Summer school expands in Lawrence County districts
Remedial classes begin at the Lawrence County Area Vocational Technical School with 208 students enrolled, plus 67 at Mohawk High School. Vo-Tech offers 120 hour programs at no cost, while other districts like Neshannock and Union Area cut back to curb taxes. Ellwood City adds a separate 60 hour program for next year's ninth graders who missed a C average.
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Lawrence County
Vo- Tech
Steve Wyszomierski
Ellwood
Lincoln High School
Laura Babyok
Mohawk High School
Hollerman
Mohawk
Vo-Tech
Neshannock Township
New Castle Area
Shenango Area
Union Area
Wilmington Area
Wilmington
C. Leon Ahlum
Sharon
Beaver
Neshannock
Joseph A. Scungio
Harrisburg lawmakers vote tally shows budget, innkeeper bills approved
In Harrisburg the House backed a 16.3 billion dollar budget with no tax hikes and small education funding rise, 165 to 26, sending SB 1583 to the Senate. The House also approved HB 2024 granting innkeepers authority to deny lodging for health or safety, 193 to 6. Senate approved a separate 16.2 billion plan, 32 to 17, sending SB 1583 back to the House. The Senate defeated an education funding amendment, 35 to 14, with LaValle voting yes and Shaffer no.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Frank LaGrotta
Ellwood City
Chris Savnato
New Castle
Tim Shaffer
Gerald LaValle
Rochester
LaValle
Shaffer
County farmers sign up for Chemsweep disposal program
Lawrence County growers may enroll by month end in Chemsweep a state sponsored program to recycle old pesticides. So far 29 farmers have registered with fall collection to remove canceled suspended or deteriorating products. The service is free and funded by pesticide registration fees. accepted items include Silvex 2 4 5-T and dinoseb with EPA or USDA numbers.
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Lawrence County
State Department of Agriculture
EPA
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Dennis W. Cully
Butler County
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Pennsylvania
Ryan Hockensmith
Penn State Cooperative Extension Service
Gibsonia
Farmers urged to recycle pesticides in county program
Lawrence County farmers can drop off empty pesticide containers at two sites in a new Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture program run with the Agricultural Container Research Council. Containers must be cleaned triple rinsed or pressure rinsed. drop-offs are at Hamco Inc in North Beaver Township and Agway Crops Center on Pa. 208 in New Castle with a September 17 tag for the Agway site.
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Lawrence County
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Container Research Council
Dennis W. Cully
Department of Agriculture
Hamco Inc
Gilmore Road
Beaver Township
Agway Crops Center
New See
Agway
Local Health and Support Events Guide for Ellwood City Area
Community listings show a busy schedule at Jameson Hospital New Castle Public Library and local centers. Programs include Look Good Feel Better for cancer patients, a Myasthenia Gravis group at New Castle Public Library, blood drives, VA sibling classes, WIC information at Jameson Wampum, and Wellness in Neighborhoods events at St Francis and Mary Mother of Hope Parish sites.
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Billie Dawn Gallick
American Cancer Society
Jameson Hospital
Myasthenia Gravis Association of Western
Jameson Wampum Community Health Center
Vst. Francis Hospital
Community Education
E. Washington St
St. Mary
Mary
Mother of Hope Parish
Don Steigner
Psychology Center of
Pittsburgh
Eat ‘N Park
Valerie McCutcheon
First Baptist Church
Ellwood City
Erla Marshall
Jameson Health Place
Lawrence Village Plaza
Pearson Park
St. Francis Hospital
New Castle Senior Center
Plaza South
Val-Anon
Northminster Presbyterian Church
Wilmington Road
Cascade Park
Lawrence Village
Pappan’s
Peggy Snyder
Towne Mall
New Wilmington Senior Center
Gary Ritchie
Grand Book & Bible
Savannah United Methodist Church
WKST
New Castle High Class Plans Basket Picnic 1950
The New Castle High School class of 1950 hosts a basket picnic on August 24 at Pearson Park Shelter 2. Shelter open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Attendees bring their own table service and food. beverages provided. Dinner planned around 1:30 p.m. For details call Shirley Nolte Grimm 652-1385 Dolly Alfano Mercer 652-5235 or Pat Barber Steinbrink 654-6983.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
Pearson Park
Shirley Nolte Grimm
Dolly Alfano Mercer
Pat Barber Steinbrink
Four escape burning boat near Pittsburgh's 10th Street Bridge
Four adults aboard a 20 foot motorboat leaped into the Monongahela River to flee a blaze near the 10th Street Bridge in Pittsburgh. They were rescued by passing boats. none injured. The fire’s cause is undetermined and the boat was totaled. Paramedic diver Tom Broderick reported the incident.
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Pittsburgh
Monongahela River
10Th Street Bridge
Tom Broderick
Broderick
Correction Contact for Tim Kolodziej Advisory Notice
The notice outlines a correction or clarification procedure and provides the managing editor Tim Kolodziej's contact number 654-6651 for calls made between 9 30 a m and 3 p m local time to reach the reporter or department.
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Tim Kolodziej
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Carnegie Mellon University
Connie Aumiller
Eric Bollinger
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Harrisburg
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Chris Sainato
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Sainato
Debbie Wachter
Bonnie
New Castle News
Women’s Shelter
Call
Hospice of
St. Francis
Kmart
Tri-County Quilters Guild
Presbyterian Church of
Portersville
Ythe
Jameson’ Caring Communicators Toastmasters Club
McGill Presbyterian Community Center
Albert St
Women’s
Saegertown
Crawford County
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Jack Brickner
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Keystone
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Keyball Powes
Ohio
Lotto
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U.S
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