New Castle Officer Joins National Law Enforcement Ride
K 9 officer Steven Brooks of New Castle Police rode in the Policy Unity Tour from New York to Washington to honor fallen officers including Ryan Cappelletty and others from 1904 to 1932. The 15th annual event drew about 1,400 riders covering nearly 300 miles, ending with a candlelight vigil at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial. The Memorial now lists 19,000 names, and 72 officers died in 2011 as the ride concluded near RFK Stadium.
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Brooks
New Castle
Ryan Cappelletty
New York
Washington, D.C
New Jersey
Ground Zero
Holland Tunnel
New Jersey Turnpike
Rfk Stadium
Washington
Laurel High School
Edinboro University
Police Unity
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial
Union cuts jobs in new district budget plan
Union Area School District closes a $700,000 gap by cutting seven staff positions including an English and Spanish teacher, an assistant principal, two teacher aides, a library worker, and a high school clerical worker. The nine member board approved a $10.13 million 2011 12 budget with a $250,000 reserve amid stopgap measures.
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Union Area
Tom Corbett
Alfonso Angelucci
Embattled Hickory supervisors waive hearing
Hickory Township supervisors R. Scott Mitcheltree and Stewart Michaels waived their rights to a preliminary hearing. Their charges of theft by unlawful taking and receiving stolen property will be held for Lawrence County Court of Common Pleas. Both men, ages 49 and 70, live on Eastbrook Neshannock Falls Road and Vivienne Lane, and are accused of siphoning gas from the town fuel pump for personal use.
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Hickory Township
R. Scott Mitcheltree
Stewart
Butch” Michaels
Lawrence County Court of Common Pleas
Mitcheltree
Eastbrook- Neshannock Falls Road
Michaels
Vivienne Lane
Career center panel keeps teacher aides
Emotional pleas from students staff and parents saved the jobs of seven instructional aides and learning support teacher at Lawrence County Career and Technical Center. Administrators announced an 11 0 vote to retain the aides and Jeff DePorzio after a 35 minute executive session ending with cheers and hugs from students and staff.
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Lawrence County Career and Technical Center
Andrew Tommelleo
Joint Operating Committee
Jeff DePorzio
DePorzio
Tommelleo
Nancy Lowry
NEWS
Lawrence County Career and Technical Center Joint Operating Committee
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