Atglen News

ATGLEN, Pa. - November 11, 2009 -- Schools in the Octorara school district are dismissing early on Wednesday afternoon following a bomb threat.

It was a short day for some students in part of Chester County, after a bomb threat on Wednesday morning.

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Two schools in the western part of Chester County are on lockdown after a bomb threat.

Long-awaited repairs to the East First Street Bridge in Birdsboro could begin as early as next week.

Photo by Ted Lutz This section of the Kinzua Bridge State Park near Mt. Jewett is closed during a project to add an observation deck atop six towers for the bridge.

Pennsylvania is going after another chunk of the $8 billion in federal stimulus funds available for high-speed rail projects.

Pennsylvania recently submitted applications to the federal government for $3.1 billion from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to make high-speed rail improvements, Governor Edward G. Rendell announced today.

Waynesboro borough officials have strongly curbed their enthusiasm regarding big rigs traveling through town.

The two massive steam generators headed to Three Mile Island are continuing their journey through Lancaster County Wednesday.

Brubacher's crew used a Caterpillar 330C excavator with bucket and breaker, a Caterpillar 324D excavator with grapple, a Komatsu PC300 excavator with bucket, and two Caterpillar 963 track loaders, along with 14 to 16 dump trucks.

Well, he's unofficially an Eagle Scout. He has completed his project - making canes for the elderly - but hasn't had his court of honor.

The public is invited to follow a trail of escaped slaves and Underground Railroad derring-do Saturday, Sept.

Construction is scheduled to begin Monday on an Athens Township bridge that was damaged when it was struck by a vehicle last year, according to a press release from PennDOT.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has an $8 billion pool of funds for high-speed rail projects and $7.2 billion for broadband development.

Dewey Oldham cuts his way through some of the beams used in the original West College Avenue bridge, built in 1934.

Thieves used torches to cut locks at a construction site recently, state police said, stealing tools from five Lancaster County companies.

Thieves used torches to cut locks at a construction site recently, state police said, stealing tools from five Lancaster County companies.

And due to bids that have been on average 15 percent lower than expected, even more money soon could be available.

Carlisle-area motorists will have one more piece of road construction to avoid Monday when repairs begin on a bridge carrying East North Street over LeTort Spring Run.