Nearly a Year After a Plant Shut, Many Are Struggling to Recover.

It has been 10 months since most of the workers walked out of the plain, low-slung factory here for the final time. The building, which had been home to the Manchester Tool Company since just after World War II, sits dormant now, a ''for sale or lease'' sign in front, buried recently in a fresh snowfall. But the fallout of the plant's closure last year by Kennametal, a global conglomerate based in Latrobe, Pa., just a few months into the recession, continues to weigh heavily on the lives of the roughly 100 employees who lost their livelihoods. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]