Category: Video
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Archive: Bloomsburg Town Council Meeting, Dec 12th
Read more: Archive: Bloomsburg Town Council Meeting, Dec 12thThe Agenda may be downloaded directly from the Town of Bloomsburg’s website. The tentative agenda includes: Approval of Monthly Reports: Police Department Report Police Officer Report Police Vehicle Fuel Milage Report Highway and Sewer Monthly Reports Report of the Administrative & Finance Committee minutes and payments, Including: Approval of Various Monthly Bills Recommendation to Approve a 2% Pay increase for Non-Union Employees Discussion of Downtown parking changes for January-June Skateboard Park Discussion Code Enforcement & Zoning Officer’s Reports, Including: Approval of HARB Minutes and various Certificates of Appropriateness Recommendation to Approve a Pre-Planning Authorization for First Columbia Bank & Trust…
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Penn State Student Town Hall Forum Video
Read more: Penn State Student Town Hall Forum VideoUniversity Park, PA Those who missed the Penn State Town Hall Forum held on the University Park campus on Wednesday, Nov. 30, can view the event at http://youtu.be/xFYbgDrztTM online or inline below. The event, hosted by Penn State’s University Park Undergraduate Association (UPUA), Council of Commonwealth Student Governments (CCSG) and Graduate Student Association (GSA), was designed to provide a forum for students to engage University administrators in an open discussion about the recent events at the University Park campus. Penn State President Rodney Erickson, along with other key administrators at the University, fielded questions from a capacity crowd of students…
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A Flood of Silence: Dan Bauman
Read more: A Flood of Silence: Dan BaumanDaniel J. Bauman was the Mayor of Bloomsburg from 1982-1988 and 1994-1997, and is currently the vice chair of the Bloomsburg Area Joint Flood Control Authority. Mr. Bauman lives on West 3rd Street in a home that was not in the flood plain before 1972, yet has been flooded many times since then — with each big flood seemingly more devastating than the last. His involvement with the flood wall and flooding issues for the town began when he was a foreman with a Bloomsburg construction company. After the devastating Hurricane Agnes flood in 1972, he became the chairperson of…
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Sunday Slowdown: How Many of These Things Do You Say?
Read more: Sunday Slowdown: How Many of These Things Do You Say?I’ve seen this video crop up a few times and while I find it amusing, I wonder just how accurate it is for all of NEPA. For example, I know the waitress at the Texas always used to ask “Are youse together,” but I don’t ever recall hearing anyone around our parts saying “Heyna.” Instead they would use “Hain’t” or, my Grandmother sometimes even says “Henna or no.” So sit back, put your feet up on da davenport, make sure youse got fresh batt-trees in da remote control, pop open a couple two tree yuenglings, and enjoy enjoy!
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Paterno Fired: Video of PSU Board of Trustees Press Conference
Read more: Paterno Fired: Video of PSU Board of Trustees Press ConferenceThis single press release signals the end of Joe Paterno’s tenure as the head football coach at The Pennsylvania State University. Both he and President Graham Spanier were relieved of their duties Wednesday night by the Board of Trustees. Spanier will be replaced by the school’s Provost, Dr. Rodney Erickson, while the football team will be coached by assistant coach, Tom Bradley. Board of Trustees announces leadership changes at Penn State The Pennsylvania State University Board of Trustees and Graham Spanier have decided that, effective immediately, Dr. Spanier is no longer president of the University. Additionally, the board determined that…
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Sunday Slowdown: The New York Harbor Boatlift
Read more: Sunday Slowdown: The New York Harbor BoatliftOn September 1st, 2001, I moved in to a beautiful brownstone in the Hamilton Park section of Jersey City, NJ. The landlords were a couple who lived on the bottom two floors. My partner and I lived on the top two floors. We, like most people in our neighborhood, were daily commuters into New York City on a subway system called the PATH (Port Authority Trans-Hudson) line. On Tuesday, September 11th, I had the rare opportunity to sleep in and work from home for a few hours. Everyone else in the house left for the city at their usual rush-hour…
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A Flood of Silence: Amy Wright
Read more: A Flood of Silence: Amy WrightIn this installment of A Flood of Silence, Amy Wright, a resident of the hard-hit 900 block of West Main Street talks about the flood, evacuation, how the area press reacted to this disaster, and the rise of social media — both before and after the waters crested.
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A Flood of Silence: Eileen Chapman
Read more: A Flood of Silence: Eileen ChapmanA Flood of Silence is an ongoing series of digital stories from those personally affected by the 2011 flood in Bloomsburg, PA. This week’s installment features AGAPE Executive Director Eileen Chapman, who tells us about the challenges of helping “a very proud people” recover from a disaster the magnitude of which they may only just now be realizing over a month later and how it is far from over.
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Video Archive: Bloom Town Council Meeting, Mon. Oct 24
Read more: Video Archive: Bloom Town Council Meeting, Mon. Oct 24Beginning at 7:00 PM on Monday, October 24 The Bloomsburg Daily did a Live Stream of the meeting of the Bloomsburg Town Council. Below is the archive of this stream. The meeting starts eight minutes into the video. You may also, if you prefer, follow along with our live blog on this linked page.
