Jennerstown News

Dawn Law is a stringer for the Tribune-Review. Encore performance The first performance at Mountain Playhouse in Jennerstown, Somerset County, took place on June 24, 1939.

Frequently parched Somerset County thinks it has a game-changer in a new $23.5 million pipeline that connects the water-rich Quemahoning Reservoir to a half-dozen communities and rural neighborhoods in the county.

A lightning strike knocked out power for nearly 6,000 customers in the Johnstown area early Saturday, a Penelec spokesman said.

A Somerset County man was jailed Friday on rape charges, state police said. Michael Eugene Lisbon, 28, of Jennerstown, was arrested after a 10-year-old girl accused him of sexually assaulting her in 2006, said Somerset state police Trooper Todd Sherle.

A 76-year-old woman died Sunday afternoon when she was struck by a sport utility vehicle near her home here.

A Jennerstown, Somerset County, man being interviewed yesterday by state police in connection with alleged rape and sexual assault of a child in 2006 was also charged with drug violations when he was found to be in possession of cocaine and marijuana, state police said.

BY RUTH RICE RRICE@TRIBDEM.COM The 10th annual Miners' Memorial Day Weekend, which will be held today through Sunday in downtown Windber, will kick off with a free concert featuring Somerset County Community Band at 7 tonight at Arcadia Theater, 1418 Graham Ave., Windber.

By Alice T. Carter , TRIBUNE-REVIEW THEATER CRITIC Monday, June 15, 2009 Last updated: 4:17 pm Photos The cast Justin Merriman/Tribune-Review 'What the Butler Saw' Produced by : Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre When : Through June 27.

BY RUTH RICE RRICE@TRIBDEM.COM Members of SongWorks, a group of area songwriters, will continue the summer concert series beginning at 5 p.m. Sunday at Roxbury Bandshell on Franklin Street in Johnstown.

West Decatur man killed in motorcycle crash A West Decatur man was killed Thursday around 5:45 p.m. in Graham Township, Clearfield County, after the motorcycle he was riding crashed into an oncoming pick-up truck.

At 83, Roy Smith's health is failing. He knows his time is coming to an end. But there is unfinished business.

State police in Clearfield reported a fatal accident that occurred Wednesday afternoon.

BY TOM LAVIS TLAVIS@TRIBDEM.COM When Mountain Playhouse in Jennerstown opened its doors in 1939, the most popular movie was "Gone With the Wind." Instead of staging the classic American tale in celebration of its 70th anniversary, the playhouse is presenting "I'll Never Be Hungry Again," a musical spoof, beginning June 2 and continuing through June ...

BY TOM LAVIS TLAVIS@TRIBDEM.COM The rock-strong Roxbury Bandshell on Franklin Street in Johnstown will once again be the site of a summer concert series to benefit the continued preservation of the historic structure.

Stage and screen star Sandy Duncan will play Amanda Wingfield in Mountain Playhouse's upcoming production of The Glass Menagerie .

State police are looking for whoever sprayed gang-related images at JMS Recycling, located off South Center Avenue.

BY JANICE RAINEY JRAINEY@TRIBDEM.COM Music in the Mountains, a Christian youth gathering, will be held from noon to 9 p.m. today at Camp Sequanota, west of Jennerstown.

Murder suspect John David Dawson will be in Somerset County jail within 10 days to face charges in the 1981 death of his wife, Kathleen Marie Dawson, District Attorney Jerry Spangler said Wednesday.

Easter cantatas will be presented at the following churches: Moxham Christian Church, 636 Cypress Ave., Johnstown, 10 a.m. Sunday.

Work is scheduled to begin today on replacement of the Beaverdam Creek Bridge on Route 985 in Jenner Township and Jennerstown Borough.