Wednesday, Nov. 14, was the NCAA letter of intent day.
Two Riverview High School students have signed on to play sports for the University of Akron in Ohio and Robert Morris in Pittsburgh. On Wednesday, Nov. 14, students Anthony Malky and Arden Fisher declared to play baseball in Akron and volleyball at RMU, respectively. Congratulations to these two students. _______________________ Plum-Oakmont Patch is on Facebook and on Twitter. Don't forget to sign up for our daily email newsletter by clicking here.
Industry experts at Moon Township forum say property owners should ban together when considering leasing land to Marcellus Shale drilling companies.
Marian Schweighofer said it started for her on an evening four years ago, when a group of her fellow farmers in Wayne County gathered around a kitchen table. The group met to discuss the increasing number of offers each of them was fielding from natural gas drilling companies seeking to lease large tracts of Eastern Pennsylvania farmland to drill for Marcellus Shale gas. The neighbors collectively owned 10,000 acres of land. “We needed to find a way to pull our community together,” Schweighofer told a small audience of property owners Saturday at Robert Morris University. “We needed to be proactive now rather than reactive later. “Please realize that every part of the lease is negotiable,” she said. Schweighofer and a group of industry …
