Sandy Lake News

Grove City area girls Alisha Henry and Elizabeth Weber , both 16, will serve as alternates to the new Mercer County Dairy Princess Lena Aiken , also 16, from New Wilmington.

Theme: "Crocodile Dock." Info: 724-342-7729. * 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. July 13 through 17, for ages 4 through adult.

Pennsylvania is bearing the brunt as General Motors Corp. and Chrysler Group L.L.C. end their associations with many dealerships.

Patrick Connelly/Allied News Mercer County Commissioners Ken Amman, Brian Beader and John Lechner met Thursday night in Grove City's council chambers as the board made one of its four stops of meetings around the county.

Thank you for Charlie LeDuff's wonderful story on Walker Chevrolet, our family's GM dealership in Sandy Lake, Pa.

Volunteers from area Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion posts will host the Memorial Day service, which begins at 2:30 p.m. May 24 in Veterans Memorial Garden at Crestview Memorial Park.

Voters did not wait around to the general election to choose three new districts judges, although they still have to give the official nods in November.

South Pymatuning Community Church, 3400 Tamarack Drive, is starting its new "Sons of Aaron" motorcycle ministry at 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays beginning May 6 and running weekly through mid-October. A 20-minute outdoor Bible study at the church's covered picnic pavilion and a group prayer time will precede a group ride starting at 7:05 p.m. The rides will ...

Annuals, perennials, vegetables, grasses, herbs, ornamental grasses, dwarf and ornamental conifers and trees will be available, as will garden-related items.

March was a busy month for Chapter Q, Gold Wing Road Riders of Warren. They had a dinner ride to the Fernwood Inn on March 7 with 14 people attending.

Building a booster station to pump water to customers in South Pymatuning Township could cost $100,000 less than supervisors expected.

The public is invited to the annual dinner of the Mercer County Historical Society on April 24.

Anglers fishing the Allegheny River near the mouth of Bull Creek had been catching walleyes, some reportedly as large as 12 pounds, up until a week or so ago, said Matt DeMichele of Allegheny Bait and Tackle in Tarentum.

United Way of Mercer County officially ended its 2008-09 campaign on March 31, with more than $1.07 million in donations and pledges.

Cost is $8 for adults and $4 for children ages 12 and younger. Takeouts available.

James R. Baughman, 65, of 228 Onondaga Ave., Warren, Pa., died unexpectedly on Saturday, March 21, 2009 at Hamot Medical Center, Erie.

* Sharon High School class of 1956 meets for lunch at noon Wednesday at Bob Evans, Hermitage.

SANDY LAKE, Pa. a ' The McKeever Environmental Learner Center is seeing blue and purple a ' birds, that is.

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Benefit provides girls' day out By Monica Pryts Herald Staff Writer LAKEVIEW - Young girls learned proper table manners with chocolate milk and cookies while women of all ages enjoyed tea, finger foods and good ...