An abandoned apartment building in Cokeburg was destroyed by a fire Tuesday morning. Cokeburg Fire Company Chief Dave Lambert said firefighters were dispatched to 13 Washington St. at about 3:45 a.m. Lambert described the structure as a two-and-a-half story building split into four apartments. “We had active fire all the way from the second story […]
COKEBURG Theft: Francis N. Falcon, 41, of Washington, is charged by state police with felonies of burglary and theft by unlawful taking. According to the criminal complaint, the morning of Sept. 17 Falcon and Timothy Work entered a home in the 100 block of Lincoln Street and stole about $20,000 of property, mostly tools and […]
In an effort to resolve issues surrounding an aging dam in Cokeburg, a state House Republican Committee hearing was convened Wednesday at Cokeburg Volunteer Fire Department. For more than four decades, Cokeburg Borough and the state Department of Environmental Protection have gone back and forth about the dam, accessible from Route 917. The dam is […]
The Washington County commissioners approved 50 projects to receive $8.7 million in Local Share Account grants during their meeting Thursday, but declined to modify the list to fund a request from City Mission despite pleas from the homeless shelter’s officials to reconsider. The City Mission’s application for $500,000 in Washington County’s casino gambling revenue funds […]