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Council unanimously approved applications seeking $399,000 in Community Development Block Grant funding, with a $40,000 Borough match, for streetscape improvements on South Lansdowne Avenue and road repairs on Scottdale Road and in Gladstone Manor. The Borough also received a $500,000 reimbursement for the Veterans’ Landing construction project and was notified that grants of $50,000 and $120,000 were approved for a Central Business District streetscape plan and a traffic signal at Union and Baltimore.
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The grant applications could support lighting and tree improvements on South Lansdowne Avenue and road repairs in Gladstone Manor and on Scottdale Road, but the funding has only been requested. Council also unanimously approved hiring Nicholas Benoit as a full-time police officer and authorized planning and advertising an MLK Day event. A vote on the Vape and Smoke Shop Ordinance is scheduled for January 21, 2026, with public discussion planned.
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