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South Strabane supervisors seek $500,000 grant for Berry Road improvements

South Strabane Township supervisors are seeking $500,000 in local share account (LSA) funds to make improvements to the intersection of Berry and Manifold roads. The board unanimously voted to approve the application at their meeting Tuesday. The township intends to change the junction of the ...

Army Corps closes access to Yough Lake as Great Crossings Bridge reemerges

The Great Crossings Bridge that wowed hordes of visitors last year when the early 19th-century span emerged from the murky Youghiogheny River Lake is making an encore this fall, although the federal government’s shutdown could hamper the public’s ability to see it this time around. Thanks ...

Peters Township council considers changes to recreational scheduling policy

At its next meeting, Peters Township council will consider a resolution to change the policy for scheduling recreational activities at the municipality’s facilities on Sunday mornings. Currently, Peters does not allow activities at its fields before noon on Sundays. Earlier this month the township’s parks and recreation board voted to recommend that council eliminate that policy due to increased participation in youth sports. “This has been in place the entire time that I’ve been here,” said Township Manager Paul Lauer. “It has been reconsidered a couple times. Council did not want to interfere with families who desire to attend church services on Sunday as a ...

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Waynesburg volleyball going to PIAA playoffs

McMURRAY - The Waynesburg Central High School girls volleyball team qualified for the PIAA playoffs by defeating Our Lady of the Sacred Heart in the WPIAL Class 2A third-place match Thursday night. Waynesburg won in four games, 25-20, 25-18, 18-25, 25-16, a match played at Peters ...

Trinity hosts Aliquippa in first home playoff game in 24 years

For head coach Dan Knause and his current group of Hillers, this football season is four years in the making. For Trinity as a whole, this has been a much longer time coming. The second-seeded Hillers won their first conference title since 1986 and will have a home playoff game for the ...

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Dillon’s late goal lifts Bentworth girls to first WPIAL title

PITTSBURGH – As the seconds ticked down on regulation any shot on goal was going to be a good one, especially in rainy conditions. Brielle Dillon proved that. Dillon put what seemed to be an innocent shot toward goal that skipped on the wet turf at Highmark Stadium and went right between ...

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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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Too old to trick or treat?

Q: Am I too old to trick or treat? My gram says I am, my mom says “I don’t care what you do as long as I don’t need to drive you somewhere that night” and my dad says, “You’re old enough to make up your own mind. You decide.” So, I’m asking you. Is 16 too old? I love costumes. I ...

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