Tax extension

Tax extension

NEW CASTLE, Pa. — Lawrence County Treasurer Richard L. Rapone will extend the date to pay county taxes at the face value to Thursday.

To accommodate taxpayers who receive their checks at the beginning of the month, the treasurer will give taxpayers the courtesy and additional time to satisfy their 2009 county tax before the 10-percent penalty is incurred.

All taxpayers wishing to receive the face amount must have their payments in to the county treasurer’s office by 4 p.m. Thursday. Mail payments postmarked by that day also will be accepted. The penalty phase of county tax collections will begin after that date.

Police alerts online in several townships

GOSHEN — The police district that covers Goshen and Green townships and Beloit Village can transmit information to residents by e-mail, cellular phone or the Internet.

The district has become a user of Nixle.com, a community information service designed to deliver timely information to residents.

Police can send e-mails or text-message alerts on everything from traffic updates, road closings, missing persons, crime warnings and weather hazards.

The service is available at no cost to residents or police. It uses the same model as Twitter while adding security measures. The program allows police to send alerts from within a half-mile to a 20-mile radius of where something is happening.

For more information and to receive the updates, visit Nixle.com.

Upgrades planned for traffic signals in Salem

SALEM — Ohio Department of Transportation District 11 will begin work July 6 to upgrade 14 traffic signals on state Route 14 (State Street) through the city.

Traffic signals from the state Route 45 bypass to Wal-Mart will get new controllers, vehicle and pedestrian signal heads, pedestrian push buttons, curb ramps, video detection, wireless interconnect and replacements of the current closed-loop system.

Traffic will be maintained by law-enforcement officers when needed, especially during replacement of the signal heads at each intersection.

ODOT’s contractor for this $631,782 project is Perram Electric Inc. of Wadsworth. The completion date is Oct. 15.

Fire reignites at house

YOUNGSTOWN — Firefighters fought a blaze at an Idlewood Avenue home early Friday evening and returned a few hours later when it rekindled.

The fire at 2803 Idlewood initially was reported around 5:30 p.m. Firefighters returned to the house around 8:10 p.m. No one was injured and the fire remains under investigation.