Drug ring busted in Lawrence County led by Michael Schmidt Sr
Narcotics officers say Schmidt from New Castle sourced heroin via Youngstown and ran a family and friend network. The operation allegedly moved thousands weekly, totaling 3 to 6 million dollars in the past year, with eleven others charged and eight arrested. Law enforcement says it was the largest heroin distributor in the county and once moved about a kilo weekly.
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Michael Schmidt Sr
New Castle
Youngstown
Schmidt
Clarence Ave
Highland Ave
Lawrence County
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Water workers picket in New Castle over impasse with utility
Pittsburgh area members of Utility Workers Union Local 537 accuse Pennsylvania American Water of locking them out after a three year struggle for a contract. They say a June 9 imposition and June 18 benefit cancellations ignore negotiations and bargain in bad faith. Picket lines formed outside the district as workers protest lack of wage gains since 2011 and urge the company to return to talks.
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Utility Workers Union of America Local 537
Water Company
Pittsburgh
Mike Pattinato
Pattinato
New Castle
Nancy Lowry
The
Pennsylvania-American Water Co
Ellwood Road
Utility Workers of America Local 537
House panel backs budget in a tight fiscal plan
In Harrisburg the Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee approved a $29.1 billion budget that would hold taxes flat while trimming education and human services increases proposed by Gov. Tom Corbett. It relies heavily on privatizing the state liquor stores to fund the plan, which faces a floor vote in a tightly divided House amid a tumultuous fiscal year.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
House Appropriations Committee
Tom Corbett
House of Representatives
Neshannock OKs budget no tax hike
Neshannock Township school board approved the 2014-15 budget of expenditures 17,513,194 and revenues 16,997,781 with no tax increase by an 8-0 vote, Jay Vitale absent. A 4.5 million fund balance will cover the deficit. The district will refinance its 2009 bond to 3.19 percent.
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Neshannock Township
Jay Vitale
Obituaries Feature Four Local Arrivals
Nancy Carlson aged 82 of Mission Meade Drive James E Flannery Jr aged 83 of 2201 Morris St Carol Ann King 72 of Perry Highway Betty Weiner 57 of Phoenix Ariz listed as obituary notices See Page A5
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Nancy Carlson
Mission Meade Drive
James E. Flannery Jr
Morris St
Carol Ann King
Perry Highway
Betty Weiner
Phoenix
Ariz
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