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Friday, January 6, 2012

Top Five December Stories on USC Patch

The following five articles received the most page views in the month of December 2011.

The following articles had the most page views in the month of December. 1. Upper St. Clair Man Killed in Single Car Crash: Dec. 9 2. Car Fire Spreads to House in Upper St. Clair: Dec. 3 3. USC's Conwell Weighing Options After Graham Leaves Pitt: Dec. 17 4. Ugly Sweaters a Hot Trend at USC High School: Dec. 21 5. Pennsylvania First in Nation to Adopt New Driver License Feature: Dec. 5 What article did you find most interesting in December? Anything you want to see a follow-up on? Tell us in the comments.

Friday, December 30, 2011

'Great December' Helps Road Projects

Crews were able to get more construction work done because of a warm month.

The unseasonably warm weather this month hasn’t just been a nice way to avoid chilly winter temperatures. It’s also giving construction crews a chance to catch up on roadwork before the snow hits. PennDOT spokesman Jim Struzzi said work has ended on major paving projects, but crews still are able to perform work on bridges, install guard rails guardrails and put up signs. “It’s been a great December for contractors and PennDOT to get projects done by the end of the year,” Struzzi said. “It’s more construction in December than in recent memory, and that’s good because we had a very wet spring and this lets them wrap things up.” But even when temperatures are nice, rainy days still are not an ideal time for workers to be out on the road, …

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