A waste coal-burning, crypto-mining pirate ship sets sail

August 7, 2021

KENNERDELL (AP) — In March 2017, Bill Spence got suddenly, catastrophically sick. A part of his pancreas died. His gall bladder failed. When he got to the emergency room, the doctors found kidney cancer. “Let’s see if you can make it 48 hours,” his doctor told him. Just a few weeks earlier, Mr. Spence, a cheerful tower of a man whose signature ponytail had been updated to a gray man bun, had walked into the Scrubgrass waste coal plant that he had just bought and hung a black pirate flag in the office. The coal plant was a pirate ship, he announced. “We sink or profit ...

Area businesses look to rebound from pandemic as more people take to nature

July 31, 2021

This summer, more people are being drawn to the outdoors, and outdoor activities than in years prior. Local sporting goods businesses and manufacturers of outdoor products have been trying to keep up with the high demand of their merchandise, such as kayaks, camping supplies and ...

Pandemic leaves bike shops struggling in shortages

July 31, 2021

George Gatto’s bicycle shop flourished in summer 2020, as the first pandemic lockdowns eased and bike sales nationwide boomed. This summer, however, is a different story. The demand is still there, but manufacturing warehouses globally are empty, and places such as Gatto Cycle Shop in Tarentum are left scrambling. When the coronavirus restrictions hit in March 2020, Gatto closed his doors. He couldn’t sell anything for months. He even debated selling off his inventory to others in his dealer performance group. But they told him to save his stock and buy as much as he could. ...

American Rescue Workers hires new director of shelters

July 31, 2021

American Rescue Workers (ARW) announced the recent appointment of William Coleman into the position of director of shelters. Coleman previously held the position of case manager/housing specialist at ARW, responsible for working directly with clients in the organization’s two emergency ...

Performance Construction Services Inc., Susquehanna Supply Company merge

July 31, 2021

Performance Construction Services, Inc., a Quandel Company, announced their merger with subsidiary, Susquehanna Supply Company, to form Performance Construction Company. Integrating the two companies offers an established history of heavy civil contracting and construction services solutions to their clients throughout the Mid-Atlantic market. Performance Construction Services, Inc. began in 1995 as the self-performing provider for Quandel Construction Group and has evolved over the years as a general contracting company specializing in heavy concrete, bridges, dams, and water and ...

Companies using state roads to test self-driving vehicles

July 17, 2021

Self-driving cars powered their way across tens of thousands of miles on Pennsylvania roads last year as some of the world’s largest tech companies tested experimental vehicles on the same highways state residents use to shop, commute and get to school. But while the state has no hard laws ...