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Utility assistance resource fair to be held in Canonsburg

Pennsylvania American Water is hosting a Utility Assistance and Resource Fair from 2 to 5 p.m. Thursday at the Canonsburg Senior Center at 30 E. Pike St. in the borough. The event is designed to support local customers by providing a one-stop opportunity to learn about and enroll in programs that can help reduce utility bills. More than 12,000 Pennsylvania American Water customers in Washington County may be eligible for monthly bill discounts, annual grants and assistance with past-due balances. Customers will have the opportunity to meet directly with community organizations, utilities and local leaders to ask questions and enroll in available programs. Attendees are encouraged to ...

Washington hospital workers express concern over UPMC cuts

A representative for unionized employees at UPMC Washington said job cuts announced this week by the health system break a promise to invest in the community that was made when UPMC took over the hospital two years ago. UPMC announced Tuesday that it was laying off 200 employees and ...

Canonsburg man convicted of third-degree murder in house party shooting

The Canonsburg man who claimed he was acting in self defense when he shot and killed another man during a house party in the borough last year was convicted of third-degree murder. Kristopher Moorehouse, 21, sat motionless at the defense table as the jury foreman announced the guilty verdict ...

Westmoreland man arrested in sting

South Union Township employee Judi Moats has been a monitor at Areford Park for the past 10 years. In all that time, she said, she hadn't seen anything like the scene she witnessed at the park earlier this week. A Westmoreland County man was arrested Tuesday after arriving at the Uniontown ...

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Chartiers-Houston falls to Laurel in state softball championship

UNIVERSITY PARK – In the span of a half inning, Chartiers-Houston went from looking like it would pad its lead to seeing it disappear. The Bucs had two runners in scoring position with one out in the top of the third, but couldn’t get either one home. When Laurel had the same opportunity ...

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One Hall of a CWS debut for West Virginia

OMAHA, Neb. — Tyrus Hall’s blooper down the right-field line in the eighth inning Friday – WVU head coach Steve Sabins admitted later – put the wheels in motion on what was about to be a historic day inside Charles Schwab Field. “Hall gets that hit down the line and I start thinking ...

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OP-ED: Changing the direction of U.S. labor

Memorial Day, a day set aside to honor fallen veterans, is a red letter day for American labor - literally. On Memorial Day 1937, union blood was spilled in Chicago, when 10 were killed and nearly a hundred protesters were injured during a steelworkers' strike rally. It was a tragic, ...

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Kicking back on Mexico’s Yucatan Coast

"Progreso? Where is that?" Those were the typical responses I got when telling family and friends where my husband and I were going to spend the winter. Not many Americans know about the peaceful beachside town of Progreso on Mexico's northern Yucatan Coast, but it's been a hugely popular ...

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