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Glass recycling Saturday

Volunteers from the Washington Rotary Club will assist with recycling of empty bottles and jars this Saturday, Nov. 7, from 9 a.m. until noon at the Log Cabin Drive entrance to the Washington Park recycling center. Only glass bottles and jars are accepted, but color does not matter and lids and labels are acceptable. No other types of glass, including mirrors, light bulbs, window glass or ceramics, are permitted. This will be the last time Rotary members assist with glass recycling until the first Saturday in March 2027, but glass may be recycled any Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. by entering the recycling area at the Wheeling Street entrance. Plastic caps and lids are ...

Bartolotta defeats Borello in 46th state Senate race

State Sen. Camera Bartolotta admitted it’s been a “bloody, bloody” year politically that began with a bruising primary against a fellow Republican followed by an upstart campaign from an independent candidate. But Bartolotta was victorious in Tuesday’s midterm election, winning her ...

Democrats win House and Senate

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress, delivering a decisive rebuke of Republican governance in Washington and ushering in a new era of congressional resistance to President Donald Trump. Tuesday's midterm elections laid bare voters' deep frustrations over high ...

Hanover Township supervisors ballot measure fails

Hanover Township residents failed to enact a ballot referendum on Tuesday to increase the number of township supervisors from a total of three to five. The measure failed 482-443, according to preliminary county election results. Supporters had hoped the measure would give residents a greater ...

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Sports

O-R Athlete of the Week: Teagen Crouse, Waynesburg

Name: Teagen Crouse Grade: Senior School: Waynesburg Sport: Football Crouse’s week: Crouse certainly made the most of the final regular season football game last Friday at Valley. Crouse factored in on seven touchdowns in Waynesburg’s 55-8 win over the Vikings. He threw four ...

W&J men and women picked as division favorites

Washington & Jefferson completed a rare sweep last season as both the men and women won Presidents’ Athletic Conference basketball championships. The W&J men went 23-7 advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division III tournament, while the women had a 22-7 record and also advanced ...

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Avonworth tops Waynesburg in semifinals for 2nd straight year

WEXFORD – Waynesburg hoped to avenge last year’s heartbreaking semifinal loss to Avonworth, but Antelopes standout Julia Cernich had other ideas. Cernich, a 6-foot-1 Rice recruit, put down heavy swing after heavy swing to the tune of 21 kills and made sure the Antelopes were headed back to ...

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Opinion

OP-ED: The time to get AI right is now

As recently as early summer, artificial intelligence, or AI, was far from the center of public concern or worry. Now, it's at center stage, though to many it remains a mystery. During a recent class reunion, a friend confided that AI was a head-scratcher. "I don't know anything about it," he ...

Living

Giving thanks by giving blood: Peters mom hosts annual blood drive

Ten years ago, blood transfusions saved the life of Nancy Tray's daughter, Maddalena, after she was born. Every year since, the Tray family, of Peters Township, has celebrated Thanksgiving by partnering with Vitalant to host the Maddalena Tray Blood Drive. Tray urges all eligible donors to ...

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