Ed Allison remembered as committed public servant
Ed Allison 64 longtime Lawrence County elections director died after a short illness. He earned praise for integrity and public service in Bessemer and the county, where he pioneered paper-trail voting, upheld naked ballot rulings, and built a trusted team through the 2020 election. He remained devoted to duties until illness worsened.
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Ed Allison
Lauren Edward
Ed” Allison
Lawrence County
Bessemer
Allison
County Common Pleas
J. Craig Cox
Pennsylvania
Democratic Party
Lawrence County Common Pleas Court
State Supreme Court
Lawsuit challenges Pennsylvania school mask mandate
The GOP Senate leader and parents filed in Commonwealth Court to overturn Acting Health Secretary Alison Beam's order requiring masks in all public and private schools and child care facilities. They argue the order bypassed regulatory review and seeks to curb emergency powers.
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State Senate
Wolf
Pennsylvania
GOP
Commonwealth Court
Alison Beam
Borough considers eliminating nuisance occupation tax
Councilwoman Shirley Nocera proposes scrapping the per capita occupation tax in South New Castle Borough after noting only a portion of residents pay it. The roughly ten dollar annual levy is described as a nuisance tax mainly affecting homeowners, with discussion continuing at Thursday’s meeting.
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South New Castle
Shirley Nocera
Nocera
Sanders-West joins staff of the New Castle News
Selma Sanders-West, from Farrell, becomes news writer and reporter for the New Castle News. Jeffery Gerritt says she will cover Lawrence County school boards and education, plus feature and enterprise stories about the community. She previously worked for The Herald in Sharon and held roles in education, counseling, and public service.
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Selma D. Sanders-West
New Castle News
Jeffery Gerritt
Sanders-West
Farrell
The
Herald
Sharon
Lawrence County
New Castle
Selma
Gerritt
Farrell Area
University of Massachusetts
Pennsylvania State University
Obituaries for Seven Local Residents
Obituaries note the deaths of Philip James Bozlinski 72 Benita E. Brown 66 William C. Culley 63 Delores J. Dando 86 James L. Davies Sr. 85 Geraldine Rodgers 94 and Patricia Jane Swanson 70 with ages and brief markers. A5
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Philip James Bozlinski
Benita E. Brown
William C. Culley
Delores J. Dando
James L. Davies Sr
Geraldine Rodgers
Patricia Jane Swanson
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