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Uniontown board reconfigures grades for Benjamin Franklin, Lafayette schools

The Uniontown Area School Board approved grade reconfigurations for the Lafayette and Benjamin Franklin schools Monday night, while also hiring a company to complete an appraisal of one of the two school buildings that will close at the end of the year. Under the grade reconfiguration, ...

Tourism agency touts $804M in visitor spending in Washington County

The Washington County Tourism Promotion Agency is touting a record $804.5 million in visitor spending last year just days after its monthly funding payments from the county were halted following a disagreement with the commissioners over the amount of information included in its audit. The ...

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What’s in store for autumn 2026

Fall is that beautiful time between heatstroke and frostbite. So far this year we have been as cold as 14 below zero in January when we experienced a visit from the polar vortex and as hot as 97 when the heat dome that had been stuck in the southwest moved eastward bringing Uniontown that ...

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 ...

Local Bowling

DISTRICT RESULTS GEMS LEAGUE At Manor Lanes SEPT. 10 High Series: Men – Tom Hutchinson 542, Tim Hutcheson 524. Women – Sue Adams 509, Cindy Koffler 415. High Games: Men – Tom Hutchinson 199, Tim Hutcheson 194. Women – Sue Adams 194, Cindy Koffler 182. SEPT. 17 High ...

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OP-ED: Listening to silence for personal development

People talking without speaking. People hearing without listening. And no one dared … Disturb the sound of silence. – “The Sound of Silence,” Paul Simon Sometimes an idea for an essay comes from unusual places and at unexpected times. Such was the case this week. After hearing a ...

Outdoors

What’s in store for autumn 2026

Fall is that beautiful time between heatstroke and frostbite. So far this year we have been as cold as 14 below zero in January when we experienced a visit from the polar vortex and as hot as 97 when the heat dome that had been stuck in the southwest moved eastward bringing Uniontown that ...

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