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Berlin contractor charged with fraud

2013-06-14 18:14:00

A Berlin Borough contractor has been charged with receiving advance payments to build garages and barns and not performing the work or returning the money. � Chief Somerset County Detective Jason Hunter filed felony charges against Jonathan Lee Swank,...

Area man retires after 42 years in banking

2013-01-06 20:10:00

After nearly 42 years in banking, Randy Koontz is hanging up his coveralls for good. � Koontz purchased a pair not long after he was hired at Peoples Bank and Trust Co. in Jennerstown in 1971. He and fellow employee Terry Henry — the only male...

Paint Township to put police department's future in voters' hands

2012-12-18 19:15:00

Paint Township residents will have a vote next year about whether their police department should be downsized. � Supervisors plan to put a referendum on the spring ballot asking residents whether the township should continue to enter into police...

Tax collector challenges Paint Township supervisor's earnings

2012-11-20 19:42:00

Paint Township residents have been calling for the resignation of Supervisor Andy Tvardzik for months, and the issue escalated Tuesday night when questions about his pay caused Tvardzik to leave the meeting, albeit briefly, in disgust. � "I've heard...

Paint Township has multiple loan offers to consider

2012-11-16 19:38:00

Paint Township supervisors have a decision to make next week after 1st Summit Bank approved the municipality's loan request on Friday. The cash-strapped municipality now has loan offers from both Somerset Trust Co. and 1st Summit Bank. � Supervisors...

Bank approves loan for Paint Township

2012-11-14 20:04:00

Paint Township supervisor Chairman Joe Huff Jr. said the municipality has been approved for a loan from Somerset Trust Co.� � Supervisors will wait, however, to release the details of Somerset Trust's proposal until after they meet with 1st Summit Bank....

Paint police reported stable through 2012

2012-10-23 19:25:00

� Paint Township Supervisor Joe Huff Jr. told Windber Borough Council members Tuesday that police will continue to patrol the streets through the end of the year even without a cash advance from Windber. � Windber made one of its bi-weekly payments...

Some Paint Township residents call for bankruptcy filing

2012-10-16 20:04:00

Paint Township supervisors are set to meet with 1st Summit Bank officials today to discuss a potential loan agreement, but many residents at Tuesday night's meeting made it clear they'd rather see the township file for bankruptcy. � "We need a fresh...

Paint Township reports positive meeting with bank

2012-10-17 20:03:00

Paint Township supervisor Chairman Joe Huff Jr. said Wednesday's loan meeting with 1st Summit Bank went well. Bank officials have requested additional information regarding the police department's finances. A final answer from the bank is expected by...

Windber key to police survival

2012-10-13 20:36:00

Paint Township first asked Windber Borough for an advance on police services in August, and the burden of saving the department may once again fall on Windber's shoulders. � Township supervisors requested a cash advance Wednesday from each of the five...

Paint Borough pays in advance for police

2012-10-11 19:54:00

Paint Township requested a cash advance Wednesday from each of the five boroughs it contracts with for police services. On Thursday Paint Borough became the first municipality to approve the advance. � Paint Borough Council voted unanimously to...

Paint Township awarded bridge loan

2012-10-02 19:20:00

Paint Township supervisors approved a $75,000 "interim" loan agreement with 1st Summit Bank Tuesday, but the municipality's long-term financial security won't be decided until next week at the earliest, supervisors said. � Chairman Joe Huff Jr. said the...

Paul Kundrod, Consumer Loan Department head at 1st Summit Bank, teaches students at Forest Hills Elementary School the benefits of saving money.

2012-06-05 14:40:00

The Somerset County Builders Association Scholarship Trustees recently met to make arrangements for the 2012 Scholarship Award. On left is Gary Bentz of 1st Summit Bank and on the right is Kathy Lloyd of First National Bank of PA.

2012-04-23 13:18:00

Once finalized, loan agreements with Somerset Trust Co. and 1st Summit Bank will be used to pay down the debt for the remediation of the dam. Borough council has been working through the details of the third and final phase of the remediation project, which began in 2007.

2012-03-16 19:43:28