I Love Pop Radio | radioNOVO News for Selinsgrove: May 6, 2026

RNN SELINSGROVE 05/06/26          TENSIONS BOILED OVER AT TUESDAY’S NORTHUMBERLAND BOROUGH COUNCIL MEETING AS RESIDENTS ACCUSED MAYOR DAN BERARD OF USING RACIAL SLURS DURING A CONFRONTATION AT A LOCAL PLAYGROUND. THREE MOTHERS TESTIFIED THAT THE MAYOR SHOUTED THE "N WORD" AT THEIR TEENAGERS WHILE ORDERING THEM TO LEAVE THE SECOND STREET PARK AFTER DARK ON APRIL 17TH.           PORTIONS OF THE HEATED PLAYGROUND EXCHANGE WERE CAPTURED ON VIDEO AND PLAYED AT THE MEETING, AND RACIAL SLURS COULD BE HEARD ON THE RECORDING.           HOEWVER, BERARD.......... WHO PREVIOUSLY ISSUED A CATEGORICAL DENIAL ON SOCIAL MEDIA........... DECLINED TO COMMENT FURTHER ON THE ADVICE OF HIS ATTORNEY.           A FORMER BLOOMSBURG STUDENT’S LEGAL NIGHTMARE IS THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND NEW LEGISLATION IN HARRISBURG. ROWAN PRICE TOLD LAWMAKERS HE FACED RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT CHARGES AND HIS FAMILY PAID TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS IN LEGAL FEES LAST YEAR AFTER HE CAME TO THE AID OF A CLASSMATE ON HIS DORMITORY FLOOR WHO COLLAPSED FROM EXCESSIVE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION.  HOUSE BILLS 1944 AND 1945 WOULD EXPAND PENNSYLVANIA’S MEDICAL AMNESTY LAWS TO PREVENT "GOOD SAMARITANS" FROM FACING SERIOUS MISDEMEANOR CHARGES. SUPPORTERS SAY THE GOAL IS TO REMOVE THE FEAR OF ARREST SO STUDENTS DON'T HESITATE TO CALL 9-1-1 IN LIFE-OR-DEATH MOMENTS.