Smithfield NewsLocal news for Smithfield, PA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Ribbon tied, not cut, to mark Resica Falls preservation pact- June 30, 2008 About 40 people, including five Boy Scouts and their leaders, attended the tying of a ceremonial ribbon Thursday to symbolize the preservation and continued use of a 4,000-acre Resica Falls public area in ...http://www.topix.net/city/smithfield-pa/2008/06/ribbon-tied-not-cut-to-mark-resica-falls-p... Wagle leaves Fallowfield for job, bass- June 28, 2008 Aaron Wagle wanted to be a police officer as long as he can remember. "My mom would bring me to Monongahela to shop, and I wanted to be a Monongahela police officer," the Fallowfield Township Officer-in-Charge ...http://www.topix.net/city/smithfield-pa/2008/06/wagle-leaves-fallowfield-for-job-bass?from... 'Professionals' blamed in Fayette County rail theft- June 26, 2008 A nonprofit Fayette County economic development agency is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the people responsible for stealing about 400 feet of steel rails from ...http://www.topix.net/city/smithfield-pa/2008/06/professionals-blamed-in-fayette-county-rai... 'Amateur' archaeologist unearths Poconos' past- June 24, 2008 Many who visit the Shawnee-Delaware area share a sense of awe and wonder for the natural beauty of our surroundings.http://www.topix.net/city/smithfield-pa/2008/06/amateur-archaeologist-unearths-poconos-pas... Dad sues Fayette County for barring him from kids- June 22, 2008 A Smithfield man this morning filed a federal lawsuit against Fayette County Children and Youth Services alleging that the agency removed his children from him -- and has forbidden contact with them for nearly ...http://www.topix.net/city/smithfield-pa/2008/06/dad-sues-fayette-county-for-barring-him-fr... Fayette dad seeking reunion with children loses round in court- June 20, 2008 A Fayette County garbage collector who has been barred from seeing his children for more than a year for having a sexual tryst with their 16-year-old babysitter will have to wait at least another week for any ...http://www.topix.net/city/smithfield-pa/2008/06/fayette-dad-seeking-reunion-with-children-... Father's suit seeks to prevent losing children to foster care- June 18, 2008 A Fayette County man who admits to consensual sex with his children's 16-year-old baby sitter has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit seeking to prevent the county Children and Youth Services from placing his ...http://www.topix.net/city/smithfield-pa/2008/06/fathers-suit-seeks-to-prevent-losing-child... Dead in the water- June 15, 2008 An estimated 5,000 fish were killed this week when a Franconia Township meat rendering plant accidentally discharged waste into Skippack Creek -- the latest in a string of environmental problems with the company, state regulators said.A plugged line at Moyer Packing Co. resulted in a plume of rendering waste that stretched more than a mile downstream from the plant off Allentown Road, said Dennis Harney, a spokesman for the Department of Environmental Protection.About 20 to 30 gallons of waste..http://www.topix.net/city/smithfield-pa/2008/06/dead-in-the-water?fromrss=1 Meeting Wednesday on Smithfield hospital proposal- June 13, 2008 MINISINK HILLS &8212 The public will get its first opportunity Wednesday to question the developer of a proposed 53-bed acute-care hospital in Smithfield Township.http://www.topix.net/city/smithfield-pa/2008/06/meeting-wednesday-on-smithfield-hospital-p... Health-awareness screening set- June 11, 2008 The Smithfield Rotary Club will sponsor a health-awareness screening from 7 to 10 a.m. Saturday at the community center on Water Street in Smithfield.http://www.topix.net/city/smithfield-pa/2008/06/health-awareness-screening-set?fromrss=1 |