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Army veteran surprised with new home
It was all made possible by the Homes For Heroes program through Wells Fargo and the Wounded Warriors Foundation. Schell was wounded four years ago when a bomb hit his vehicle while he was serving in Afghanistan. Schell's brother, Guy, was also awarded a Purple Heart, as well as a new home in Florida. "I just didn't expect it because he truly deserves it," said Guy Schell. ...
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VA spending taxpayer money on TV ads
But now the VA is under fire again -- this time for spending taxpayer money on television ads. Much of the criticism of the VA has centered on Michael Moreland, who heads the VA healthcare system in western Pennsylvania. He is front and center in a series of television spots aired by the VA, and that does not sit well with the daughter of a Legionnaires' victim. The ads portray veterans ...
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Firefighters lend helping hand to tornado victims
Ford Cliff volunteer firefighters got the call to help the victims of the Oklahoma tornado, and they did not hesitate. Several of the men packed their bags, prepared their firetruck and began the 18-hour ...
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Russias Far East rocked by powerful quake
The epicenter for the extremely powerful quake was located in the Sea of Okhotsk, just to the west of the Kamchatka Peninsula, and about 600 kilometers (nearly 375 miles) underground. The quake was felt for five minutes in the region, Russia's Ria Novosti news agency reported. Many people ran into the streets as the temblor shook. No tsunami warnings were issued in the quake's ...
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Connellsville’s Memorial Day features wreath toss recitation of Gettysburg Address on 150th anniversary
Connellsville will observe Memorial Day with a parade and programs, including the recitation of the Gettysburg Address to mark the 150th anniversary of the ...
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Budget steady on taxes
The motion passed by a 7-1 vote, with School Director Catherine Fike voting against it. School Director Ken Alt was not in attendance when the vote on the proposed budget was ...
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Dunbar Vanderbilt plan Monday services
The Dunbar American Legion Hughes Post 146 will host the annual Memorial Day Parade Monday. The parade will start at 10 a.m. with the lineup starting at the Old Borough School at 9:45 a.m. The parade marshal this year will be Diana Homer and master of ceremonies will be Nick Bell ...
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Newest Dunbar Community Festival ornament is now available
Members of the Dunbar Community Festival planning committee have gotten the newest community ornament made and ready for sale. Showing off the ornament of the B&O Railroad are, from left, Cindy Moag, Dennis Morrison and Linda ...
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Fay-West communities to observe Memorial Day
Scottdale's Memorial Day Parade starts at 10 a.m. at the Rite- Aid parking area. The parade will proceed to the Scottdale Cemetery where there will be a short program at 11 a.m. then will proceed to the St. John Cemetery for another short ...
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Mt. Pleasant to dedicate new digital wall
Mt. Pleasant officials and a project developer surround the borough's newly installed digital veterans' memorial wall at Veterans Park in the borough. They include (from left) borough Manager Jeff Landy; borough Councilman Larry Tate, chairman of the Veterans Park committee; Shannon Roberts, production manager of ITS Enclosures Inc.; borough Councilman Fred McCloy; and borough Mayor ...
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Clairton board OKs dek hockey concept
School directors unanimously approved the club, pending approval by the Clairton Education Association. District officials said the sponsor position would have to be added to the contract in a memorandum of ...
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NK-Arnold OKs proposed tax hike
The preliminary budget calls for the full tax increase allowed by the state, 3.4325 mills. That would increase the property tax rate to 78.1325 mills next ...
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School taxes down in Elizabeth Forward
That's 4.4 mills lower than the current year's rate, but school officials said the move will be revenue neutral because of the 2013 Allegheny County ...
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Acting Emerson principal named to permanent post
An acting elementary school principal in West Mifflin Area School District will hold his post in an official capacity next school year due, in part, to parents who spoke up on his ...
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Tornado’s lessons not lost on Alle-Kiski Valley schools
Pennsylvania law does not require schools to have safe rooms to protect students during severe storms, but it does require at least one disaster drill annually, officials ...
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Connellsville set for 9th annual Geranium Festival
Connellsville is preparing for the 9th annual Geranium Festival on Saturday. The warmer weather allowed for planting around town to dress up the area. Michael Edwards (shown), executive director of Fayette County Cultural Trust, along with Daniel Cocks for the Downtown Connellsville initiative, Casey Sirochman and Sheryl Craven of the Carnegie Free Library of Connellsville planted a variety of ...
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Frazier residents get details on school project
Residents of the Frazier School District in Perryopolis got their first chance to look at the district's upcoming construction project and to review its costs during a public hearing Wednesday in the high school ...
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Vets Remember reason behind holiday
Michele Margittai, director of development and community relations for the Veterans Leadership Program of Western Pennsylvania, agrees that people can do more to better understand the sacrifices made by veterans. "Even though as a community we have become much more sensitive to veterans and may even know someone who served, too many people still see Memorial Day as a holiday instead of ...
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Tentative budget hires 17 hikes tax
Greensburg Salem school directors have approved a tentative budget that calls for hiring staff to ease classroom overcrowding and increasing property taxes to the highest level allowed by the ...
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Fireworks to honor Greensburg Community Days organizer Koval
Shea Archer of Coshocton, Ohio, hangs a banner on a game tent at Lynch Field in preparation for the opening of Greensburg Community Days on May 23, 2013. Archer works for Oren Concessions of Parker City, ...
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Westmoreland County Community College passes tentative budget
A copy of the preliminary budget is available for public review in Ron Eberhardt's office in Founders Hall on Westmoreland County Community College's Youngwood campus. Eberhardt is vice president of administrative ...
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Former Speaker DeWeese expected to remain in prison
HARRISBURG -- Former House Speaker Bill DeWeese likely will serve out the remainder of his prison term, because his appeals could drag on well beyond the end of his sentence, legal experts ...
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Board Former IU 4 chief in Pennsylvania authorized $110K of her charges provided few receipts
Former Midwestern Intermediate Unit 4 Executive Director Cecelia Yauger personally authorized the IU to pay nearly $110,000 in charges to her IU credit card while providing few itemized receipts, according to documents the Tribune-Review ...
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Hearings set for North Huntingdon woman in alleged stalking
A 49-year-old North Huntingdon woman is accused of repeatedly stalking a man who had repaired her car when police found her behind his home, dressed in black and carrying binoculars and a roll of ...
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Pittsburgh City Council chief Harris eyes mayor’s job
Pittsburgh Mayoral candidate Darlene Harris fields a question Sunday, March 17, 2013 at Barack Obama Academy in East Liberty. The Democratic candidates got together for a debate as they fielded questions from the school's youth and government ...
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Pittsburgh's East Liberty may emulate Market Square
East Liberty in Pittsburgh is to undergo another construction project aimed at revamping the neighborhood and enhancing its potential as a market center, possibly using the recently completed redevelopment of Market Square in downtown Pittsburgh as a model.
East Liberty is a 254 acre neighborhood in Pittsburgh and one of the city’s more overlooked areas with crime rates that are higher than the rest of the city and a general lack of robust economic activity, which has led to some degree of social decay. Read more
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