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Montrose Man Gets State Prison Term
By P. Jay Amadio

A 46-year-old Montrose man was sentenced to serve 18 months to 36 months in a state correctional facility for theft of services in Great Bend Township on September 8, 2005. Richard Bednarczyk was also fined $750 plus court costs and must pay restitution to his victim.

Bednarczyk also received 18 months to 36 months in a state correctional facility for theft by unlawful taking in Lanesboro on March 6, 2005, followed by four years of consecutive supervision. The second sentence will run concurrent with the first one. The defendant was fined an additional $750 and must make restitution to his victims.

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Blue Ridge Defers Taxes
By Ted Brewster

The Blue Ridge School Board is truncating its schedule for the summer, meeting only once in July and once in August. The July meeting, on the 17th, took place, as usual, in the cafeteria in the Elementary School. The meeting space took up a small portion of what has become a Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) operated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA), and a host of other support agencies covering environmental issues, homeowner assistance and the like. Most of the room was laid out as a huge office, full of paper, telephones and computer equipment.

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