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Judge dismisses suit over river damage
The attorney for PennEnvironment said Wednesday he is unsure what – if anything – the environmental group will do now that a lawsuit it filed in 2007 concerning pollution of the Conemaugh River has been dismissed.
U.S. Magistrate Amy Reynolds Hay of Pittsburgh ruled Tuesday that PennEnvironment couldn’t prove that excessive discharge levels from Reliant Energy’s Conemaugh Generating Station near New Florence caused damage to the river.
Reliant acknowledged the discharges were excessive but maintained it could not be proven they damaged the Conemaugh’s waters.
“We are currently researching if we will be going further,” said Josh Kratka of the National Environmental Law Center in Boston.
Kratka noted that Hay rejected Reliant’s contention that the state had already taken action in the matter.
But her ruling did not say that any damage to the Conemaugh was the result of discharges from Conemaugh Generating Station, Kratka said.
In the suit, PennEnvironment – which was later joined by the Sierra Club – said the alleged discharge violations could hurt efforts to clean the river, which has suffered from acid mine drainage and industrial pollution.
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‘Reunion time’: Cambria City fest draws tens of thousands
Monsignor Raymond Balta of St. Mary’s Byzantine Catholic Church on Power Street prounounced this year’s Cambria City Ethnic Festival successful on Sunday evening shortly before the 22nd annual event drew to a close.
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Cambria officials threatened
An inmate at the State Correctional Institution-Cresson has been charged with making written threats against several elected officials, including Judge Patrick Kiniry, District Attorney Kelly Callihan and District Judge Charity Nileski.
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Milder winter in store, weather experts say
With recollections of last year’s record snowfall, blowing winds and closed roads still fresh in the minds of many Cambria and Somerset county residents, weather prognosticators are promising improvements for the upcoming winter of 2010-2011.
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MICHELE M. BENDER | School’s first day can be hard on everybody
I don’t remember my first “first day of school.” There are, after all, 13 “firsts” between kindergarten and senior year.
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Person of the week: Comfort food
Rita DeMarco has a good recipe for helping people.
First she looks for the needs of others then mixes the ingredients – food and other caring souls. -
Holy Name Elementary celebrating centennial
After 100 years, Catholic education is still thriving at Holy Name Elementary School.
As a way to celebrate the milestone, school officials are planning a week of festivities to usher in the centennial. -
Cycle run to benefit paramedic
The Blacklick Valley Foundation and Ambulance Service will hold a benefit motorcycle run – “Haulin’ for Heitz” – for Brian Heitzenrater on Sept. 18.
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In brief: Somerset driver hurt in crash
One of the drivers was injured in a two-vehicle crash Saturday on the exit ramp from Route 219 in Somerset Township leading to Route 601.
- District Deaths Sept. 6, 2010
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Research institute seeks entries for essay contest
With Breast Cancer Awareness Month on the horizon, Windber Research Institute is holding an essay contest for kids 14 and younger.
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