{"id":8356,"count":1,"description":"Leechburg is a borough in southern Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States, 35 miles (56\u00a0km) northeast of Pittsburgh. Leechburg was founded by David Leech, for whom it was later named, and was incorporated as a borough in 1850.\nLocated along the Kiskiminetas River, Leechburg was known as a major port of the Pennsylvania Canal. Early in the twentieth century, it had been the site of extensive steel sheet works, foundries, cement plants, and productive coal mines. Leechburg was the first place where natural gas was used for industrial purposes.\nLeechburg is governed by a Mayor and Council. The current elected officials for the Borough (and the year their current terms expire) are as follows:\nMayor Anthony C. Roppolo (2014)\nCouncil President Anthony Defilippi (R)(2012)\nCouncil Members: Robert T. Foster (D)(2012), Shawn Lerch (D)(2014), Keith Knepshield (R)(2014, Nancy Bono (D)(2014), G. Paul Simon (D)(2014), and Jim Spiering (D)(2012).\nLeechburg is one of only three municipalities...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/leechburg\/","name":"Leechburg","slug":"leechburg","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/8356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=8356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}