Tim Custer News Today

The price is right for Dane Dyson. When the 22-year-old Yough Senior High graduate realized it would cost him $22,000 to attend a career school to learn the tricks of the plumbing and heating, ventilation and air conditioning trades, he opted instead to join a local union apprentice program. Dyson,

Gov. Wolf announced $297,000 in new funding to help Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 354 meet the demand for a certified, well-trained workforce in 14 Pennsylvania counties.

GARRETT — Heaping-to-overflowing bins at the city’s recycling site near the street barn on East Quincy Street last week drew complaints from Garrett residents. “I’m sure you got hammered last week,” Councilman Tom Kleeman said to Mayor Todd Fiandt at Tuesday’s council session, regarding complaints about the mess at the site. Citizens have posted photos and dozens of comments showing the mess on social media since Christmas. “I haven’t been able to give a ...