Apr 20, 2008 | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Golden Gloves: Rebuilt club is full of talent
“It was despicable what those punks did”
The South Park Boxing Club got knocked down with the heaviest of blows, but resiliently gathered itself, got to one knee, took a deep breath and then rose to both feet. via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Andreas Fire Company, West Penn settle
Andreas Fire Company, two of its officers and its relief association will get $150,000 to settle a federal lawsuit they filed against West Penn Township in a dispute over accounting, funding and the company's ... via The Morning Call
Woman accused of stealing debit card
A 22-year-old woman was arrested Tuesday on charges she stole another woman's debit card and swiped it to buy a 30-cent pack of gum. via Express-Times
“Elli Armbrust and her son, Andreas, spoke England-accented English. We corresponded for several years before I met them and more Armbrust cousins in an area north of Hamburg in 1994”
Sandy Brummund, of Omaha, started doing research on her family in 1983. Soon, she had added dozens of names to her Christmas card list. via WGAL-TV Lancaster
German settlers' chant welcomes new year
“Ich winsche dir un deinie Hausfraa. Sohnie un Techder, Gnecht un Mechder. Un alle die in diesem haus, ein Glickseeliches Neies Yaahr”
Reading Eagle: Richard J. Patrick Peter V. Fritsch, left, plays dulcimer during the "Nei Yaahr Winsching" ceremony with Luke Hertzog on guitar and Mike Hertzog on banjo in St. via Reading Eagle/Reading Times
Swiss chocolate maker opens factory in China
“Only with this Chinese production we are a truly global company”
In a cavernous white building filled with huge bubbling vats, clattering conveyor belts and the luscious aroma of melted chocolate, a Swiss tradition is being transplanted, cocoa butter block by cocoa butter ... via York Dispatch
Man arrested for city's first homicide in '08
An adult male has been arrested in connection with yesterday's murder of a man in Southwest Philadelphia. via The Philadelphia Inquirer
Shopping Scout: September 28, 2007
FOUND Red brick paper: JoAnn of Laurys Station has an unopened roll of red brick paper for Joan of Northampton. via The Morning Call