25 Years Ago

Herald of Oct. 28, 1999

The Roaring Spring industrial neighbors of New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co. were joined by approximately a dozen residential neighbors in urging the Department of Environmental Protection to deny a mining permit revision that would allow NES&L to dig 50 feet deeper in its Roaring Spring dolomite quarry.

Voters in Blair County will see only one contest for countrywide office when they go to the polls next Thursday, while voters in Bedford County will need to decide five contests for courthouse row offices.

A fast-moving fire fueled by tons of hay destroyed a Pine Creek ba...