The Herald, Sharon, Pa.

Local News

August 19, 2008

News briefs Aug. 20, 2008

Paving bids within budget for Patagonia streets



HERMITAGE — Bids came in on target to pave Sheridan and Ethel streets and Ashland Drive in Hermitage’s Patagonia section.

The low bid opened Tuesday, $138,960, was tendered by Sharon Paving and Construction, Sharpsville. Three other bids ranged from $141,742 to $202,361.

City officials set aside $156,340 for the work.

Bids will be reviewed by city engineer Herbert, Rowland and Grubic and city solicitor Thomas W. Kuster, and commissioners are expected to award a contract Aug. 27.

The project will complete the paving of streets and improvement of storm water management in Patagonia, all funded by federal Community Development Block Grants.

Feds indict Mexican man arrested on interstate



FINDLEY TOWNSHIP — A Mexican man arrested in Findley Township has been indicted by a federal grand jury on a charge of reentry of a deported alien.

Vicente Perez-Gomez, 31, was with a 43-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy when their vehicle was stopped for a traffic violation at 11:05 a.m. Aug. 8 on Interstate 80, state police said.

None of the occupants could show proof that they were allowed to be in the United States, and they were turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, state police said.

Perez-Gomez was indicted Tuesday, said the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Pittsburgh.

Although Perez-Gomez could face up to 2 years in prison if convicted, most illegal immigrants arrested in Mercer County who are convicted of illegal reentry have been sentenced to the time they serve in jail awaiting their case to be completed, and then are turned over to immigration authorities for deportation proceedings.

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    The owners of the Brookfield Subway restaurant have been paying their employees less than minimum wage, shorting them on overtime pay and violating child labor laws for two years, a federal lawsuit alleges.

    February 7, 2012

  • Insecurity: Firm loses more local clients

    Reynolds Area School District is scrambling to find people to work security at upcoming games after finding out the Pittsburgh-area security firm they were using had some guards who were convicted felons or sex offenders.
    “That was a shock, believe me,” said school board President John Lowry.

    February 7, 2012

  • School budget predictions improve

    The upshot to planning for a worst-case scenario is it makes any change an improvement.
    Such is the case with Farrell Area School District’s finances, business manager William Dungee told school board members Monday.

    February 7, 2012

  • Chief gripe: Cramped quarters

    In Sharpsville, the long arm of the law needs room to stretch out.
    Police Chief Keith Falasco told council members Monday night that his department’s current space “is at the least inadequate,” and after off-and-on talks over the years to make improvements, he said the time has come.

    February 7, 2012

  • Pets perish in house fire

    A Sharon family’s home was heavily damaged in a Saturday night fire that killed their pets.

    February 6, 2012

  • Kelly rallies GOP faithful

    Mercer County Republicans agreed it was time for a change from the current administration at their annual Lincoln Day dinner Saturday night at Hempfield Station One Banquet Center, and Congressman Mike Kelly called not only for change but for more accountability.

    February 6, 2012

  • Mother leads charge for son’s autism therapy


    Gov. Tom Corbett’s budget cuts are preventing children with autism from getting the help they need.

    February 5, 2012

  • Victim describes armed robbery at her home

    Charges were held to court Friday against a Sharon teen charged as an adult in an October armed robbery.

    February 4, 2012

  • Overheated motor starts small fire at gas well

    Jamestown volunteer firefighters put out an accidental natural gas well equipment fire Friday morning in Greene Township that started when a pump motor overheated.

    February 4, 2012

  • Burglary was man’s solution to money woes

    The end of 2010 was “a crazy time in my life,” Grant T. Lockhart told a judge Thursday.

    February 4, 2012