Stories for December 2003
Stories for Wednesday, December 17
New Information In Serrano Death Investigation
Authorities in Centre County gave a press conference yestersay to discuss new developments in the Peter Serrano death investigation. Police found Peter Serrano unresponsive in an alley behind the Rathskellar Bar in downtosn State College in October. The bouncers had to subdue Serrano after an altercation outside the bar, Serrano ...
No Commuter Tax In Johnstown?
The economically distressed city of Johnstown is looking to get rid of its commuter tax by selling its regional sewage treatment plant. Because Johnstown is a distressed city, it can get permission to levy the tax on the earned income of those who work in the city. Officials will seek ...
Two Area Communities To Raise Taxes
Ebensburg officials will raise property taxes for the first time in six years because they say they need to keep up with rising health insurance costs. Ebensburg Borough Council this week approved a two-and-a-half mill real estate tax increase to fund its 2004 operating budget of two-point-seven (m) million dollars. ...
Stories for Tuesday, December 16
Johnstown Put On The Map
With the cut of a ribbon- Congressman John Murtha and military officials unveil a new shop for vehicle maintenance. It's already completed, but five other projects are on the way. Congressman Murtha said, at the groundbreaking this morning, "They gotta be trained, they gotta be ready. These kind of facilities ...
Conemaugh Leading The Way In Technology
Conemaugh Health System is leading an effort to build a 20 (m) million dollar technology complex that could bring more than one-thousand jobs to the region. Workers have started construction on the Regional Technology Complex, in Richland Township, outside of Johnstown. The complex, described as a public-private partnership, will specialize ...
Stories for Monday, December 15
Downtown Johnstown Welcomes New Businesses
The positive news for Johnstown continues with a tour of three new businesses in the downtown area. A technology business and two retail stores have recently opened their doors in the city. Organizers of the Discover Downtown Task Force held a tour on Monday of Applied Ordinance Technology, Smoke City ...
Community Group To Take Over Theater
The State Theater, in downtown State College, is now in the hands a community group that's bringing the theater back to life as a community arts center. Sid and Helen Friedman, today, turned over the deed to the theater, to the group, State Theater, Inc. Fundraising has collected nearly 3 ...
Penn State Newest Innovation
Groundbreaking ceremonies, for the third phase of Penn State's Innovation Research Park, took place yesterday morning. Officials say the completion of Interstate 99, with an exit to the research area, is proving to be a major recruiting tool. Companies from as far away as England and California are looking at ...
One Of "Happy Valleys" Own Died Over Weekend
Ross Lehman, who wrote a popular column for the Centre Daily Times for more than a quarter century and helped popularize the region's "Happy Valley" nickname, has died. He was 85 years old. Lehman, who also served as the director of the Penn State Alumni Association from 1970 to 1983, ...
10-Year-Old Girl Remembered
About 300 people attended a memorial service for a ten-year-old Centre County girl who died of carbon monoxide poisoning from a leaking natural gas furnace last month. Abigail Yeagley was killed in the November 30th accident along with her father, 43-year-old Andrew Heckman. Abigail was remembered in Sunday's service at ...
Stories for Friday, December 12
Murtha On Hand For Ceremony
As efforts continue to plan and develop a national memorial at the Flight 93 crash site, a Somerset County coal company has stepped forward to help advance that project. PBS Coals, a Somerset County mining company, announced today it's donating land in the core area of the Flight 93 crash ...
CCACC Pulls Out Of Negotiations With Vo-Tech
There's a new development in the plans for the future of a Cambria County technical school building. Cambria County Area Community College has officially withdrawn its lease proposal for the Greater Johnstown Career and Technology Center. The plan was for the college to share the building with the technical school. ...
Stories for Thursday, December 11
Johnstown Teen Accused In A Series Of Robberies
A Johnstown man, already facing charges for a Somerset County hold-up, is now accused of armed robbery in Cambria County as well. Byron Boswell had been accused of robbing the Puff 'N' Snuff tobacco store in Riverside on November 30th. Now, Richland Township police say Boswell held up Robynn's Shoppe ...
Huntingdon County
Flooding - it's been an on-going concern most of this year with all the rainy weather we've had to deal with. Now, the combination of rain and melting snow has created more than a concern in Huntingdon County. Around Huntingdon Borough, Stone Creek flooded several roads this morning, forcing the ...
Altoona-Blair County Airport Anticipates Turbulent Times
Officials say the number of people flying out of the Altoona-Blair County Airport will be down by about 40 percent this year because an anticipated surge in Thanksgiving holiday travelers didn't happen. In all, more than 5,200 passengers used the airport from November 30th. That's down by about three-thousand compared ...
Stories for Wednesday, December 10
Accused Robbers Behind Bars
A trio of accused robbers are behind bars. Police say they're behind a string of convenience store hold ups across Blair County. State Police say they were staking out stores after several were robbed over the past 2 weeks. That's when they nabbed Jay Szramowski and James Schaltenbrand of Pittsburgh, ...
Could Robberies Be Linked?
Three people have been arrested after leading police on a hotfooted chase after they robbed a local convenience store. Allegheny Township Police say around 10:30 last night , the Uni-Mart in Allegheny Township was hit yet again by another armed robbery. This is the fifth in a series of robberies ...
Stories for Tuesday, December 9
Electricians With True Holiday Spirit
Electricians came together to show off their holiday spirit in Blair County. The town of Claysburg bought holiday decorations only to find that there was no where to plug the lights in on the poles. To make matters worse running the electrical wiring to do so would cost over $10,000. ...
Pittsburgh Applies For A Distressed Status
Officials in Pittsburgh could be granted a distressed status. The State Department of Community and Economic Development is holding a hearing tonight to help in the decision. If the application is approved, it would give the city the power to hire a budget expert who could, among other things, recommend ...
State College Newspaper Man Headed To The Sunshine State
A newspaper executive in State College is heading to Florida. Henry Haitz III, publisher of the Centre Daily Times, will assume the same post next month at the Bradenton Herald. The 39-year-old Haitz, who has degrees from Bloomsburg University and Penn State, joined the Centre Daily Times in 1996 and ...
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