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I am not a cheerleader for the natural gas industry. I expect the people there to be the professionals they are. I expect them to be the good corporate citizens they are.I am a cheerleader for us, for Southwestern Pennsylvania and for the United States. If you love America, Pennsylvania and us, ...

Forty years and 20 miles separate Don Cowden and Drew Manko. Yet they share an inextricable bond: a heritage of blood, sweat and tears.“You have to love this or you don’t do it,” said Cowden, who, like Manko, belongs to the fraternity known as Washington County farmers. All of them are ...

Amy Ross Manko – farm owner, entrepreneur, real estate developer – saw another opportunity and seized it.She bought that ornate Grand Victorian at 405 E. Maiden St., the one known colloquially as the Lyons’ Mansion. It has been a bed and breakfast inn in recent years, and she is ...

NurturePA: matching moms with mentors

People can debate whether it takes a village to rear a child, but if a baby is mom’s first or fourth, somewhere in between or beyond, motherhood is a task no one should be facing alone.The mother, grandparent, aunt, friends or in-laws of a new mom may be the people to whom she would naturally ...

When people retire before age 65, it can be a challenge to find affordable health care insurance. Most companies no longer provide coverage to retirees. If you do not qualify for a subsidy from the government health exchange, it could cost $600 to $700 each per month, and that will break many ...

Highlands Hospital’s Center for Health and Community Impact in Connellsville is now using a technology-based treatment for depression as an alternative to traditional methods that have failed for some patients.Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) is a noninvasive procedure that uses ...