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  1. Three food pantries get boost from Wal-Mart donationRead the original story

    Thursday | Connellsville and Fayette County News

    Three area food pantries were given a boost this holiday season with a $1,500 contribution from the Connellsville Wal-Mart in Dunbar Township through the Wal-Mart Foundation Community Grant program.

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    Related Topix: Connellsville, PA, Leisenring, PA, Fayette County, PA, US News, United States Department of Agriculture

  2. Fayette pastor petitions for cemeteryRead the original story

    Thursday | Pittsburgh Tribune

    ... on its grounds. Ewing Marietta told the board he couldn't bury his son in a family plot at Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Dunbar Township because owners of a neighboring business at 127 Church Hill Road had parked junked vehicles in it. Eicher said Fayette ...

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    Related Topix: Obituaries

  3. Fayette's Head Start/Early Head Start expandingRead the original story

    Wednesday Dec 16 | Connellsville and Fayette County News

    ... Head Start will hire at least seven new staff members to serve the children. The new classrooms will be at Dunbar Borough Elementary School and at the former Windy Hill School in Fairchance. The new program will begin Jan. 4. Federal funds provide ...

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    Related Topix: Fayette County, PA, US Politics, US News, John Murtha, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Johnstown, PA, Fairchance, PA

  4. DUNBAR: Boy Scout Troop Christmas Tree Sale

    Friday Dec 11 | WPXI

    Dunbar Boy Scout Troop and Pak 180 are having a Christmas tree sale from now until December 19th.

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  5. CASD working to improve reading, math scoresRead the original story

    Friday Dec 11 | Connellsville and Fayette County News

    ... Pennsylvania System of School Assessment tests. Connellsville Area High School, Junior High East, Junior High West, Dunbar Township Elementary, Zachariah Connell Elementary and Springfield Township Elementary are all in school improvement, due to ...

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    Related Topix: Education Etc., Connellsville, PA, Greensburg, PA

  6. Connellsville OKs math, reading improvement plansRead the original story

    Friday Dec 11 | PittsburghLIVE.com

    ... System of School Assessment tests. Six schools -- the senior high school, Junior High East, Junior High West, Dunbar Township Elementary, Zachariah Connell Elementary and Springfield Township Elementary -- are all in school improvement for failing ...

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    Related Topix: Connellsville, PA, Education Etc., Greensburg, PA

  7. New Connellsville Area School Board members take oath

    Tuesday Dec 8 | Connellsville and Fayette County News

    ... and the Private Industry Council of Westmoreland/Fayette Inc. Head Start of Fayette County to rent classroom space at Dunbar Borough Elementary School. * Approval to apply for a 2009-10 Enhancing Education Through Technology competitive grant for ...

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    Related Topix: Connellsville, PA, Fayette County, PA

  8. Fayette man convicted of murder accuses prosecutors of scheme

    Tuesday Dec 8 | PittsburghLIVE.com

    ... Austin, 34, was convicted in 1997 in the shooting death of a police informant, Patricia "Flossie" Malec, 47, of Dunbar. He and two accomplices, Stanley "Casper" Brown and Edward "New York Ed" Monroe, are serving life sentences. Police said Austin ...

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    Related Topix: Violent Crime, Fayette County, PA, State Prisons, Prison, Somerset County, PA

  9. Lawsuit filed over Dunbar Township fatal accident

    Saturday Dec 5 | Connellsville and Fayette County News

    ... of Dickerson Run, was killed in the 9 a.m. accident Dec. 25 on state Route 201, also known as Vanderbilt Road, in Dunbar Township, the suit says. The roadway "existed in a dangerous and hazardous condition, and was not in a reasonably safe condition ...

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    Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Christmas, Fayette County, PA

  10. No tax increase planned for Dunbar Township in 2010Read the original story

    Saturday Dec 5 | Connellsville and Fayette County News

    Dunbar Township Supervisors adopted a 2010 budget with no tax increase. The $1.4 million budget has revenues including $605,145 from taxes; $282,000 from intergovernmental revenue; $21,000 from fines and forfeits.

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  11. College to Host

    Thursday Dec 3 | Westminster College

    ... help with the wrapping and enjoy holiday music and refreshments." Beeghley is a son of Randall and Darci Beeghley of Dunbar and a graduate of Connellsville Area High School. Council member Jackie Meade , director of Westminster's Career Center, is ...

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    Related Topix: Connellsville, PA

  12. Charges against Dunbar man charged with illegal lottery dismissedRead the original story

    Thursday Dec 3 | Connellsville and Fayette County News

    Criminal charges against a Dunbar man accused of running a bogus lottery were dismissed Tuesday when the victim declined to testify at a preliminary hearing.

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    Related Topix: Ice Hockey, Winter Sports

  13. Charges dropped in illegal lotteryRead the original story

    Wednesday Dec 2 | PittsburghLIVE.com

    ... when the victim declined to testify at a preliminary hearing. Timothy A. Dolan Jr., 22, of 60 Connellsville St., Dunbar, organized a lottery for the Dunbar Hockey team, which plays in a league at Hot Shots in Westmoreland County, to pay $500 to the ...

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    Related Topix: Ice Hockey, Winter Sports

  14. Charges dropped in Dunbar illegal lotteryRead the original story

    Wednesday Dec 2 | PittsburghLIVE.com

    ... when the victim declined to testify at a preliminary hearing. Timothy A. Dolan Jr., 22, of 60 Connellsville St., Dunbar, organized a lottery for the Dunbar Hockey team, which plays in a league at Hot Shots in Westmoreland County, to pay $500 to the ...

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    Related Topix: Ice Hockey, Winter Sports

  15. Store robbed

    Tuesday Dec 1 | Connellsville and Fayette County News

    ... at 1:50 a.m. Monday. Anyone with information is asked to call Connellsville police at 724-628-2501, ext. 100. Dunbar Township Officials: Gas well fire was controlled burn A fire reported on Route 201 between Nelson Bus Lines and Connellsville was ...

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    Related Topix: Connellsville, PA, Mount Pleasant, PA, Uniontown, PA, Fayette County, PA

  16. Ex-worker at Connellsville airport sues Fayette authority for discriminationRead the original story

    Wednesday Nov 25 | Pittsburgh Tribune

    A former office manager for the Joseph A. Hardy-Connellsville Airport in Dunbar Township has filed complaints with the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, alleging she was discriminated against by the Fayette County Airport Authority.

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    Related Topix: Connellsville, PA, Law, Employment / Labor Law

  17. 2 Local Men Working To Track Down Bigfoot

    Tuesday Nov 24 | Kdka.com

    ... in Bigfoot. I thought they'd lock me away," she said. She said she became a believer in September while on a road in Dunbar Township. She claims she saw something for a few seconds as it ran into the woods and down a hill. Altman came out to ...

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    Related Topix: Supernatural, Latrobe, PA, Greensburg, PA, Uniontown, PA, Fayette County, PA

  18. Monarch VFD facing financial worries

    Friday Nov 20 | Connellsville and Fayette County News

    Residents of the small Dunbar Township community of Monarch gathered at the local fire hall this week to hear some disappointing news -- the volunteer fire department is having financial woes. 1 comment

    Related Topix: Laurel Mountain, PA

  19. Father of Fayette ATV victim vows to press on

    Friday Nov 20 | PittsburghLIVE.com

    The father of a 14-year-old boy killed March 31 in an ATV accident in Dunbar said Thursday he would continue to fight for justice for his son.

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    Related Topix: Fayette County, PA, Connellsville, PA, Chalk Hill, PA, Ohiopyle, PA

  20. Tire Fire Burns For Hours In Fayette Co.

    Thursday Nov 19 | ThePittsburghChannel

    Hundreds of tires burned for hours at a former junk yard in Dunbar Township in Fayette County.

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    Related Topix: Fire, Fayette County, PA

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