25 Years Ago

Herald of Feb. 11, 1999

The Department of Environmental Protection gave William Cowan of Martinsburg RR 2, owner of the Steam Pump Dam on Halter Creek near Ore Hill, three months to draw down the dam before it could pass inspection.

Roaring Spring Borough Council was not happy with the reply it received from PennDOT when the council asked for a lower speed limit of 30 mph on part of the Route 36 bypass, between the Spang Street intersection on the north and Spruce Street on the south.

The congregation of Trinity United Methodist Church, Roaring Spring, celebrated 100 years of ministry in it...