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Judge selects new member for Cal Area School Board

A judge has selected a new member to fill out the California Area School Board. Following a hearing Monday at the Washington County Courthouse, Judge Brandon Neuman selected Kim Leasure to serve on the board to fill the vacancy created by Diane Zielensky when she resigned Sept. 17. The school ...

AMI is building community for those with mental health challenges

Editor’s note: This article is a part of Helping the Helpers, our annual series to raise awareness for nonprofits throughout the area. In late 1969, a group of five people returning to the community from state psychiatric hospitals started having social gatherings once a week. Through ...

Midtown Market opens in Canonsburg

Andrew Andronas was awake until 4 a.m. Friday. It wasn’t his mind working overtime. He was. Andronas was applying the proverbial final touches to Midtown Market ahead of its ribbon-cutting a little more than eight hours later at 48 W. Pike St. in downtown Canonsburg. He was the driving ...

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Marshall embraces challenge of playing in 5A

Shandon Marshall has been a part of some successful teams as a player and coach. He has also witnessed several sub-par seasons first hand, but the 2018 graduate of Brownsville Area High School looks forward to his first season as head coach of the Albert Gallatin girls basketball ...

Smith hopes gradual progression continues for Mustangs

When John Smith accepted the position as head coach of Laurel Highlands entering the 2023-2024 boys basketball season, he knew success wasn’t going to appear overnight, as the Mustangs were playing for the first time in four years with the program’s all-time leading scorer Rodney Gallagher ...

Hill takes over for Lady Mustangs

Stewart Davis put Laurel Highlands girls basketball back on the map in the WPIAL, but when he had to make a decision that would affect his working career, Davis had to step aside. Stepping in for Davis is Rick Hill, a 1988 graduate from Morgantown, W.Va., who played three sports for what is ...

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OP-ED: A fact-based look at America’s violence problem

Every time a high-profile shooting makes headlines, America relives the same cycle: shock, outrage, and the inevitable chorus of demands to ban “assault weapons,” defund the police, blame political opponents, and spend more federal money in cities. But these slogans conceal more than they ...

Outdoors

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Bear aware

Outdoor excitement can arise as a surprise. Last week, I enjoyed an experience I’d wanted to undertake for a long time. I took a course at Touchstone Center for Crafts in the mountains near Farmington. The course was in botanical illustration, a blend of art and science in which ...

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