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SWPA announces water shutoff in Greene

Southwestern PA Water Authority will have the water shut off on Thursday, Aug. 13, between 6 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Sugar Run Road from the Cabin Road intersection back toward town to the Dodahe Trailer Park in Greene County. It will also include: Dulaney Lane, Shadow Oaks Road, Champion Drive, Orchard Road and a small section of Porter Street. Customers may experience low pressure or no water and are advised to keep some containers of water to minimize the outage.

Expired restaurant licenses will be up for auction

Twenty expired restaurant licenses are being auctioned by the state, and Washington and Greene counties each have one license available. The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) is accepting bids through Oct. 5 at noon. Licenses available in this auction cannot be transferred across county lines. They may only be transferred to another municipality within the same county. The minimum bid for each license is $25,000, and each bid must be accompanied by a bid surety of $5,000 or 5% of the total bid amount, whichever is higher, to avoid frivolous or underfunded bids. The highest bidder will have up to 30 days to pay the PLCB and up to six months to submit an application for the ...

Labor groups meet to plan abandoned well remediation

A coalition of local community, energy and labor leaders gathered last week to launch a new multi-county initiative that will lead efforts to plug abandoned and orphaned wells across the region. The Washington County Steering Committee is a joint effort between the Washington/Greene Central ...

Fayette man accused of aiding in armed robbery at his house

A Fayette County man is in custody after being accused of helping to rob a man of more than $4,000 at his home on Friday night. Ryan Miciotto, 34, of North Union Township, was arraigned Monday on charges of robbery with threat of immediate serious bodily injury, theft by unlawful taking and ...

Nostalgia and excitement: Time capsule from 1976 reveals Mt. Pleasant’s past

Anticipation swelled as Mt. Pleasant Township employees Brian Shuman and James Hritz gently raised a granite slab to reveal a metal box buried beneath the lobby floor in the township’s municipal building in Hickory nearly 50 years ago. “We’re going to find out what’s in there just like ...

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Sports

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Delayed rally: Mexico scores 5 in bottom of 7th in comeback win over Germany

Paderborn, Germany was on the verge of becoming the first European Zone team to win multiple games in the Pony League World Series. Paderborn, however, never got the final out. Navojoa, Mexico put together an unlikely and remarkable comeback in the bottom of the seventh inning, scoring five ...

Komenda delivers in pinch for Washington County

If you’re going to get only one at-bat during one of the longest days ever at the Pony League World Series, then you might as well make the most of your opportunity. That’s what Washington County’s Blake Komenda did Monday night. Komenda delivered a tiebreaking pinch-hit RBI single in ...

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For ground crew, it was the ‘worst’ situation

As head groundskeeper at the Pony League World Series, Levi Bristor said he and his crew of more than a dozen were “prepared for the worst.” Bristor and his crew got just that Monday morning when torrential rain hit Lew Hays Pony Field and caused a delay of 5 hours and 25 minutes during ...

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Op-Ed: Tariffs can be like barriers that isolate an economy

A tariff is a tax imposed on imported goods, and it sits at the center of how nations manage trade, protect industries, and shape economic strategy. At its core, a tariff raises the price of foreign products entering a country. This makes imported goods less competitive compared to domestic ...

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Mornings in Mingo The next Mornings in Mingo program will be on Aug. 12 at 10 a.m. This topic will be butterflies with Monica Miller. Meet at Shelter 1. The program begins at 10 a.m. Miller will share photographs and living specimens of locally observed butterflies. A short walk will also be ...

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