Eighty Four News

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.

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.

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

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

“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

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

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

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

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

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

“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

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

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

Chambersville Road in Rayne in Indiana County will be temporarily closed at the railroad crossing between Miller Drive and Route 119. via PittsburghLIVE.com

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

“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