Braving the heat
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Chris Donaldson and Malik Pope chat in the shade along Main Street in Washington on their lunch break Tuesday afternoon. The two spent the hot day painting the exterior of the Bradford House.
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Brent Frost works high over Jefferson Avenue in Washington, where he and a crew upgraded signal lights Tuesday afternoon. Frost and coworker Chris Wilhelm weathered the heat that returned to Southwestern Pennsylvania early this week.
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Kayla Ruffner and Kyle Wood brave the heat and man the stop signs along Third Street in Washington. The two were part of a crew working under foreman Tom Godwin, of Casper Colosimo & Son, to replace a water valve Tuesday afternoon.
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Vern Houser isn’t afraid of a little heat: The Washington resident spent part of Tuesday afternoon mowing his lawn.
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Malik Pope paints a door frame at Bradford House under a blazing sun Tuesday afternoon. Pope and a crew of house painters added fresh paint to the historic landmark on the first day of a weeklong heat wave.
While some worked in air-conditioned homes and offices or chilled in local pools, others spent Tuesday laboring in the heat. Temperatures had reached the 80s by early Tuesday afternoon, and construction crews and house painters stayed hydrated and sought shade when they could. One local man even braved the heat to mow his lawn shortly before noon, while his wife kept cool inside. This week’s forecast shows no signs of cooling, with temperatures lingering in the low- to mid-80s and low 90s.