Crescent Tax Hike Causes Headaches for Residents
Crescent Township's Board of Commissioners increased taxes to 6.4 mills for 2013.
Crescent Township's Board of Commissioners increased taxes to 6.4 mills for 2013.
Several bar-goers attempted to subdue a gunman at the Steubenville Pike bar. The shooting killed a North Fayette man.
An Imperial man is suspected in an early morning homicide on Steubenville Pike.
A man enraged by a text message opened fire early this morning inside the Fort Pitt Inn on Steubenville Pike, injuring three and killing one, according to police David Mazzocco, 25, of Imperial, is suspected in the shooting, Allegheny County Police said. Mazzocco opened fire in the bar just before 1 a.m., as about nine people drank inside the establishment. Police believe the man became angry while reading text messages on his phone, then left the bar, returning with three weapons, including a rifle. He then ordered two people to leave the bar, and opened fire on the remaining patrons, police said. It is not known whether the shooting was planned. Police believe Mazzocco was having an altercation with his girlfriend. James Adams, 29, …
Drillers ready to begin natural gas extraction on land surrounding Pittsburgh International Airport.
Energy companies have offered to buy gas and oil rights from more than 300 individuals in Moon and Findlay townships. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports that while the Allegheny County Airport Authority leased some 9,000 acres of land to Cecil-based Consol Energy in exchange for $500 million, some local land owners have been offered as little as $1 per parcel for their land's oil and gas rights. Moon resident Paul McLaughlin told the newspaper he feels "robbed" after leasing his property in 2004 and 2005: “It just seems like we were robbed,” McLaughlin said. “I told my sister, ‘Did you see what these crooks did?' They said there was nothing of value out there. And lo and behold, they're going to make $500 million in the next 20 years…
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Gerry Bell
9:27 am on Sunday, March 3, 2013
I'm not sure if Ms. Staul or any of the commentators here read the Tribune-Review article. The article states that Mr. McLaughlin sold his rights under threat of eminent domain condemnation. He didn't lease them.   more ›