GRANTSVILLE, Md. — A Garrett County landowner is challenging a state permit for a new underground coal mine near the western Maryland town of Grantsville. Steven and Nancy Putman, of Glenwood, filed the appeal Thursday with the Maryland Bureau of Mines.
They say the mine as proposed threatens the environment and hydrology of the local watershed.
Steven Putman is executive officer of the Patuxent Conservation Corps. The conservation group owns 48 acres along the Casselman River near the mine site planned by the Joseph Peles Coal Co. of Indiana, Pa.
The mine would extract an estimated 360,000 tons of coal annually for 20 years from deposits beneath about 3,000 acres that include parts of the Casselman River.
Restaurant’s deposit taken, cops say
SOMERSET – State police were continuing an investigation into a robbery that happened about 9:50 a.m. at Aiken Avenue and Gilmour Road, Somerset Township.
Police said the daylight manager for Papa John’s Pizza was taking the overnight deposit to the bank and had been stopped in her vehicle when she was approached by a man wearing a gray hooded sweat shirt, blue jeans and sunglasses.
The man asked her for the deposit money after holding what she said was an object to her neck.
She handed over the money without incident, police said.
Clearfield agency gets $248G
WASHINGTON – Attorney General Eric Holder has announced that $248,500 in Recovery Act funds was awarded to Central Pennsylvania Community Action in Clearfield County.
