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MILTON — Milton Borough Council on Wednesday night approved an ordinance establishing a blight committee.

DANVILLE — Two narcotic analyzers will be purchased for Montour County agencies using more than $90,000 in opioid settlement funds.

HARRISBURG — Bipartisan support within the Pennsylvania House pushed through a bill proposing to establish a new law for citizens to serve as whistleblowers on behalf of the commonwealth to identify and recoup taxpayer money being spent fraudulently.

SHAMOKIN — Dozens of youths from across the Valley will take the stage this weekend and next to perform two popular musicals — and everyone’s invited to the show.

SUNBURY — With two days to go, four Sunbury residents have thrown their names in to be appointed to city council after the resignation of Lisa Martina.

DANVILLE — The Danville Area School Board will appoint a new member next month to replace Director Wayne Brookhart.

POINT TOWNSHIP — District Judge Michael Diehl swore in Kevin Herring as the new Point Township police chief during Tuesday night’s meeting.

LEWISBURG — The Upper Susquehanna Synod (USS) of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) in Lewisburg will receive $20,000 to cultivate deeper communities of faith in their rural contexts.The grant is through the Wartburg Theological Seminary’s The Country and Small Town Lived Ecclesiology (CaSTLE) Project, a five-year initiative to support renewal in small-town and rural congregations.The synod’s project, The Priesthood of All of USS, will further equip lay worship leaders to inspire people to live into mission beyond weekly worship time.

SUNBURY — State police were busy over the July 4 holiday weekend enforcement period.

SPRING TWP. — A temporary road will open Monday on Route 522 in Spring Township, Snyder County, during a bridge replacement project.