STEM careers showcased to inspire girls in local program
In the Emerald Room students heard from Ellwood Crankshaft Group employees Kendra Gagliano Nicole Baker and Barnell Jackson about non traditional roles for women under the theme Hard Hats and High Heels. Anneliese Harp and Margaret McVay learned from the session and discussed future plans in radiology architecture and veterinarian fields while Jameson Health System staff shared a day in their work lives. The event highlighted expanding STEM opportunities for women and inspired confidence that women can excel in these careers.
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Emerald Room
Ellwood Crankshaft Group
Kendra Gagliano
Nicole Baker
Barnell Jackson
I Grinder
Neshannock
Anneliese Harp
Margaret McVay
Harp
McVay
Aglia
Lugene Pezzuto
Neshannock High School
Ellwood Crankshaft
Hard Hats
High Heels
FirstEnergy LED streetlight savings in New Castle plan
FirstEnergy projects LED replacements will cut monthly city lighting costs. A 100 watt HPS costs 14.42, while a 50 watt LED would be 6.69 per month. a 150 watt HPS at 15.65 becomes 9.15 with a 90 watt LED, saving 7.73 and 6.50 respectively per light monthly. Bristow notes LEDs require less maintenance and last 12 to 15 years.
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FirstEnergy
Penn Power
Christopher J. Eck
New Castle
Bristow
LED upgrades bring brighter city lighting and savings
Bristow notes LEDs offer more accurate light than high pressure sodium, with efficiency surpassing the older mercury vapor. New Wilmington replaced all lights in 2013 for 79000 dollars, says borough superintendent Fred Garrett. The borough expects about six years to recover costs through energy savings, while Eck adds the work will be done alongside existing crews and cannot be completed at once.
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Bristow
New Wilmington
Fred Garrett
Garrett
Eck
Commissioners to visit area townships in 2016
Lawrence County Commissioners announced eight 2016 meetings in townships with dates at Pulaski Plain Grove Perry North Beaver Neshannock Mahoning Little Beaver and Hickory all at noon. They continued a program begun in 2015 to meet in every township. County administrator James Gagliano noted minor budget line-item errors on the website have been corrected.
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Lawrence County
Pulaski
Plain Grove
Perry
North Beaver
Neshannock
Mahoning
Little Beaver
Hickory
Commission
Ers
James Gagliano
Trib Total Media to close two western PA papers
Trib Total Media will shut The Valley Independent in Monessen and The Daily News in McKeesport on Dec. 31 after failing to sell them. 87 employees will lose their jobs. The company will publish three regional Tribune-Review editions starting Jan 1, with 51 layoffs at The Daily News and 36 at The Valley Independent.
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Pittsburgh
Trib
Total Media
Trib Total Media
Tribune-Review
Westmoreland
Tribune-Review Valley News Dispatch
The
Daily News
Valley Independent
Salvation Army Red Kettle Campaign Funds Donation Message
The speaker notes funds stay locally to aid neighbors in need and highlights Salvation Army as a trusted charity with eighty-two cents of every dollar going to assistance. Red Kettle donations support holiday relief and continue to fund basic needs into the new year.
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The
Salvation Army
Budget Battle Over City Wage Tax Hike Looms
Councilman Beshero presses for a one year delay to lowering the earned income tax as the Mastrangelo plan would raise property tax by one mill. Clerical and legal warnings touch Act 47 constraints, court approvals, and arbitration issues with Jameson Hospital and firefighters amid budget battles.
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Richard Beshero
Gordon Mann
Anthony Mastrangelo
Beshero
Gordon
Paul Stefano
Tim Fulkerson
New Castle
County Common Pleas Court
Jason Medure
Fulkerson
Mastrangelo
Council
Jameson
Taimedon
AFF
International Association of Firefighters
Mann
EIT
Richard Vilello
DCED
Government Center For Local Government Services
Vilello
Manna
Ncnewsonline
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Lisa Lombardo
Angela Fowler
McMillin
Cortez
Spezzuto
Stra! Penn Power
Western Pennsylvania
Virgins
Saints & Angels
Ermani
N. Mercer Street
State Department of Community and Economic Development
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