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Mark Kennison owns the President’s Pub and Nineteen North, a restaurant and an entertainment venue, respectively, on North Main Street, Washington. His philosophy about businesses in Downtown Washington is that “the tide lifts all ships.”Businesses can often be competitive, but for small ...

Sherry Knight is a caretaker.Born and raised in Canton Township, Knight, a talented artist, was eager to begin a glamorous life in New York City, where she looked forward to starting her career in advertising. But when her mother passed just two weeks before college graduation, Knight, who ...

When a writer pens a book, a musician creates a song or a painter puts a brush to canvas, how the final work is received is totally out of the artist’s hands.And, once it’s unleashed in the world, there’s no telling how it will be interpreted, particularly by members of the audience who ...

A “special” expansion into Canonsburg

Special Occasion is home, sweet home.The specialty baking store celebrated a return to where it all began with a second location grand opening on Oct. 29 at 1 West Pike Street in Canonsburg. The first Special Occasion opened 50 years ago along North Jefferson Avenue, about a block from the new ...

Melody Eller is fired up about her new business venture.“Art, it can be healing, it’s relaxing, stress relieving. It can bring families together. You make memories here,” said Eller, who took ownership of Fired Up Art Studio along Rt. 19 in McMurray in February. “It’s a happy ...

Colby Jeffrey was five years old when he first heard about the Toys for Tots program while sitting in a classroom at Trinity East Elementary School.Alarmed at other children not having toys at Christmas, Colby asked his parents if he could hold a toy drive and stuff his parents’ box truck.The ...