FirstEnergy to cut 16 Penn Power management posts
FirstEnergy Corp plans to trim 16 management positions at Penn Power through layoffs early retirement and reassignment. Across its eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania region 31 non union jobs will be cut with four layoffs and the rest shifted or retired. Early retirement offers target workers turning 55 this year and include bridge payments. Union positions at Penn Power may reach about 50, with ongoing negotiations, voluntary retirements and centralization of management in New Castle.
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Fireworks Festival lights up New Castle with family activities
New Castle hosts its annual Fireworks Festival in Chamber Park near the Columbus Innerbelt. Executive vice president Bob McCracken says the event offers pre show activities for all ages, with a focus on kids including storytelling cartoonist puppet show Castle Country Cloggers New Castle Paws & Tans and Ronald McDonald. Sky note indicates continued coverage on page 6.
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Fireworks Festival Highlights at Jameson Health System Event
Jameson Health System hosts a daytime festival with story telling, cartoonist, Castle Country Clogger, puppet show, and pet events. Acts run noon to 7 p.m including Traveling Shoes 4 5 p.m and Dorals 6 10 p.m. Ducky Derby at 6 p.m and Zambelli fireworks at 10 p.m. Various sponsors include Essroc Gary Lynch Esquire American Cancer Society and the City of New Castle.
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Family finds closure with discovery of man's body
Quincy L. Eggleston, 23, of 417 Bleakley Ave., was found dead about 8 am in the Beaver River behind the Orion Power Generation Plant in West Pittsburgh. An autopsy ruled drowning as the cause. Police said he jumped from the Grant Street Bridge during a pursuit by New Castle police around noon on June 24 after incidents with his ex-girlfriend.
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New Castle Receives Grant for 39 Police Vests
The city secured a 13243 grant from U S Department of Justice via U S Rep Ron Klink to fund bullet proof vests for all 39 officers. The vests are already purchased with National Institute of Justice pre approval and will free city funds for other police resources.
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U.S
Ron Klink
U.S. Department of Justice
National Institute of Justice
Tim Fulkerson
Hijacker Aboard Jordanian Flight Shot Dead by Guards
A Jordanian jetliner bound for Syria was hijacked by Mahmoud Rizq Deeb who sprayed gunfire, tossed a grenade, wounding 15. security guards killed him after the four minute crisis aboard Royal Jordanian Airlines RJ435 returning to Amman. Passengers from multiple nations injured lightly to moderately, with the aircraft landing safely. The assailant aimed for Germany for asylum. his weapons were hidden in his children’s bags.
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Taleb Rifai
Germany
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Nader Chahabi
Rifai
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Israel
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