METRO DIGEST || Search continues in possible drowning
Search continues
ANDOVER
The search continued Tuesday for Lawrence Elroy Page, 47, of Pittsburgh, who is believed to have drowned in Pymatuning Lake after jumping from a pontoon boat into 20 feet of water about 6 p.m. Saturday to help a woman get back aboard.
On Tuesday, an Ohio State Highway Patrol plane performed an aerial search of the 26-square-mile lake, which straddles the Ohio-Pennsylvania border, said Daniel Bickel, Pennsylvania’s Pymatuning State Park manager.
Meanwhile, Pennsylvania State Police used boat-mounted sonar to search the lake, with divers ready to enter the water if sonar found anything needing further examination, he said.
Nine people were aboard the pontoon boat, which was rented from Birches Landing on the Ohio side of the lake.
Page jumped into the water near where the boat was rented, Bickel said.
Hubbard boil advisory
Hubbard
Due to a water-main break, Trumbull County water customers on Tamarack Drive in Hubbard are advised to boil their water used for consumption until further notice.
Contact the Trumbull County Sanitary Engineer’s office at 330-675-2775 for information.
Liberty meeting set
Liberty
Liberty Township’s board of trustees will have a special meeting at 11:30 a.m. today at the township administration building, 1315 Church Hill-Hubbard Road.
The trustees will discuss budget matters and personnel.
Fire destroys home
YOUNGSTOWN
Reports say arson is the cause of a fire that destroyed a South Side home about 2 a.m. Tuesday.
Crews were called to 756 E. Florida Ave. and found the home fully engulfed.
Firefighters directed their efforts to protecting nearby homes, reports said.
Because the home has been vacant for several years and has no gas service, it was ruled as intentionally set, firefighter officials said.
Damage is listed at $12,000.
No one was injured.
Bridge plans on display
Ellwood City, Pa.
Pennsylvania state Rep. Jaret Gibbons of Ellwood City, D-10th, announced that the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation will display plans to replace the Second Street Bridge over the Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad next week for public review.
“The bridge lies on one of the main thruways in Ellwood City and it’s vital that it’s kept in good shape,” Gibbons said.
Plans for the project can be viewed from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. through June 28 at the Ellwood Municipal Building, 525 Lawrence Ave.
There is no formal presentation or meeting scheduled during these times.
The work will extend from Crescent Avenue to Pittsburgh Circle and will involve construction of a new bridge with pedestrian sidewalks on each side, and the installation of new roadway lighting.
The project begins this winter.