Freeport News

With continuing human fallout from the recession mounting, officials at area food banks and food pantries are concerned about meeting a growing demand for their help with shrinking resources.

W L Roenigk bus company, based in Sarver, isn't taking any chances when it comes to germs and swine flu.

A public meeting to provide local citizens and interested parties with information on the trail work being done by the Erie-Pittsburgh Trail Alliance, or EPTA, will be held later this month in Freeport.

Renatta Signorini can be reached via e-mail or at 724-543-1303, ext. 1319. Learning about Kittanning's past and people was the most interesting part of putting together a photographic timeline of the borough's beginnings for writer Diane Acerni.

Carrie Durst, Colin Margo, David Moody, and Kayla Newman were named Commended Students in the 2010 National Merit Scholarship Program by NMSC.

A 49-year-old South Buffalo man died Saturday afternoon of a single self-inflicted gunshot to the chest and falling from the Buffalo Bridge along Route 28, one mile north of Route 356 and the Freeport and Sarver exit.

The following people were committed to Armstrong County Jail during the weekend, according to jail records: * Bryan Charles Feitknecht, 24, of 225 East Brady Road, Kittanning, by the probation office on a probation/parole violation.

Rex Rutkoski can be reached via e-mail or at 724-226-4664. After several years of themed offerings, it's "Anything Goes" at this year's Freeport Kiwanis Kapers Variety Show Saturday.

Bethel Township and Ford City fire departments responded to a vehicle accident along Logansport Road at 9:08 a.m. Sunday.

GSH hosts fall plant sale Thursday Good Samaritan Hospice , a mission of Concordia Lutheran Ministries, will host a Fall Plant Sale on Thursday behind the Lund Care Center to raise funds for GSH patient care and programming.

Michael Aubele can be reached via e-mail or at 724-226-4673. Sunday's service at Harvest Baptist Church in Fawn broke a common rule about moving a church.

Where: Riverside Drive Park, at Riverside Drive and Fifth Street, Freeport, near senior citizens' high-rise. Admission: Free Details: 724-295-6551; www.freeportren.com River of dreams The Kiski and Allegheny rivers add to the festival fun.

Cooper Cabin hosts cider, sauerkraut day Cooper Cabin Pioneer Homestead will host its annual Cider and Sauerkraut Pioneer Day noon-5 p.m. Sunday.

Two bicyclists were taken by helicopter to a hospital after crashing into cars on Wildlife Lodge Road on Sunday morning during the annual Tour De Strongland bike race, officials said.

Tom Yerace can be reached via e-mail or at 724-226-4675. The mission of the Freeport-Leechburg-Apollo Group no longer is something people only hear about: They can see it on display at the group's new office along Fifth Street in Freeport.

South Buffalo and Freeport fire departments responded to a fire alarm at 225 Furnace Run Road at 10:52 a.m. Tuesday.

As part of the Pennsylvania Aggressive Driving Enforcement and Education Project, troopers at the East Franklin station used aircraft to conduct a speeding enforcement detail along Route 28 on Monday.

As part of the Pennsylvania Aggressive Driving Enforcement and Education Project, troopers at the East Franklin station used aircraft to conduct a speeding enforcement detail along Route 28 on Monday.

Freeport Fire Department responded to a fire alarm at 159 Mesa Drive in Butler County at 8:47 a.m. Monday.

Where: Steele Farm, Freeport Theatre Festival grounds, 2498 White Cloud Road, Allegheny Township, just off Route 356, two miles southeast of Freeport.