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Yahoo
09-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Powder Mill Road to get a full rehabilitation
SOUTHWICK — The DPW let the Select Board know last Monday it will start applying for state grants to do a complete renovation of Powder Mill Road, one of the town's most degraded roads. 'The road does need some work,' DPW Director Randy Brown said on Wednesday about the road's condition. 'It's a multiphase and multiyear project,' he added. The road, which is nine-tenths of a mile long, has been on the DPW's priority list of road rehabilitation projects for several years. That list is used by the Select Board when deciding which projects will be funded using money allocated during Town Meeting each year. In 2022, the town was awarded a $115,500 grant from the state's Rural and Small Town Development Fund for the redesign of the road, Brown said. The design, which was done by Westfield-based Tighe & Bond, was completed in 2024, he said, and has been waiting for state grant opportunities to become available, he said. The redesign, which is estimated to cost $1.86 million, is comprehensive, which Brown called a 'big price.' He said once the project is completed, it will connect the regional district's schools, the Southwick Recreation Center, Whalley Park and the rail trail with sidewalks. But before the sidewalks are installed, Brown said the road needs to be realigned. A portion of the current road is not in the center of the town's right of way, and if it isn't shifted, the sidewalks would be built on private property, which is not an option for the town, he said. Also included in the rehabilitation will be new drainage and an upsized water line. Hesitant to provide a time frame for when the project might be started and completed, he said it was dependent on the grants it could secure from the state. Two of the grants Brown said the department would be applying for is a Safe Routes to School, which is a state program, as is the Complete Streets Funding Program. When the town's Stormwater Coordinator Jon Goddard informed the Select Board that the DPW would be seeking the Community One Stop for Growth grant to cover a portion of the project's cost. Read the original article on MassLive.
Yahoo
27-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
UFC on ESPN 66 bonuses include some of year's best finishes so far
The UFC handed out four bonuses after Saturday's card, including to some of the biggest highlight-reel moments of the year so far. After UFC on ESPN 66, four fighters picked up an extra $50,000 for their performances in Kansas City, Mo. Check out the winners below. Randy Brown def. Nicolas Dalby via knockout (punch) – Round 2, 1:39https:// Randy Brown def. Nicolas Dalby via knockout (punch) – Round 2, 1:39 Zhang Mingyang def. Anthony Smith via TKO (elbows) – Round 1, 4:03https:// Malcolm Wellmaker def. Cameron Saaiman via knockout (punch) – Round 1, 1:59https:// This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC on ESPN 66 bonuses: Randy Brown, Dalby, Mingyang, Wellmaker
USA Today
27-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
UFC on ESPN 66 bonuses include some of year's best finishes so far
UFC on ESPN 66 bonuses include some of year's best finishes so far The UFC handed out four bonuses after Saturday's card, including to some of the biggest highlight-reel moments of the year so far. After UFC on ESPN 66, four fighters picked up an extra $50,000 for their performances in Kansas City, Mo. Check out the winners below. Fight of the Night: Randy Brown Randy Brown def. Nicolas Dalby via knockout (punch) – Round 2, 1:39https:// Fight of the Night: Nicolas Dalby Randy Brown def. Nicolas Dalby via knockout (punch) – Round 2, 1:39 Performance of the Night: Zhang Mingyang Zhang Mingyang def. Anthony Smith via TKO (elbows) – Round 1, 4:03https:// Performance of the Night: Malcolm Wellmaker Malcolm Wellmaker def. Cameron Saaiman via knockout (punch) – Round 1, 1:59https://
Yahoo
22-04-2025
- Business
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SCASD moves one step closer to approving 2025-26 budget, includes tax increase
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (WTAJ) – State College Area School District (SCASD) is seeking a 4% tax increase, citing inflation and other costs as the reason. The district's board voted to approve the 2025-26 Proposed Final Budget, which includes a tax increase. This would make the real estate tax rate 52.9597 mills according to a press release sent out by the district. The 4% increase is equal to the district's Act 1 Index, meaning it is the maximum rate it could raise taxes by this year. Ferguson Township to host Arbor Day celebration According to Randy Brown, the finance and operations officer for SCASD, the rise in cost for personnel contracts, utility bills and security services are all contributors to the suggestion of a tax increase. This comes after the district already raised taxes last year, a move which he says did not do enough to offset the growing costs, due to 'the inflationary pressures, as well as lack of increase in real estate revenue.' The board also discussed the uncertainty of the national economy and how that would impact the budget. 'We have increased some budget areas to, hopefully, offset some increased expenses from the uncertainty in the markets,' Brown said. 'The other thing that we will do is we will try to anticipate areas where goods are going to have faster increases in costs. And so we will buy ahead as much as we can.' According to the press release, the proposed final budget includes $207,523,588 in revenue – 79% of which will come from property taxes. Before anything is set in stone, there may be additional items presented to the board that could help the district bring the increase down. 'There still could be some impacts that, some items that are impacted that the final budget proposal – it may not be the exact document that they see on June 2 that they were presented with last night,' Brown said. However, the possibility of a decrease happening for this budget is unlikely. 'This year, because of the economic uncertainty, because of the $20 million building project that we have at Mount Nittany Elementary School going on right now, and the upcoming Park Forest Middle School project, as well as the district-wide facility master plan planning that we are working on, I would not expect that tax rate to decrease too much,' Brown said. Now that the district's board has approved the proposed final budget, they are required to give the community at least a 15-day notice that the final budget will be approved on June 2. Between now and then, the board will host a public hearing for people to come and learn more about the budget and weigh in. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
