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PURCHASE PHOTOS FROM PHOTO STORE
MoJo Mingo Creek is silent and serene this time of year. This photograph was taken from the bridge at Chapel Road in the Washington County park. (Christie Campbell/O-R)
MoJo Jason Webeck and his rescue dog, Emma, are two of the newer members of the East Bethlehem Township Volunteer Fire Department in Fredericktown. Read story. (Scott Beveridge/O-R)
MoJo Ashley Siswick, product evangelist at Robonica of Marblehead, Mass., demonstrates the Roboni-i action game for Phillip Nolan, left, and Joe Giel, both 18 and freshman at California University of Pennsylvania. The toy is among the hottest on the market this Christmas season and featured todfay at the Clean Sweeps high school robotics competition at the university. (Scott Beveridge/O-R)
MoJo Jimmy Filby, 11, a sixth grader at Charleroi Area Middle School, decorates Celebrations by Janet Rand in downtown Charleroi for the holidays. The window-painting project involves students in all grades in the district. (Scott Beveridge/O-R)
Bill Loar, who spent the last 10 years at Wash High, is Trinity's new softball coach.
Read Mike Kovak's story about Loar.
Central Greene Education Association members volunteered earlier this month at this year’s Social Service Craft League at Waynesburg Central Elementary School. An Albert Gallatin elementary school student gets her face painted by Missy Brant, vice president of the teachers union.
A blue water stream is surrounded by golden yellow trees alongside the railroad tracks near Floral Hill Drive in South Strabane Township. (photo by Robin Richard/staff)
MoJo Washington Police Capt. Bob Wilson, left, and Lt. Dan Stanek field questions from the media this morning about a police Tasering that put a man in Washington Hospital a day earlier. (Scott Beveridge/O-R)
The drama club at Chartiers-Houston High School will present "The Man Who Came to Dinner," by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the high school auditorium. Tickets are $5 for adults and $2 for students. Shown rehearsing a scene from the play, which is being directed by drama club sponsor Nicole Marie Gasse, are Tyler Kozlowski, seated, and from left, Rebecca Mobley, Breann Hunter and Bill Margiotta.
The Carmichaels Women’s Civic Club recently visited Thistlethwaite’s Vineyards and Winery in Jefferson. The vineyards are owned and operated by Rick, Annette, Jamie and Duann Thistlethwaite. Co-owner Duann Thistlethwaite was the guest speaker and explained how wine is made. The club members ended the evening enjoying wine tasting and a finger-food buffet provided by the Thistlethwaite Winery. Shown are from left, Andrea Semenoff, club president; and Annette and Duann Thistlethwaite.
Department of Environmental Protection biologists Dan Couahan, left, and Rick Spear sample water Wednesday from Ten Mile Creek Park in a search for golden algae. Read Bob Niedbala's story.
People living in Hanover Township are expressing their opinion about a planned sanitary sewer project for the Florence area. Some residents want the sewer authority to save the cost of a new treatment plant by piping the sewerage to the Burgettstown-Smith Township Joint Sewer Authority's treatment plant. (Christie Campbell/O-R)
MoJo Paul Dunn of P.D. Imaging Solutions, Pittsburgh, demonstrates the new digital microfilm reader at Donora Public Library for library clerk Johanna Rubino. (Scott Beveridge/O-R)
Dave Woods of Washington sets a Pittsburgh Steelers model train engine on the track as he readies the 16th train display at the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum in Arden on Tuesday. The Steelers portion of the display is the new addition this year complete with sound bites of all six Super Bowls eminating from the engine. The display opens Friday, Nov. 27 and on weekends until New Year’s Day. Bring a copy of this photo and receive one dollar off admission. (photo by Jim McNutt / Observer-Reporter)
Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's new book "Going Rogue" is displayed at the Barnes & Noble Bookstore Tuesday in Orem, Utah.
Read about Palin's visit to Washington, Pa.
Kevin Brown, 26, of Waynesburg,a man with a "big heart and an unparalleled work ethic" who enjoyed fast vehicles, died Monday, Nov. 9 in Farmington, N.M., of the H1N1 virus.
Read Tara Kinsell's story about Brown.
Mourners for 2-month-old Caryssa Jo Ann Phillips gather Tuesday outside William G. Neal Funeral Home on Allison Avenue in Washington.
Caryssa's death is believed to the first Washignton County resident claimed by the H1N1 influenza virus. Read Brad Hundt's story.
A pro-life display is on the lawn of the St. Patrick Center in Canonsburg this month. (Christie Campbell/O-R)
MoJo Honored today are, seated from left: Doc K. Jones, Robert J. McKivitz, and Joseph Pintola; standing: John Duskey, Chappie Chatman, Bill Price, Annette Ziemba and David Hammond. (Christie Campbell/O-R)
MoJo Donoroa Fire Cpt. Casey Perrotta embarks this afternoon for what turns out to be a false alarm. He is shown at the wheel of the fire company's new, $500,000 ladder truck that replaces two other aging vehicles, a purchase that has been a decade in the making. (Scott Beveridge/O-R)
Bill Miklovich, of Cecil Township, stands behind a 12-foot Steeler colored lighthouse that he built at his home along Route 980. Bill has built more than a half dozen lighthouses in his spare time.
(JIM McNUTT/O-R)
Tractors begin to pull out at Bill Lowry's farm near Avella for a "poker run" fundraiser. Nearly 50 tractors owned by members of Steel City Pullers took part in the event in late September.(PHOTO SUBMITTED BY DARLENE ENGLE)
The city of Washington wasted no time in putting up holiday wreaths just three days after Halloween. Here the setting sun silhouettes the downtown decor.(ROBIN RICHARDS/O-R)
MoJo Bill Snyder of North Carolina, center, stopped by the A.D. White Research Center in Avella on Monday to do some genealogy research, assisted by June Grossman of Avella. Local resident Jack Caldwell is also shown at the center in the old Avella Train Station off Avella Road. Appointments are by reservation only and can be made by calling 724-507-6001.
PURCHASE PHOTOS FROM PHOTO STORE
MoJo Mingo Creek is silent and serene this time of year. This photograph was taken from the bridge at Chapel Road in the Washington County park. (Christie Campbell/O-R)
MoJo Jason Webeck and his rescue dog, Emma, are two of the newer members of the East Bethlehem Township Volunteer Fire Department in Fredericktown. Read story. (Scott Beveridge/O-R)
MoJo Ashley Siswick, product evangelist at Robonica of Marblehead, Mass., demonstrates the Roboni-i action game for Phillip Nolan, left, and Joe Giel, both 18 and freshman at California University of Pennsylvania. The toy is among the hottest on the market this Christmas season and featured todfay at the Clean Sweeps high school robotics competition at the university. (Scott Beveridge/O-R)
MoJo Jimmy Filby, 11, a sixth grader at Charleroi Area Middle School, decorates Celebrations by Janet Rand in downtown Charleroi for the holidays. The window-painting project involves students in all grades in the district. (Scott Beveridge/O-R)
Bill Loar, who spent the last 10 years at Wash High, is Trinity's new softball coach.
Read Mike Kovak's story about Loar.
Central Greene Education Association members volunteered earlier this month at this year’s Social Service Craft League at Waynesburg Central Elementary School. An Albert Gallatin elementary school student gets her face painted by Missy Brant, vice president of the teachers union.
A blue water stream is surrounded by golden yellow trees alongside the railroad tracks near Floral Hill Drive in South Strabane Township. (photo by Robin Richard/staff)
MoJo Washington Police Capt. Bob Wilson, left, and Lt. Dan Stanek field questions from the media this morning about a police Tasering that put a man in Washington Hospital a day earlier. (Scott Beveridge/O-R)
The drama club at Chartiers-Houston High School will present "The Man Who Came to Dinner," by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the high school auditorium. Tickets are $5 for adults and $2 for students. Shown rehearsing a scene from the play, which is being directed by drama club sponsor Nicole Marie Gasse, are Tyler Kozlowski, seated, and from left, Rebecca Mobley, Breann Hunter and Bill Margiotta.
The Carmichaels Women’s Civic Club recently visited Thistlethwaite’s Vineyards and Winery in Jefferson. The vineyards are owned and operated by Rick, Annette, Jamie and Duann Thistlethwaite. Co-owner Duann Thistlethwaite was the guest speaker and explained how wine is made. The club members ended the evening enjoying wine tasting and a finger-food buffet provided by the Thistlethwaite Winery. Shown are from left, Andrea Semenoff, club president; and Annette and Duann Thistlethwaite.
Department of Environmental Protection biologists Dan Couahan, left, and Rick Spear sample water Wednesday from Ten Mile Creek Park in a search for golden algae. Read Bob Niedbala's story.
People living in Hanover Township are expressing their opinion about a planned sanitary sewer project for the Florence area. Some residents want the sewer authority to save the cost of a new treatment plant by piping the sewerage to the Burgettstown-Smith Township Joint Sewer Authority's treatment plant. (Christie Campbell/O-R)
MoJo Paul Dunn of P.D. Imaging Solutions, Pittsburgh, demonstrates the new digital microfilm reader at Donora Public Library for library clerk Johanna Rubino. (Scott Beveridge/O-R)
Dave Woods of Washington sets a Pittsburgh Steelers model train engine on the track as he readies the 16th train display at the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum in Arden on Tuesday. The Steelers portion of the display is the new addition this year complete with sound bites of all six Super Bowls eminating from the engine. The display opens Friday, Nov. 27 and on weekends until New Year’s Day. Bring a copy of this photo and receive one dollar off admission. (photo by Jim McNutt / Observer-Reporter)
Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's new book "Going Rogue" is displayed at the Barnes & Noble Bookstore Tuesday in Orem, Utah.
Read about Palin's visit to Washington, Pa.
Kevin Brown, 26, of Waynesburg,a man with a "big heart and an unparalleled work ethic" who enjoyed fast vehicles, died Monday, Nov. 9 in Farmington, N.M., of the H1N1 virus.
Read Tara Kinsell's story about Brown.
Mourners for 2-month-old Caryssa Jo Ann Phillips gather Tuesday outside William G. Neal Funeral Home on Allison Avenue in Washington.
Caryssa's death is believed to the first Washignton County resident claimed by the H1N1 influenza virus. Read Brad Hundt's story.
A pro-life display is on the lawn of the St. Patrick Center in Canonsburg this month. (Christie Campbell/O-R)
MoJo Honored today are, seated from left: Doc K. Jones, Robert J. McKivitz, and Joseph Pintola; standing: John Duskey, Chappie Chatman, Bill Price, Annette Ziemba and David Hammond. (Christie Campbell/O-R)
MoJo Donoroa Fire Cpt. Casey Perrotta embarks this afternoon for what turns out to be a false alarm. He is shown at the wheel of the fire company's new, $500,000 ladder truck that replaces two other aging vehicles, a purchase that has been a decade in the making. (Scott Beveridge/O-R)
Bill Miklovich, of Cecil Township, stands behind a 12-foot Steeler colored lighthouse that he built at his home along Route 980. Bill has built more than a half dozen lighthouses in his spare time.
(JIM McNUTT/O-R)
Tractors begin to pull out at Bill Lowry's farm near Avella for a "poker run" fundraiser. Nearly 50 tractors owned by members of Steel City Pullers took part in the event in late September.(PHOTO SUBMITTED BY DARLENE ENGLE)
The city of Washington wasted no time in putting up holiday wreaths just three days after Halloween. Here the setting sun silhouettes the downtown decor.(ROBIN RICHARDS/O-R)
MoJo Bill Snyder of North Carolina, center, stopped by the A.D. White Research Center in Avella on Monday to do some genealogy research, assisted by June Grossman of Avella. Local resident Jack Caldwell is also shown at the center in the old Avella Train Station off Avella Road. Appointments are by reservation only and can be made by calling 724-507-6001.
