Avella News

It's summertime, but the livin' isn't so easy. Rising food and gas prices are crunching family budgets, and everyday pleasures are becoming luxuries.

A group of pigeon-loving bird watchers wants New Yorkers to thank their feathered friends today for all the "charm" they drop on Gotham.

Residents of Avella, Pennsylvania witnessed an unusual sight on Tuesday. Imagine looking out of your window and seeing a black bear.

Numerous people recently appeared in Washington County Court on criminal charges.

Police say a train derailed in Washington County Saturday morning, sending a tanker containing hazardous material into a nearby creek.

Avella Junior/Senior High School will hold its commencement exercises at 7 p.m. June 5 in the high school gymnasium.

Police say a six cars of train went off the tracks in Washington County, including a tanker containing hazardous material that leaked into a creek.

Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Museum of Rural Life , North America's oldest human habitation site, has reopened after a $3 million renovation.

The site was used for centuries. Today, the Meadowcroft Rockshelter is one of the oldest recognized sites of human habitation on the continent, giving archeologists a rare glimpse into the lives of prehistoric ...

“She was never the type of parent to push it”

May 13: Crazy Babysitter Twins talk BLACK WATERS, etc. Fango recently had a chance to chat with Electra and Elise Avellan, a.k.a. "The Crazy Babysitter Twins" from Robert Rodriguez's GRINDHOUSE feature PLANET ... via FANGORIA

A Washington County archaeological site believed to contain some of the earliest traces of humans in North America is set to reopen after being closed for nearly a year for renovations. via WHP-TV Harrisburg

“He waited 18 years to find a professional archaeologist to dig the site. He didn't want looters to come and destroy it.”

For more than 30 years, archaeologist James Adovasio and his students were the only people to get a good look at the 16,000-year-old Indian campground that revolutionized our understanding of the first North ... via Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

“It is such as small district, so you also have a chance to get to know students who are a wide variety of ages, even the seventh- and eighth-graders are fun to get to know.”

As two Avella Area High School senior band members approach graduation, their band director hopes they pass on the same academic and leadership skills that they have exhibited throughout their high school ... via O-R Online

Politics To Go Although many questions have b... News Forum Presentation Tony Avella said he's upset ... Avella: The city should do the... News Forum Presentation The councilman says the city h... News Forum ... via WNBC New York Channel 4

“It only took a couple of minutes to vote and less than that to tally them.”

The reliability of Pennsylvania's voting machines was as important as getting people to the polls during yesterday's much-anticipated Democratic primary, which ended in a key win for Senator Hillary Clinton ... via Popular Mechanics

“Most of the ladies who are in the class don't speak English. I can talk with them in the same language. It's always a different bond.”

Four years ago, Nadia Avellan went from working 12-hour days as a pediatric dentist to full-time duties as a homemaker. via WisInfo

“I had thoughts of the priesthood as far back as the second grade. I used to pretend to be a priest saying Mass on her ironing board. "She truly inspired me and many other people in our little town”

Alice McCaffrey just knew it was time to retire. She points to three specific signs that told her so: * She had just celebrated her 40th anniversary as secretary of Holy Rosary Parish in Muse, Washington ... via Pittsburgh Catholic

“If he becomes mayor, I'll move all my horses back to Ireland”

FOLLOW the faint odor of all things equine to the double set of garage doors at 522 West 45th Street. via New York Times

Jason Horowitz reports from the campaign trail in Pennsylvania, where he's listening to Hillary Clinton's populist message. via Observer.com - All Articles

“The student body had already left.”

BURGETTSTOWN, Pa. - Burgettstown Junior/Senior High School was the site of two bomb threats this week, one believed to be a copycat incident. via Weirton Daily Times