WPPA / T-102 RADIO NEWS / Friday

08/18/06 TWO VEHICLE CRASH IN PINE GROVE TOWNSHIP

ACCORDING TO STATE POLICE AT SCH. HAVEN A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AROUND 11PM TUESDAY NIGHT ON CAMP ROAD IN PINE GROVE TOWNSHIP.35 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER MCGRATH OF PINE GROVE WAS TRAVELING WEST ON ROUTE 895 AND AS HE MADE A LEFT TURN ONTO CAMP ROAD AND PRECEDED TO TURN INTO THE PATH OF A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY 24 YEAR OLD BRENDA MARTIN ALSO OF PINE GROVE. THE IMPACT OCCURRED IN THE EASTBOUND LANE OF TRAVEL.AFTER IMPACT MCGRATHS VEHICLE TURNED IN A COUNTERCLOCKWISE MOTION AND CAME TO A FINAL REST OFF THE HIGHWAY ON THE EASTBOUND SIDE OF THE ROAD WHILE MARTINS VEHICLE CONTINUES FORWARD AFTER IMPACT COMING TO REST IN A WOODED AREA AFTER STRIKING SEVERAL TREES AND SHRUBS. MCGRATH AND A 1 YEAR OLD CHILD WERE TRANSPOTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES. PASSENGERS IN BOTH VEHICLES WERE WEARING THEIR SEATBELTS, AND BOTH VEHICLES SUSTAINED SEVERE DAMAGE AND HAD TO BE TOWED FROM THE SCENE.


08/18/06 CONSRUCTION ITEMS STOLEN IN PINE GROVE TOWNSHIP

STATE POLICE AT SCH. HAVEN ARE INVESTIGATING A BURGLARY THAT OCCURRED ON ROUTE 443 IN PINE GROVE TOWNSHIP SOMETIME BETWEEN SATURDAY AUG 12TH AND MONDAY AUG. 14TH. ACCORDING TO REPORTS SOMEONE ENTER A HOME IN THE AREA OF TRUMBO ROAD AND REMOVED ITEMS OWNED BY SUPERIOR 3 CONSTRUCTION. AMONG THE ITEMS WERE A WET SAW VALUED , A MITER SAW , 4 LOCK AND DEAD BOLT SETS, AND 6STEPLADDERS .ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL STATE POLICE AT 593-2000.


08/18/06 WIND FARM IS IN THE WORKS FOR SCH. COUNTY

THE FIRST OF 13 78 METER TALL WINDMILLS WILL BE ERECTED AT LOCUST RIDGE WIND FARM IN MAHANOY TOWNSHIP IN EARLY SEPTEMBER.ACCORDING TO THE POTTSVILLE REPUBLICAN 12 OTHER WINDMILLS WILL BE PUT UP BY THANKSGIVING. JOSEPH GREEN SENIOR PROJECT DEVELOPER OF THE WIND FARM SAID THAT THESE WILL BE THE LARGEST AND SOME OF THE FIRST TO BE BUILT IN SCH. COUNTY.EARLIER IN THE MONTH, MINERSVILLE BOROUGH RECEIVED A 30FT. TALL WIND TURBINE, A 3.7 KILOWATT UNIT, THROUGH A STATE GRANT TO FEED POWER TO THE BOROUGH SWIMMING POOL.GREEN CAME UP WITH THE PLAN TO START THE WINDMILL FARM IN MAHANOY TOWNSHIP TWO YEARS AGO. GREEN ALSO SAID THE POWER GENERATED WILL BE SOLD TO A UTILITY.THE PROJECT IS BEING FUNDED BY WIND ENERGY MARKETER AND DEVELOPER COMMUNITY ENERGY INC. OF WAYNE PA. IN FEBRUARY THE SCH. COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISION APPROVED A VARIANCE TO ALLOW THE PROJECT TO OPERATE ON 1,038 ACRES ZONED CONSERVATION/RESIDENTIAL. ACCORDING TO GREEN THE WIND FARM WILL ACTUALY BE LOCATED ON 25 ACRES. A PERMANENT METERORLOGICAL TEST TOWER WILL ALSO BE ERECTED WITH THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING LONG TERM METEOROLOGICAL TEST DATA TO DETERMINE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE LOCUST RIDGE WIND FARM TURBINES.


08/18/06 GOVERNOR TO ATTEND PIG ROAST

GOV. ED RENDELL HAS ANNOUNCED THAT HE WILL BE ATTENDING U.S. REP. T. TIM HOLDENS ANNUAL PIG ROAST TODAY. THE EVENT TAKES PLACE FROM 4 TO 10PM, WITH RENDELL ARIVING AT 6:15 AT THE ST.CLAIR FISH AND GAME GROUNDS ON LAWTON STREET. FOR TICKETS CALL 622-0519.