Point Marion News

Take a look at this! This bridge in Pennsylvania was demolished with one big implosion! The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation used explosives to detonate The Point Marion Bridge, which was deemed structurally deficient.

The clock is ticking for a Greene County Bridge that runs over the Monongahela River.

The center span of the 79-year-old Albert Gallatin Memorial Bridge begins to fall into the Monongahela River at Point Marion after an implosion this morning.

Pennsylvania's Department of Transportation has used 12 pounds of explosives to bring one of the state's most structurally problematic bridges crashing into a river.

The New Haven Hose Volunteer Fire Company will again sponsor the November restocking of area food banks.

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The Daily Courier is collecting toys until Dec. 14 for its annual Holiday Gift Club to provide needy children in the Fayette County area with a toy for Christmas.

After 79 years of service, a new, $21 million neighbor moved in next door. And now the historic Albert Gallatin Memorial Bridge will be imploded.

Dozens of residents from both sides of the river gathered in Fayette County Thursday to witness the ribbon cutting of the new $21 million Point Marion Bridge that joins Fayette and Greene counties.

A new link between Fayette and Greene counties is set to open Thursday. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held on the new Point Marion Bridge at 10 a.m. The structure carries Route 88 over the Monongahela River.

The new Point Marion Bridge, to the right, was dedicated yesterday. It is adjacent to the 79-year-old Albert Gallatin Bridge that is being retired.

" The $21 million Point Marion Bridge project came to an end Thursday with an official ribbon cutting that opened the new span that carries Route 88 between Greene and Fayette counties over the Monongahela River.

An arrest warrant was issued for a Uniontown man after he allegedly assaulted a woman at a city residence Wednesday night and damaged her car.

Verna Presley covers her nose to block out the smell of rotting fish as she walks along Dunkard Creek with her husband, Ed, on their property near the village of Brave in Greene County.

Geibel Catholic Middle-High School, Connellsville, will celebrate its homecoming on Sept.

Bob Frye covers the outdoors for the Tribune-Review. He can be reached via e-mail . Anglers fishing the Conemaugh River this past week reported catching bass and northern pike on shiners and creek chubs.

Connellsville School lunch prices remain same School lunch prices in the Connellsville Area School District will remain unchanged for the upcoming school year.

Connellsville School lunch prices remain same School lunch prices in the Connellsville Area School District will remain unchanged for the upcoming school year.

The Fayette County Coroner's Office ruled Monday that a woman died from burn injuries in a fire early Saturday that destroyed the home where she lived with her husband.

People getting their drinking water from 11 public suppliers using the Monongahela River may once again be getting a bad taste in their mouths, and the problem could continue, off and on, through the rest of the year.