Meyersdale News

The Tribune-Review can be reached online or at 412-321-6460. Two Somerset County men have been charged with rape and a third with statutory sexual assault.

U.S. Sens. Arlen Specter and Bob Casey on Thursday announced that the Senate Appropriations Committee has approved federal funding for several Pennsylvania projects, including the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville.

Two Somerset County, Pa., men were arrested early Friday during a traffic stop on state Route 36 in the Portertown Road area, according to the Allegany County Bureau of Police.

Beautiful gardens filled with flowers and vegetation are being planted around Connellsville.

BY RUTH RICE RRICE@TRIBDEM.COM Summer art camps throughout the region will allow students' artistic sides to bloom.

A Berlin man was charged indecently assaulting two woman at a Berlin tavern late Friday and early Saturday, then breaking into one woman's home and assaulting her again.

The takeaway from a Continental 1 meeting Wednesday was much the same as it has been for years: Completion of Route 219 has plenty of local support but needs government funding.

Customers visiting a post office to purchase stamps or mail a package should take a look around.

PennDOT representatives will be in Somerset County this summer preparing property appraisals for right-of-way purchases needed to extend Route 219 from Somerset to Meyersdale.

The Cumberland Astronomy Club will kick off its International Year of Astronomy observance on Friday and Saturday.

Nearly $12 million is flowing into the area for state-mandated sewage repairs designed to help alleviate pollution.

Police say speed contributed to a one-vehicle crash Friday in Somerset County that killed a Cambria County man.

Bob Stiles can be reached via e-mail or at 724-836-6622. Two banks took control Friday of a Somerset County attraction, hoping to write a new beginning for Storybook Castle in Meyersdale.

The replacement of a 120-year-old water line in Meyersdale is progressing, municipal authority supervisor Bill McKenzie said.

Hazardous material cleanup crews were called on Sunday after a tanker truck hauling milk overturned in Summit Township Somerset County officials reported that the 7:16 a.m. spill occurred after the tractor-trailer overturned at 2922 Mason Dixon Highway, Old Route 219 spilling about 6,000 gallons of milk.

There are a number of camping sites at trailheads along the passage as it leads from the Mon Valley in Allegheny County to communities in Westmoreland, Fayette and Somerset counties and western Maryland.

The Storybook Castle opened in Meyersdale in 2006 with the promise of attracting tourists to the Somerset County town.

Two Pittsburgh residents have been charged with leaving a small container of marijuana outside the main entrance of State Correctional Institution-Cresson on Sunday afternoon.

Four people were flown to hospitals in Pittsburgh and Altoona early today after they were found to be suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning.

BY TOM LAVIS TLAVIS@TRIBDEM.COM There's nothing sweeter to the visitors of the Pennsylvania Maple Festival than savoring that small-town flavor.