Venetia News

For many classical music lovers, summer officially begins with the Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra's Valley Vivaldi chamber series.

Ten years ago, Silvi Labovitz was inspired to write a musical by an event that took place more than 4,000 miles from her home in Switzerland.

Kurt Shaw covers the art scene for the Tribune-Review. He can be reached via e-mail . The latest exhibit at Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, "Vision Realized," marks the 11th year the gallery has been at its Shadyside location.

When a townhouse development in Venetia was approved by Peters Township Council in 2006, the housing market was good and developers felt there would be little difficulty selling the units for $300,000. Times have changed.

Peters council members last night voted to approve a developer's plan to scale down the size of townhouses in a new residential development after several of the homes didn't sell.

No, not the kind that oink gently in a mud bath after enjoying a tasty meal. These hogs wear leather and ride two-wheeled chrome contraptions that produce much louder, deeper oinks.

Surrounded by a room full of history and intrigue, guests of the Pennsylvania Sinfonia raised funds May 9 for the Valley Vivaldi concert series as well as the Sinfonia as -- masked or bare-faced -- they enjoyed the Vivaldi Venetian Masquerade which was held in the richly appointed Knights of Templar Asylum, a room on the ground level of Allentown's ...

Peters Township Council will hold a public hearing before its regular May 26 meeting on the proposed Venetia Point townhouse development on Venetia Road.

A wealthy Washington County plumbing contractor and tax cheat can serve his house-arrest sentence inside the $5 million mansion at the center of his tax-evasion case, a divided federal appeals court ruled.

" A divided U.S. appeals court will let a wealthy contractor from Venetia serve house arrest in the $5 million mansion at the center of his tax-fraud case.

For Ridgway native Paul Buchheit, the economy has made his job as National Sales Manager at the Venetian & Palazzo Resort Hotel Casinos a difficult task.

Christian Hanson, the son of Dave Hanson, lifted a rebound of a Jason Blake shot pas4 Martin Brodeur a4 15:55 5 of the first period to give Toronto a 0 0 0 0 0-0 lead.

The son of one of the notorious Hanson brothers from the movie "Slap Shot" has joined the Toronto Maple Leafs.

About 1,700 customers lost power in the greater Venetia area of Peters Township on Monday evening.

On Feb. 19 Society Hill Playhouse's Red Room presented to an eager crowd - ages 18 and up on black folding chairs at red-clothed bar tables - the opening night of Eric Bogosian's philosophical, comedic, and ...

Heading to the Philadelphia Flower Show? Roman arches dripping with roses, Tuscan fields of sunflowers, and verdant Venetian grottos will fill the 10-acre exhibit space of the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

The classic gardens and architecture of Italy inspire this year's weeklong Philadelphia Flower Show opening Sunday in the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

The mayor of Venice says it's a good business deal. But bar owners and the media are criticizing his plan to install Coca-Cola vending machines in their world famous city of gondolas, masked street performers ...

The faces of epilepsy. More than three million Americans suffer from epilepsy and seizures.

Images of cavernous stone interiors penetrated by a maze of stairways and passages that dart in and out of menacing shadow are reminiscent of a set design for an early 20th-century horror film or an ...