Stories for February 2005
Stories for Wednesday, February 23
Club Under Investigation Following Deadly Accident
Police say Windber teacher, Frank Blair, Junior, had a blood alcohol level more than twice the legal limit when he got behind the wheel of his truck and caused a head-on collision with a single mom, killing her instantly. Now, the Windber club where Blair was allegedly drinking earlier in ...
Neighborhood Damage
A Hooversville neighborhood dispute boiled over in Tuesday's Borough Council meeting. Now, residents want something done about the problem. Neighbors say they have evidence of damage to one home that now has cameras attached to it. The police chief and neighbors suspect different families are vandalizing and damaging, even egging, ...
Rendell Nominates Upor To Fill Common Pleas Vacancy
Governor Rendell has nominated veteran Somerset County attorney Sandra Upor to replace former county judge Kim Gibson on the common pleas bench. Gibson became a federal judge 16 months ago. Rendell's first nomination, former Somerset County District Attorney David Flowers, was held up in the Republican-controlled Senate, but was later ...
Congressman Hands Out Funds
Congressman John Peterson is on the road handing out funds. The fifth district lawmaker is speaking in Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap Wednesday, and in Punxsutawney and Johnsonburg Thursday. Peterson is to present a $100,000 check to the Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology for new equipment.
Email Virus From The FBI?
A new computer virus could be attacking your email account. Employees at Flood City Internet, in Johnstown, say the email tells recipients that their internet habits are being monitored by the FBI's Internet Fraud Complaint Center. The email then tells you to open an attachment and answer questions, however, that ...
Buried Treasure
Three people have been arrested for last month's burglary at an Omega Bank branch in Huntingdon. Now, one of those people says the money is buried under a fallen tree on top of Jack's Mountain. Former bank employee, Angela Wilson, confessed she gave the bank key to William Holloway, who ...
Park Service Receives Flight 93 Memorabilia
More than 17,000 tributes and mementos left at a temporary memorial to United Airlines Flight 93 were officially given to the National Park Service for possible use in a national memorial. Somerset County commissioners voted Tuesday to transfer ownership of the items left by people visiting the crash site. The ...
Funeral Arrangements For Woman Killed In Car Accident
Funeral arrangements for Erica Boni, who was killed in a car accident on Route 56, near Alvin's Honda Sales, in Windber, are to be held Wednesday. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Francis Ozog Funeral Home along Broad Street. Funeral ...
Stories for Tuesday, February 22
Drunk Driving Laws
Frank Blair, Jr., a Windber School District teacher, tried to pass a car on Route 56 when he hit 24-year-old Erica Boni's car head on. Boni died at the scene. Before getting behind the wheel, Blair had been at the Abruzzi Lodge, a private club in Windber. Patricia Stefanik, of ...
Man Charged After Dogs Attack
A Johnstown man is facing a series of dog law charges after his two pitbulls mauled a pet cat and rabbits in a neighbor's yard. Johnstown police are charging Justin Harris with harboring dangerous animals and not having dog licenses. Last week, Harris' neighbor found the dogs attacking her cat. ...
School Teacher Charged In Death
A Windber Middle School teacher has been charged with killing a woman while driving drunk. According to police, Frank Blair Jr. of Windber had a blood alcohol level of .197 Sunday, when his car crossed the center median on Route 56 near Windber and killed Erica Boni of Johnstown. School ...
Man Charged For Bilking Cash From Churchgoers
John Elwood Snyder, of Bedford, has been charged with cheating churchgoers out of $27,500. He is currently being held at the Bedford County Jail. Police say Snyder allegedly went to churches around Bedford and asked people for investments to help him start a ministry or to help him get out ...
District Officials Frown At Judge's Decision
In a ruling earlier this month, visiting Judge Edwin Snyder from Jefferson County overturned an arbitrator's 2003 ruling that said the Somerset Area School District should pay teachers for three extra days they had to work due to a one-day strike in March 2002. The Somerset Area Education Association, which ...
Egyptian Professor Visits Area University
Monday night, Dr. Abdul Dardery, a professor at South Valley University in Egypt, brought his message to Saint Francis University. His talks are geared toward building bridges of understanding between the audience and the Islamic world. He talked more about the Lenten season and what it means for Catholics and ...
Parents Claim Abuse At Huntingdon School
Three classes of fourth grade students at Southside Elementary in Huntingdon County were forced to stand outside for 20 minutes during recess in 30 degree temperatures as punishment for a choir class disruption. Parents said that type of mass punishment is unfair and uncalled for and the school district agreed. ...
FBI Investigation Prompts Huntingdon School Employee To Resign
Last Thursday a Huntingdon School District employee, Christopher Estep, was sent home on unpaid leave after the FBI seized a school computer. At Monday night's monthly school board meeting, Estep resigned as Middle School Guidance Counselor, a move that was expected by the board. District Superintendent Hervey Hann said, "Basically ...
Stories for Monday, February 21
Nasal Spray Addiction
Doctors say it is the simple, everyday, over the counter nasal spray that can get you hooked. Matt Forsman, who was formerly addicted to nasal spray, says, "I couldn't breathe unless I had it. I would wake up in the middle of the night and I was so stuffed up ...
More Changes When ISG Brings Jobs
Officials say to expect more coal trucks on the roads when the International Steel Group works in the Cresson area. According to Johnstown Redevelopment Authority officials, I.S.G. will work out of three sites: a new shaft along Route 53 in Cresson Township where they'll bring up the coal; the Portage ...
Property Tax Relief Deadline Nears
March 1 is the deadline to fill out forms for property tax relief as part of the Act 72 program. The form is one page with information about the program, Act 72, and directions on how to fill it out. Last July, Governor Ed Rendell signed Act 72 in to ...
School Tax Relief
Applications have been sent out twice across Pennsylvania and so far 6 out of 10 homeowners have returned them. Officials are hoping for even more by the March 1st deadline. That could give homeowners as much as 23 percent lower school taxes, if slots are passed in the legislature. The ...
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