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West Forest names new principal

Dean Hoffman was recently hired as the new PK-12 principal at West Forest in Tionesta. Hoffman graduated from West Middlesex High School. He attended Geneva College in Beaver Falls where he graduated with a degree in History. He obtained his Special Education Certification from Millersville ...

Warren Tire Center restored

On June 14, 2018, fire destroyed a long-standing Warren business. Warren Tire Center burned to the ground early that morning. It has been rebuilt. “I never gave a thought to not rebuilding,” Owner Corky Fry said. “I’m 63. I’ve got a lot of gas left in the tank. It was not a ...

Warren Tire Center celebrates fresh start with time capsule

After fire destroyed Warren Tire Center a year ago, owners Corky and Carolyn Fry made the best of the rebuilding process. The Frys decided to bury a time capsule to capture the essence of 2019 Warren County beneath the new concrete floor. Corky Fry had some experience with another time ...

Who owns Perkins? Objection filed in bankruptcy case

An objection filed in the ongoing bankruptcy case that engrosses the Warren Perkins raises questions about the company’s actual ownership. 5171 Campbell Land Co., Inc., which owns the license agreements to operate 27 Perkins restaurants in Pennsylvania, Ohio and New York, Warren included, filed bankruptcy earlier this month. While a federal bankruptcy judge on Friday granted a stipulation between 5171 Campbell and Perkins that calls for the closure of the Warren restaurant and nine others, an objection filed later in the day Friday questions the very ownership of 5171 ...

Judge orders Warren Perkins to close shop

At a Friday morning hearing in Pittsburgh, a federal bankruptcy judge ordered 10 Perkins restaurants to close – Warren included. But a Perkins official has told the Times Observer that a restaurant will continue to operate at the Perkins location on Ludlow St. Chief Bankruptcy Judge Carlota Bohm approved a negotiated stipulation and consent order between 5171 Campbell Land Co., Inc. – which owned the license agreement to operate a total of 27 Perkins restaurants, including the Ludlow St. restaurant – and Perkins. The agreement states that Campbell “shall immediately upon ...

Judge outlines stipulations to stay in business

One way or the other, Perkins is out. If the plan is, as a regional manager said Friday, for the location to remain a restaurant, federal court documents point to a list of requirements that have to be met. The owner: ¯ will not compete within 3 miles of any Perkins Restaurant; ¯ will not disclose any confidential information; ¯ will return all confidential information to Perkins; ¯ may not directly or indirectly identify the restaurant as a current or former Perkins; ¯ may not use nor imitate any Perkins trademark, nor use any symbol that suggests a connection with ...