Mercer News

The Shake-Its strut their stuff Tuesday night in the Mercer County Grange Fair parade.

Grove City area girls Alisha Henry and Elizabeth Weber , both 16, will serve as alternates to the new Mercer County Dairy Princess Lena Aiken , also 16, from New Wilmington.

Conservative Pittsburgh-based radio talk show host Jerry Bowyer speaks at a TEA party Saturday in Mercer.

A polka worship service in memory of John Krizanscic is planned for 9:30 a.m. Sunday in Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 3325 Morefield Road.

Mercer area residents can expect their property taxes to go up another 1.5 mills after the school board Monday approved a spending plan for 2009-10. The $16.6 million budget holds the line on expenses, said Superintendent Dr.

IT SEEMS the organizers of Saturday's "tea party" on the Mercer County Courthouse lawn need to get a little more organized.

The public is invited to stop in to see the alpacas and take a look in the farm store at Highland Alpaca, located on Millbrook Road off of Route 173 north, from noon to 4 p.m. today.

Mercer County Master Gardeners will offer free open tours of their gardens at the Mercer County 4-H Park, on Route 19 north of Mercer, from 10 a.m. to noon June 27.

State police said there was a moo-ving violation in Mercer County when a cow wandered onto Route 208 in Springfield Township shortly before midnight.

Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International, Shenango Valley chapter, will meet at 6 p.m. today in Apostolic Christian Church, 664 Cedar Ave.

Leela is a 1-year-old, female shorthair who's a very affectionate lap cat. She tested negative for feline leukemia and AIDS, is spayed and had a rabies shot.

Mercer will soon be home to a memorial for American troops who have died during the Global War on Terror, said Dave Bailey, president of Mercer County Veterans Motorcycle Association.

If you happened to pass our office last Saturday you might have noticed an unusual sight as this year's class of the National Safe Tractor and Machinery Operator Program were taking their final examinations.

Traveling through North Annville Township could be challenging this summer. The Board of Supervisors have been notified by PennDOT that a portion of Palmyra-Bellegrove Road will be closed for a month this summer while a concrete culvert between Steelstown and Syner roads is replaced.

Mercer University's magazine, The Mercerian, has been awarded first place in the "In-House Publication" category of the 2009 Better Newspaper Contest, according to a news release.

The "Buy One, Get One Free" event offers a variety of book and gift items for children.

If enough funding becomes available, the blue recycling bins in Hempfield Township will be relocated to the municipal building.

Step into the Mercer County 911 Center and it looks like the bridge of a spacecraft.

Shenango Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization has been awarded a $200,000 grant to study the U.S. Route 19 corridor from the Mercer-Coolspring Township border south to Interstate 80, Gov.

It will include a tour of Carousel Magic to see carousel horses being carved and a visit to Malabar Farm and Kingwood Center to see the magnificent gardens.