Big Hits BG | radioNOVO News for Lebanon: May 1, 2026

         PALMYRA BOROUGH COUNCIL HAS A NEW MEMBER FOLLOWING THE RESIGNATION OF VICE PRESIDENT SHEILA SNYDER.           DURING THEIR MEETING TUESDAY NIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBERS UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO APPOINT RESIDENT KAREN NYE TO FILL THE VACANCY.  SHE IS A LOCAL SCHOOL BUS DRIVER WITH A BACKGROUND IN ADMINISTRATION.          WHILE BEING QUESTIONED FOR THE POST, NYE STRESSED HER COMMITMENT TO MAINTAINING INFRASTRUCTURE AND FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. FOLLOWING THE APPOINTMENT, COUNCIL ELECTED MARCUS RIDDELL AS THE NEW VICE PRESIDENT IN A SPLIT 4-TO-3 VOTE, WHILE COUNCILWOMAN NANCY FLEEGLE WAS CHOSEN TO REPRESENT THE BOROUGH ON THE WESTERN LEBANON COUNTY REGIONAL POLICE COMMISSION.THE WELCOME MAT IS OUT FOR A NEW POLICE OFFICER IN THE WESTERN LEBANON COUNTY REGIONAL POLICE DEPARTMENT.            TUESDAY, OFFICER JOSPEH WALSH WAS SWORN IN BY MAGESTERIAL DISTRICT JUDGE DAVE WARNER, JR.            OFFICER WALSH WILL NOW BE PART OF THE POLICE FORCE PATROLLING PALMYRA BOROUGH, ANNVILLE TOWNSHIP, AND INCIDENTS THAT OCCUR AT BOTH THE ANNVILLE-CLEONA SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE PALMYRA AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT.  WELCOME OFFICER WALSH!             OFFICIALS IN ONE LEBANON COUNTY MUNICIPALITY ARE CONSIDERING HOW TO SPEED UP EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIMES.           RADIO NOVO'S TORY GATES REPORTS, FROM OUR HARRISBURG STUDIO:____________________________A SPECIAL SESSION THIS WEEK IN BETHEL TOWNSHIP LOOKED INTO WHY IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION,FIRST RESPONDERS MAY BE GEOGRAPHICALLY CLOSE, BUT AN AGENCY FURTHER AWAY IS THE ONE THATSHOWS UP. AGENCIES NOTED THAT THEY WOULD RESPOND TO A CALL, BUT THEN BE CANCELLED, WHENANOTHER SERVICE THAT WAS FURTHER AWAY WAS DISPATCHED. ADDITIONAL PUBLIC MEETINGS AREEXPECTED TO BE HELD. I’M TG, RADIONOVO NEWS.