Avella News

Mayoral hopeful Councilman Tony Avella is making New York City's water supply one of his campaign issues.

After nearly four decades as Washington County's reigning dancing queen, Joyce Ellis is hanging up her shoes and bidding farewell to the world of dance.

Jun 17, 2009 5:21 pm US/Eastern Reporting Mary Robb Jackson AVELLA 1 of 1 High winds whipped the galvanized steel roof off Briggs' barn like it was tin foil, moving it from its foundation at least 20-feet on one end.

Three teenagers were injured Monday night when the car in which they were riding crashed into a tree on Avella Road just west of Route 231 in Independence Township.

More rain will be falling across Western Pennsylvania today, while some residents continue to clean up from storms last night.

Avella fire Chief Eric Temple said the storm moved through about 7:30 p.m. The winds packed a punch as they blew down trees.

AVELLA, Pa. -- Travelers passing through the Ohio River Valley 16,000 years ago didn't have a whole lot of lodging options.

This article has been read 990 times. Numerous people recently appeared in Washington County Court on criminal charges.

Patrick Shuster can be reached via e-mail or at 724-543-1303, ext. 1337. The finances of the Armstrong School District will soon be in the hands of Eric Brandenburg.

Voters in the four municipalities that make up Avella Area School District voted down the referendum to direct half of the 1 percent realty transfer tax to the school.

By eliminating nearly 800 dealers nationwide Chrysler and its bankruptcy judge, instead of trying to make the company more profitable, may end up driving long-term customers to other marques, says Bo Corwin, owner of Corwin Chrysler Jeep in Hickory.

Greenhouse grown tomatoes sold by Volkar Farm on the first day of the Original Farmer's Night Market in Collier.

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Bedbugs may be repulsive to almost everyone, but not to Jack. A 2-year-old Jack Russell terrier, Jack loves nothing more than seeking out the speck-sized, wingless, biting insects that hide in mattresses and pillows.

Vandals in four-wheel drive vehicles tore a oedeep, muddy rutsa in the Avella High School football field earlier this month and caused $8,000 in damages, the district superintendent said.

The gloves and trash bags are in, and the safety vests are on the way as volunteers gear up for the Great PA Cleanup.

Nancy D. Vance-Jacobs, 58, of Avella, Pa. was taken to Trinity Medical Center West for treatment of injuries sustained in a two-vehicle wreck around 5:05 p.m. Monday at the entrance to the Veterans Memorial Bridge.

Dogs are now being trained to detect pesky, biting creatures known as bedbugs , and WTAE Channel 4 Action News anchor Sally Wiggin reports that there's one such pooch in western Pennsylvania.

A locally produced movie dances into Pittsburgh theaters tomorrow. "C Me Dance," filmed in Carnegie, opens in four local theaters before it hits about 200 cinemas in 13 other states next week.

Robert Briggs, 64, stands among the ruins of his barn in Independence that was destroyed by fire on the night of Feb.