Gigliotti pleads guilty as GOP seeks expulsion in PA House
In Harrisburg Republican leaders move to expel Democratic Rep. Frank Gigliotti after his guilty plea to taking bribes for political favors. He resigns effective June 15, with a June 21 sentencing date in Pittsburgh. His attorney seeks a 30 to 37 month term.
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Harrisburg
Frank Gigliotti
Matthew J. Ryan
Ryan
Gigliotti
House of Representatives
Allegheny County
Pittsburgh
School Board OKs Land Purchase for New High School
The school board approves buying three parcels to build the district’s new high school. The action is paired with a tentative measure to fund the project without increasing taxes. Page references note related coverage and follow ups.
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New Castle
Copple-Rizzo
Advocate serves homeless with health care across Lawrence Mercer
Chris Brown, health care advocate for the Primary Health Network, works with homeless men, women and children in Sharon and New Castle. Since a grant five years ago, the program serves about 800 homeless people annually, with Brown assessing overall health and blood pressure at the City Rescue Mission and other shelters.
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Chris Brown
Brown
Lawrence
Mercer
Sharon
New Castle
Primary Health Network
Jack Laeng
Laeng
City Rescue
Power outage delays Laurel elementary band concert
About 6,100 Penn Power customers faced outages after an insulator failure on Route 108 near Laurel High School. The fault caused a pole fire and a transmission line failure, mainly affecting Shenango Slippery Rock Hickory and Scott townships. Restorations varied with 3,500 back by 7:45 p.m. 2,200 offline until 1:45 a.m. and 400 by 2:30 a.m. The Laurel elementary band and chorus concert, slated for 7:30 p.m., was postponed and rescheduled for 7 p.m. tomorrow with 120 performers ready earlier.
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Penn Power Co
Route 108
Laurel High School
Jim Haas
New Castle
Haas
Shenango
Slippery Rock
Hickory
Scott Townships
Laurel
Pamela Crouch
Pennsylvania Tax Rebate Plan Moves Toward 100 Dollar Checks
The Department of Revenue begins identifying eligible homeowners as a proposed rebate of up to 100 dollars targets 3.3 million Pennsylvania residences for mail by October 20 based on school district property taxes paid in the 1999 2000 year. Local officials voice skepticism about meeting the deadline.
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Pennsylvania
State Department of Revenue
Lawrence County
Janet L. Kalajainen
Voice of Monorail Dies at 59 in Los Angeles
AP reports Mark Denis, longtime Disneyland Monorail voice and Southern California radio fixture for four decades, died after a heart infection. He was 59. The obituary list also notes several regional deaths including Debra Ann Bales 47 Slippery Rock Alberta Mae Beachem 91 New Castle and others in Ellwood City Clearwater and LaVerne Lorenz Keany.
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Debra Ann Bales
Slippery Rock
Alberta Mae Beachem
New Castle
Joseph A. Ferrante
Ellwood City
William D. Hake Sr
Cascade St
LaVerne Lorenz Keany
Clearwater
Fla
Chester L. Smiley Sr
Rose Ave
Monorail
Los Angeles
Mark Denis
Southern California
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Rick Elia
New Castile News
New Castle Area
Patrick Copple Sr
Larry Nord
Dopple-Rizzo and Associates
Environmental Laboratory Services
Copple-Rizzo and Associates
Copple
Environ
Patrick
Advocate
Ann-Margaret Lambo
Register and Recorder
John K. Manna
New Castle News
Elee
Richard Baumhammers
Lorraine Ranchod
Russia
North Hills
Jack McCurry
van Ed
Ncnewsonline.com
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