Link to September 27 Jamestown Post-Journal article.The Art Deco landmark has been vacant since 1973, though, and for years the DJDC, the city of Jamestown and the Jamestown Urban Renewal Agency have together been working on renovating the structure and turning it into a multi-use downtown hub.
Mark Hamilton of S. Taylor Construction measures for a new window as part of the exterior maintenance work being done on the Struthers Library Theatre in part of the Quasquicentennial Celebration.
Link to September 26 Buffalo News article.
By 2035, traffic on 10th Avenue South would be reduced 7 percent to 22 percent if the full South Arterial were built, and traffic on Fox Farm Road would be cut by 52 percent north of 45th Avenue Southwest, a draft report said.
Planners estimated the South Arterial from Interstate 15 to 13th Street South would carry 10,000 to 17,000 vehicles per day, justifying a four-lane road in that section. The road would shrink to two lanes from 13th to 57th streets, because less traffic would be expected on that section.
An anticipated speed limit on the road would be 60 miles per hour.
Deborah L. Bidwell, 58, a resident of the Warren Manor Nursing Home and a former resident of Jefferson Court, Brookville, Pa., died Tuesday morning, September 23, 2008 at St. Vincent Health Care Center, Erie, Pa. after an extended illness.She was born June 9, 1950 in Pittsburgh, Pa. She resided most of her life in Warren, Pa. where she graduated from Warren High School Class of 1968.
She was known as a loving mother and grandmother and doted on her poodles, LuLu and Shelby.
She is survived by her father, John Friedrich of Clarion, Pa.; one daughter, Amanda McElhatten and her husband, Brett of Warren, Pa.; one son, Specialist Jared Bidwell stationed with the U.S. Army in Iraq; two brothers, Jack Friedrich and his wife, Lisa of Washington, Pa. and Mark Friedrich of Clarion, Pa.; one sister, Janet Ochs and her husband, Ted of Lucinda, Pa.; three grandchildren, Adison Bidwell of Youngsville, Pa., Mackenzie and Brodie McElhatten both of Warren, Pa. and several nieces and nephews also survive.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Margaret Johnston Friedrich.
Link to September 23 Warren Times Observer article.Breeze Point Landing, the area near the Clark St. parking garage and the site of a yet-to-be built second set of townhouses offer a less than appealing appearance.
Weeds, mounds of dirt and unfinished streets are amidst the gazebos and riverwalk.
Link to September 20 Rockford Register-Star article.
Link to September 19 Warren Times Observer article.The newly constructed Route 62 overpass of Route 6 opened at approximately 9:30 a.m., according to Jason Daley, PennDOT construction manager for the project.
While the overpass is open, there are diverted traffic patterns for motorists.
Daley said the eastbound traffic on Rt. 6 will continue to be diverted over the off-ramp until rehabilitation on the Rt. 6 bridge over Irvine Run is completed.
Terry Lee Peterson, 56, of 252 Chad Dr., Warren, died on Saturday, September 13, 2008, at his residence, following an extended illness.
Mr. Peterson was born March 29, 1952, in DuBois, the son of Carrie ''Dea'' (Pifer) Peterson, Starbrick, and the late Harold ''Sonny'' Peterson. He was a 1969 graduate of Warren Area High School, and worked as a parts manager for a local car dealership and later at Galbreski's in Sheffield.
Mr. Peterson was a former member of the First Lutheran Church and enjoyed woodworking.
In addition to his mother, he is survived by two daughters, Nicole Klark, Warren and Hilary Payne, Kane; two brothers, Dennis Peterson and Rodney Peterson, both of Warren; two nieces; three nephews; two aunts; and several cousins.
In addition to his father he was preceded in death by a son, Chadwick Peterson.
Link to September 15 Warren Times Observer article.Forest Supervisor Leanne Marten signed a closure order on Wednesday which prohibits rock-climbing or rappelling on any cliff, rock or stone face in the developed area of the Rimrock Overlook.
The developed area of the Rimrock Overlook includes railings and structures intended for public viewing of the Allegheny Reservoir and surrounding lands.
Link to September 13 Oshkosh Daily Northwestern article.
Link to September 11 Warren Times Observer article.
Link to September 11 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article.More than 75,000 vehicles a day travel the 1.1-mile-long tunnels, a lifeline between the city and the South Hills.
Signals at both ends result in stop-and-go traffic and, often, long, slow queues. As a result, many smokers light up inside the tunnel, and when they're finished, they throw the butts out the window.
Large fans used to blow motor-vehicle exhaust fumes out of the tunnel also sweep some of the butts outside.
Other butts roll down Saw Mill Run and West Liberty Avenue ramps at the southern end, collecting at the bottom at the curbs or around traffic islands. The same thing happens at the McArdle Roadway-Liberty Bridge intersection.
While tossing cigarette butts on public property constitutes littering and could be subject to a fine, police rarely, if ever, enforce the law.
So many cigarettes accumulate in drains inside the tunnels that the grates have to be removed at least once a year and the butts have to be sucked out by a truck-mounted vacuum. The annual butt cleaning costs PennDOT about $6,000.
Nora Lee Dickson, 56, of 6 Dahl Street, Warren, died on Saturday, September 6, 2008, at the Warren Manor, following an illness of the past several years.Miss Dickson was born May 14, 1952, in Middlebury, Vermont, the daughter of Anna (Grant) Dickson, Warren and the late DeWitt Dickson. Nora received a BA in Education from Vennard College and worked as a school teacher, and later in the bakery at Thorne's Bilo. She was a member of the First Church of the Nazarene, where she was active in the Sunday School, the Nursery, and other programs. She lived in the Warren area from 1961-1978, moved to University Park, Iowa and Stockton, Calif., before returning to Warren in 2000.
In addition to her mother, she is survived by, a brother, Douglas Dickson and his wife, Sharon, Newton, Mass.; two sisters, Ruth Ann Ramey, Goreville, Ill. and Ellen Guild and her husband, Paul, Hill, NH; six nieces, five nephews, and seven grand nieces and grand nephews.
In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by a brother, David Dickson.
Audeane S. Goerlich, 80, of 1202 Penn. Ave. W., Warren, Pa., went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, September 6, 2008, at the Warren General Hospital.Mrs. Goerlich was born August 11, 1928, in Warren, the daughter of the late Rev. John H. and Dortha (Tipton) McCoy. She completed her high school education at the Allentown Bible College.
Audeane was employed as a bookkeeper at Rexnord Thomas Coupling, Inc. for several years, and later in her husband's office, Jim's Used Cars. She was member of the Warren Christian and Missionary Alliance Church and was an active Secret Sister. She sang with the Sweet Adeline's, and in her earlier years enjoyed playing piano, guitar, and singing with her sister. Audeane loved crafts and designing floral arrangements and read her Bible faithfully everyday.
She is survived by her husband, James R. Goerlich, whom she married on August 10, 1946, in Bethlehem, Pa.; two daughters, Sandra G. Geer, Winter Haven, Fla. and Bonnie K. Tower, Warren; a son, Milton R. Goerlich and his wife, Linda, Jacksonville, Fla.; a sister, Bethel E. Fink, Warren; two grandsons, James M. Goerlich and his wife, Jessica, Guerneville, Calif., and Mark Goerlich, Christiansburg, VA; three, granddaughters, Kelly Weary and her husband, Ed, Waterford, Pa., Jennifer G. Goerlich, Jacksonville, Fla. and J. Nikki Dove, Christiansburg, VA; seven greatgrandchildren, including, David Latimer and Nicole Latimer, both of Waterford, Pa.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a sister, Shirley Vitez; and two sonsinlaw, Barton L. Geer and Clinton C. Tower.
Link to September 8 Warren Times Observer article.
Link to September 7 Jamestown Post-Journal article.The Army Corps of engineers' priority for the reservoir is flood control, hydroelectric power at the dam, low-flow augmentation of the Allegheny River from the dam to Pittsburgh, and recreation.
Link to September 7 Rockford Register-Star article.
Link to September 7 Buffalo News article.Just two weeks into the fall semester at the University at Buffalo, the school’s Main Street campus and the neighborhood around it have been the scene of three violent crimes.
Last Sunday, a freshman who stepped outside to get some fresh air was grabbed from behind and raped.
Four days later, a young woman walking across the campus was attacked by two men. They beat her, and then one held her down while the other sexually assaulted her.
And then early Saturday morning, a UB senior was hospitalized after he suffered a serious head wound during a fight that broke out just south of the campus.
The violence has students and community residents nervous and university officials and law enforcement working hard to put an end to the violence and crime that have long plagued the area.
Link to September 6 Springfield Republican article.
Link to September 4 Jamestown Post-Journal article.The building is slated to house upscale residential apartments on the upper floors as well as three new commercial storefronts on the ground level. A fourth storefront will serve as a grand entranceway to the building.
The second floor will house the banquet room for the adjacent Fenton Grill, which Taylor said is very close to completion. He said the soon to open upscale restaurant's elegant design and furnishings will flow seamlessly into the new banquet room.
