The August 2024 digital edition of the Township News is available now! Learn how proactive policies and practices help townships deal with difficult employees in this month’s cover story. Additional features explore how to make the best use of employee manuals, how pension…

Townships are encouraged to spread the word about the Good Neighbor Firefighter Safety Program with their local volunteer fire departments. State Farm and the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) announced the availability of $500,000 in grants to volunteer fire departments to help…

Townships that have an accessible playground designed for children of all abilities have another avenue to get the word out. The Pennsylvania Recreation and Park Society (PRPS) has updated its Park Finder app to help parents locate the closest accessible playground to…

The state Department of Environmental Protection declares today a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for the Susquehanna Valley Area, which includes the counties of Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, and York, and the Pittsburgh Area, which includes the counties of…

Recent rankings released by CNBC compared states to determine what are the most affordable and the most expensive states to live. Pennsylvania was ranked the 7th most affordable state to live in for 2024 due to overall living costs being…

The Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority (PBDA) is now accepting applications for the new Digital Connectivity Technology Program through August 19, 2024. Townships are eligible to apply for publicly accessible laptops to facilitate broadband access and literacy training programs to township…

USDA Rural Development is now accepting applications for the Broadband Technical Assistance program to promote broadband expansion in rural areas. Townships with a population of less than 20,000 can apply through August 20, 2024, via grants.gov for technical assistance, and no match is required!   …

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) FY 2025 Our Towns grant program to support projects that integrate arts, culture, and design activities into efforts that strengthen communities is accepting applications until August 1. Eligible projects include:     Interested townships may…

In Curry v. South Western School District, AP 2024-1311, the Office of Open Records denied an appeal by Frank Curry and FOIA Buddy, which have been sending RTKL requests to agencies around the state, on the basis that the requests…

The state Department of Transportation will not collect FHWA Form 536 in 2024, which means township officials can cross one item off their to-do lists! The form will return in 2025 but the due date will shift to June 15…