The Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed Friday the lengthy sentence imposed upon the Bedford woman who, along with her husband, hoarded nearly 100 animals in their home, leading to the death of five of those animals. Renee Lynn Piper, 65, and co-defendant Nyal Barton Piper, 83, were ...
Blair County Planning Commission members Thursday gave a positive review to plans for construction of a quick service restaurant in Logan Township. Lancore for 415 Orchard Associates LLC plans to construct a 3,488-square-foot quick service restaurant with associated drive-thru, parking, utilities, stormwater, landscaping and lighting at 1414 Sterling St. The Logan Township Zoning Ordinance would typically require 33 parking spaces for developments of this type; however, the applicant proposed to reduce the onsite parking to 18 spaces, with the remaining required spaces provided by ...
A friend asked the other day how I was doing and I replied, OK. “OK?” he repeated, wide-eyed. “That doesn’t sound good.” “Actually at my age, OK is pretty good,” I responded. The truth is, I am getting to the age when I am starting to feel tired at times. I also have a long ...
Cambria County PennDOT is developing plans for the replacement of three bridge-structures on Route 53, two in Gallitzin Township and one in Dean Township, Cambria County. The project consists of box culvert replacements on the two bridges in Gallitzin Township, one over Patty’s Run and one over Bradley Run, and a steel I-beam replacement on the bridge over Lost Creek in Dean Township, with minimal approach road work. Detours will be implemented during construction. A public meeting and plans display is scheduled to be held from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, at the Ashville Volunteer ...
An expert from the Center for Watershed Protection recently explained to the Intergovernmental Stormwater Committee board what obligations will be imposed by an upcoming five-year permit from the state Department of Environmental Protection. Instead of the requirement in the expiring permit to reduce the amount of sediment carried annually into area streams in the urbanized areas of the nine municipalities by a targeted number of pounds, the requirement in the new permit will be to reduce the amount of stormwater that flows into those streams by a targeted number of cubic feet, ...
State and municipal inspections are done annually for all food establishments. Reports can be viewed online at the state Department of Agriculture’s website at https://www.pafoodsafety.pa.gov/web/inspection/publicinspectionsearch.aspx Disclosure: Please remember that any inspection is a ‘snapshot’ of the day and time of the inspection. An inspection conducted on any given day may not be representative of the overall, long-term cleanliness of an establishment. Also, at the time of the inspection, violations are recorded but are often corrected on site prior to the inspector ...
