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Packed house

After several months of work, South Strabane Township is one step closer to enacting an ordinance regulating data centers. Residents packed the South Strabane Fire Department station on Oak Spring Road for a public hearing on the ordinance that lasted about three hours. Township officials ...

Small changes can lower water, heating bills

Homeowners can take advantage of several ways to lower their monthly water and heating bills with a little know-how. Henry Klinar, general manager of McKean Plumbing & Heating in Washington, one of the most common sources of inflated water usage can be solved with a “relatively easy ...

Glass recycling Saturday

Volunteers from the Washington Rotary Club will assist with recycling of empty bottles and jars this Saturday, April 4, 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 ...

Coroner seeks information on two people

The Washington County coroner’s office is seeking information on two people who died recently at UPMC Washington Hospital. Kimberly Coppola, who was born June 26, 1969, died on March 23. Her permanent home address was in McDonald, although she originally is from Texas and has family ...

$1.7 billion power project would cross Greene, Fayette counties

A proposed pathway of high-voltage electric lines would run through Greene, Fayette, and eight other counties in the state. The project would create a succession of 765-kilovolt lines running 220 miles from the Kammer substation in Marshall County, W.Va., to the Juniata substation in Perry ...

Bradford House symposium to honor former board member

An upcoming symposium hosted by Washington’s Bradford House Historical Association (BHHA) will honor a longtime board member and educator. “Symposium on 18th Century Living and Customs,” which will be in the Old Main Chapel at Washington & Jefferson College Friday, April 17, will ...