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Grant funding will help remediate former Wellston manufacturing facility
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WELLSTON, Ohio (WSAZ) – The McNally-Pittsburg in Wellston has been a staple within the metropolis for greater than 100 years. Nonetheless, the businesses that when known as the power residence have left space and it’s now used as a metropolis storage.
Mayor Charlie Hudson says they’ve been attempting to promote the constructing for years.
“It’s actually onerous to promote one thing that doesn’t have a clear invoice of well being from the EPA,” Hudson mentioned.
The mayor says the 120,000 sq. foot facility is structurally sound. The issue lies inside just a few spots the place chemical compounds have seeped into the bottom. With the assistance of the Jackson County Financial Improvement Partnership and a $705,000 grant from the state of Ohio, crews will be capable of clear up these drawback spots.
“By cleansing it up, what they do is that they take away the entire tainted soil till they get to a degree the place it’s not tainted anymore. Then they create in clear backfill soil and fill it up,” mentioned Mayor Hudson.
As soon as that’s full, Hudson hopes an organization could also be desirous about shopping for it. He believes it’s the good residence for any manufacturing firm.
“It will imply one thing, not just for the town, however for the county and area. Appalachia has migrated from a coal neighborhood to essentially simply service trade. We do have some mild manufacturing, however we’ve got individuals with a powerful work ethic and no place to work. The extra those that we will get nice jobs within the metropolis and county, the higher off our area shall be,” Hudson mentioned.
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11 families displaced after apartment fire in McCandless
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Multiple families displaced after fire tears through McCandless apartment building
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North Huntingdon Township making changes to emergency alert system
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NORTH HUNTINGDON, Pa. (KDKA) — North Huntingdon is moving to a new way to send alerts to residents.
The township says residents will soon be able to update contact information, subscribe to different alerts, and get push notifications through an app.
The transition is set for July 15, 2024, and the township says all existing alert subscribers will be shifted to the new system called Everbridge, but people will need to create an Everbridge account to use the new features.
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