http://www.meadvilletribune.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Tue, 13 May 2008 00:02:00 +0000 http://www.meadvilletribune.com/local/local_story_134000335.html http://www.meadvilletribune.com/local/local_story_134000335.html Only eight years after its founding in 1904, The Spirella Company Inc. was Meadville’s principal industrial institution, employing one out of every 27 local residents and occupying 180,000 square feet of floor space. Worldwide, approximately 8,000 workers were engaged in making, fitting and selling Spirella corsets. Mon, 12 May 2008 23:51:00 +0000 http://www.meadvilletribune.com/local/local_story_133235142.html http://www.meadvilletribune.com/local/local_story_133235142.html Dressed in a plaid kilt-and-sweater combination — pinned with a police badge with a strip of black tape over its center — Jack Brickner carried his bag pipes into the Crawford County Courthouse assembly room Monday. Mon, 12 May 2008 21:55:00 +0000 http://www.meadvilletribune.com/local/local_story_133215522.html http://www.meadvilletribune.com/local/local_story_133215522.html Sun, 11 May 2008 22:00:00 +0000 http://www.meadvilletribune.com/local/local_story_132220004.html http://www.meadvilletribune.com/local/local_story_132220004.html President Richard J. Cook’s commencement address wasn’t just a farewell to the 2008 graduating class, but was also one culminating his 12 years at Allegheny College. Sun, 11 May 2008 21:57:00 +0000 http://www.meadvilletribune.com/local/local_story_132215837.html http://www.meadvilletribune.com/local/local_story_132215837.html It’s hard to find a Crawford County youngster who hasn’t made at least one trip through the Crawford County Firemen’s Association Fire Safety House — and association members want to keep it that way. Sun, 11 May 2008 21:56:00 +0000 http://www.meadvilletribune.com/local/local_story_132215552.html http://www.meadvilletribune.com/local/local_story_132215552.html RANDOLPH TOWNSHIP — Students from Maplewood High School have done it again, with the junior varsity team placing fourth out of 23 schools at the national level in the third division during the 24th Annual Junior Engineering Technical Society competition. Sun, 11 May 2008 14:47:00 +0000 http://www.meadvilletribune.com/local/local_story_132145104.html http://www.meadvilletribune.com/local/local_story_132145104.html Allegheny College President Richard Cook presided over his final graduation Saturday in the David V. Wise Athletic Complex giving out degrees to 554 students. Cook himself was awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters honorary degree in recognition of his life’s work and dedication to the school during his 12 year tenure as president. Sat, 10 May 2008 23:22:00 +0000 http://www.meadvilletribune.com/local/local_story_131224540.html http://www.meadvilletribune.com/local/local_story_131224540.html In his first spring commencement address since being appointed the 16th Edinboro University of Pennsylvania president, Jeremy D. Brown Ph.D. conferred degrees upon 831 students Saturday. Sat, 10 May 2008 22:39:00 +0000 http://www.meadvilletribune.com/local/local_story_131224018.html http://www.meadvilletribune.com/local/local_story_131224018.html Crawford Central School District began advertising for new general construction and plumbing construction bids Friday after the initial bids for the renovation of First District and Second District elementary schools came in $1.3 million over budget. Sat, 10 May 2008 22:06:00 +0000 http://www.meadvilletribune.com/local/local_story_131220939.html http://www.meadvilletribune.com/local/local_story_131220939.html Edinboro held its Spring Commencement Saturday giving out 831 degrees. Sat, 10 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.meadvilletribune.com/local/local_story_130235710.html http://www.meadvilletribune.com/local/local_story_130235710.html Fri, 09 May 2008 23:58:00 +0000 http://www.meadvilletribune.com/local/local_story_130235908.html http://www.meadvilletribune.com/local/local_story_130235908.html Jury selection will begin Monday in Crawford County Court of Common Pleas for a Meadville man facing multiple charges stemming from a shooting last July 15 at Theodore’s Bar in Meadville. Fri, 09 May 2008 23:57:00 +0000 http://www.meadvilletribune.com/local/local_story_130235817.html http://www.meadvilletribune.com/local/local_story_130235817.html Richmond Township Board of Supervisors has approved the hiring of two new road workers for the township — one of whom is the supervisor chairman who voted to hire himself and will now replace another supervisor as a paid employee. Fri, 09 May 2008 22:43:00 +0000 http://www.meadvilletribune.com/local/local_story_130224354.html http://www.meadvilletribune.com/local/local_story_130224354.html Thu, 08 May 2008 23:27:00 +0000 http://www.meadvilletribune.com/local/local_story_129232811.html http://www.meadvilletribune.com/local/local_story_129232811.html Elaine Schmidt and Joanne Watts both anticipate even bigger and better changes in their lives when the new Lakeland/Valley Regional Senior Community Center in Linesville opens later this year.