BETHEL PARK – As the nation observes its 250th birthday this year, Bethel Presbyterian Church is marking the same milestone. A celebration to observe both historic occasions will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Bethel Cemetery, 2999 Bethel Church Road, next to Bethel Presbyterian Church, ...

Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of 12 weekly stories focusing on America’s 250th birthday, as told through the lens of our communities and the role many of the places we call home played in shaping the nation before, during and after the Revolutionary War. This week we stop ...

PITTSBURGH – The war that brought the United States into being is usually thought of as a valiant effort by men in tri-cornered hats and breeches, wielding muskets in order to escape the clutches of a tax-mad king. It was, like many things in history, a little more complicated than ...