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SCI Greene hosting job fair

SCI Greene is hiring corrections officer trainees and filling additional positions across multiple fields. A job fair will be held from noon to 6 p.m. June 23 at Greene County Career Link, 200 Greene Plaza, Waynesburg. The minimum age to apply for a corrections officer trainee position is 18. Additionally, the department has obtained a waiver of Pennsylvania’s residency requirement, enabling the PADOC to recruit qualified candidates from neighboring states. For more information on open positions within the PADOC and career opportunities in corrections, visit employment.pa.gov/corrections. To see a list of all open positions at SCI Greene, visit Open Positions SCI Greene. No ...

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Most government offices and banks are closed tomorrow in observance of Juneteenth. There will be no mail delivery. The Observer-Reporter will not publish a print edition Friday.

Region receives millions in natural gas impact fees

Washington, Greene and Fayette counties will receive a combined $38.9 million in impact fee money from natural gas drilling in 2025, according to figures released this week by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission. Of the $243.8 million that will be distributed to communities across the ...

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Long pitches Wild Things past Crushers

AVON, OHIO – Maddox Long took a shutout into the eighth inning and the Wild Things scored five runs late in the game and defeated Lake Erie 8-3 Saturday night. Long (3-1) allowed five hits over 7⅔ innings. He did not walk a batter and struck out eight. Relievers Kelvin Perez and Michael ...

Learning and earning the right to celebrate a ‘trophy’

Maybe we have bought into the myth? Possibly we have sipped the Kool-Aid, if not having drunk deeply from the wash bin, but I have seen far too many pictures and stories and brag mags that highlight the successes of four-year-olds killing a monstrous 10-point buck with a 20-inch spread. I have ...

Lake Erie cools off Wild Things

AVON, Ohio – Brandon Scott and two relievers combined on a three-hit shutout as the Lake Erie Crushers blanked the Wild Things 9-0 in a series opener Friday night. The loss ended the Wild Things’ winning streak at eight games. Scott (1-4) struck out seven over seven innings. Brandien ...

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Let's not foot this bill Pennsylvania taxpayers already provide Gov. Josh Shapiro with one of the most beautiful official residences in the nation. The Governor’s Residence in Harrisburg recently underwent more than $30 million in renovations and security improvements, and it is protected ...

Living

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Cultivating a love of plants

At the Flenniken Library in Carmichaels, Executive Director Nicole Mitchell will hear parents at the library’s Toddler Time activities say they need to stop at the store for tomatoes. The response she gets to say: "No, you don't. Just walk outside and grab them.” The library has a ...

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