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This year, the Troy Fair will feature a "Country 3 Pack" concert at 7:30 p.m. tonight , at the Alparon Park grandstand with Darryl Worley; Heidi Newfield, former lead singer of Trick Pony; and Joey + Rory. Tickets are still available in the grandstand and standing room for the "Country 3 Pack" concert. The prices are $30 for adults and $15 for children 2 through 12 years old  stop at the ticket booth located in center court at the fairgrounds.

Work began this week on the demolition of a dilapidated, three-story building at 300-302 Main St. in Towanda, which will require the lower section of Poplar Street to be temporarily closed down. The Chemung Canal Trust Co., which owns the building and has an office at 304 Main St., plans to create an eight-space parking lot at site of the demolished building. The demolition and the construction of the parking lot is expected to be completed over the next two months.

The Wellsboro Area School Board will vote Aug. 10 on a contract between the district and the Wellsboro Area Education Association, which represents about 130 teachers. If approved, the new contract will run a term beginning from 2009 to 2013.  Details of the contract will be released once the board ratifies the contract.

Bids were opened Tuesday for the first phase of the construction of a new department of public works building on South Thomas Avenue.  The first phase of this project covers the foundation and metal building aspects of the endeavor.  Three firms submitted bids for this project. They were Grimm Construction,  with a total amount of $428,232; Edger Enterprises with a total amount of $418,900; and Middendorf Contracting with a total amount of $363,285. The boroughs public works department reviewed the bids submitted Tuesday, and will recommend to the council that it accept the bid from Middendorf Construction.