Amusement park to open despite lease battle
Erie based Conneaut Lake Park will open on Memorial Day despite ongoing legal fights over who runs it. Trustees seek control as the private management group fights eviction after failing to maintain lease terms and insurance. The 108 year old site needs repairs to the Blue Streak and other rides, delaying full readiness beyond Memorial Day.
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Erie, Pa
Pennsylvania
U.S
Warren Benz
Conneaut Lake Park
Crawford County
William Jorden
Conneaut Lake Park Management Group Inc
Jorden
Youngstown
Ohio
Carl Severino
Severino
Kennywood Park
Pittsburgh
Cedar Point
Sandusky
Don Schanz
Condominiums planned for Union Township across from airport
David and Noelle Chapin of Arbor Development Group plan 144 condominiums on 34.1 acres beside the Lawrence County Airport in Union Township across from the airfield. The Pinecreek Estates project, approved in concept by the Union Township Planning Commission, will offer one and two level homes in three phases with a two model condominium complex breaking ground in about a month. Units priced from 105000 to 195000, with two and three unit buildings and some stand alones, plus walking bridges and a recreation center with a deck and barbecue area. The Chapins will pay pro rated taxes and aim for a rental free development. They plan to form a development corporation and purchase land from Chip Barletto near West Park. Noelle Chapin notes they return to Pennsylvania often and wish to leave overcrowded California.
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Orange
Calif
Hermitage
Pennsylvania
David Chapin
DCI Engineering
Noelle
Lawrence County
Union Township
Arbor Development Group
Old 422
Chip Barletto
West Park
Union Township Planning Commission
Pinecreek Estates
Chapins
Plex
Noelle Chapin
California
Law judges engage youths in county civics program
Courts from page 2 note a yearlong effort where lawyers organized a program for Lawrence County high schools. Ninth graders asked questions, toured the courthouse and county jail, and observed a criminal trial as judges described their roles and civil decision processes.
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Richard Flannery
Jonathan Solomon
Lawrence County Bar Association
Jo Ellen Pastore
Cox
Pratt
Waltz Mill reactor meltdown linked to future cleanup plan
An April 3 1960 meltdown at the Waltz Mill reactor released radioactive gases and prompted a shutdown. Radiation levels near the site were about 130 times the safe limit, with current readings around half of today’s allowed level. The plant closed in 1962 and is on NRC’s priority cleanup list as Westinghouse proceeds to decommission by mid 2001.
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Gilbert
U.S. Department of Transportation
Three Mile Island
Dauphin County
Harrisburg
Chernobyl
Ukraine
NRC
Westinghouse
Truck carries extended load without escort in Beaver County
Emergency management director said the truck had an extended load and no police escort. A dosimeter showed radioactivity under 13 millirems, far below daily exposure. Beaver County hazmat team arrived but wore no special gear. Darlington Fire Dept and New Galilee Ambulance assisted. Blinn and passenger Kevin Hammer, 22, were treated for minor injuries and released.
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Chiodo
Beaver County
Darlington Township
New Galilee Ambulance Service
Blinn
Kevin J. Hammer
Enon Valley RD 2
Hammer
Beaver
Beaver County Coroner completes autopsy on fetus
Beaver County Coroner Wayne Tatalovich completed an autopsy on a human fetus found by a dog. He said the cause of death cannot be determined until toxicology and other laboratory tests are finished, a process expected to take several days.
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Beaver
Beaver County
Wayne Tatalovich
Hero Owen's Save Amid Blaze Amid Fire on Porch
Owen Gudyk recounts a porch fire where a floor blaze surged upward and exploded as he fled. His son Brian says he flew over him, while son Robert and Leona Gudyk helped pull him from the flames. He suffered second and third degree burns over 15 percent of his body and received skin grafts before a two week recovery.
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Owen
Brian
Robert
Gudyk
Leona Gudyk
Mercy Hospital
Pittsburgh
Veterans Administration Hospital
Butler
Rape victims can't file suit in federal court
Springfield Virginia AP reports a 5 4 Supreme Court decision bars rape and other gender based violence claims under the Violence Against Women Act. The ruling shifts the field to state courts, drawing praise from defenders of constitutional limits and criticism from women’s rights advocates.
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NEW Castle News
Springfield
Supreme Court
Congress
U.S
Kathy Rodgers
Legal Defense and Education Fund
Virginia Tech
Christy Brzonkala
Rodgers
Brzonkala
Union plans highway access and traffic signal for new store
Union has applied for highway access from PennDOT and discussed installing a traffic signal at the entrance due to anticipated high-volume traffic. The project aims to begin as soon as possible with utilities including water sewer electric gas and underground telephone lines. The firm will serve New Castle area customers and address stormwater runoff with PennDOT, seeking to compete with Lowe's Busy Beaver and others.
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Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Penndot
Hirschhorn
New Castle
Lowe’s
Busy Beaver
Company transfers eight acres for wetlands in Lawrence County
A portion of eight acres is being transferred to Lawrence County for wetland creation. The company previously built wetlands in county-owned West Park as part of replacing disturbed land from a shopping complex project.
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Lawrence County
West Park
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Morris
Wingle
New Ca
N. Mercer St
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P.O
Auan Bureau of Circulations Member
Marvin’s
Marvin Gardens
Atlantic Avenue
New New Castle
Att Traeg
Bree
Home Depot
Cranberry
Chippewa
Planning Commission
THF Realty
Wal-Mart Plaza
Route 224
Arby’s
Taylor
Acadia Realty
Antiques
FOX Antiques
AP Vay Saal “Othiers & Custom Tailors
Tauri
Butter County Community College
BCCC
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Warn Hopf
Geibel
Butler ‘Ounty Community
Gilliland’s Market
S. Market St
New Wilmington
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