Recycling returns

It looks like a recycling drop-off center will be returning to Cambridge Springs in early March. Crawford County apparently figured out that outsourcing is the way to go for recycling, according to this Erie Times-News article by Tim Hahn. The old blue bins were removed last January amidst mounting financial losses for the recycling program. Under the new program, there will be just two bins at each site: one for paper/cardboard and one for plastics, glass and other approved materials.

It's about time. It's pretty shameful that Cambridge Springs borough hasn't offered any sort of recycling program for nearly a year—whether or not it would have cost taxpayers more money.

A tale of two sentences

The Crawford County D.A.'s office is recommending that former Cambridge Springs resident Christopher Cote, who pleaded guilty to felony assault of a 3-month-old girl, receive the mandatory minimum five-year sentence for his crime. (He goes before Judge Gordon Miller for sentencing in May and could get up to 25 years.)

Meanwhile, the D.A.'s office is recommending that beer baron Casey Castile get five years for knocking off the Cambridge and Saegertown beer distributors last year. (Castile has already been sentenced to 20 to 40 years for similar crimes in Erie County.)

Five years is probably too little for either crime--especially Cote's. We can only hope that Judge Gordon Miller, who will sentence both men, makes the right call.

RIP Mr. Cambridge Springs

If anyone could stake a legitimate claim to the title "Mr. Cambridge Springs," it was Howard Glenn, who passed away on Monday afternoon. More details in this Meadville Tribune story.