Idle West Park weighs future as wetlands center project
Lawrence County plans an environmental learning center on Idle West Park, a 109 acre site across from New Castle Airport. The county acquired the land in the 1960s with recreation funds and will use eight acres gifted for wetlands mitigation. The project includes 30 000 native plants, ten tree species, and five year monitoring by Mark Centers Trust.
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Union Township
New Castle Airport
Old Youngstown Road
The
County
Mark Centers Trust of
Kingston
U.S. 224
Mark
Lawrence County Commissioners
West Park
Mark Centers Trust
Mike Bontje
B. Laing Associates
Northport
N.Y
JoAnn McCready
Lawrence County Conservation District
McCready
B. Laing
Pennsylvania
Bontie
Beaver County Woman Returns Cash After Prize Scam
Stella Sharpe, 81, mailed $17,052.60 to a Montreal address after a caller claimed she won $125,000. With help from First Western Bank officials and the RCMP, her uncashed check was recovered. She is among hundreds of Americans duped by Canadian prize scams.
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Stella Sharpe
Montreal
Beaver County
Canada
First Western Bank
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Sharpe
United States
Charles Mansell
First
Sharpe warns of money scam from Montreal caller
A Western resident, helped by Canadian police, warned of a scam in which a Montreal caller posing as an attorney claimed the woman had won a big prize. He cited at least one Lawrence County resident who received a similar call and urged ignoring it. See SCAM page 6.
Leah Rabin Calls for Hope in Middle East Peace Effort
Leah Rabin accepting an honorary peace making degree at Westminster College urged perseverance for a lasting peace in the Middle East. She noted a fragile cold peace between Israel and Egypt and criticized Prime Minister Netanyahu for eroding trust and faith in the peace process.
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Erin Antognoli
John Deegan Jr
Leah Rabin
Westminster College
Yitzhak Rabin
Westminster
Rabin
Israel
Iraq
United Nations
Egypt
Henry Kissinger
Benjamin Netanyahu
Netanyahu
United States
Recycling center lease bid eyed by Franklin supervisors
The Franklin supervisors consider leasing the township recycling center if approved at today’s meeting bidders would have 10 days to respond. Workers rejected wage and benefit concessions, with Teamsters Local 261 noting losses even without concessions. The board seeks a lease that covers indebtedness while preserving grant use and DEP approval. A state auditor reviewed finances, citing declines in material input and market prices, and rising wages and benefits as factors.
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Franklin
Douglas Robbins
Teamsters Local 261
New Castle
McConahy
Beaver
Lawrence
State Department of Environmental Protection
Walter
Roland
Robbins
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Middle East
Amy Clingensmith
al McConahy
U.S
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