Donora News

Mayor John Lignelli Thursday implored borough residents to turn out in force Wednesday when PennDOT officials conduct a public meeting to discuss the future of the Donora-Monessen Bridge.

NEW EAGLE An in-house study estimated it would take less than half of an architectural firm's nearly $12 million price tag for making repairs to reopen two Ringgold School District elementary centers as middle schools, the school board learned tonight.

Jeff Pikulsky is a Valley Independent staff writer and can be reached at 724-684-2635 or via e-mail. Sitting in a backroom at the carpet and flooring business he has run on Main Street in Monongahela since 1975, Amoroso reflected on his early days as an entrepreneur.

For the third time since the bridge connecting Donora and Webster closed in July 2009, state officials will conduct a public session to discuss the span.

A Donora woman who caused traffic to come to a stop in Monongahela Jan. 23 by walking around in nothing but underwear is facing criminal charges.

California Borough police this morning arrested two men during a traffic stop for possession of what was termed a large amount of marijuana.

Police said a woman who stopped traffic in a Washington County city when she strode topless down the street and threw her shoes at a car could face criminal charges.

Fuller, 50, is the newly appointed executive director for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Training and Development.

The merry-go-round of capital improvement projects and the brass ring of building openings and closings is spinning wildly in the Ringgold School District.

Police say a woman who stopped traffic in a western Pennsylvania city when she strode topless down the street and threw her shoes at a car could face criminal charges.

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