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MVAA hosting fife workshop

Mon Valley Association for the Arts will be hosting a fife workshop Jan. 19 at the Peter J. Daley Cultural Center, 119 Brownsville Ave., Brownsville. Introduction to new fifers will take place at 10:30 a.m. Instruction will be provided by Walter Sweet, a renowned master fifer with more than 30 years of experience, at 11 a.m. All ages are welcome. Call 724-565-1687 for information.

Two accused of shooting at one another outside Brownsville tavern

Two Fayette County residents are charged with attempted homicide after an exchange of gunfire outside a Luzerne Township bar in October. Kaleia Howard, 30, of Connellsville, and Quinton Brown Jr., 33, of Brownsville, allegedly escalated a fight that had started among several people inside ...

P-G shutting down newspaper in May

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's owners announced Wednesday the paper will be shutting down in a few months, citing financial losses. Block Communications Inc. announced it will cease publication on May 3. The paper is printed on Thursdays and Sundays and says on its website ...

John Northrop, onetime co-owner of the Observer-Reporter, dies

John Northrop, a onetime co-owner of the Observer-Reporter who deeply cared about and immersed himself in the Washington community, died Monday at UPMC Washington. He was 95. Even though Northrop’s stewardship of the Observer-Reporter started in 1966 when he took the reins of the ...

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Jefferson-Morgan boys among few unbeatens in WPIAL basketball

JEFFERSON – The Jefferson-Morgan boys basketball team finds itself on a very short list. The Rockets are one of only four unbeaten teams remaining across the entire WPIAL. The others are perennial powers. New Castle, Sewickley Academy and Clairton, who has only played seven games after an ...

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High School Wrestling: Trinity cruises past South Fayette

Trinity won all but one weight class with eight pins on its way to a 67-5 victory over South Fayette in a Class 3A Section 2 match at Hiller Hall on Wednesday night. Dominick Canali (133), Luke Poland (152), Collin Pettigrew (160), Behr Bruckner (172), Teagan Barr (189) Ian Holub (215) and ...

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College basketball: W&J women get back on winning track

Observer-Reporter Stellanie Loutsion scored 15 points, Reagan Kadlecik had a double-double and the Washington & Jefferson women’s basketball team snapped a three-game losing streak with a 64-50 win over Bethany on Wednesday at Hummel Field House. The win keeps W&J (3-0, 8-4) ...

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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 ...

Living

An ‘exorcising of demons’

Many people think writing a book is driven by lightning bolts of inspiration that propel an author forward. Katherine Mansfield isn’t one of them. “There are definitely points when something comes out of the ether and rests on your brain … but I think true creativity is just ...

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