Rainy season hits New Castle residents hard
Rain totals above normal linger into June as floods affect basements bridges and roads. Weather official John Reynolds notes May and June totals exceed averages with 24 rainy days in May and 16 of 21 in June. Residents cope saying sun will come eventually and life goes on despite ongoing showers.
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New Castle
John Reynolds
Youngstown
The
Weather Service
Reynolds
Andy Kopialka
Frank Soho
Floods and Severe Storms Sweep Lawrence County Area
Heavy rains drenched Lawrence County causing flooded fields ditches and roads last night. A flood watch remains through 4 p.m. Officials reported funnel cloud sightings near East Palestine Ohio but no touchdown. Power outages affected 39 customers in New Castle while New Castle Fire Department contained a tree fire near North Street Bridge.
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Lawrence County
Scott Township
Studebaker
Stoughton
Rambler’s Rest
Slippery Rock
Jerry Houk
Pennsylvania
Joan Schwartzman
Beaver County
East Palestine
Ohio
Enon Valley
Little Beaver Township
Columbiana County
New Castle
North Street Bridge
Pennsylvania Power Co
Gary Brown
Cascade
Beatty
Beaver
Union
Mahoning River
Covert Road
Covert’s
United Press International
Ridgway
Johnsonburg
St. Marys
Elk County
Brockway
Jefferson County
New Castle transit authority names Lastoria GM
Leonard Lastoria was named general manager and David Stragar assistant general manager of the New Castle Area Transit Authority. Flamino’s resignation, accepted June 1, remains unexplained. Lastoria plans to seek board and mayor approval for a $1.2 million bus garage project, while UMTA funding delays continue.
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Leonard Lastoria
New Castle Area Transit Authority
David Stragar
Walter Flamino
Lastoria
Flamino
Transit Authority
Angelo Sands
Transit Board
Richard Christofer
Teamsters Union Local 261
Stragar
CSX Transportation
Love Coal Co
Norman Barilla
Federal
Urban Mass Transit Administration
U.S
Joseph Kolter
New Castle
Pennsylvania
UMTA
Paul Curry
Joseph Toscano
Transit
Aetna Life Insurance
Mutual Life Insurance Company
James Antonio
Heaven is a Playground in Summer Fun and Fitness
Shenango High teacher Bill McNees and fellow lifetime athletes share fitness secrets in the Summer Fun and Fitness magazine. They describe work sweat and occasional pain as part of staying healthy and fit for life.
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Shenango High
Bill McNees
Aviation drives half a trillion in US economy study says
A Washington air travel study contends civilian aviation accounts for a large share of US economic activity. It cites 1987 national output of 522 billion and 222,112 related Pennsylvania jobs, with state GNP and trickle-down figures highlighted by the Partnership for Improved Air Travel to urge federal funding and deregulation impacts.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Industry
Partnership For
Congress
Bush Administration
Capitol Hill
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NEW Castle News
Dave Grober
Janis Ferranzzano
Nancy Ellis
Charlie Hornstein
Shenango Township
Old Princeton Road
David Wansitler
Taylor Township
City Transit Authority
Nancy Lowry
Virginia Hamilton
News Washington Bureau
Herbert D. Kelleher
Southwest Airlines
Air Travel Partnership
Merton J. Burke
Ellwood City
Margaret Shaw Cassidy
South Bend
Ind
Clement Fuchs Jr
Renee
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