Majorano resigns from New Castle City Council over conflicts
Nick Majorano resigned from the New Castle City Council after disclosures of potential conflicts with his ownership of AAA Fire Protection Co. He left caucus early, leaving 30 days for a successor to be appointed, else the mayor or court would decide. He cited ethics rulings limiting his ability to vote on pension and related matters and said he might run again in the future.
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New Castle
AAA Fire Protection Co
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Robert Bullano
Rick DeBlasio
Mark Elisco
Patricia May
Tim Fulkerson
Lawrence County Court of Common Pleas
James Manolis
Ethics Commission
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
New Castle Area
City Pension Board
Majorano
Goldman Sachs
David Domenick
Domenick
DeBlasio
Eliseo
LaGrotta Demands Probe Into Penn Power Job Cuts
State Rep. Frank LaGrotta petitions Gov. Ridge and the PUC to investigate FirstEnergy plans to cut 50 Penn Power union positions. He cites promises of deregulation as a safeguard and asks that layoffs be halted until an inquiry concludes. The Mercer, Lawrence, Crawford, Beaver and Allegheny county service area is affected.
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Tom Ridge
Public Utility Commission
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Penn Power
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Ridge
PUC
New Castle News
Local 140
Utility Workers Union of America
Mercer
Lawrence
Crawford, Beaver
Allegheny
Pennsylvania
House
Consumer Affairs Committee
Boundary dispute over county line near Plain Grove
Lawrence County plans to use a special global positioning system to locate the boundary with Butler County at Plain Grove Township. Frank B. Taylor Engineering will be paid about $4,000 for the work, affecting about six homes. The pins were moved by Interstate 79 construction and mining, shifting tax jurisdictions. The survey aims to assign property taxes correctly to Lawrence or Butler County.
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Butler Counties
Plain Grove Township
Lawrence County
Frank B. Taylor
Ross Taylor
Butler
Butler County
Taylor
Miniature schnauzer shields Pulaski owner from burglar
Debbie Wachter Morris reports how 10-year-old Sammi the miniature schnauzer attacked a burglar in Shirley Thomson’s Pulaski Township home at about 8:30 AM, preventing a robbery and possible harm. Thomson, 65, was upstairs. the dog’s action frightened the intruder and he fled, leaving authorities with a dangerous suspect at large.
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Shirley Thomson
Pine Glen Road
Pulaski
Pooch
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