This week, the FCC canceled the SpaceX Award to bring internet service to unserved Pennsylvanians. SPACEX, the Elon Musk funded private sector satellite initiative, won the bid through the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Program for providing broadband to unserved households and…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has substantially revised its COVID-19 guidance. Social distancing guidance of six feet is no more. Quarantining is no longer recommended if you were exposed to COVID-19. Instead, the CDC recommends that you wear…
The Consumer Price Index numbers for July were released yesterday, showing that inflation paused during July, with a gasoline index decrease of 7.7% offsetting increases in food and shelter indexes. Year over year inflation decreased to 8.5% after hitting a…
The state Department of Environmental Protection is accepting applications for the Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant (AFIG) Program. Townships and municipal authorities are eligible to apply for funding through this program. Approximately $3 million in grant funding is available to support: …
PSATS Executive Director David Sanko announced that this digital publication, the Morning News, has won a Grand Award in the 34th Annual APEX Awards for Publication Excellence. This is the first Grand Award since 2008. PSATS has received multiple APEX…
As a PSATS member, every township is also a member of the National Association of Towns and Townships. NATaT is holding a series of federal grants webinars with grant expert Heidi Schott, Managing Director of Grant Services at The Ferguson…
Be sure to enter your township’s wage and benefit data as soon as possible so that the PSATS Salary Survey Plus reports for 2022 can be released. Hundreds of townships have participated and we are nearly ready to release results,…
PSATS’ annual calendars have been so popular that we’re doing it again! Show off your township by sending us photos to illustrate the calendar pages. WHAT: PSATS 2023 Calendar THEME: Township parks and recreation PHOTO SUGGESTIONS: It’s summer camp and…
Mark your calendars! The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources will hold a free, virtual workshop on November 3 from 9 a.m. to noon that is designed to help applicants develop project ideas to prepare a grant application for the…
Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful is accepting applications for its Young Ambassadors of Pennsylvania (YAP) Program until September 15. YAP seeks to build community stewards and civic leaders by inspiring, engaging, and empowering young Pennsylvanians to keep their communities clean and beautiful…
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