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Dog owners 'woof it up' to help Cancer Society
Jeff Pikulsky can be reached via e-mail or at 724-684-2635. When Charleroi resident and Relay for Life volunteer Jody Cheplic heard of a cancer fundraising event involving dogs, she was not immediately a believer.
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Preservationists fear demise of region's bridges
The City of Bridges is drawing preservationists, engineers and historians who worry that many of the region's bridges are in danger of being lost forever.
Group pitches in to make Donora man's garden grow
When one thinks of pizza, one thinks of the tomatoes that serve as the base for the sauce, the herbs that flavor it and toppings like green pepper that add zest.
Police, Mon Valley Hospital brace for fireworks salvos
Jeff Oliver can be reached via e-mail or at 724-684-2666. With the July 4 weekend fast approaching, area police departments are bracing for an explosion - an explosion of fireworks complaints.
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Local libraries worry about impact of state budget
The state has failed to adopt a 2009-10 spending plan. The current fiscal year ends tonight.
5 Claim Discrimination Against Greensburg Central Catholic; Suit Mentions Sports Teams
AthleticBusiness.com has partnered with LexisNexis to bring you this content. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette June 26, 2009 Friday SOONER EDITION LOCAL; Pg.
Charleroi-Monessen Bridge replacement gets boost
PennDOT said Monday that it is moving forward with a plan to replace the deteriorating Charleroi-Monessen Bridge but has not formally decided whether to demolish the historic structure.
Jeff Oliver can be reached via e-mail or at 724-684-2666. While the state continues to trudge its way toward a budget, the lack of a spending plan for 2009-10 has drawn light away from a key item on Gov.
New opportunity for Valley steel
To the outside world, the Mid-Mon Valley is all about unemployment, poverty, vacant storefronts and, lately, shootouts involving young men from Donora and Monessen.
Washington County Assistant District Attorney Michael Lucas on Wednesday said the prosecution will seek a first-degree homicide conviction against Nathaniel L. Jones in the shooting death of another man outside a Canton Township bar.
PennDOT moving too fast on replacing historic Mon bridge, preservationists claim
State transportation officials are moving too quickly on replacing the historic Charleroi-Monessen Bridge, without fully considering preserving the span, the statea s preservation director claims.
The state budget, which likely won't be finalized by the June 30 deadline, probably won't be adopted without some increase in fees, at least two local state legislators believe.
Retirement too boring for Rostraver resident
Jeff Oliver can be reached via e-mail or at 724-684-2666. Most people who go through a long career working look forward to retirement.
Penn-Trafford to get police officer
Paul Paterra can be reached via e-mail or at 724-836-6220. A Penn Township police officer will work in the Penn-Trafford School District each day of the upcoming school year.
Woman claims discrimination in civil lawsuit
Jeff Oliver can be reached via e-mail or at 724-684-2666. A Fallowfield Township woman is suing First Federal Savings Bank of Monesses in a sex and age discrimination case.
Mid-Mon Valley Sports Hall of Fame continues scholar-athlete tradition
One of several noteworthy traditions that will continue during the Mid-Mon Valley All Sports Hall of Fame Banquet and Induction Ceremony is the honoring of senior student-athletes from eight local high schools.
Chris Buckley can be reached via e-mail or at 724-684-2642. The West Newton Veterans of Foreign Wars post has its share of members who served during the Vietnam War.
Third man charged in drug case pleads guilty
The last of three men arrested in February 2008 as part of a large-scale drug investigation in the Mon Valley pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to drug and money laundering charges.
Monessen nuisance bar closed for year
The Monessen bar that local authorities contend is a den of criminal activity was ordered to be closed for one year.
Storytelling: At Carl's Market, the customer of any age was king
And Carl was a prince of a fellow. Wednesday, June 03, 2009 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Carl Gasper Sr.
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