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Yahoo
08-02-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Crawford Co. students get hands-on experience building homes for those in need
Students at Crawford County Career and Technical Center are working on a project to shelter those in need. With a project funded by Erie County, students are not only building tiny homes but a future for themselves. Erie Co. to begin constructing tiny homes to help alleviate homeless population 'I wanted to do something hands-on, something that would actually impact the world and I just ended up really liking this,' said Megan Howell, a Cambridge Springs High School 11th grader at Crawford Tech. Eleventh grader Megan Howell and dozens of other teens are building the foundation of their futures one tiny home at a time. In partnership with Erie County Executive Brenton Davis' A Pathway Home Village project, students at Crawford Tech are learning trade skills while giving back to the community. 'A pathway home' village will provide 25 tiny homes for people experiencing homelessness. Erie religious groups protest Trump immigration policies in downtown Erie $2 Million has been allocated from American Rescue Plan money to Erie care management. 'A lot of these vocational training programs build a small house indoors and then they tear it down at the end of the year and to me when I saw that it was a waste of labor,' Davis said. 'It's something the students can do to give back but also participate on a real-world project.' Fifteen single-story homes are designed to house two people and 10 are double-story for families up to six. 'One of the largest gaps in Erie County would be families that find themselves homeless that have children so to be able to quickly fill that need to be that stop-gap that somebody needs when they fall on hard times you can rapidly re-house them,' Davis explained. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now When the structure is delivered to Crawford Tech they're in a bare shell form. From here, students are able to get real hands-on experience in everything from plumbing to HVAC systems to electrical. 'The interesting thing about this too is that we're going to have students teaching students,' said Michael Costa, assistant director of the Crawford County Career and Technical Center. 'They're already problem-solving as they are going through and looking at this bare pictures.' Student Megan aspires to have a fulfilling career to help impact others with their everyday needs. She said the technical school has completely changed her path, even though sometimes she's the only woman in the room. Pymatuning State Park hosting annual Winter Fun Day 'Something that a lot of people say that us women can't do and I would like to prove them wrong and I so far have. Just have confidence in yourself,' Howell went on to say. The first tiny homes will be installed adjacent to the Erie County Community Resilience Center on the corner of 16th and Wallace Streets. County Executive Davis has a goal to make 50 this year and spread them out within Erie County. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
08-02-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
UPMC Hamot hosts annual Wear Red Expo for women's heart health
Friday was National Wear Red Day, an event designed to spread awareness about heart health, especially in women. To help get the word out, UPMC Hamot held their 18th annual Wear Red Heart and Health Awareness Expo. Pymatuning State Park hosting annual Winter Fun Day Hamot conducted more than a dozen screenings for things like cholesterol, blood pressure, and provided resources to people in need. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in women and experts say it's important to keep track of your numbers. Herb and Honey Bakery opens their doors to new location 'You'll want to get your screenings done. If you can be ahead of the disease, then you are ahead of obviously the number one killer. We just try to get out into the community with these events in order to have awareness and to get those screenings so that you don't have to become one of our patients,' said Tiffany Irwin, senior practice manager for UPMC Cardiology. More than 300 people attended the expo this year, which is the most Hamot officials say they've ever had. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
08-02-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Fire breaks out, destroys Crawford County home overnight
A mobile home in Crawford County has been left destroyed following an overnight fire. That fire was called in around midnight in the 2000 block of Armour Road. Pymatuning State Park hosting annual Winter Fun Day The scene was active for nearly three hours and also destroyed a pickup truck that was parked out front of the home. We reached out to the Cochranton Volunteer Fire Department and are waiting to hear if anyone was home at the time or if there were any injuries. We will continue to follow the story for an update. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
08-02-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Pymatuning State Park hosting annual Winter Fun Day
The snowmobile club is preparing for a day full of arctic activities at a local state park. Pymatuning State Park will be holding their annual Winter Fun Day. The event will start out with Boy Scouts making breakfast then ice fishing and the popular polar plunge takes place at 11 a.m. Fire breaks out, destroys Crawford County home overnight The club will also have vintage snowmobiles and barrel train rides. Park Operations Manager Jessica Ficher said this is the perfect time to view winter wildlife and take advantage of their facilities. Pennsylvania Game Commission gives updates on local bird flu detection 'This event this year, especially we actually have gotten some winter weather so we actually have ice on the lake. We have not had that for several years so to be able to do the ice fishing demonstration is something that's really special. Our environmental educator will be showing people all of the equipment they would need and how they could get into that hobby on their own,' she said. It will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Beach 2 Shelter 4. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
