Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Patch will make a $1 donation to AmeriCares for every tweet with the hashtag #PatchRebuilds.
You can help rebuild communities that were hit by Hurricane Sandy by donating cans of food, volunteering for cleanup efforts—or simply sending a tweet. Patch is excited to announce our new effort to help support devestated communities after the storm. For every tweet sent with the hashtag #PatchRebuilds, we will donate $1 to the AmeriCares Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Fund, up to $125,000. Your contribution will go toward medical and humanitarian aid, grants and programs to help Sandy survivors. You can simply tweet the hashtag #PatchRebuilds, or go to our Patch Rebuilds website,rebuilds.patch.com, and tweet directly from the site. A customized tweet that starts “My heart belongs to…” is created from the Patch Rebuilds website, and …
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Is Mother Nature playing tricks on us? Here's the forecast from the National Weather Service.
Just as Pine-Richland residents got used to the idea that Superstorm Sandy was not going to wreak havoc upon us, we awoke to snow on Halloween. It's as if Mother Nature said: I'm going to give you one of each in different weather categories. Wind, rain, flooding warnings, blizzard warning for the mountains of neighboring states, summer temperatures in late October and ... snow on Halloween. At least trick-or-treaters won't freeze on Halloween night—trick-or-treating is postponed until 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday. A flood advisory remains in effect until Thursday morning for the Ohio River, which has risen to 18.6 feet as of 4 a.m. Wednesday because of recent rainfall, according to the National Weather Service. The river level is expected to …
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
No road closures or flooding reported in the area, but a tree hit a house on Applewood Drive in Richland.
Despite dire warnings about the wrath of Superstorm Sandy, the weather did no major damage in the Pine-Richland area. "Actually, we fared pretty well," Northern Regional Police Chief T. Robert Amann said Tuesday morning, noting no road closures or major flooding issues have been reported. But, a tree hit a house on Applewood Drive in Richland during the storm, he said. "We're watching areas that have had flooding in the past. For now, there are no major problems," Amann said. The flood-prone areas are: In Marshall Township, police are monitoring the Brush Creek area near Northgate Drive and Warrendale Road. No traffic problems were reported overnight, the chief said. "There was not much traffic out there," he said. While watching he …
Cindy Cusic Micco
11:04 am on Wednesday, October 31, 2012
I just heard Bing Crosby singing "Let It Snow" at Walmart. Happy Halloween! more ›