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Heavy rains cause landslide in South Strabane Township

Heavy rains throughout Thursday night into Friday morning led to a landslide above Villas on the Green in South Strabane Township, damaging a home on Golf Course Drive in the housing development. Jim Kashery, president of the Villas’ homeowners association, said they had been preparing for ...

South Strabane Township disbands parks and recreation commission

The South Strabane Township Board of Supervisors enacted an ordinance this week that will dissolve the parks and recreation commission. The supervisors voted 3-2 to do away with the commission at their meeting Tuesday. Supervisors Bob Weber and Russ Grego voted against it. Earlier this year ...

Making an impact

The sound and the fury that roars out of Washington, D.C., on a daily basis may attract the lion’s share of attention, but local government and its more mundane duties have a more direct impact on people’s daily lives. That was the verdict from Washington County municipal officials who ...

Arguments heard in Washington Co. precinct consolidation plan

Peters Township could be carved out of the Washington County Elections Board’s overall plan to consolidate precincts and merge polling places in more than a dozen municipalities ahead of the May 19 primary election. During a nearly three-hour hearing before Judge Michael Lucas at the ...