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
- Local News
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- District Deaths May 28, 2012
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Community Event is ‘fun for the kids’
The annual Johnstown Community Event held Saturday was a big hit in many ways.
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Fielding interest: With new rec facility, leaders hope to sell old site
Borough Council leaders here find they are about to get into the real estate business, from the sellers’ end that is.
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Richland weighs $2.1M offer for land
Richland School District officials will take time, likely a month, to weigh an Ohio developer’s Rachel Hill school land offer.
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Officials cool on tax plan
Two state lawmakers from the area agree that a proposal to eliminate school property taxes with revenues from increases in the state personal income and state sales taxes has little chance of success anytime soon.
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Portage store serves up a helping of history
Gone are the days when Schoenfeld’s Department Store sold ladies apparel, men’s suits and children’s shoes.
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BILL EGGERT | Disco dancing days
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BILL FINDLEY | Johnstown area is a great place for young adults to live and work
Looking for a great place to live and work? If you are like most people, your list would likely include a multitude of factors to consider in the selection process – such things as job opportunities, less stress, reasonable living costs, and plenty of fun things to do.
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