Trail Plan Raises Landowner Rights and Cost Concerns
Landowners fear loss of ownership and argue for thorough title searches before any trail takes land. Hidden costs include condemnation, drainage, bridges, restrooms, parking, and liability insurance. Questions about ownership, enforcement, funding, and motorized use loom as residents seek written protections and clear plans.
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Mooney
Tax reform proposal approved by finance committee
State Rep Frank La Grotta's tax reform bill won approval from the House Finance Committee paving the way for a full House vote next week. The plan creates a 15 member non partisan commission to review state and local taxes with biannual meetings and a report due by March 31 1993.
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Frank LaGrotta
House Finance Committee
Pennsylvania
General Assembly
Ment
LaGrotta
Robert Casey
Commission
Ellwood City
Rail trail plan sparks landowner concern and funding worry
Government officials defend use of private land under constitutional authority for just compensation as they discuss transforming an abandoned rail line between New Castle and Volant into the Neshannock Creek Trail. Landowners fear conflicts of use and potential public funding burdens. organizers cite Rails to Trails and rail banking as foundational concepts.
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Mooney
Kathy Carr
Association To
Lawrence County
Trail
Debbie Wachter
Bonnie
New Castle News
Carr
Mooney and Carr
New Castle and
Volant
Union Township
Neshannock Creek Trail Committee
Sally Comstock
Five workers die clearing explosives near Kuwait City
An explosion near an ammunition dump 33 miles south of Kuwait City killed five workers for Royal Ordnance, a British firm. The victims include one Briton and four Indians in a munitions clearance operation from the Persian Gulf war. One other man was injured.
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Kuwait
Kuwait City
Gary Dickson
Royal Ordnance
State police contract imposes no first year raise
Harrisburg AP reports a three member arbitration panel approved a new two year contract for about 3800 state police officers with no salary increase in year one. Pay rises: 4 percent on July 1, 1993 and 2 percent on January 1, 1994. The deal ends two tier leave for recruits hired after July 1, 1986.
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Harrisburg
John Taylor
Casey
Taylor
Sala
American Federation of State
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