Central Greene, J-M, Carmichaels mull shared transportation
The state Department of Transportation will be hosting multiple job fairs throughout Southwestern Pennsylvania for winter maintenance positions. The hiring events will be at PennDOT facilities in Westmoreland, Fayette, Washington and Greene counties. The first will take place Aug. 27 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. at 144 Donohoe Road, Greensburg. The Fayette County job fair will be Aug. 28 from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. at 825 N. Gallatin Ave. Ext., Uniontown. The next event will be Sept. 3 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. at 170 Route 519, Eighty Four in Washington County. The final job fair will be in Greene County on Sept. 4 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. at 129 Jefferson Road, Waynesburg.
Teachers from the Carmichaels Area School District’s union voted unanimously Monday to allow its negotiating team to authorize a strike. The 66-0 vote came immediately after members of the Carmichaels Area Education Association overwhelmingly voted down a tentative agreement with the district, the CAEA said in a release Tuesday morning. CAEA President Brianna Rice said in the release the lopsided outcome “demonstrates the disrespect with which the board has treated its teaching staff,” which is negatively affecting the educational environment. “Our plan for now is to return to our classrooms and to our students,” she said of the 78-member union. “But we expect the ...
Attorneys for two men facing capital murder charges who are trying to restrict Washington County’s district attorney ability to pursue the death penalty against their clients want the state Supreme Court to remove the special counsel lawyers representing him in their challenge. The Atlantic ...
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The year was 1975 when player-manager Alex “Pickhandle” Mercosky led the Buffington Buffs to the first Fayette County Baseball League championship. Fifty years later the league has gone through many changes but is still on solid ground and recently handed out awards and listed leaders ...
Eli Cernuska and Mason Ritz each shot a 39 to share medalist honors in Frazier’s 226-234 victory over Yough on Monday in boys Section 8-2A golf play at Linden Hall Golf Course. John Sinchar had a 45 and Nash Fouch carded a 46 for the Commodores (2-1, 2-2). Gavin Seich’s 57 closed the ...
The increased popularity of soccer in the area has brought numerous sellouts to Highmark Stadium in Pittsburgh’s Station Square, but Pittsburgh Riverhounds owner Tuffy Shallenberger has his sights set on much-larger crowds at the soccer-specific stadium that currently has a capacity of ...
On a summer evening in Milwaukee, with his team mired near the bottom of the National League, Pirates' manager Bobby Bragan emerged from the dugout mid-game. Bragan headed toward the umpires. Strangely enough, he was sipping from a small drinking carton. Moments earlier, the brash Bucco ...
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 ...
