Jan. 18—SOMERSET, Pa. — Somerset County’s Salary Board will, at times, have new faces sitting alongside the county’s commissioners for votes on raises and wages — county employees themselves. It’s a change being enacted following the advice of the county’s new legal team, which said the county should have department heads or their designated representatives […]
Jan. 13—A man sought with possible ties to a “violent” Somerset crime was apprehended Thursday following a 12-mile chase in the state of Indiana, investigators there said. Somerset County District Attorney Molly Metzgar said her office and Somerset police are in contact with authorities in southern Indiana — but could not discuss specifics on Friday. […]
Jan. 10—SOMERSET, Pa. — Somerset County’s new commissioners are taking a look at the 2024 budget approved by their predecessors in December in an effort to cut costs. For incoming boards, which are expected to live within their spending plans for the coming year, it’s a common — and permissible — move enabling them to […]
Somerset County may lose more than 8,000 members of its population by 2050. The Center for Rural Pennsylvania, in partnership with the Pennsylvania State Data Center, in October released projected population changes by county, through the year 2050. The data shows a continuing change in direction in Pennsylvania’s rural and urban counties, with urban areas […]
SOMERSET — The third victim in a Christmas night crash on Veterans Memorial Bridge that claimed two other lives has died. Donna Arruda, 68, of Seekonk, died Friday afternoon at Rhode Island Hospital as result of injuries she sustained in the crash, the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office said. The crash happened on Christmas night, […]
COLUMBUS — Two local projects were among the 46 to receive Ohio Historical Preservation Tax Credits, through the Ohio Department of Development. In total, 56 buildings will benefit from the $67.5 million in tax credits. Receiving $250,000 in tax credits is the approximate $4.2 million rehabilitation of the Hotel Swisher at 117 to 119 E. […]