Jeff Himler | Tribune-Review
Dollar General opened this store on Jan. 27, 2021, along eastbound Route 30 at Smith’s Hill Road in Unity.
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Dollar General has opened a new store in Unity on Route 30 becoming the retail chain’s third location along a 7-mile stretch of the highway.
The new store, located at the intersection of Smith’s Hill Road, is situated between plaza-based Dollar General stores at the Latrobe 30 Shoppes, farther east in Unity, and at the Eastgate Plaza in Hempfield, to the west.
Unity Township Municipal Authority will pay more for sewage it sends to Latrobe for treatment.
The authority expects it will be able to handle that unanticipated expense this year, but it could affect a rate hike being eyed for Unity customers in 2022.
Like other customers whose sewage is treated by Latrobe Municipal Authority, the Unity authority faces a jump in rates beginning in April.
The Latrobe authority is increasing its usage fee per 1,000 gallons, from $2.50 to $3. A monthly fee to cover administrative and operational expenses also will go up, from $6.50 to $7.
Those rate increases are expected to cost the Unity authority an additional $125,000 this year, according to the authority’s operations manager, Doug Pike.
Jeff Himler | Tribune-Review
Santa waves to carloads of parents and kids passing by during the township’s drive-thru holiday event on Friday, Dec. 11, 2020, next to the township building on Beatty County Road.
Jeff Himler | Tribune-Review
Carloads of parents and kids line up for Unity’s drive-thru holiday event on Friday, Dec. 11, 2020, next to the township building on Beatty County Road.
Jeff Himler | Tribune-Review
From left: Santa and helpers Lisa Pope of Latrobe and Darlene Upson of Unity, wave to carloads of parents and kids passing by during the township’s drive-thru holiday event on Friday, Dec. 11, 2020, next to the township building on Beatty County Road.