FEBRUARY 2018
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H o a r p o p b e s nings l l e
No. 23 - Issued Quarterly
WELLSBORO HAPPENINGS • 1
We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men. ~Herman Melville BOROUGH OF WELLSBORO, PA
February 2018
Please Welcome Our Newest Council Members Matt DeCamp is a lifelong resident of Wellsboro; he was born and raised here. In his college years, he achieved a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Bucknell University, then went on to graduate from Dickinson School of Law in 1996. It was in law school where Matt became interested in the workings of state and local government. He has also worked in real estate planning, general business law, and municipal law here in Wellsboro. Matt went to work for the family business, Patterson Lumber, Inc., in 1999, where he, as a Licensed, non-practicing, attorney, frequently encounters the environmental, regulatory, employment, and economic realities manufacturers face. Matt enjoys memberships in the Rotary Club, is a longtime member and on the board for GROW, serves on the UPMC Susquehanna Tioga County Advisory Board, and is a board member of the Fund for Northern Tier Development. Living in the borough with his wife and three daughters, Matt is very family- oriented and keeps physically active with running and biking. Matt hopes to be able to apply his knowledge of municipal government to his new role as Council Member. While learning about needs of the community through the borough and the other organizations he serves, he will combine these roles to help our residents and businesses prosper.
MATT DeCAMP
ON THE INSIDE...
Got Junk?....................................................................Page 3 Weekly Garbage Collection....................................Page 4 Water Bills.................................................................Page 4 Snow & Ice Removal.................................................Page 5 Code of Ordinances..................................................Page 5 9-1-1—Is Your Number Up?...................................Page 6
Craig West is a lifelong resident of the Borough, and was raised at the Canyon Motel, which his parents owned and where the family resided. Hotelier must have been in his blood, as he and his wife, Linda (Spink) West, purchased the Sherwood Motel in 1978 and ran it successfully for 25 years. He and Linda raised their four children there. Craig is a Mansfield University graduate, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Math. Besides working in the tourism industry at the Sherwood, he has also worked in real estate sales, and bought and operated the Sears store until the hospital purchased it for rehabilitation services. He is very active in sports, and has been officiating for the last 43 years in NTL Football, Basketball, Baseball, and Softball Assignor. Craig loves the downtown and the gaslights and is very proud of what has been accomplished here in years past to keep the character of the Borough intact. He also realizes that changes are necessary, and wants to help entice industry to our area and work to keep businesses in our downtown. He wants to find ways for the hospital to keep specialists on hand. Now that he is retired, it is the perfect opportunity to work toward those goals.
CRAIG WEST
New Borough App....................................................Page 7 Cleanup Week in Wellsboro...................................Page 8 2018 Curbside Recycling Calendar.......................Page 10 The Value of a Tree................................................Page 11 Computer Recycling...............................................Page 14
The Community Yard Sales will be held on April 20 & 21, 2018.