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Peters Township council moves forward with traffic calming plan

By By Jon Andreassi

Peters Township council voted to begin implementing a traffic calming plan on a local road. Council members unanimously agreed to begin phase one of the plan to slow vehicles down on Hill Place Road, where the speed limit is 25 mph. Township Manager Paul Lauer explained prior to Monday's vote that speeding has long been an issue on the roadway connecting Thomas and Springdale roads. “Back in 2009 we did an initial project there that involved putting in fog lines and rumble strips in the center. That problem persists, and what has been proposed is a series of signs and pavement markings across the road delineating the curves, as well as putting rumble strips across the road,” ...

Fayette County store sells $3 million winning ticket

A winning scratch-off ticket worth $3 million was sold in Fayette County. According to the Pennsylvania Lottery, a $3 million Mega Moolah Multiplier was sold at Meet Mini Mart Inc., known as BB’s Market, 580 E. Main St., South Union Township. The Pennsylvania Lottery listed Avery Crenshaw as the winner of the prize. The store receives $10,000 for selling the winning ticket. The $3 million Mega Moolah Multiplier is a $30 game that offers three top prizes of $3 million. Scratch-off prizes expire one year from the game’s end-sale date posted at palottery.com. It is recommended that the winner immediately signs the back of the winning ticket and calls the Lottery at ...

Buchtan’s campaign sends ‘cease and desist’ to stop GOP's mailers

GOP state Senate candidate Al Buchtan’s campaign sent a cease and desist letter Monday to the Republican Party of Pennsylvania demanding it stop sending inaccurate mailers about his time on the Carmichaels Area School Board and requesting the party offer a formal retraction. The letter from ...

Charges dismissed against Greene County GOP chairman

Charges against the Greene County Republican Committee’s chairman accused of threatening a woman at a GOP meeting in Waynesburg were dismissed following his preliminary hearing last week. Clint Blaney appeared Friday before District Judge Lee Watson on misdemeanor charges of terroristic ...

Women of Southwestern PA accepting grant applications

Women of Southwestern PA Inc. is accepting grant applications to benefit children and women in need in Washington, Fayette, Greene, Allegheny, Beaver and Westmoreland counties. Grant applications are being accepted through April 30 for funding requests up to $3,500 from nonprofit charities and community organizations. To qualify, charities must have IRS 501c(3) status, request funds for specific projects which have no state or federal funding and must benefit women or children. More information is available at www.womenofswpa.org. Women of Southwestern PA has disbursed more than $1.3 million during the past 26 years, including more than $130,000 to 47 nonprofits in 2025.

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High school baseball: Another comeback win for Wash High

For the second time in four days, Washington used a big sixth-inning comeback to gain a baseball victory. The Prexies scored five runs in the bottom of the sixth Tuesday to top Charleroi 5-1 in the Class 3A Section 4 opener at EQT Park. Wash High scored 10 runs in the sixth to beat Bishop ...

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High school softball: Trinity puts Starr on victory

Trinity piled up 11 hits, including a two-run homer by Emma Starr in a 7-2 victory at Albert Gallatin in Class 5A Section 4. on Tuesday Gabby Humphreys had a pair of RBI singles and was the winning pitcher. In four innings of relief she struck out nine and walked one. Ally Krenzelak had two ...

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MacKinnon scores NHL-leading 46th goal as Avalanche beat Penguins

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Martin Necas scored twice, Nathan MacKinnon poured in his NHL-leading 46th goal and the Colorado Avalanche breezed past the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-2 on Tuesday night. Necas, Sam Malinski and Parker Kelly scored within a 1:55 span late in the first period to break it open as ...

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A second chance for Blue Skies

Periodically, a news story comes across my iPad that I just can’t stop thinking about. This story started like this: “On February 21 police officers were dispatched to a bar.” That opening line drew me in almost as fast as “A Florida man ..." “The caller was the bartender,” and ...

Living

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The nuanced world of Japanese sake and how to pair it with food

If your experience with sake is limited to the warm cup at your local sushi spot, you're missing the larger world of sake, which is as nuanced and layered as wine. The traditional Japanese drink is brewed (not distilled) from rice, yeast, water and koji, a mold that converts the rice starch ...

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