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State seeks comment on Freight Movement Plan

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced that the Draft 2050 Freight Movement Plan (FMP), a comprehensive strategic plan for moving goods throughout the Commonwealth, is available for public review and comment on the PennDOT website. The Draft 2050 FMP highlights the Shapiro Administration's commitment to economic competitiveness and safe travel in Pennsylvania. “The 2050 draft plan guides how we support freight movement in the Commonwealth,” said PennDOT Secretary Mike Carroll. “Pennsylvania is the front door to the northeast, so it’s critical that we ...

Tidioute boil-water alert has been lifted

A boil-water alert in Tidioute has come to an end. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection reported earlier this week the test results showed the water system was functioning properly and water could be consumed by users. The advisory was originally issued March 18 after ...

Roofing firms fined in employee harassment issue

A.W. Farrell & Son, Inc., along with two related commercial roofing companies operating in New York and Pennsylvania, will pay $270,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced Tuesday. In the lawsuit, the EEOC charged that a journeyman roofer’s supervisor subjected him to months of unwelcome physical contact, including grabbing the area around his buttocks and jabbing his buttocks with various objects — one time with enough force that the object penetrated him ...

Eisenhower band has capital experience

The Eisenhower Knights Marching band is pictured after their performance at the National Veterans Day parade in Washington, D.C., on Sunday. The band would like to thank everyone who helped make this trip possible.

DEP cites six violations in river oil spill

Approximately one barrel of crude oil entered the Allegheny River on Thursday after a valve on an oil tanker truck was accidentally left open while collecting oil from a storage tank at the City of Warren Department of Public Works garage. According to a statement from City Manager Mike ...

Club hears about WARRN

The Woman’s Club of Warren hosted Jana Beth Dinga, Resettlement Manager, and Sarah Parmeter, ESOL teacher and Social Work Intern, at their Oct. 19 luncheon. Warren Area Refugee Resettlement Network provides the essentials such as housing, clothing, food, transportation, and an ESOL class to ...