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TROUT UNLIMITED BANQUETChestnut Ridge Chapter of Trout Unlimited will renew its tradition of an annual fundraiser banquet on Saturday, Sept. 16 at HugoĢƵ Restaurant, 687 National Pike W, Brownsville, PA 15417. Doors open 5 p.m. Fishing tackle, sporting art, and outdoor gear. Deadline for ...

Blue laws are obsolete — but had their virtues

Once upon a time, life was pretty quiet in Pennsylvania on Sundays.This was mostly the result of so-called “blue laws” that prohibited many different types of activity on Sunday so that people could rest and turn their attention to religious observance. The first of the commonwealthĢƵ ...

Protecting the founding documents

The Constitution is housed, under glass for safekeeping, at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. The romantic and the realist might together say: wrong, it resides in the hearts and sinews of the people of the United States.The parchment on which the Constitution was first written is now ...

OP-ED: Must we gorge on the 2024 horse race? Absolutely not.

The presidential horse race is off and running on TV news and on social media. History tells us that the poll numbers at this point reveal close to nothing about the future. The political pundits portray their analyses as thunderbolts carried down from Mount Olympus. But frankly, anyone could ...

Point Marion woman killed in Greene crash

A Point Marion woman died early Saturday morning when a vehicle in which she was a passenger went off a road in Monongahela Township, Greene County.State police identified the woman as Tamara Harshman, 52.The accident occurred at about 12:15 a.m. in the 1100 block of Eighty-Eight Road. Police ...

PA attorney general sues father-son landlords in Fayette, Greene counties

news@greenecountymessenger.comA father and son who own properties in Fayette and Greene counties are being sued by the state attorney general for allegedly saddling tenants with illegal “rent-to-own” agreements.Attorney General Michelle HenryĢƵ office filed the lawsuit in Fayette County ...