Grapeville News

A man pulled from under a trailer home in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, late Wednesday afternoon has died.

Hempfield supervisors Monday declared the former Westmoreland Glass factory site in Grapeville a public nuisance and have given the owners a deadline to clean up the area and raze the decaying buildings and huge brick towers that loom over Norfolk Southern railroad tracks.

Share + Sep 1, 2009 10:58 pm US/Eastern Reporting Ralph Iannotti NORTH HUNTINGDON Click to enlarge 1 of 1 One official estimates as many as 300 to 400 geese have taken up residence in the popular park, creating a health hazard because of the goose droppings they leave on grass, running path and even in the lake itself.

GRAPEVILLE, HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pa., July 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Beacon Redevelopment Industrial Corp.

GRAPEVILLE, HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pa., July 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Beacon Redevelopment Industrial Corp.'s President, Rick Blackburn, arrived in Pennsylvania over the weekend.

Shortly after the June 17 storms that devastated parts of Westmoreland County, the Jeannette Area Disaster Fund was established to help residents dealing with the aftermath of the flooding.

Beacon Redevelopment Industrial Corporation previously announced negotiations with respect to a third party seeking to acquire control of the company.

Matthew Richard Snyder closed his eyes and choked back tears as he told the friends and family of Christopher Allen Hays that he accepted responsibility for causing the 18-year-old's death last year.

The new president of Beacon Pennsylvania Holdings asked Hempfield supervisors Wednesday for at least another 120 days so he can raze the former Westmoreland Glass plant in the township's Grapeville section and salvage bricks from the decaying site.

A group of teenagers said they were taken aback by the extent of damage they saw in Jeannette on Wednesday, one week after it was ravaged by flooding caused by powerful thunderstorms.

Beacon Pennsylvania Holdings, a subsidiary of Beacon Redevelopment Industrial Corp.

Teams from the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency and Westmoreland County fanned out across flood-devastated areas Friday assessing damage from storms Wednesday night that turned meandering streams into raging rivers of destruction.

Aubrey Richardson, 12, swoops in with her plastic spoon to catch some chocolate ice cream oozing over the side of her banana-split boat.

The company that planned to develop the former Westmoreland Glass plant site in Hempfield says it has received an offer to sell controlling interest in the company.

Once the pride of the "Glass City," it's now a rusted, asbestos-laden shadow of its former glory.