JOHNSTOWN — Congress has passed an appropriations bill that includes $725,000 in federal funding for the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville.
The funding is contained in the Department of the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2010, which passed the House and Senate on Thursday. The bill will now be sent to President Barack Obama for his signature.
Teen charged with drug possession
BOSWELL – A Somerset County teen was charged Friday with drug possession after authorities said he showed up at North Star High School noticeably under the influence.
Kyle Hartman, 18, of Hooversville, was observed by several teachers to be impaired and state police from Somerset were called.
Several prescription pills were found on him during a search, police said.
Charges were filed at the office of District Judge Susan Mankamyer in Boswell.
Judge stands firm on razing cottage
EBENSBURG – Judge David Tulowitzki on Friday refused to reconsider his denial of a stay on demolition of the crumbling Braemar-Jones Cottage in Cresson Township.
The township, which wants to raze the historic building because of its deteriorated condition, has said that it was holding up the razing with an appeal by the Cresson Area Historial Association to the state Commonwealth Court in the cottage dispute.
On Thursday, the association said that it has collected $10,000 to post as a civil bond to cover any costs the township may occur as a result of a delay in the demolition. The association collected the money in the hope of obtaining a formal court-ordered stay pending the outcome of the appeal. With the appeal pending in the state court, the association now apparently will have to petition there for a stay.
The cottage was built as a summer home in the late 1800s by a Pittsburgh steel executive.
Kring Street bridge to reopen
Work on the Route 4041 (Kring Street) bridge over the Stonycreek River has been completed and the 4.3-mile detour is scheduled to be lifted Monday.
The closure affected traffic in Richland and Stonycreek townships in Cambria County and Conemaugh Township in Somerset County.
Brayman Construction Corp. of Saxonburg was the contractor on the $1.8 million project, which began in March.
The project was fully funded with state money.
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In brief: Congress OKs memorial funding
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Man accused of 101 counts of assault
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Supreme Court explains rulings on redistricting
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Friday explained its reasons for rejecting the state’s legislative redistricting plan last week, and a justice who disagreed with the ruling said this year’s races will have to be held under the existing, decade-old maps.
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Blogging with heart
I had a couple of interesting interviews over the past 24 hours. The first was with an ambitious Forest Hills High School junior who organized a Red Out across the district today in support of American Heart Association. Like many of those involved in Heart Association benefits, Spencer Ivock was inspired by his own family members' experience with heart disease.
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In brief: Cresson man dies in pickup crash
A Cresson man who authorities believe lost consciousness while driving was killed late Friday afternoon when his pickup crashed on St. Joseph Street, about one mile north of Cresson.
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Boil-water notice issued in Upper Yoder Township
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No NDIC jobs to stay in city
After years of political clashes and fiscal uncertainty, these are the facts of the National Drug Intelligence Center’s final days:
• 87: The number of employees losing their jobs as NDIC operations wind down this year.
• 57: The number of staffers, aside from those 87, who will be offered jobs in Washington, D.C.
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Forest Hills junior puts his heart into Red Out
Forest Hills junior Spencer Ivock is “redding out” the schools today for his senior project.
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Local pair accused of robbing home twice
A Johnstown couple has been charged with breaking into a Lower Yoder Township home twice in a four-month period – and then selling, for $103, some of the thousands of dollars in goods they alleged swiped.
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Steel firm considers coal mine near Que
Cambria Somerset Authority officials plan to meet this week with representatives of an Ohio-based steel company about a plan that could put a coal mine south of the Quemahoning Reservoir.
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In brief: Somerset motorist dies in crash
A 28-year-old Somerset man was killed Thursday morning when his vehicle left the road, hit a drainage ditch and rolled over.
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