Leslie Baum Rossi, the Unity woman who created the Trump House, was chosen Saturday to be the Republican candidate in the May 18 special election to fill the vacancy in the 59th District State House seat created by the death of Mike Reese.
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Leslie Rossi, the Unity woman who created the Trump House, stands outside the White House where she was an invited guest last August when President Donald Trump accepted the party’s nomination to seek for re-election.
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Leslie Baum Rossi of Unity was chosen Saturday to be the Republican candidate in the May 18 special election to fill the vacancy in the 59th District State House seat created by the death of Mike Reese. Rossi, the sixth person from the left, was greeted by supporters outside the special meeting of Republican conferees in Ligonier.
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Gaston County commissioners are expected to green light the construction of a one-of-a-kind fiber prototyping center at Gaston College’s Kimbrell Campus in Belmont later this month.
Commissioners recently agreed to vote on a transfer of $5.3 million Gaston County CARES Act funding to Gaston College for the college’s proposed Fiber Innovation Center – a state-of-the-art addition to Gaston College’s Textile Technology Center to help test and develop new fiber products for the center s clients.
Such a center would develop and test products - such as personal protective equipment commonly used to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and “smart textiles” for the defense industry - made with a number of innovative, engineered properties, such as ceramics, metals, composites and electronic materials, among many others.
Five Republicans — four from Westmoreland County and one from Somerset County — are seeking the party’s nod to run in the May 18 special election to fill the vacancy in the 59th District State House seat created by the death of Mike Reese. The 42-year-old Republican from Mt. Pleasant
A new deal signed by leaders at Gaston College and Belmont Abbey will pave a quicker and more-affordable path for local students to earn a bachelor s degree.
Gaston College President John Hauser and Belmont Abbey College President Bill Thierfelder established Belmont Abbey Connect, a direct-entry program which enables students to apply their credits earned at Gaston College to a bachelor’s degree at Belmont Abbey.
“We have a long history and a strong partnership for working with Belmont Abbey College and it continues to grow,” Tonia Broome, Gaston College’s dean of arts and sciences, said Tuesday.
“The program prioritizes the students’ ability to receive financial aid, admission, registration and orientation communications early in the transition process. This will set students up for success at both institutions.”