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Judge selects new member for Cal Area School Board

A judge has selected a new member to fill out the California Area School Board. Following a hearing Monday at the Washington County Courthouse, Judge Brandon Neuman selected Kim Leasure to serve on the board to fill the vacancy created by Diane Zielensky when she resigned Sept. 17. The school ...

Midtown Market opens in Canonsburg

Andrew Andronas was awake until 4 a.m. Friday. It wasn’t his mind working overtime. He was. Andronas was applying the proverbial final touches to Midtown Market ahead of its ribbon-cutting a little more than eight hours later at 48 W. Pike St. in downtown Canonsburg. He was the driving ...

Chamber requests $460,000 payment from Washington Co. for breach of contract

The Washington County Chamber of Commerce notified county officials this week that it plans to pursue a nearly $460,000 exit clause payment one month after the commissioners voted to prematurely terminate a multi-year economic promotion contract with the agency. Chamber President Jeff Kotula ...

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A wish list for your outdoorsman

ByDave bates Contributing writer Let’s be honest from the get go. This is nothing more than a personal shopping list of items I’d choose to receive for Christmas if I were to go shopping for myself. That being said, if anyone can get a copy of this into my wife’s hands before Christmas ...

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Rodgers vs. Jackson adds footnote to AFC North rivalry

By Noah Trister AP Sports Writer BALTIMORE — Lamar Jackson and Aaron Rodgers — six MVPs between them — have remarkably never faced each other. It's finally happening this weekend. Probably. With these two, you can't be certain of anything at the moment. Jackson's Baltimore Ravens ...

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High school basketball: Wash High boys outlast Waynesburg

Tristan Reed led three Washington players in double figures with 17 points and the Prexies outlasted host Waynesburg 56-53 in overtime Friday night. Wash High (2-2) trailed 27-25 at halftime and 43-41 after three quarters but outscored Waynesburg 6-4 in the fourth to force the extra session. ...

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OP-ED: Random thoughts about man’s stupidity

I am only 18 months away from turning 80, and truthfully, the way things are going, if seven more of my classmates pass away, I could end up being the valedictorian of my high school class. One thing I’ve consistently observed in life is the ongoing display of consistency that humankind ...

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Community briefs

Claysville Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary is selling Italian hoagies for $7 each. Order deadline is Dec. 2. Call Sandy at 724-663-4387. Orders will be available for pickup Tuesday, Dec. 9, at the fire hall between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., 154 Main St., Claysville. Jefferson United Methodist ...

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