Parking officers will be enforcing all violations.

The drop box outside of the main entrance to Town Hall will be open for your convenience.

Trick-or-Treat Night

Town of Bloomsburg Council set Trick-or-Treat Night for Saturday, October 31st from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Halloween Safety TIPS

The Town of Bloomsburg Council would like to allow Trick-or-Treat Night to happen.  With COVID-19, the event will be at everyone’s discretion if they wish to participate. 

 

T: Teach children to be careful when crossing the street. Model safe behaviors by showing them how to make eye contact with drivers before crossing; look left, right and left again; cross at the street corners; and use traffic signals and crosswalks. When there are no sidewalks, walk facing traffic as far to the left as possible.

I: Instruct your children to stop only at homes with outdoor porch light on and NEVER go into a stranger’s house or car.

P: Parents or responsible adults always should accompany young children on their neighborhood rounds. If your older children are going alone or with a group of friends, plan and review the route that is acceptable to you. Also, give them a specific time to be back home.

S: Safety is of utmost importance for the trick-or-treaters, as well as the drivers. Because pedestrian injuries are the most common injuries to children on Halloween, remind your Trick-or-Treaters to:

Stay in a group.
• Remember reflective tape for costumes and trick-or-treat bags.
• Carry glow sticks or flashlights for visibility, to help them be seen by drivers.
• Carry a cell phone for quick communication.
• Notify the police immediately of any suspicious or unlawful activity.
• Drivers be on the alert for kids everywhere! Enter and exit driveways slowly.  Drive slowly and anticipate heavy pedestrian traffic. Turn your headlights on earlier in the day to spot children in the distance.
• Parents make sure to sort and examine all

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1. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 has protected United States residents from discrimination in the areas of employment, housing, and public accommodations (shops, restaurants, etc.) on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. The Fair Housing Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act and other laws also provide federal protections against discrimination. The Supreme Court has recently affirmed that the category of ‘sex’ includes sexual orientation and gender identity in the area of employment.

2. The Pennsylvania Human Relations Act (PHRA) protects all Pennsylvanians from discrimination in these areas and more, but does not explicitly include all people who face the possibility of discrimination. This law is enforced by the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (PHRC). For more information, see http://phrc.pa.gov.

3. The PHRA allows for local ordinances to create local human relations commissions which are in a better position to offer public education to prevent discrimination and to address any local cases which might arise. Some local commissions hold hearings and some only offer the initial mediation phase. There are 41 local human relations commissions in Pennsylvania. Most only handle a small number of cases annually and smaller municipalities rarely have cases at all. The primary goal is to educate for the prevention of discrimination and to provide an incentive to treat all residents equally.

4. The proposed Bloomsburg Anti-Discrimination Ordinance adds sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, veteran status, and genetic information to the list of protections from discrimination already covered by the PHRA. It also covers discrimination based on ‘perceived identity.’ An example of this would be if two women seek to rent an apartment and a landlord refuses to rent to them because they are perceived to be a lesbian

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Media Release

 

 

From:  Roger Van Loan, Chief of Police

 

Date:  Monday September 28, 2020

 

Subject: Weekly Street Cleaning and Leaf Collection

 

 

Bloomsburg residents are reminded that seasonal street sweeping and leaf collection will begin Monday October 5, 2020.  Parking regulations related to No Parking This Side of Street will be ENFORCED EVERY WEEK, October 5, 2020 through November 27, 2020.

 

Residents are asked to follow the direction of the signs posted on their street to avoid receiving a parking ticket.  The parking regulations are enforceable for the full period indicated on the signs.