New vendor chosen for garbage bags

New vendor chosen for garbage bags
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- The city is switching its garbage bag vendor. Council recently agreed to pay Frontier Bag Co. of Kansas City, Mo, $44,212 for 250,000 garbage bags. Tammi Gibson, city business administrator, explained the city chose Frontier over the current vendor, All American Poly, because of numerous complaints from residents and store owners about the quality and durability of the bags supplied by the Piscataway, N.J., firm. She said it should take about six weeks to get the new bags, but they won't be available until the current supply is used. The new bags cost $1.30 each.
Harmonists lecture set
DARLINGTON, Pa. -- Local historian Wayne A. Cole will present a program on the Harmony Society and its influence on Beaver County railroading and industry at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Reformed Presbyterian Church at First and Plum streets. According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of Pittsburgh, the Harmonists contributed a great deal to the geography, economy and history of Western Pennsylvania. The members of the Harmony Society came to Pennsylvania from Germany to establish a separatist religious sect in 1805. They served God by a strict order and lived by utilitarian means. There is no charge for the program sponsored by the Little Beaver Historical Society.
Relay for Life meeting
YOUNGSTOWN -- The meeting date for the Campbell International Relay for Life Committee and team captains has been changed from Tuesday to 5:30 p.m. Jan. 24 at Organizacion Civica y Cultural Hispana Americana, 3660 Shirley Road. Committee co-chairmen are Rita Lopez, a registered nurse, and Will Pacheco.