LCCAP family event boosts free lunch program
Nicole Hissem and her four children joined 300 attendees at the Lawrence County Community Action Partnership summer food program kickoff in Cascade Park. The event promoted free daily lunches for children this summer, with activities for kids, giveaways, and information tables from local agencies offering community services. Free grilled hamburgers hot dogs chips watermelon and apples with caramel were provided.
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Cascade Park
Lawrence County Community Action Partnership
New Castle
Debbie Wachter
Kristin Green
Lawrence County
News building marks 100 years in New Castle
Dan Irwin reports the 27 North Mercer Street plant opened in 1923 and remains nearly unchanged as it celebrates its centennial. The facility, once hailed as a top modern newspaper plant, hosted an open house that first night drawing hundreds who called it a credit to the city.
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Third floor Museum spotlights New Castle News history
The Hall of the New Castle News on North Mercer Street marks the paper’s long legacy. The 1923 building houses The Museum with a linotype machine and Photon typesetting gear used in the past, reflecting decades of printing history and earlier office relocations from Apple Way and East Sycamore Street.
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Wachter Wins Keystone Media Award in New Castle News
New Castle News reporter Debbie Wachter won first place in the news feature category for “Meals on Wheels volunteers 99 and 85,” featuring Wallace King and Robert Foct neighbors in New Wilmington who volunteer. The paper also earned two seconds and two honorables in Division IV for 2022 journalism across print, digital, and broadcast.
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Keystone Media Awards
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Meals On Wheels
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Robert Foct
New Wilmington
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