Assembly working on paving, water and sewage fixes

At its Tuesday night meeting, the Borough Assembly continued to keep up on its various utility priorities.

In his regular update, city manager Jeff Jabusch reported most paving projects around town have been completed, including the barge ramp lot. Surfacing work at Wood Street is still on schedule, with new curbing being set in place. Work on that project is expected to wrap up in mid-October.

For the water treatment plant, Public Works Department staff are working on a plan to clean out the sand in its filtration units. An emergency shortage of water occurred in July after the slow sand filt...