Air quality alerts issued as wildfire smoke spreads across Pennsylvania
Canonsburg Borough Council tabled a scheduled Monday vote to award nearly $150,000 to replace the borough building’s roof, citing a need for further documentation from the prospective contractor. Borough Manager Jennifer Foster said the motion to table the vote was an act of “due diligence,” in order to ensure that Beaver General Construction LLC provided all necessary safety documentation. The current roof was installed in phases, with the most recent partial replacement occurring around 2005, she said. Beaver’s $148,600.20 bid to fully replace the roof with a new shingle system was approximately $150,000 lower than the next lowest estimate from Ramp Construction Company ...
The rides, food, animals, and music returned to Wind Ridge Tuesday as the 161st annual Jacktown Fair kicked off with the parade and crowning of the new fair queen. From lawn chairs and front porches, people watched the parade roll through Wind Ridge down Route 21 all the way past the fair ...
Almost 120 years ago, a two-cell jail was opened off what is now Route 50 in Cecil Township, with officials apparently hoping that it would be a safe spot for drunks to sleep off their benders. It was little used, and has spent most of the last century slowly decaying. But the Cecil Township ...
The Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday announced they would end their nearly three-decade affiliation with the Wheeling Nailers. The move comes after the team was sold to the Hoffmann Family of Companies of Florida, the current owners of the ECHL’s Florida Everblades. “We are thankful to the ...
Colton Lusk entered the final round of the West Penn Open with the lead, but after a double bogey on the ninth hole, he found himself trailing by a shot. Then, he caught fire on the back nine to ensure the championship didn’t slip from his fingers. Lusk, a Peters Township grad, birdied ...
Trainer Melanie Wrenn said her horse Odds On Mr Mamba is “fresh and feeling great” as he begins his quest for The Adios championship this Saturday in one of two elimination races at Hollywood Casino The Meadows. First post Saturday is 12:45 p.m. With two horses supplementing into the race ...
Pennsylvania is divided into 67 counties and features a remarkably high number of local governments. Each parcel of land within the commonwealth falls into a specific city (57), borough (956), incorporated town (1), or township (1,546). The large number of municipalities resulted from early ...
The fight against deadly pancreatic cancer took a positive turn this spring with a study finding a new drug can help patients live longer. The New England Journal of Medicine (JAMA) published the study showing daraxonrasib taken daily as a pill helped metastatic pancreatic cancer patients ...
