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Area/Region News in Brief

Pool passes

are on sale

Pool passes for the Warren Municipal Outdoor Pool are on sale. Pick up applications at the Warren Municipal office or the Warren County YMCA. Discounts are available for those who purchase passes before June 1.

Check the City of Warren website at www.cityofwarrenpa.gov for prices.

Private parties are also available for Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings at the pool, and the pavilion is available to rent for afternoon parties. To book parties or to check availability, contact Cathy Peterson at 726-0110, ext. 116.

Recycling

in Youngsville

For a three-month trial, Youngsville Borough will have two recycling pick-up days.

June’s recycling pickup will be Wednesday, June 10 and 24. July’s recycling pickup will be Wednesday, July 8 and 29. August’s recycling pickup will be Wednesday, Aug. 12 and 26.

For more information, visit the borough website: youngsvilleboro.org.

All ANF

sites opening

All of the Allegheny National Forest’s recreation sites will be open and fully operational by 8 a.m. Friday, May 22, in time for the Memorial Day holiday. This includes picnic areas, campgrounds, motorized trails and boat launches.

With the busy summer recreation season starting, ANF staff reminds anyone who camps in dispersed camping areas that federal regulations require that when campers set up a campsite, it must be occupied during the first night after the camping equipment has been set up. In addition, camping equipment cannot be left unattended for more than 24 hours. Violators could be fined $50, plus an additional $25 processing fee.

Passes for boat launches, day uses and ATV/Off-Highway Motorcycle (OHM) permits can be purchased at any of the Allegheny National Forest offices. In addition, ATV/OHM permits can be purchased from authorized vendors. The list of vendors can be found on the Allegheny’s website.

Costs for passes are: ATV/OHM permit: $10/daily; $35/year; Annual Daily Use Fee (Parking/Launching): $5/daily; $55/year.

For more information about recreational activities on the Allegheny National Forest: Allegheny National Forest website: www.fs.usda.gov/main/allegheny/home or call the Bradford Ranger District: 814-362-4613.

Historic bridge

to be demolished

DONORA, Pa. (AP) – State officials say they expect a century-old western Pennsylvania bridge to be demolished late next month, but the implosion could be delayed until July.

The (Washington) Observer-Reporter reports that workers in Washington County have been removing the concrete deck on the Donora side of the 107-year-old span that carries route 837 over the Monongahela River between Donora and Webster in Westmoreland County’s Rostraver Township.

Dominec Caruso, project manager for the state Department of Transportation, said the long center span and one on each side of the river will be imploded.

The bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

because of the way it was constructed with pins joining its steel beams, but officials say traffic has been decreasing since the 1960s.

Area/Region News in Brief

Democrats to meet

The Warren County Democratic Committee will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 21, at the Jefferson DeFrees Family Center on Second Avenue. The Primary Election results and Warren County Fair booth plans will be on the agenda. All Democrats are invited.

Hundreds

attend vigil

PITTSBURGH (AP) – Hundreds attended a candlelight vigil for a 14-year-old boy shot and killed outside a Pittsburgh housing complex.

Residents gathered Sunday night at the playground outside Turner Elementary School to mourn Kelvin Lovelace of Wilkinsburg.

Authorities say he was standing with a group outside the East Hills Park housing complex shortly after 12:30 a.m. Sunday when a vehicle pulled up and opened fire.

Officials said someone in the group returned fire, and Lovelace was hit. He died shortly afterward at UPMC Presbyterian.

Many at the vigil held candles as Kelvin’s aunt led a prayer. She ended by shouting “Long Live Fat Man,” Kelvin’s nickname, and the crowd repeated the cry.

Relatives afterward called for justice and an end to the violence plaguing the area and other communities in the region.

Driver charged

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Authorities say a driver accused of injuring four police officers at a north Philadelphia accident scene before he was shot and critically injured has been charged with attempted homicide.

Forty-seven-year-old Rudolph Keitt is also charged with aggravated assault, criminal mischief, attempting to flee and reckless endangerment.

Authorities allege that the driver hit a wall May 12, then struggled with responding officers and drove off, striking three officers and injuring a fourth two miles away before he was shot.

Court documents don’t list an attorney for Keitt and a number listed in his name had been disconnected. WCAU-TV reported that attorney Brian Mildenberg said in a statement that the family contends that the episode was due to Keitt’s medical problems, which include a heart condition and a history of seizures.

Dogs euthanized

after virus found

LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) – Animal welfare authorities say more than a dozen dogs have been euthanized at a central Pennsylvania animal shelter after one of the dogs dropped off spread a fatal virus.

The Lancaster County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals says 14 dogs had to be euthanized over the weekend to prevent further spread of canine distemper.

Director Susan Officials said an infected Great Pyrenees had been adopted within 24 hours of being surrendered, but the highly contagious virus spread anyway.

Distemper attacks the respiratory and central nervous systems. Symptoms can take some time to appear, and when they do they’re often mistaken for the common kennel cough, which is also contagious but less dangerous to dogs.

Sentence upheld

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – An appeals court has upheld a 2-to-5-year prison sentence for a man who admitted leaving the scene of a crash that killed a child in northeastern Pennsylvania.

Thomas Letteer Jr. had appealed the sentence saying it was vindictive and that the judge considered factors he shouldn’t have during sentencing.

Letteer pleaded guilty to leaving the scene after hitting 5-year-old Kevin Miller in Wilkes-Barre.

But he said his sentencing did not require evidence that he was intoxicated and should’ve received a lesser sentence.

The state Superior Court dismissed the appeal Friday noting that Letteer’s “deceitful and untruthful” statements to police were indicative of his capability of rehabilitation.

After Kevin’s death, his family led calls to change Pennsylvania’s hit-and-run law.

Area/Region News in Brief

Hospice donations

Hospice of Warren County, a non-profit affiliate of Warren General Hospital, received contributions in April in memory of Grant Anderson, William “Bill” Anderson, “Patch” Baker, Nancy Blum, Harold Bunce, Richard Case, Joe Casel, Aaron Corbin, Gerald Crossley, Marie Mead Cullen, Jack Donovan, Robert Eccles, Jack Flaisman, Catherine “Kay” Freeborough, Shirley Gardner, Joseph Goldthwaite, William Greeley, Jane Greenlund, Dallas Haight, Clyde Harman, Albert Hoffman, Wilma Hutley, Marilyn Jones, Charles Kerekanich, Joann Kerekanich, Patty Kerekanich, Nancy Kitelinger, Dorothy Klink, Angelina Kujava, Violet Lawson, Brenda Bonace Martin, “Hal” Miller, Ross “RJ” Morell Jr., Betty Morrison, Audry Papalia, Jeanne Parisi, Marie Passaro, Lloyd J Paul, Shirley Perkins Raymond Peterson, James “Jim” Saines, “Bruno” Salerno, “Slim” Salerno, Teresa Sanden, Frank Saporito, Tom Saporito, Richard Shick, Beverly Sisson, Louise Stanton, Charles “Chuck” Still, Becky Stone, Gary Stone, Nancy Stone, Caroline “Konky” Tridico, Jim Tridico, Tom Tridico, P.J. Wiggers, Florence Wightman, Ruth Williams, Ivan Worokey.

Hospice Residence roof maintenance donated by Scott Taylor Construction in memory of Margaret Taylor.

Donations were also received in honor of Lisa To and Ron Wagner.

Those wishing to make a donation may do so to Hospice of Warren County at P.O. Box 68, Warren, PA 16365 or online at www.hospiceofwarrencounty.com/donations. Donations support the comprehensive Hospice Program, including the John and Orpha Blair Hospice Residence, Palliative Care Service, DeFrees Support Program, and Bereavement Services.

Kindergarten

registration

The Warren County School District will hold an additional day of registration for all children planning to enroll in kindergarten for the 2015-2016 school year on Wednesday, May 20, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Central Office building, 6820 Market St., Russell.

Those who missed registration in February are encouraged to attend this make-up day. To be enrolled, children must have been born on or before Aug. 31, 2010.

4th of July

group meeting

The Warren County 4th of July Organization will meet at 6 p.m. Sunday, May 17, at DeFrees Playground on Fourth Avenue (beside the Boy Scout office). The organization is in need of volunteers for the celebration, which is scheduled for July 1-4.

WCJ releases

work crew stats

During April, Warren County Jail Inmate Work Crews performed 1,253 hours of community service.

Projects were completed for the Warren County Jail, Warren County Commissioners, Warren County Courthouse, Warren County Sheriff, Lander VFD, Mead Township, Betts Park, Women’s Club, Cinco de Mayo Race, Loomis Cemetery, Oakland Cemetery, Warren County Fairgrounds, Paws Along the River, Russell VFD, Clarendon Borough, Salvation Army and Werner Park.

If a non-profit or governmental agency is interested in using an inmate work crew for community projects, contact the deputy warden or the work release coordinator at 723-2486.

Road closure

On Wednesday, May 20 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Glade Township’s road crew will close lower Egypt Road between Wright Road and the bridge at the township line. The closure, which is weather dependent, is necessary to replace sluice pipes.

Liquor law

enforcement

Officers assigned to District Enforcement Office 8 in Erie of the Pennsylvania State Police’s Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement, are charged with enforcing liquor laws and related provisions at over 1,118 establishments licensed by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board in Erie, Crawford, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer, Venango and Warren counties.

The following are activities reported for April: Number of complaints received, 50; number of times licensed establishments were visited, 150; number of licensed establishments where age compliance checks were conducted, 18; number of establishments that sold alcohol to an underage buyer, 3; number of violation letters issues for violations of liquor laws, 20, number of warning letters issued for violations of liquor laws, 21; number of citations issued for underage consumption, possession, etc., 4.

Medical pot

hits opposition

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – The Pennsylvania state Senate’s bill legalizing medical marijuana has landed in a House committee headed by a Republican who opposes the authorization of any drug without the federal government’s approval first.

House Health Committee Chairman Matt Baker said Friday he has no plans to take up the Senate’s medical marijuana bill – or any medical marijuana bill, for that matter.

The Tioga County lawmaker says Pennsylvania’s Legislature has never approved a drug outside the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval process. Baker says his position is identical to the Pennsylvania Medical Society’s stance.

State charges

town officials

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – State prosecutors say four current or former board supervisors from a northeastern Pennsylvania town are under arrest for misusing a $50,000 grant to help build an emergency management structure and then trying to conceal the misuse.

The attorney general’s office filed the charges Friday against the four Exeter Township residents.

Prosecutors say township officials applied for and received the grant in 2006.

However, $17,000 allegedly went to contractors who had personal relationships with the defendants.

, inflated their costs and billed for unrelated services and materials. The project was canceled after just a stone pad was constructed and the defendants filed paperwork in 2008 that allegedly sought to conceal the money’s misuse.

Evidence also allegedly shows that two of the defendants didn’t perform hours of labor that they reported in 2007.

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