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🌱 How a Barkeyville Road crash turned deadly for a Mercer driver

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In today's newsletter:

  • How a Barkeyville Road crash turned deadly for a Mercer driver
  • How two new DEP permit decisions could shape Mercer County's future.
  • How upcoming permits could reshape air and water rules in Mercer County

Also on today's calendar: Wilmington at Mercer and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Mostly cloudy and warmer, with a high of 71 and low of 54 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Cloudy, temps: high: 74, low: 60.
  • Thursday: An afternoon shower in spots, with a high of 79 and low of 54 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 1 person killed, another injured in Pine Township crash (alliednews.com) — A Mercer resident was killed and another driver seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash on Barkeyville Road in Pine Township, with state police saying neither man was wearing a seat belt. The wreck drew multiple Mercer County emergency responders and closed the area while crews towed both heavily damaged vehicles and the coroner pronounced the Mercer driver dead at the scene.
   

• September 28 - Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available (blogspot.com) — State environmental regulators are inviting public comments on two major industrial permits in Mercer County: a stormwater permit for new data center buildings and an electric substation in Sharon, and an air quality permit renewal for the NLMK Farrel steel plant. This statewide digest also highlights growing scrutiny of AI-related data centers, energy use, and pollution, giving Mercer residents context for how similar projects are being handled across Pennsylvania.
   

• 500 Feet Isn't Enough! The Protective Buffers PA Coalition Will Hold A Rally At The State Capitol In Harrisburg Oct. 7 Calling For Increasing Setbacks From Shale Gas Drilling To Protect Public Health… (blogspot.com) — Statewide environmental advocates are rallying in Harrisburg on October 7 to push for larger buffer zones between shale gas wells and homes, schools, and water sources. For Mercer County residents, the notice includes chances to comment on stormwater permits for new data center buildings in Sharon and an air-quality permit hearing for the NLMK Pennsylvania steel plant in Farrell, potentially affecting local air and water quality.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Is anyone interested in a "free" spider plant!
    This started as a very small baby plant at the beginning of the summer and I had put it outside as my cat wanted to use it as cat nip and it had done… (Nextdoor Lake Latonka)
  • WABTEC posted a job opening for Off-Shift Assembly 1 in Grove City. Apply here.
  • Tapestry, Inc. posted a job opening for Cashier II in Grove City. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mercer here.

🗞 Nearby News

Grove City

  • See the sights as Akron Marathon runners sprint through the city (signalakron.org)
  • One hundred years of Homecoming (gcc.edu)
  • Richard T. Baker, Howland, Ohio (wkbn.com)

Hermitage

  • Francis 'Rack' Bornes, Hermitage, PA (wkbn.com)
  • Richard Dennis Pallini, Hermitage, PA (wkbn.com)

Sharon

  • Penn State Laureate to present collaborative poetry event at Shenango campus (psu.edu)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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