Cold weather is ‘snow’ joke
The former president of Monessen Fire Department No. 1 is facing accusations he stole more than $31,000 from the agency and then failed to pay the money back. Monessen police on Wednesday charged Stephen Anthony Gaydos III, 49, of Monessen, with felonies of theft by unlawful taking, receiving stolen property and access device fraud. Charging documents state that department officials reported the theft to police Nov. 15. According to the criminal complaint, the department first became aware of the missing funds last May, when fire company officials were consolidating bank accounts. Gaydos had access to a Citizens Bank account that held the money the department uses for fundraising ...
The Southwestern Pennsylvania Area Agency on Aging (AAA) has ended the Grab and Go portion of its congregate meal program. Mary Harris, the agency’s director, said a decrease in funding led to the decision involving a program started during the COVID-19 pandemic. “It was started during the pandemic as an alternative way of delivering the congregate meals when we had the social distancing requirements and the centers were closed for a period of time,” Harris said Friday. Harris said initially it was thought that the meals would be temporary and would end after the pandemic. However, the agency had the option of continuing the Grab and Go program. “We decided to continue them, ...
The Fayette County Zoning Hearing Board held a public hearing in regards to granting a special exception to a Maryland-based energy company that wants to build nearly 50,000 solar panels in Nicholson Township. About 60 people filed into the meeting room at the former Gallatin Bank Building ...
It appears that the only thing in Western Pennsylvania that’s colder than the Steelers’ run defense is the actual temperature. “It looks like we’re going to have a cold weather advisory for Southwestern Pennsylvania … into Wednesday,” said Jason Frazier, a meteorologist with the ...
CALIFORNIA – It’s a new era for science education at Pennsylvania Western University California as the school held a groundbreaking ceremony Monday on a multimillion-dollar building that will serve as a gateway for the school’s science students. “The opportunities this facility will ...
YORK RUN – Spencer Macke was amazed. The first-year Albert Gallatin boys basketball coach who played under Bob Huggins at West Virginia saw a lot of hot-shooting teams during his playing career, but nothing like what he witnessed on Friday night when his Colonials took on visiting ...
You can’t always go by what you see on paper. West Greene’s 1993 football team wasn’t all that impressive when one glanced at the roster, according to Rodney Wilson. “When you looked at us on paper it probably didn’t look that impressive,” said Wilson who was a senior that ...
YORK RUN – Mya Glisan had two goals in mind on Friday night. First, she wasn’t about to let her Albert Gallatin girls basketball team lose to Uniontown for a second time this season. Second, the Lady Colonials senior was going to score the 14 points she needed to reach 1,000 for her ...
Before transitioning from music to health care, as a student, we learned about the works of composers like Igor Stravinsky, Arnold Schoenberg, and Bela Bartok. These men contributed uniquely to the evolving musical landscape with their creative works. Schoenberg, for example, revolutionized ...
I woke up this morning hearing Bruce Springsteen’s song, “Born in the USA”. My morning shower changed the tune from Born in the USA to Living in Southwest Pennsylvania. Checking the morning weather, I saw that July 23 was the warmest day ever recorded on the planet. Records go back ...
