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Alan Hall will take a seat at the table as a member of the Blue Ridge School Board for the last time on December 12. The long-time Board president will soon take the chair of the Susquehanna County Commissioners. So at the Blue Ridge reorganizational meeting on December 5, he yielded the gavel to Laurie Brown-Bonner, elected to preside by the new board - which looks very much like the old one (see photo).

Two seats are now open at Blue Ridge, which the Board will attempt to fill at the special meeting on December 12. Joel Whitehead, elected by write-in ballot to the seat he has held for over 28 years, will not be returning. Mr. Hall thanked Mr. Whitehead for his dedication to the district and its students for so many years. Mr. Whitehead did not stay for the remainder of the meeting.

Due to a conflict in meetings, this reporter arrived late to the December 5 Montrose Borough meeting. Upon arrival it was difficult to find a place to sit, as the room was full of visitors, with rows of chairs along the back of the council chamber and overflow seats running up each side of the room. It appeared that nearly all of these people attended for one topic, the plan by a local resident to convert the old Montrose gym into apartments. Already well underway when this reporter arrived, the discussion around this property continued for some time.

These visitors expressed a variety of opinions. Some residents appeared to fear overcrowding in the apartments, with multiple gas and oil workers living in a space designed for fewer people. A few targeted three existing apartments in the borough which they lived near, and had problems with. These related anecdotes of parking problems, noise, fights, and foul language. One man said he had no problem with the people living next to him but with the concentration of people in the space. A few were proponents of the development, stating that the building was located in an area already utilized for commercial and multifamily properties, and that the building should not sit empty. One visitor said that she applauded council for being cautious, in their job of protecting the citizens. These comments came throughout the meeting.

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