Officials from Cheswick, PennDOT, Norfolk Southern and the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission met Friday, July 8, to reexamine the status of a railroad crossing that is at the center of a lawsuit. Cheswick Councilman Michael Girardi said the meeting focused on whether the railroad crossing — at Pittsburgh and Blockdale
Allegheny County’s only coal-fired power plant is set to permanently close in September. Houston-based GenOn Holdings LLC said Thursday it plans to close Cheswick Generating Station in Springdale by Sept. 15. The company said it also plans to close coal-fired power plants in Avon Lake, Ohio, and Newburg, Md. In