Downtown Holiday Inn okayed for Neshannock Creek site
The City Redevelopment Authority approved Towne Development to build a 104 unit four story Holiday Inn along Neshannock Creek in New Castle with a projected cost of 3.3 million. funding prospects rely on LCIDA loan approval while City Council must vote on land sale and construction could begin soon.
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City Redevelopment Authority
Neshannock Creek
Lawrence County Industrial Development Authority
Moody
Greater New Castle Association
Ject
LCIDA
John Razzano
Authority
David Kennaday
John Blackson
Towne Development
Razzano
New Castle
Eugene DeCaprio
Troggio
Peter A. Vessella
Vessella
Nick P. Navarra
Blackson
Traffic delays eyed by PennDOT in New Castle
PennDOT representatives visited New Castle to review long standing traffic problems. They said solutions require hiring a qualified traffic consultant or engineer, with funding the main hurdle. Councilman Angelo Sands urged action while noting TOPICS program origins. The cited trouble spots include missing left turn signals at East Washington Street.
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Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
New Castle
Penndot
Angelo J. Sands
Sands
East Washington Street
Four held in Waterbury Purolator cash robbery killings
Waterbury Connecticut police arrested Lawrence Pelletier Jr and his wife Evelyn and the Coutrees Donald and Donna in a $1.9 million Purolator armored car heist. Three guards Edward Cody Leslie Clark and William West were killed as robbers fired up to 60 rifle shots. Loot recovered includes cash checks jewelry and some securities.
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Waterbury, Conn
UPI
Connecticut
Lawrence Pelletier Jr
Evelyn ‘Vega
Pelletier
Police Dept
John Connelly
Purolator
Edward T. Cody
Hartford
Leslie A Clark
Plymouth
William West
Cromwell
U.S
Lufthansa Airlines
New York
Kennedy Airport
Chicago
Waterbury
FBI
Four Prison Escapees Captured After Rampage in Michigan
Four prisoners escaped from a state prison camp, robbed 41 mobile homes in a trailer park, broke a roadblock with gunfire, and held two people hostage before being subdued. State police, aided by tracking dogs, hunted them for hours and captured the final fugitive after a two hour stand off at a Battle Creek Township residence where two hostages were held. ESCAPEES, page 10.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Lawrence County Ineligible For State Probation Grant
Lawrence County is among 14 counties in the state barred from a 1.765 million grant program to improve adult probation services. Beavers and Butler counties receive 26.055 thousand in total. County failed to meet guidelines indicating efforts to enhance its own program. No evidence of personnel additions to show improvement. See INELIGIBLE page 10.
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Lawrence County
State Board of Probation and Parole
Gene Kramer
Beaver
Butler
Kramer
Weather digest notes mild, sunny conditions ahead
Highlights promise a warm, mostly sunny Wednesday with highs in the low 60s and minimal precipitation. Weather statistics for the 14 hour period ending midnight April 16 show a high of 45 and a low of 34 last year, with 0.02 inches of rain and a Shenango River stage of 9.30 feet. Moraine State Park recorded 51 degrees at 11 am with light west winds and 825 visitors on Monday.
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Pennsylvania
Shenango River
Moraine State Park
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Lenoir City
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