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A high school math instructor from the Pittsburgh suburbs who hails from a family of educators was honored Tuesday as the state's teacher of the year.

Marcia Slaton, reading teacher and literacy coach, at the Grace S. Beck Elementary and Chief Shikellamy Elementary in Shikellamy School District, Sunbury, is one of the 11 finalists in the state's Teacher of the Year program.

Two fraternities, a fraternity member and the roommate of Penn State freshman Joseph Dado's sister were all charged Thursday with furnishing alcohol in connection with Dado's death.

A high school math instructor from the Pittsburgh suburbs who hails from a family of educators was honored Tuesday as Pennsylvania's teacher of the year.

Michelle S. Switala, head of the Math Department at Pine-Richland High School in Gibsonia, beat out 11 other finalists to collect the award from the Pennsylvania chapter of the National State Teachers of the Year organization.

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"Our core mission of educating women," says Dr. Esther Barazzone, Chatham Unversity president, "both undergraduate and graduate, is extremely important for the economic development of the region." Leaning forward in her well appointed office in Andrew Mellon's former home, a large, faux-Tudor structure that once housed the Secretary of the Treasury ...

Some of the area's most eligible bachelors and bachelorettes will be walking the runway to help an area hospital.

In conjunction with its 175th anniversary, St. Mary of the Assumption Church on Middle Road in Glenshaw is conducting a parish renewal from Sunday, Oct.

To help Bob Mandera raise money for diabetes research, make checks out to Erie Diabetes Walk c/o Bob Mandera and mail them to 4819 Andrews Drive, Gibsonia, PA 15044.

When it came to Polish-American music and bands, Philip Pruszynski was considered by his peers as the leader of the band.

As a banker who considered his work a challenge instead of a job, David L. Griffin was responsible for helping hundreds of families find adequate housing.

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Ciara Cowan wanted a place where she could sing and play the guitar without her siblings yelling at her.

Ciara Cowan wanted a place where she could sing and play the guitar without her siblings yelling at her.

One language wasn't enough for Rostyslaw "Ross" Dowbenko. When he emigrated from Ukraine to the United States, he already knew four languages, said his wife, Kateryna.

Don Thomas has been a seventh- and eighth-grade art teacher at Pine-Richland Middle School in Gibsonia for 24 years.

Mitch Fryer can be reached via e-mail or at 724-543-1303, ext. 1342. Read the Trib on your Kindle FORD CITY -- Fred Held couldn't wait to tell his friend Lon Schnauffer, "you gotta come look at this." "He called me right there on the spot to say he was in Ford City looking at an old Mail Pouch Tobacco ad painted on the side of a building," said ...

This is the second week of the Pine Creek Journal's list of area golf courses so that players may use it as a quick reference guide to finding their favorite places to play.

Christine's Painting Place is located at 5475 Wm. Flynn Highway, Gibsonia, Pa., and their phone number is 724-444-1411. There are things to do if you want to get away by yourself, or if you want to take the kids for an Christine's Painting Place Neigborhood: afternoon of fun.