Hoax Warns Dog Owners In Lawrence County
Lawrence County Humane Society officials warn of a dog loss scam after at least two reports. Executive director Cindy Mittica says callers claim long distance calls and demand reward money before returning a pet. Victims described similar ads and rewards, with one caller using the name Brian from Phoenix.
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Lawrence County Humane Society
The
Humane Society
Cindy Mittica
Mittica
Wendy McCutcheon
Mt. Jackson
Michael
New Castle
McCutcheon
Phoenix
Brian
Park improvements advance under Growing Greener grant
Moraine State Park will receive about 2.7 million dollars for road work pipe replacement gravel lot restoration and paving in North and South shore areas. The grant forms part of a 6.4 million dollar allocation to five parks and a rail trail funded by Governor Ridge's Growing Greener initiative.
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Moraine State Park
Russell Standard Corp
Bridgeville
Tom Ridge
State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Keystone Recreation Park and Conservation Fund
Ridge
Pine Creek
Turning Point remembered D Day legacy of 1944
Lawrence County World War II veterans recall D Day beginnings as U S First Army and British Second Army stormed Normandy on June 6 1944. Operation Overlord delayed from June 5 to 6 due to weather. About 10000 reported killed or missing on day one and 13959 American deaths in the campaign ending August 21 1944. Phil Fitts of Fitts Ford Lincoln Mercury near Omaha Beach joined the first wave but his unit 74th Tank Battalion faced rough seas and lost engines.
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Lawrence County
U.S. First Army
Omar N. Bradley
Second Army
Miles C. Dempsey
Normandy
English Channel
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Phil Fitts
Ford
Lincoln Mercury Inc
Omaha Beach
Omaha
Fitts
74Th
Origin and creators of the Taps bugle call
The article explains Taps origins from a French bugle call and Tattoo. It credits brigadier general Dan Butterfield with composing the modern version during the Civil War and notes Oliver W. Norton aided its first public hearing in July 1863. It also profiles Butterfield’s background and Civil War service.
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Pennsylvania
Elks State Public Relations Committee
America
United States
Virginia
Dan Butterfield
Oliver W. Norton
83Rd
Pennsylvania Infantry
Butterfield
Daniel Butterfield
Utica
N.Y
John Butterfield
Overland Stage Lines
American Express
Daniel
Union Volunteers
12Th New York Infantry
Club’s innovation keeps flags standing at attention
VW Club members Joe Kapraly and Conrad Kapcewicz, honoring Monsignor Vincent W. Stancelewski, devised a method to install American flags on veterans’ graves at St. Philip and James Cemetery. They drill straight holes with an iron post, place pipes to anchor flags, allowing easy removal and straight presentation even after mowing and weather disturbances. Memorial Day observations showed neatly aligned flags.
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Joe Kapraly
Conrad Kapcewicz
VW Club
Vincent W. Stancelewski
St. Philip and James
Kapraly Sai
Kapraly and
Kapcewicz
Kapraly
Daughters and Sons Born at Local Hospitals June 2000
Birth notices from Jameson Hospital and St Francis Hospital list new arrivals to families including Jameson Hospital births for Stacy Kirkwood, Ronald Book Jr., Louis and Shirley Magliocca, Michael and Melanie Spann Nail all on June 3 or 4, 2000 and a May 31 to June 1 timeframe. The Out of Town section notes several twins and single births in May and June 2000 with parents listed and locations including New Castle Sharon and Conneaut Ohio. Also reported are local police arrests and incidents in New Castle and surrounding townships including arrests for marijuana possession and burglary, and thefts from vehicles and golf course.
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Beaver
Donald III
Dinene Porterfield Marshall
Davenfield
Fla
Marshall
New Castle
Jared
Rita Burrows Mitchell
Volant RD
Sharon Regional Hospital
Thomas and
Tracy Batchelor Walker
Conneaut
Ohio
Mr. Walker
Brett Edward Sinibaldi
Wallace Ave
Mary McNichols
Cadet St
Jack G. Haybarger
Shaw St
Diane Haybarger
Dish Network
Brenda Shaley
Maryland Ave
Gordon Somerset
Farrell
Somerset
West State Street
Matus
Wampum
Jack Hann
Youngstown
Rolling Hills Golf Course
Route 208
Pulaski
Tax collector's office closed for week in Union Township
The Union Township tax collector Doreen Vitullo announced the office will be closed today and for the rest of the week. The office will also be closed the week of June 26.
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Union Township
Doreen Vitullo
Taxpayers group to meet at Nahla's Restaurant
The Neshannock League of Concerned Taxpayers will meet tomorrow at 7 p.m. in the lower level of Nahla's Restaurant on Wilmington Road. Members of the Neshannock Township School Board have been invited to speak.
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Neshannock League of Concerned Taxpayers
Nahla’s
Wilmington Road
Neshannock Township School Board
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