The recent storms that hit our area brought down many tree branches in the Weissport Borough Park and along the streets around the park.

Borough Council had discussed at a previous meeting the need to trim the trees.

Council decided at the July 1 meeting that they needed to move ahead with that project and will look into renting a lift.

“We need to get rid of a lot of the dead branches before they fall on somebody,” Council President Tom Ketchledge said.

“We’ll go through the whole park like we did the last time, and cut out whatever is dead.”

One large tree branch landed on the wire cage that surrounds the newly-dedicated Liberty Tree in the park. The Liberty Tree was not damaged.

In other news the 4th Annual Weisstock Festival will be held Aug. 30 from 5 to 10 p.m. and Aug. 31 from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

The festival is held each year to Support St. Peter’s Community Center and the Weissport Event Committee. Learn more Facebook.com/Weisstock

Weissport Borough Council is working on setting up a website. Council members received a questionnaire to fill out as to what will be posted on the new site. There is no time frame yet on when it will go online.