WPIAL playoffs begin with Green Tree New Castle on top
Green Tree New Castle Highs boys basketball secure the No 1 seed and a first round bye in the WPIAL playoffs. Coach John Sarandrea notes a tough field ahead as the Red Hurricane chase a deep run to the PIAA Quad-A tournament. Other Lawrence County teams also learn post season fates with Laurel facing Quaker Valley and Ellwood City sending both boys and girls teams into Saturday action. Mohawk girls meet Say at Kittanning.
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Green Tree
New Castle High
Red Hurricane
John Sarandrea
Canes
Lawrence County
Green Tree Marriott
Laurel
Quaker Valley
Neshannock
Ellwood City
Mohawk
Say
Kittanning
Quad-A
Weekend high school basketball matchups listed
Friday features Laurel boys at Quaker Valley and Neshannock girls at Center in Beaver County. Saturday brings Ellwood City boys at North Catholic and Mohawk girls at Apollo Ridge in Kittanning. Monday showcases Ellwood City girls at Pine Richland in North Allegheny.
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Laurel Boys
Quaker Valley
Community College of Beaver County
Neshannock Girls
Center
Beaver Falls
Ellwood City Boys
North Catholic
New Castle
Mohawk Girls
Apollo Ridge
Kittanning
Ellwood City Girls
Pine Richland
North Allegheny
City outlines 710000 grant plan for Cascade Park and Kennedy Square
Public hearing set funding use from a 710 923 grant plus 635 923 state aid for 1998 to assist low income residents. Projects include housing rehab for 272 homes, ballfield and Kennedy Square improvements, Cascade Park upgrades, and street paving. Administration and code enforcement costs are debated by residents and council.
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Cascade Park
Ballfields
Kennedy Square
Streets
Linda Nitch
New Castle
Nitch
Grant Street
West Side
Nith
Nen
Robert Bullano
Patricia May
Clen Moore Boulevard
Christine Sands
Female lieutenant a first for New Castle police
Loretta Spielvogel, after 13 years with the department, was sworn in as the city’s first female police lieutenant and will lead the juvenile bureau. She also has eight years as the school district’s drug awareness officer and has shuffled between the detective and juvenile bureaus during the past year. Seven officers were promoted under the merit system, with Mayor Tim Fulkerson noting the program began about a year and a half ago.
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Loretta Spielvogel
New Castle
Spielvogel
Tim Fulkerson
Fulkerson
Police
Getting Back si Routes Former traveling salesmen recall their lives on the road
Veteran John Healy recounts a career on the road with L Sonneborn Oil Co and lessons learned from a 1942 sales call. The piece reflects on the evolution of selling, from door to door to modern tech, and contrasts past hardships with today’s tools.
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Philip
Pat” Healy
L. Sonneborn Oil Co
Franklin
Healy
Ellwood employee to return to work this week
Ellwood City council president expects Ann Fleo to resume her clerical duties this week after an arbitration ruling. David Stramella favors a non appeal, while a Monday vote may favor C David Turner’s view. The panel awarded no back pay and a 30 day suspension.
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Ellwood City
Ann Fleo
David Stramella
Fleo
Turner
Kathy D’biagio
D’biagio
Ellwood
Police recover hidden items from pond in quad homicide case
Police retrieved evidence from a pond behind Cascade Park in a 1994 Pulaski Township quadruple murder investigation. Sgt. William Marquis said items were found yesterday but their relevance would be determined after lab tests. Suspect Thomas H. Kimbell Jr., 35, of Ellwood City, faces four counts.
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Pulaski Township
Cascade Park
William Marquis
Marquis
Thomas H. “Hank” Kimbell Jr
Lawrence Ave
Ellwood City
Obituary notices for four residents from South Carolina and Pennsylvania
Obituaries for Fred E. David Sr. 80 of Blythewood South Carolina John W. Drake 55 Slippery Rock Road 2 Pennsylvania Robert H. Hake 76 Ridley Park Pennsylvania and Sara Romah 83 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania reporting their deaths and brief identifiers.
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Fred E. David Sr
Blythewood
S.C
John W. Drake
Slippery Rock
Robert H. Hake
Ridley Park
Sara Romah
Pittsburgh
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Edward Gatewood
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Matthew S. High
Mary Ann Fleo
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