Fire guts Battery plant storage building in New Castle
A storage building at New Castle Battery Manufacturing Co. burned early today, likely starting in the rear steel structure containing separator materials. About 80 volunteers fought the fire, with no injuries reported. The loss halted production pending new supplies from Oregon, as executives seek alternatives to resume output.
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New Castle Battery Manufacturing Co
Neshannock Township
Wilmington Road
Steve Hoye
Oregon
Hoye
Neshannock
John DiCola Jr
DiCola
Neshannock pupil suspended after pepper mace incident
A Neshannock High School student received an indefinite suspension after spraying pepper mace in a classroom during the morning of March 14. The board, in a 9-0 vote at a special meeting, approved an agreement with administration counsel. About dozen students sought medical attention, 13 hospitalized, 169 excused early, and 89 sent to the elementary for care. Fire and police were on scene as authorities evacuated classes and ventilated the building.
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Neshannock High School
Karen Farris
Farris
John DiCola Jr
Judge Cini appeals ruling on docked pay and expenses
Lawrence County Controller Richard Cini appeals a March 1, 1992, ruling by Judge Francis X. Caiazza that ordered him to 2% docked pay for 10 county employees and to reimburse county Commissioner Vern L. Eppinger for surplus food program expenses. The workers, members of AFSCME Local 2902, called in sick with the blue flu in 1992 amid a labor dispute.
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Lawrence County
Richard Cini
Cini
Commonwealth Court
Pittsburgh
Francis X. Caiazza
Vern L. Eppinger
Cini’s
American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees
Eppinger
Dancing Outlaw Jesco White to guest on Roseanne
Appalachian tap dancer Jesco White was hired to play a cousin of Roseanne's husband in a Roseanne episode airing May 3. Roseanne Arnold reportedly pampered him with ribs chicken caviar champagne and cakes while in Hollywood for the taping, though expected strippers and dancing dogs did not appear.
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Charleston
W.va
Roseanne Arnold
Jesco White
Roseanne
White
Hollywood
Arnold
Ann Wooster
Spring peepers echo near Pitzer Hill swamp
The sounds of spring, notably peepers, rise from the swamp at the bottom of Pitzer Hill near Mahoningtown. The frogs’ chorus signals the arrival of spring in the area.
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Pitzer Hill
Mahoningtown
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