Monday, July 17, 2006

Push to declare VOA-Bethany 'historical significance'



Trustee Catherine Stoker and several residents will travel to Columbus, Ohio, next month to urge that the Voice of America building in West Chester Township be declared a place of national historical significance. Such a designation would qualify it for potentially millions of dollars in federal grants and funding. The building is the last remnant of the VOA Bethany shortwave transmitting station that operated from 1944 to 1994.

Read the story in The Enquirer at: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060717/NEWS01/607170334/1056
(Source: R.Netherlands Media Network weblog)