Greene County Historical Society Museum ready to open April 27
Homeschooled students from throughout the region were given an up-close look at 18th-century living during the first ever Homeschoolers’ Day at the Bradford House in downtown Washington. More than 270 people attended Tuesday’s event, hosted by the Bradford House Historical Association. The Bradford House garden and parking lot were filled with outdoor 18th-century games and chores simulations. Hearth cooking was demonstrated in the kitchen cabin. And each room of the Bradford House had a docent available to highlight artifacts and to answer questions. The Meeting House was lined with demonstrators and hands-on activities, such as quill pen and slate writing, weaving, and ...
A Fayette County teacher has entered a nationwide contest to help purchase an inclusive playground at her school. Megan Barrick, a life skills teacher at Dunbar Township Elementary School, said her school has more special education programs than any other school in the district, which means ...
Members of Fayette County’s prison board revisited the topic of charging inmates at the new jail a daily housing fee. At Wednesday's regular meeting, county Controller Robb Rhodes said counties like Westmoreland and Somerset impose a $10-per-day fee to each inmate housed in a county jail. That money, he said, goes toward facility management costs. Members of the prison board, which is comprised of the county sheriff, three commissioners, district attorney, judge and Rhodes, initially discussed the topic at their February meeting. Rhodes said Wednesday he wasn’t able to gather enough information to give a detailed presentation on how the fee may work. He said he may visit ...
Three people are behind bars after police said they stole about 450 feet of telephone line in Luzerne Township last week. Charges were filed against David Emery, 41, and Arram Nelson, 28, both of Brownsville, and Kalen Barkley, 39, of Grindstone on Saturday. State police charged the three ...
GiGi Stanek threw a two-hitter and Dani Trainer drove in two runs to lead Mount Pleasant to a 5-0 Section 3-AAA victory Thursday afternoon over visiting Yough. Stanek struck out seven and walked two in the victory. Mount Pleasant (4-4, 9-6) scored all of its runs in the bottom of the fourth ...
Mount Pleasant’s Jarett Garn sprinted to two medals Thursday afternoon in the annual WCCA Track & Field Championship at Latrobe Memorial Stadium. Garn finished fourth in the 200 with a time of 22.68 seconds and placed sixth in the 100 in 11.33 seconds. The Vikings’ 3,200 relay ...
Nicholas Crouch had three RBI Thursday to lead Laurel Highlands to a 13-2 non-section victory over McGuffey for the Mustangs’ first win of the season. Crouch finished with a double and three singles in Laurel Highlands’ first win of the season. Shane Layton had three singles and Deven ...
As National Women’s Month drew to a close in March and faded into the other 11 months that are not dedicated exclusively to women, I received an email message regarding a new book written by Phyllis E. Greenberger, “Sex Cells.” Greenbeger has a list of credentials regarding advocacy ...
Some signs of spring are so familiar that they’re a part of human culture. People often tell neighbors or co-workers about their first robin sighting, the emergence of daffodils, or spring peeper frogs calling from a wet meadow near their home. But most spring indicators are subtle; they go ...
