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Greene County Local News

Public invited to meeting on health studies

news@greenecountymessenger.comA public meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 5, in Canonsburg to update residents of Southwestern Pennsylvania on a pair of studies that were green-lighted in 2019 by Gov. Tom Wolf to explore potential health impacts, including childhood cancer, of the natural ...

Snyder to lead state broadband authority

news@greenecountymessenger.comThroughout her decade in Harrisburg, state Rep. Pam Snyder, D-Jefferson, has been an advocate for expanding broadband in rural communities like those she has represented in Greene and Washington counties.She will have a greater role in expanding broadband access ...

news@greenecountymessenger.comOn Aug. 23, 2022, Heidi Mertz snapped her last photograph of a Pennsylvania covered bridge.For two years, the Bethel Park woman spent her vacations and PTO traveling to and taking photos of every covered bridge in the commonwealth.All but one.“One I went to – ...

news@greenecountymessenger.comA Greene County man died after falling from the back of a pickup truck on Aug. 5, and marked the only fatality to occur over the Labor Day holiday weekend in area covered by state police in Troop B.Carl David Tucker II, 27, of Gray Township, was riding on an ...

news@greenecountymessenger.comItĢƵ been a good run(way) for Airport Restaurant, a local favorite that is, after more than 20 years, closing its doors permanently.“We had a fire, and then we were closed for a year-and-a-half,” said Kathy Kiger, who opened the restaurant in October 2000. ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has posted virtual plans for the bridge replacement projects on Route 21 in Waynesburg and Gray Township.The scope of work includes the replacement of the existing structure carrying Route 21 over Toll Gate Run in Waynesburg, and the ...