Northumberland County officials continued fine-tuning the 2026-27 school budget following a public hearing Wednesday. A review of all 1,160 account lines included previously excluded expenses and projections. Proposed options include a technology refresh costing up to $116,000 and a 10% compensation increase to offset rising health insurance costs, bringing the budget to about $22.1 million. Teachers are requesting a 2.5% raise to account for last year’s missed step increase. The board will reconvene February 9 at Northumberland High School to review updated figures and funding options.
Ed began his radio career almost five decades ago… Back in 1975. He has been an Air Personality, News Director, Sales Manager, Operations Manager, and General Manager at numerous radio stations in Pennsylvania, New York, Florida, the Carolinas, and more. He’s even been involved in RF engineering and IT, specializing in configuration of digital automation remote voice tracking systems at one point in his career. Ed was one of 12 people nationwide who were chosen by Google to spend time at their California headquarters to participate in the design and launch of their digital automation after it was acquired from Scott Studios. Although Ed’s background for about 40 years was strongly anchored in music radio, he says the switch to news and information was a natural. Ed has been involved in “spoken word” radio since 2012.
