radioNOVO News for NWPA 06-25-26

Good morning.Crawford Central School Board members have unanimously approved a six-point-three-one percent property tax increase, marking the district's largest tax hike in over twenty years. Officials say the increase is necessary to fund a record seventy-one-million-dollar budget, driven primarily by skyrocketing employee healthcare costs and upcoming union contract negotiations.Meanwhile, the Titusville Area School Board adopted a forty-eight-and-a-half-million-dollar budget, but face significant delays on a major security upgrade at Titusville Middle School. Substantial completion on the main Water Street entrance project has been pushed from August to late November, meaning students and parents will face structural logistics and construction zones when classes resume.And in Meadville, a housing non-profit has launched a unique design competition around the city's very first accessory dwelling unit currently under construction on Walnut Street.For more news, download the radioNOVO app. I’m Codi Gaboff, radioNOVO News.