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Big company, small town: 84 Lumber, Eighty Four, Pennsylvania
Posted Jun 23rd 2008 2:28PM by Carol Vinzant Filed under: Management , Competitive strategy , Entrepreneurs This post is part of our Big Company, Small Town series, featuring large companies and the small towns ...
Numerous people appeared in Washington County Court recently on criminal charges.
Retired general renewed by course
Forty years ago, Bill Ely stood on a hilltop overlooking his parents' 250-acre farm in Washington County.
William McVay, decked out in traditional Civil War garb, had hardly picked up the replica musket when a little boy nearby screeched in anticipation.
3 charged in $18,000 metal theft
Two men and a teenager from Bethel Park were charged Thursday by North Strabane Township police with the theft of more than $18,000 in rails, angle bars and tie plates from an Allegheny Valley Railroad bed last ...
“Today, each green at Rolling Green has at least four sprinkler heads. The fairways and tees have sprinklers which are all connected to a variable-speed, computerized pumping system.”
The weather was less than promising at daybreak, and Russ Wylie remembers the rain against the windshield as he and his friends drove toward South Park. via O-R Online
Ametek Names Hoctor Regional Sales Manager, Europe
EIGHTY FOUR, PA Ametek Specialty Metal Products named Peter Hoctor regional sales manager for Europe, responsible for sales and marketing the company's full line of products. via Circuits Assembly
Mortgage Crisis Stifles Housing Supply Chain
“Nationwide, demand for wallboard (drywall) is down 30 percent”
Ron DaParma and Sam Spatter Suppliers to the nation's home construction and remodeling industries are suffering as a result of the mortgage and credit crisis. via Professional Builder
5 dead, 7 hurt after truck, van collide south of Pittsburgh...
Officials in Pennsylvania say at least five people are dead following a collision between a tractor-trailer and a van carrying residents from a group home for the mentally disabled. via KXMA-TV Dickinson
Violent Crash In Eighty Four Claims Several Lives
A tractor-trailer slammed into a van at the intersection of Route 136 and Brownlee Road in Eighty Four, Washington County this morning - killing several peolple. via Kdka.com
Truck hits van carrying mentally disabled; 5 killed
EIGHTY-FOUR, Pa. - A tractor-trailer slammed into a van carrying mentally disabled people on a trip to the Pittsburgh Zoo, flipping it onto its side, crushing it against a building and killing five people. via Chicago Tribune
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5 dead as van carrying mentally disabled crashes in Pa.
A tractor-trailer slammed into a van carrying mentally disabled people on a trip to the Pittsburgh Zoo, flipping it onto its side, crushing it against a building and killing five people.
Witnesses told investigators the van stopped at an intersection and then pulled right in front of the semi on a rural highway. Crews worked for several hours Thursday to remove all the bodies from the van. Seven people were injured.
The accident happened about 9:45 a.m. in Somerset Township, about 30 miles south of Pittsburgh, minutes after the van had left a group home in Bentleyville. Read more
Tractor-Trailer & Van Collide In Washington County
State police are on the scene of a violent accident involving a tractor-trailer and a van this morning in Washington County. via Kdka.com
Mortgage Crisis Halts Construction
“People had said it may be turning around late last year, but now they're saying there might not be a turnaround until 2009.”
Suppliers to the nation's home construction and remodeling industries are suffering as a result of the mortgage and credit crisis. via KnowledgePlex.org News
Man guilty in theft of rare monkeys in Washington County
A Greene County man pleaded guilty Thursday to stealing a pair of rare African monkeys from the Wild World of Animals compound in Eighty Four. via Pittsburgh Tribune
Va. Tech Marks Shooting Anniversary; Local Victims Still In School
A moment of silence marked the one-year anniversary of the Virginia Tech massacre, one of the worst mass shootings in modern U.S. history. via WTAE-TV Pittsburgh
Railroad crossing to close for work in Indiana County
Chambersville Road in Rayne in Indiana County will be temporarily closed at the railroad crossing between Miller Drive and Route 119. via PittsburghLIVE.com
Mid-Ohio Valley Lumber Store Closing
Nationwide declines in the housing market continues to hit the Mid-Ohio Valley. WTAP News has learned that the Williamstown 84 Lumber facility is one of 30 stores nationwide that's shutting down. via WTAP-TV Parkersburg
84 Lumber closes another 30 stores, St. Louis locations not affected
“As we continue to assess our store operations and current state of the new home construction market, we are decisively closing stores that are operating in unprofitable markets and consolidating others in metro markets”
St. Louis Business Journal - by Business First of Columbus Blaming slowing housing starts, 84 Lumber Co. via St. Louis Business Journal
Frank J. Coccagna, 83, 1849 Leedy Dr. died 2:25 a.m. Tuesday April 8, 2008 in the Chambersburg Hospital after a brief illness. via Chambersburg Public Opinion