four official at-bats, while drawing a walk and later scoring.

The weekly Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) East Player of the Week honor should be renamed the Shayne Houck (Boyertown/Boyertown) Award. For the third consecutive week and fourth time this season Houck has been named the PSAC East Player of the Week.

PA Conservation Officer Busy Arresting Violators of Game Laws

Jesse Richart, 21, of Forksville, Sullivan County, was cited for illegally killing a tundra swan in March of 2009 in northern Sullivan County.

\”A concerned citizen called me with information that he had been watching a pair of tundra swans at a local pond, but one was now dead,\” WCO Finnegan said. \”I responded, expecting to do a necropsy to determine the cause of death, but it was immediately apparent that the bird was shot with a rifle.

\”A few months later, when interviewing Richart about a deer that he had illegally killed – which cost him and another defendant $900 each, plus the loss of their hunting privileges for three years each – I learned he also may have been the one who shot the tundra swan.\”

After collecting evidence and seizing the rifles from Richart that were suspected to have been used in these poaching cases for ballistics testing, WCO Finnegan received a full written confession from Richart on how he and another – whom he would not identify – had been out spotlighting.

\”The confession detailed that when they saw the swan, Richart shot it from the vehicle,\” Finnegan said. Several citations were filed in which Richart pled guilty to all charges, which will cost him $600 and he likely lose his hunting privileges for four years, in addition to the three years for the deer last year.

In another case, 25-year-old Thomas J. White Jr., also from Forksville area of Sullivan County, pled guilty to the unlawful possession of a white-tailed deer. White was observed with a dead deer in the back of his truck, which he proceeded to dump in a nearby field. Field Forensics testing proved that

Duus’ family members proudly watched as he was congratulated by Mayor Wolk, Police Chief Edward Dobleman and Commiss-ioners Andrew Gilmore and Bruce Greenwald.

I’ve been training dogs for many years. I’ve also re-homed dozens of dogs when their owners became frustrated, lost a job, or the dog grew to be too much for the individual to handle. Quite a few of these dogs suffer emotional damage much like human children do when they are neglected or abused.

When you adopt a dog you must consider these facts: small

Well, lucky me, I did work there. Now you ask, who am I? Well, I am the bell that rang for many a year in the Gloucester Ferry Company belfry.

I rang when the boats came into the slips, and I rang again when they departed for Philadelphia.

Back in those days the air was fresh and crisp.

The river was clean and full of shad waiting to be caught and served in the many hotels that were built along the Gloucester City shoreline – a 3.5 mile, scenic stretch of land.

In 1865, I was owned by a Mr. Wm. Farr and Mr. A. Heckman.

We can all agree that health care reform is necessary.

As Pennsylvania\’s attorney general, I have made health care a priority. In 2009 alone, the attorney general\’s Health Care Section assisted more than 4,700 consumers and saved Pennsylvanians more than $4.2 million.

In addition to providing such direct services to consumers, I believe we must work together in a bipartisan fashion to develop legislative solutions instead of engaging in mere rhetoric.

I believe we need meaningful health care reform in this country and that Pennsylvanians deserve access to quality health care.

However, it is my belief that the Health Care Reform law as written is unconstitutional, and Congress has exceeded its authority by requiring citizens to purchase government-approved health insurance. Those who fail to comply with the mandate will be punished with an annual tax penalty.

This analysis is shared by my colleagues who have joined me in filing a lawsuit challenging the act\’s constitutionality. Thus far, five additional