Union schools face 800000 deficit from frozen state funds
Union Area School District must use its fund balance to cover an estimated 800000 shortfall in the 2019 2020 budget as PlanCon reimbursements remain frozen. Superintendent Dr Mike Ross says aging facilities require renovations including gym bleachers auditorium seats and two new buses while state delays continue.
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Land gift preserves Bessemer Rod and Gun Club
Lehigh Hanson donated 38 acres behind Bessemer’s fire department maintenance building, part of the former Essroe cement plant operations later owned by Lehigh Hanson in 2016. The club, operating since the 1940s under a long lease, will remain indefinitely, with a July 2 party planned to honor Hanson executives and staff for the generous gift.
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Ron Kurpiel
Hanson Aggregates
Bessemer Limestone and Cement Company
Essroe
Dan Fiore
Heidelberg- Cement
Italcementi Group
Bessemer
Essroc
Bessemer Rod & Gun Club
Larry Lauritzen
Lauritzen
Allentown
Hanson
Ron Chmura
Fiore
North
America
Lehigh Hanson, Inc
Heidelberg Cement Group
Face value tax period expires July 5
The period for paying 2019 county property taxes at face value expires July 5. After that date, a 10 percent penalty will be added to all taxes. Payments may be made at the Lawrence County Treasurer's Office in the Lawrence County Government Center. The office is open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays and closed for July 4. Credit card payments incur a 2.45 percent convenience fee. After hours drop box is available by the courthouse courtyard door. Call (724) 656-2124 with questions.
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O'Rourke adds hires to national communications team
Beto O'Rourke announces Wednesday additions to his campaign communications staff including deputy directors Rachel Thomas and Ofirah Yaskel and women's messaging chief Anna Pacillo. Cavalier Lee remains in New Castle as her mother notes. The moves aim to boost outreach to young voters and narratives across the country.
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New Castle
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O’rourke
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Ofirah Yaskel
Anna Pacillo
Thomas
Democratic Digital Organization
CNN
Yheskel
Virginia
Ralph Northam
Pacilla
Texas
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Beto
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Ofirah
Rachel
Aleigha
Anna
America
Linked In
NextGen America
Pennsylvania
Next- Gen Climate
Planned Parenthood of
Western Pennsylvania
Western PA
Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania Advocates
Allegheny County
University of Pittsburgh
George Washington University
Wellness center plan in New Castle drawn into hearing confusion
Everhardt and two partners seek to open a New Castle Community Wellness Center under New Castle Real Estate LLC after purchasing property from UPMC for 25 000 in April. They proposed a wellness center with apartments at 1000 S. Mercer St in an A-2 district. Medure criticized the lack of clarity, signaling potential denial pending a council report. Everhardt says focus is seniors veterans and education under VA Act, aiming to benefit the neighborhood and merchants.
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New Castle Community Wellness Center
New Castle Real Estate LLC
UPMC
S. Mercer St
Medure
Council
Storms cause two deaths and widespread outages across the South
Storms triggered two fatalities as fallen trees and wind damaged roofs from Texas to Alabama. Dozens of reports described downed trees, power lines, and homes in Georgia, the Carolinas, and Virginia. Utilities logged over 200000 customers without power across four states, with Arkansas also affected. Mississippi teen Jackson Salter died when a tree fell on his home. another death occurred in Columbia South Carolina.
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Mississippi
Jackson Salter
Washington County
Methel Johnson
Delta Democrat-Times
Columbia
South Carolina
Richland County
North Carolina
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