Downtown turnout tops this year as Great Race nears
More than 15,000 people gather downtown to party as the Great Race winds through, producing the year’s strongest turnout and ranking among the top moments this era.
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New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1998
Page
1
New Castle hosts History Channel Great Race rally
More than 15 000 spectators lined East Washington Street and Kennedy Square for the History Channel Great Race stop in New Castle a pre 1951 vehicles rally. The city prepared a lunch break near Kennedy Square with Barbecue chicken and sausage as WBZY played oldies. Susan Morgan led decorating efforts for the Farone Building hosting lunch for drivers navigators and hosts as crowds cheered and browsed the vintage cars in the parade like event.
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East Washington Street
Kennedy Square
History Channel
Tacoma
Wash
Franklin
Olean
Haverhill
Mass
WBZY
Susan Morgan
Farone
Morgan
West Side New Castle to Benefit from Riverview Park Funding
Gov. Tom Ridge announced a $1 million state commitment to Riverview Commerce Park in Lawrence County to create about 21,000 jobs over 10 years. The plan, coordinated with the Southwestern Pennsylvania Growth Alliance, involves cleanup funds for the DuPont New Castle Junkyard site and private matching investment, with development slated for 1999 2000. Local officials stressed cooperation and careful planning as key to advancing the project.
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Sampson Street
Shenango River
New Castle
Lawrence County
Tom Ridge
Riverview Commerce Park
Mark Schweiker
Pennsylvania
Ridge
Southwestern
Lawrence County Economic Development Corp
Ed Fosnaught
Richard Ross
Harrisbur
Southwestern Pennsylvania Growth Alliance
Linda Nitch
State Department of Environmental Protection
DuPont/New Castle
Commerce Park
Ross
Grant Street
Falls Street
West Side
Bell Avenue
Shenango China
Evhen Ross
Beeshoy of Realties USA Inc
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Matthew
Debbie Baron
Jack Stewart
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Nancy Lowry
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