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Columbia Gas’s Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) is offering crisis grants to assist income-eligible households without heat or in danger of being without heat. Grants ranging from $25 to $1,000 are available for emergency situations such as a broken furnace that needs to be repaired or replaced, or a potential service termination. LIHEAP, a federally funded program administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, also provides cash grants ranging from $200 to $1,000 based on household size, income and fuel type to assist in paying winter heating bills. The income eligibility limit for the 2025-26 program is 150% of the federal income guidelines. This ...
As Canonsburg searches for a new borough manager, finance director Jennifer Foster will handle the position on an interim basis. Council accepted the resignation of Angela Senay, the previous borough manager, at Monday’s meeting, and also approved the motion to have Foster handle the task for now. “Council members will be discussing the next steps for the position soon,” said Eric Chandler, council president. Senay, who resigned Jan. 30, was appointed borough manager in September, replacing Billie Bilko, who died in July.
After elected officials spent much of the new year crafting a new budget, South Strabane Township will ultimately adopt the original 2026 spending plan approved in December. The township’s board of supervisors held a special meeting Wednesday evening for the purpose of adopting the revised spending plan, but at the outset solicitor Dennis Makel explained that it had not been properly available for public view. “The whole budget was not available, either online or here at the office. Based upon the second class township code ... It’s my position that the whole budget had to be available for review; it wasn’t. So I recommend no action be taken on that today,” Makel ...
While you can't put a price on love, its cost can be a bit steeper this year. To save a little dough, Greene County Career & Technology culinary arts instructor Dan Wagner suggested cooking something that “your spouse really likes" this Valentine's Day. In his case, that means a vodka ...
Mon Valley Academy for the Arts (MVAA) was awarded a Creative Sector Flex Fund Grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts The $5,000 grant, administered by the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, will be used to continue and strengthen MVAA’s Empower a Rising Star (EARS) Music Scholarship program. The EARS program provides access to high-quality music instruction for children and young people who might not otherwise be able to afford lessons. The Creative Sector Flex Fund is designed to help organizations remain adaptable, sustainable and responsive. For more information about the scholarship program or to learn how to support Mon Valley Academy for the Arts, visit ...
A Greene County man who carjacked an elderly woman in June 2024 after pretending to offer her help when she parked outside her senior highrise in California pleaded guilty Tuesday and was immediately sentenced to prison. James Raymond Sickles, 30, of Clarksville, appeared in the Washington ...
BENTLEYVILLE – In the fall, Ben Hays and Ryan Moessner had historic moments for Bentworth in different spots. Hays was the WPIAL rushing champion in football and Moessner led the boys soccer team to its first state championship. On Thursday the duo combined to get the Bearcats a boys ...
Ringgold used a 10-2 run in the first quarter and pulled away in the second period for a 64-39 victory over Laurel Highlands on Thursday in the preliminary round of the WPIAL Class 5A boys basketball playoffs at Ringgold High School. The Rams (14-9) advance to the first round of the district ...
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Ben Cherington said the team "will never shut the door" on potentially finding a role for Andrew McCutchen, a longtime cornerstone of the franchise. The Pirates on Monday reached an agreement with veteran slugger Marcell Ozuna on a ...
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 ...
Sarah Mitchell of Burgettstown penned the story, aimed for young adults ages 13-18, in a notebook nearly 20 years ago and then put it away. Over the next two decades she would take the book out, as time allowed, and work on it. “There were years when I didn’t touch it, " said Mitchell. ...
