Ellwood City seeks early storm alert system plan
Ellwood City fire chief Connie R MacDonald asked the planning commission for ideas on a borough wide severe weather alert. He noted one hearable siren and discussed sharing sirens with Perry and Wayne townships while exploring 911 dispatch plans with county officials. A three blast warning followed by a wail and a long all clear signal was proposed with News media and Internet outreach to inform residents.
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Ellwood City
Planning Commission
Connie R. MacDonald
Big Beaver
Perry
Wayne
John DeCaro
Ellwood
Lawrence County
Ell
Wood
Frank Jannetti
MacDonald
Lawrence Costa
National Weather Service
Costa
Enon Valley Council approves joint computer purchase
Enon Valley borough and the Blackhawk Area School District agreed to buy a computer set for the borough secretary who collects taxes for the district. The borough paid 800 dollars for a Gateway Essential 500 package with monitor printer and desk chair. Councilwoman Tracie Scranton was named to represent Enon at Lawrence County Regional Council of Governments meetings.
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Enon Valley
Blackhawk Area
Veronica Dombrosky
Dombrosky
Tracie Scranton
Enon
Lawrence County
Plans for Presque Isle Center and greenway in Erie
A project team reveals plans to add over 50 acres to Presque Isle State Park with a $26 million center of five stories, theater, exhibits, restaurant, and classrooms. Negotiations proceed to acquire the 12 acre Peninsula Drive-In site once owned by George Stern. construction could begin in two to three years after purchase.
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ERIE
Presque Isle Center
Greenway
Presque Isle State Park
George Stern
Pittsburgh
James Walczak
MacDonald, Illig, Jones and Britton
Walczak
Office of Coastal Zone Management
Larson Design Group
Williamsport
Presque Isle
Harry Leslie
Difference between failure and Casualty
The narrator realizes that in recent weeks they have become a walking cliché and must close their Zelienople retail bookstore after more than four years. They grapple with future plans, considering continuing in business or facing a difficult decision as circumstances deteriorate.
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Zelienople
Closing a community bookstore amid rising online sales
Veronica Pacella announces the shuttering of her four year old Bookseller store to avoid a future of shrinking customers and fierce competition from chains and online shopping. She reflects on the shop as a community hub with tea, debates, and writer groups, and notes the decision comes after careful financial assessment and emotional cost.
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Pacella
Gardens of the millennium bloom at Philadelphia Flower Show
The 2000 Philadelphia Flower Show features a moon garden and an Asian display tied to a historic park gatehouse. Florists and artists create elaborate indoor displays, blending earthbound and lunar themes for hundreds of thousands of visitors through March 12, with hundreds of exhibitors and lectures.
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Philadelphia
Japan
Delaware Valley
Dairy Premium Hike Sought For Pennsylvania Milk
In Harrisburg a three member Milk Marketing Board agreed to study a temporary 21 percent increase in the premium paid to Pennsylvania dairy farmers for milk to offset rising diesel fuel costs. Farmers push for a 25 cent raise to 1.45 per hundred pounds as fuel prices squeeze production costs. A decision was not expected until April 14 with some members leaning toward the boost.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Milk Marketing Board
Luke Brubaker
Harold Curtis
Warren County
State Farm Bureau
Threatening note prompts heightened security at Lincoln High
Ellwood City authorities investigate a threatening message found in Lincoln High School's second floor boys restroom. The note mentioned March 6. Principal Lyon says it is likely a prank but taken seriously with enhanced security, limited entrances, a police presence, and joint building searches. Some students are being investigated but not labeled suspects.
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Ellwood City
Lincoln High School
William C. Lyon
Short Street Commons
Wolverine Way
Lyon
Local births and police reports in New Castle area
A series of notices lists births at Jameson Hospital and St Francis Hospital in New Castle and West Pittsburg for March 1 2000. Police report a bench warrant arrest in New Castle, a North Crawford Avenue truck fire with minor damage, a vacuum machine theft of quarters in Union Township, and a single vehicle rollover on Moffatt Road in Hickory Township with minor injuries. Continued on page 7.
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New Castle
Michelle F. Bryant
Wilmington Ave
North Crawford Avenue
Samuel J. Moore
N. Crawford Ave
West State Street
Union Township
Moffatt Road
Hickory Township
Bart Kissick
Squaw Run Road
Ellwood City
Kissick
Jessica Dover
Station Road
Tenants plan sausage breakfast at Lawrence Manor
The Lawrence Manor Tenant Council will serve a sausage breakfast from 8 to 11 a.m. March 11 at 211 West Moody Ave. The menu features sausage, pancakes, eggs, juice and coffee. Donation is 3.25 dollars per person. Tickets available at the door. Kennedy Christian sets registration for 2000-01 from 9 a.m. to noon March 11. call 346-5531. Constables to meet Sunday at 7 p.m. at the Lawrence County Government Center.
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Lawrence Manor
West Moody Ave
Kennedy Christian
Kennedy Christian High
Lawrence County
Self-defense class notice corrected by Daily Record
Sam Living promotes a self-defense program Real Attack Prevention Effectively sponsored by St Francis Hospital. Call 656 0643 for registration. An incorrect number appeared in Tuesday edition. Donna Renee Jones does not live at 512 Pearson Street. February 22 edition error noted.
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St. Francis Hospital
Daily Record
Donna Renee Jones
Pearson St
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