Rural Wings 2024 takes flight in Greene County
Registration is open for Waynesburg University’s “Space as Place – Adventure Greene County: A Knowledge for Freedom Program,” a three-week residential class for high school juniors and seniors. The program, made possible through a $250,000 grant from the Teagle Foundation’s Knowledge for Freedom Initiative, is free, and students earn three Waynesburg University credits. Students will reside on the Waynesburg campus from July 8 to 26 to attend class, learn how to use tools in the new, state-of-the-art Makerspace in the eHive, investigate areas of interest, and travel to places connected to Greene County. Those trips will include Greene County’s covered bridges, the Greene ...
The greater Washington community gathered at Washington Cemetery Thursday morning to decorate veterans’ graves ahead of Memorial Day. This year, the groups that participated were Trinity School DIstrict, True and Life Co-op, Washington County Young Marines, American Legion Honor Guard and the Washington Rebels baseball team.[/caption] Dozens of adults and youth from the greater Washington area gathered at Washington Cemetery Thursday morning to place flags on veterans graves. “We want to honor these people out here,” said Miles Glotfelty, who, together with his wife, Pam, has organized the grave decorating event for decades. “Be respectful.” Young people took to heart ...
Charleroi will hold its annual cleanup day from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday throughout the downtown area. Market House will be used as a staging area as volunteers clean the streets, pick up debris and spruce up planters with fresh topsoil and new plants. The state Department of Transportation provided trash bags, work gloves and safety vests for the volunteers. Charleroi Area School District has confirmed the participation of 49 students and parents. Borough employees also will be participating. Big’s Sanitation will provide a 30-yard roll-off dumpster at the borough’s public works garage. Items such as tires, refrigerators and air conditioners will not be accepted. Televisions ...
With some help from neighboring Chartiers Township, Canonsburg may have found a way to address flooding on McBurney Road. An area stream flows through Chartiers and onto West Pike Street in Canonsburg, resulting in flooding. “That stream overflows, breaches at the banks, crosses the street and impacts the local businesses,” said council President Rich Russo after Monday’s council meeting. “It’s been a problem for years. We’ve tried to get some money to fund (necessary remediation and repairs).” Needed work includes repiping a side of the stream by McBurney Road. Russo said the borough has sought grants from the state Department of Community and Economic Development to ...
By Rob Burchianti For the Observer-Reporter McKEES ROCKS – Bailey Barnyak pondered but couldn’t quite put her finger on which pitch was working best for her on Thursday. “It was a solid day all around,” Carmichaels’ sophomore pitcher said. “Everything seemed to be working ...
By Joe Smeltzer For the Observer-Reporter newsroom@observer-reporter.com WEXFORD – The postseason might be intimidating for some freshmen. If Bentworth softball pitcher Sydney Gonglik was intimidated, or even nervous, Thursday afternoon at North Allegheny, then she didn’t show ...
The Wild Things’ series finale Thursday in Brockton, Mass., against the New England Knockouts, was canceled because of rain. Washington and New England are not scheduled to meet again this season, so the game was canceled instead of postponed, meaning the Wild Things will play only 95 ...
Sure, we’ve had our days of unseasonable warmth lately, but remember that stretch back in January when it was so cold we could have ducked into a meat locker to warm up? Football fans in Kansas City surely do. On its way to winning its second Super Bowl in a row and its third since 2020, the ...
Jacob H. Ford has come a long way since he first picked up a Kodak digital point-and-shoot camera. The 27-year-old Monongahela man, chosen as this year’s Artist of the Pike at the Frank L. Melega Art Museum in Brownsville, features his work on his social media page and sells his photographs ...
