California School Board selects new superintendent

CALIFORNIA — The California Area School Board Monday unanimously selected Linda Mancini to serve as the district’s next superintendent.

Dr. Tim Marks submitted his resignation to the school board in December. He has served as the superintendent for the past five years.

“Thank you and farewell to the community,” Marks said at Monday’s board meeting. “I’ve had a wonderful team of administrators, faculty and staff.”

Read the full story by reporter Christine Haines in tomorrow’s Herald-Standard

Borough Council halts sewage project

CALIFORNIA — California Borough Council Wednesday in a special session ordered Chester Engineering to temporarily halt all work on Phase II of the sewage project, which includes construction of a new treatment plant.

“There is such a difference between what is projected by one engineering company over another as to what the cost of sewage project will be. We’re talking about millions of dollars,” said Sheila Chambers, who made the motion to halt the work. “I’m worried we are paying for plans that are going to be useless to us.”

Chambers said the borough needs plans for a treatment plant it can afford, that meets state requirements and that will last 30 or 40 years.

For more information, see the story by Christine Haines in tomorrow’s Herald-Standard.

Califronia to meet in special session tonight

CALIFORNIA – California Borough Council will meet in special session tonight at 6 p.m. to get informatin about decibel meters for enforcement of the noise ordinance. Action may be taken at the meeting.