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Carmichaels teachers vote to give negotiators power to strike

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 ...

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Shallenberger announces stadium expansion

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 ...

Commodores down Cougars for section victory

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 ...

Back on the course

Before she became the special education coordinator for grades K-6, the district technology coordinator and the elementary reading interventions coordinator for the Uniontown Area School District, Dr. Lauren Clemmer was Lauren George, a decorated golfer for the Red Raiders. Clemmer, a 2001 ...

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Angry, disappointed fans wait and wait

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 ...

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Best and worst places to live

AccuWeather, the independent weather provider service, published an article last week showing the FEMA Risk Maps ranking every county in the United States for their susceptibility to natural disasters, including hurricanes, floods, droughts, winter storms, extreme heat and cold, high winds ...

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