Lawrence County closes courthouse Thanksgiving and Christmas weeks
NEW CASTLE, Pa. — Lawrence County commissioners unanimously voted to close the courthouse during the upcoming Thanksgiving and Christmas weeks.
They said today the cuts are needed to save the county from running out of money by year’s end.
Commissioners blamed their situation on state legislative inaction on the 2009-10 budget, which has shut off the normal flow of state funds to the county since July 1. This has forced the county to dip into its own money to cover personnel and program costs usually covered by the state, and they say the general fund cannot cover the costs for the rest of this year.
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