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'Just amazing'

At 92, Barb Provenzano isn’t finished helping others. Provenzano, of Houston, has volunteered for 55 years at UPMC Washington Hospital – she started in 1970, when Marcus Welby, M.D., was the most popular television show and Simon and Garfunkel’s Bridge Over Troubled Waters topped the ...

Odd Fellows Lodge to present PA Dogs for Veterans program

The Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge No. 1030 in Charleroi is hosting an event to showcase the efforts of PA Dogs for Veterans (Life Changing Service Dogs for Veterans) at 7 p.m. May 1 at First Christian Church, 61 Walnut Ridge Road, Charleroi. The event is free and open to the public. Dennis Caldwell, post grand noble, said the fraternal organization has donated $1,000 to PA Dogs for Veterans, an all-volunteer, Pittsburgh-based nonprofit. The organization provides service dogs to veterans suffering from post traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, emotional or mobility issues, and other injuries. “They train dogs to help veterans,” Caldwell said. “They will ...

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Canon-Mac grad Patnesky returns to southwestern Pa.

By Jonathan Guth For the Observer-Reporter newsroom@observer-reporter.com Division III wrestlers truly love the sport. They must because incentives to compete at that level do not include NIL deals and other benefits that are provided to athletes at the higher levels, which is not to ...

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OP-ED: Homer City: The end of one era, dawn of the next

It is a somber sight to see towering smokestacks fall. They serve as monuments to a past era, symbols of industry and progress – until they are no longer needed. Last month, the demolition of the Homer City Generating Plant in Indiana County marked the end of a once mighty, coal-fired power ...

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Discovering Spain

Spain certainly knows how to make an entrance. Our first impression of the Iberian Peninsula was made as we were flying over a jagged mountain range, which we later realized was Montserrat. More on that stunning location in a bit, but let’s start with Barcelona. We had long wanted to ...

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