Perryopolis News

The city's Urban Redevelopment Authority is poised to award a $4.1 million contract tomorrow for the proposed makeover of Market Square.

How many companies does it take to power a light bulb with natural gas? About 30, according to some estimates: one utility company to supply the electricity to consumers and 29 others to drill the natural gas wells, fracture the Marcellus Shale formation that has been driving energy firms to southwest Pennsylvania by the dozens, gather the gas, ...

Bryce Rinkhoff was 6 or 7 years old when his great-grandfather introduced him to the joys of carbide cannons.

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An Elrama man died Monday from injuries he suffered in a motorcycle accident Sunday on Route 88 in Fredericktown.

The Make-a-Wish Foundation provided a day of luxury to a Perryopolis teen with a neurological disorder.

Two pedestrians were flown to a Pittsburgh hospital Thursday night after being struck by a vehicle while crossing Route 51.

Spring Cleanup Day for Lower Tyrone is scheduled for Thursday, a regular trash pickup day.

Bryan Church will hold its annual basket auction on Saturday. Dinner will be held at 2 p.m. The cost is $5 per person.

In the May primary election, candidates in Belle Vernon Borough will vie for three spots left open by deaths during the past year.

Lower Tyrone Township Supervisors will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Brownfield Community Center in Dawson.

Perryopolis Senior Citizens group will hold its annual "Friendship Tea" at 1 p.m. Thursday.

Fondly called "The Pearl of the Pike," the village of Hopwood is a wonderful example of the quintessential charm and quaintness that helped form the area, as settlers and adventurers discovered and settled the Fay-West. With a permanent population of 1,952 residents, Hopwood is home to many families who have lived there for generations.

Real-life relationships between friends inspired a Dawson man to write a screenplay that was turned into a movie, which will be released soon and nearby.

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission is looking beyond its decision to not renew an inflated contract for 130,000 trout, which the agency had been importing from an out-of-state hatchery.

Laurel: To the Frazier School District. The Perryopolis area school district recently received almost $76,000 in Classrooms for the Future grant monies.

Judy Kroeger can be reached at jkroeger@tribweb.com or 724-626-3538. The Yough River Trail Council had a busy year, but is not resting on its accomplishments.

Bob Ferguson worried about moving one of his family's Gene & Boots Candy stores to Century III Mall from a nearby shopping center, given the mall's dwindling number of retailers.

Brian Herman can be reached at bherman@tribweb.com or 724-684-2667. Bruno Pappasergi may have stepped down as Charleroi High's baseball coach.

Perryopolis only has enough salt to cover roads for three or four major storms. Council President Charles Johnson said no more salt is for sale but the borough has purchased 100 tons of sand to provide ...