AHN considering Southpointe site for new hospital
Following months of public discussion, the South Strabane Township Board of Supervisors will soon be holding a public hearing on an ordinance regulating data centers. The hearing will take place at 6:30 p.m. March 31 at the South Strabane Township Fire Department building at 172 Oak Spring Road. Township officials have been working on drafting the ordinance since last fall, when real estate firm JLL began marketing a CNX Resources-owned, 1,400-acre tract of land off of Zediker Station Road as an ideal site for a data center. The land has still not been sold, and there are no current plans for a data center at the property. Large crowds have turned out to public meetings in South ...
Numerous fundraisers are planned for a California Area School District sophomore who was killed Friday night in an electric dirt bike accident. Roscoe Volunteer Fire Company has scheduled two community events to benefit the family of Ayden Stahl, 16, of Roscoe, who died after the electric dirt bike he was riding struck a fallen tree felled by high winds Friday on Highland Drive behind Adamson Stadium in California at about 8:30 p.m. Stahl’s death was ruled accidental by the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office. The cause of death was listed as multiple blunt force injuries to the head and trunk. California police Chief Jim Smith called it a "freak accident," noting there ...
A blood drive provided by Vitalant will be held at Citizens Library from noon to 4:30 p.m. Friday. Sign up for a time slot at vitalant.org (use code 100559994 for the Citizens Library location) or by calling 877-258-4825. Donors will be automatically entered in a drawing for a $10,000 gift card for donations made between March 1 and April 5.
Cleanup continued following Friday’s storms that pummeled the region, knocking out power for thousands of people and toppling countless trees. Crews have made good progress restoring power to the more than 25,000 West Penn Power customers who were without electricity, including in hard hit ...
The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy is seeking grant applications for its Canoe Access Development Fund (CADF), which supports projects to improve canoe and kayak access to the region's waterways. The fund provides technical assistance and grants of up to $5,000 for the construction and enhancement of canoe and kayak access locations. Founded in 2008, the fund provides grants to watershed organizations and other community groups to make the region’s rivers and streams more accessible for outdoor recreation by developing and improving access sites. Funding could be used to help to stabilize access areas to rivers or streams, add nearby parking areas, purchase riverside land for an ...
An abandoned mine land reclamation project in Smith Township has received a financial boost. A state grant of $193,493 was awarded to Natural Streams Foundation Inc. to support the initial planning work for the project. The funding will support engineering design and permitting work needed to begin removing more than 250,000 cubic yards of coal refuse from a nearly five-acre site in the township. Work includes preparing an engineering design plan and securing the appropriate permits for a future abandoned mine land reclamation project to remove the coal refuse. The grant is part of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s Abandoned Mine Land and Abandoned Mine ...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Noel Acciari scored the go-ahead goal at the 8:03 mark of the third period to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins past the Utah Mammoth 4-3 on Saturday night. Acciari won a battle for the puck with Nick Schmaltz and scored on a close-range snap shot to help the Penguins ...
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Cameron Young picked up a big title to go with his major talent Sunday, hitting the shot of his career to 10 feet on the wind-blown island green for birdie and winning The Players Championship when Matt Fitzpatrick missed an 8-foot par putt on the final ...
The Trinity softball team enjoyed its time in Myrtle Beach. The Hillers swept Mount St. Charles (R.I.) 6-4 and 11-4 Sunday to improve to 3-0. They beat Blue Ridge 8-2 on Saturday. A five-run bottom of the fifth helped the Hillers in game one. Abi Metcalf had a two-run single in the ...
Periodically, a news story comes across my iPad that I just can’t stop thinking about. This story started like this: “On February 21 police officers were dispatched to a bar.” That opening line drew me in almost as fast as “A Florida man ..." “The caller was the bartender,” and ...
The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy is seeking grant applications for its Canoe Access Development Fund (CADF), which supports projects to improve canoe and kayak access to the region's waterways. The fund provides technical assistance and grants of up to $5,000 for the construction and ...
