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Pennsylvania Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program vouchers available

The Pennsylvania Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) provides income-eligible seniors with the opportunity to purchase locally grown fruits, vegetables, and herbs from approved farmers in Pennsylvania. The program provides five $5 vouchers totaling $25 to eligible seniors one time during the program year. The vouchers may be redeemed at designated area farmers markets through Nov. 30. To be eligible for the SFMNP vouchers, an individual must be 60 or older by Dec. 31 and must be a resident of Fayette, Greene, or Washington counties. An eligible individual’s gross income includes interest, Social Security, wages, compensation for black lung or unemployment, and must be ...

Brownsville man charged in assault

A Brownsville man faces charges after being accused of fracturing a man’s leg during a dispute in April. According to the criminal complaint, Joseph Stokes, 59, accosted James Wellington as he was walking through a parking lot on Hopewell Road in Luzerne Township on the night of April 23. Wellington told a Pennsylvania State Police trooper Stokes accused him of making a rude gesture to Stokes’ wife before punching him multiple times in the face and chest. Stokes also threw Wellington’s walking stick over a hill into the bushes, the complaint said. Medical records provided to police by Wellington’s family said he sustained a left medial tibial fracture in the assault, and ...

Storms, wind knock out power for more than 120,000

Thousands remained without power Sunday a day after storms ripped through Southwest Pennsylvania, damaging buildings and knocking down trees and power lines. The thunderstorms that came in Saturday afternoon brought straight-line winds to the three-county area and beyond, causing damage ...

After delay, Greene County Historical Society Museum opens

Later than planned but earlier than feared, the Greene County Historical Society Museum opened for the season Saturday. After a fundraising drive helped back necessary repairs to the building, the Historical Society thanked the community with a cookout and meet-and-greet with the artist ...

Remembering a legacy

Brett Hickle’s father loved reading about World War II as a child. So when he’d go to visit extended family, it would have been natural for him to ask a family member who served what it was like. But the people who’d seen the kind of combat that would excite a young World War II buff ...

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Can WVU football match baseball, women’s basketball success?

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia baseball is on its way to the College World Series. The Mountaineers made it to the NCAA tournament, won their regional and won the super regional. Head coach Steve Sabins has WVU baseball as one of the top eight programs in the country. Football coach Rich ...

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10 PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL Los Angeles Dodgers at Pittsburgh, 6:40 p.m. DISTRICT BASEBALL FAYETTE AMERICAN LEGION Charleroi Post 22 at Uniontown Post 51, Hutchinson Field, Hopwood, 5 p.m., DH

Get to the point

Ethan Syner will be putting in the miles this summer. The recent graduate of Uniontown Area High School has selected Point Park University to continue his academic and running careers as a member of the Pioneers’ cross country, indoor and outdoor track & field teams. Syner’s road to ...

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OP-ED: Changing the direction of U.S. labor

Memorial Day, a day set aside to honor fallen veterans, is a red letter day for American labor - literally. On Memorial Day 1937, union blood was spilled in Chicago, when 10 were killed and nearly a hundred protesters were injured during a steelworkers' strike rally. It was a tragic, ...

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Outdoors Calendar

(To request to have an item added to the Outdoors Calendar or to send a digital image of your harvested bear, deer or turkey photo for possible publication please email hssports@heraldstandard.com.) HUNTER-TRAPPER INDEPENDENT STUDY COURSE NOTE: Must be 11 years old to register. Students must ...

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