Boro to oversee
noise enforcement
EBENSBURG – At the request of owner Shane Caylor, Borough Council members on Monday agreed to assume local responsibility for noise enforcement under the Pennsylvania Liquor Code.
The former owner of the Castle Pub on North Center Street had difficulty complying with the state’s strict noise enforcement, and the liquor agency allows local municipalities to enforce that portion of liquor laws locally, borough Manager Dan Penatzer told the council.
The borough has a noise ordinance in place, and local control would involve amplified music coming from the bar.
Conservancy buys Somerset County land
A 2,300-acre tract along a creek in Somerset County was among several land purchases announced Friday by the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy.
The conservancy also bought 1,600 acres along the Clarion River south of Cooksburg and purchased the timber rights on another 1,700 acres in the same area in Clarion County.
The organization says all of the timber rights and land have been transferred to the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Bureau of Forestry.
Area Legion donates
phones to soldiers
Post 294, American Legion, 114 Main St. in downtown Johnstown, is participating in a Geistown man’s program to send unused cell phones to troops serving overseas.
Adjutant Robert Bender said the post on Monday installed a collection box inside the post for members and the public to drop off their phones.
The post is helping Richard Fleck, a Korean War veteran, collect the phones for a nonprofit program called Cell Phones for Soldiers.
The phones will be refurbished before they are sent overseas.
For more information, call Bender at the post, 536-6540, or at home, 266-3946.
Local News
In brief
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Mild winter speeds work: Entertainment venue may be complete by end of May
An unusually mild winter has accelerated construction of a new outdoor entertainment venue in Johnstown.
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Man jailed on rash of charges
A Patton man is being held on $100,000 bond after police said he threatened to kill a woman, her family and himself unless she talked to him about a protection-from-abuse order.
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Cambria abolishes 16 jobs
Following through on promises to cut budget costs, the Cambria County commissioners voted Thursday to abolish 16 positions, including nine full-time jobs.
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Blogging with heart
Anyone else have this issue: The more I know, the more I want to learn.
As I am writing my heart month stories for this week’s packages, I occasionally come across a term or description unfamiliar to me. So I look it up. And then the definition or article has something else that sounds important, so I look that up. -
Wozniak defends his support of drilling bill
State Sen. John Wozniak, D-Westmont, one of only seven Democrats to support the Marcellus Shale legislation adopted this week, said the bill protects the environment and provides help to local communities impacted by the natural gas drilling.
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Businessman hoping to unseat Wozniak
Tim Houser uses two words – “challenging opportunity” – to describe his goal in this year’s elections.
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Judge tosses evidence in robbery
A Cambria County prosecutor said he’ll have to drop robbery charges against a Twin Rocks woman after much of his evidence was suppressed by a judge.
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Shooting defendant pleads to attempted murder
A Philadelphia man pleaded guilty Thursday in county court to attempted murder and theft in a Nov. 18 home invasion in which the homeowner was shot.
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Garrett man sought in Somerset crime
An arrest warrant has been issued for Samuel McFarland Jr., 33, of Berlin Street in Garrett in connection with Saturday’s robbery of two boys outside Dollar General on East Main Street in Somerset.
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City man shot during alleged burglary
A Johnstown man was shot during a burglary attempt in Indiana County and then burglarized a home in Armstrong County before he was arrested, authorities said Thursday.
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