Posted on January 28, 2010 at 11:09 AM / Permalink
Ten years after hiring its first lay president, St. Vincent College officials yesterday tapped a Benedictine monk to head the 164-year-old Catholic institution. Brother Norman Hipps,
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/westmoreland/s_664286.html
Posted on January 26, 2010 at 9:33 AM / Permalink
After years of haggling with the federal government, the Army Corps of Engineers officially turned over more water storage space in the lake, which serves as a flood-control reservoir.
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/westmoreland/s_664074.html
Posted on January 26, 2010 at 9:30 AM / Permalink
Two local companies involved in the natural gas industry are expecting SteelWater to run deep -- about 6,000 feet deep below the surface in the Marcellus Shale Basin where the thousands of gallons of water used each day to produce gas must be disposed of in an environmentally safe way.
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/valleynewsdispatch/s_657502.html
This project was financed in part by a grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority.