New Castle Mayor Promotes Cascade Park Trail System
Mayor Tim Fulkerson urges residents to hike the new Cascade Park trail along ridges in Phase I finished at 5.5 miles with wood chips, built for 55295 by G B Sand Co. Phase II will add from picnic grove to Big Run Falls costing 31662, funded by a 90000 Keystone Recreation Grant. Work started May 16. A separate update covers Long Avenue playground renovations funded by South Side Business Association and Lawrence County Housing Authority with fence, shelter, restroom and fountain plans.
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Tim Fulkerson
Cascade Park
Fulkerson
Council In Caucus
G.B. Sand Co
DiMuccio
Business
New Castle Paving Set to Finish Neighborhood Project
West Side sewer replacement and street repaving near completion after two weeks of delays due to paver breakdown. Mayor Tim Fulkerson expects Harbor and Bell avenues finished by next Tuesday or Wednesday with total costs up to 800000 funded by bonds, block grants, and 300000 state aid. Bids for Gaston Park tennis court repairs also anticipated tomorrow with resurfacing and fencing replacement.
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New Castle
Bell Avenue
Harbor Street
Tim Fulkerson
Council
Harbor
Fulkerson
Ellwood City veteran recalls WWII air force life and flights
Hazel Avenue resident Ken Brown, a 1937 Lincoln High School graduate, served as radio operator and mechanic in the Army Air Force. He flew about 80 combat missions between July 1943 and July 1944 in a B-26 Marauder with the 323rd Medium Bombardment Group, trained at Florida and Myrtle Beach, and remembered long training days and rough early gear. He also recalled bicycling days in England during leave and the shift from civilian work to wartime service.
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Pamela Kay Schmalenberger
Ken Brown
Ellwood City
Brown
England
Hazel Avenue
Army Air Force
Lincoln High School
Civilian Conservation Corps
Virginia
Pennsyl
323Rd Medium
McDill Field
Florida
Myrtle Beach
S.C
MADD honors DUI enforcement officers in Lawrence County
Eight officers from six departments in Lawrence County receive MADD awards for leading DUI arrests in the previous year. Recipients include Ellwood City Sgt Kingston and officers Disher and Robin with 7 and 6 arrests respectively, Hickory Township Lt McFall with 6, Neshannock Alfred DeCarbo with 8, New Castle Terry Colquist, state police New Castle, Troy Steinheiser with 21, and Pulaski Township Chad Adams with 7.
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Lawrence County
Butler/Lawrence
Mothers Against
Ellwood City
David Kingston
Jon Disher
John Robin
Hickory Township
Larry McFall
Neshannock
Alfred DeCarbo
New Castle
Terry Colquist
Troy Steinheiser
Pulaski
Chad Adams
MADD
Grandfather sues for house sale proceeds to grandchildren
Beaver AP A maternal grandfather, Charles Walker, sues William Keitel Jr and the paternal Keitels for at least part of the 1997 $43,466 net from a $110,000 Hopewell Township house sale. He claims funds should have passed to the children after the father killed their mother in 1998.
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Beaver (Ap
Charles Walker
William Keitel Jr
Ruth
William Keitel
Keitels
Hopewell Town
Beaver County
Keitel
Walker
Delib
Erately
Keitel Jr
Michele
Phillip
Charles Dunkle
Sues
Birth announcements and local crime reports from area hospitals
Birth notices list a son to Michael and Laura Shannon Mileser at Ellwood City Hospital on July 18 2000 and a son to Mary Watt at James Hospital on July 17 2000 plus an out of town birth for David and Michele Pander Burnstein in St Clair Hospital. Police report several incidents including a Vine Street Croix collision at 10 p.m. Saturday and other arrests warrants and accidents across Ellwood City area with brief details and locations. A Sentry Safe found on Etna Street shows theft context, while a burglary at Panella Co West Pittsburg noted. A juvenile arson case involves a 1997 Ford Contour set ablaze on Martin Road Slippery Rock Township.
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Ellwood City Hospital
Michael
Laura Shannon Mileser
Roy Drive
Jameson Hospital
Mary Watt
New Castle
David
Michele Pander Burnstein
Curry Road
Pittsburgh
St. Clair Hospital
Burnstein
Croton Avenue
Vine Street
Christina McConahy
N. Vine St
Sean Runyon
Sixth St
McConahy
St. Francis Hospital
Robert Kumrow
Finch St
Dewey Avenue
Angie Corbin
E. Grant St
Etna Street
Atlantic Avenue
Court Street
Crawford Avenue
Helena Bongivengo
Boyles Ave
Bongivengo
Charles E. Hill Sr
Walnut St
Parkwood Court
Ellwood City
Diane Lynn Davidson
Loop St
Panella Co
Industrial St
West Pittsburg
Francis D. Kizzie
Villa Drive
Butler
Martin Road
Slippery Rock Township
Safety camp opens with 20 agencies and activities
The Lawrence County District Attorney's Task Force hosts its third annual safety camp from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday for kindergarten through sixth grade, featuring police, fire, state police helicopter, and McGruff the Crime Dog. Participants get a T shirt, badge, certificate, and lunch courtesy of the Lawrence County Family Center.
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Lawrence County District Attorney’s Task Force
Pennsylvania State Police
McGruff
Lawrence County Family Center
Matthew T. Mangino
Correction obituary for June E. McCullough Piccuta
The obituary for June E. McCullough Piccuta 71 of English Avenue died July 16 2000. She was survived by a stepson William J. Piccuta Sr. of Newton Falls Ohio A correction to yesterday's obituary is provided Please call Tim Kolodziej managing editor at 654-6651 ext 614 with corrections between 1030 a.m. and 3 p.m.
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June E. McCullough Piccuta
English Avenue
William J. Piccuta Sr
Newton Falls
Ohio
Tim Kolodziej
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