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Local teams have tough time in team track & field semifinals

Eight area teams fell short of reaching the WPIAL team track & field finals in WednesdayĢƵ semifinal meets. California hosted a Class 2A boys and girls semifinal meet with Carlynton advancing to the girls final and Beaver to the boys. Mount PleasantĢƵ boys team and SouthmorelandĢƵ ...

Peters Township resident recounts attempt at 1,000-mile Iditarod foot race

About 420 miles into his attempt to complete – in reverse – the 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Invitational race, the worldĢƵ longest, hardest ultramarathon, Rick Freeman, an ultra-runner from Peters Township, knew his trek was likely coming to an early end. FreemanĢƵ companion, ...

‘Unseen hands’

Matthew Raffaele and his wife, Emily Powell, were sitting on the back porch of their Peters Township home when a thought occurred to them. “We always sit on our back decks and think, how can we save the world,” Raffaele said. “We both work with the homeless, so we came up with the idea ...

Deflated: Peters Township derails UniontownĢƵ quest to play at the Pete

MONONGAHELA – UniontownĢƵ boys basketball team had its sights set on playing in the Petersen Events Center this season. That goal of reaching the site of the WPIAL basketball championships came to an abrupt end at the hands of sixth-seeded Peters Township which handed the third-seeded ...

Pittsburgh business recycling old Christmas lights for charity

Don’t toss those strings of broken, tangled Christmas lights: Recycle them for a good cause. Pittsburgh-based Michael Brothers Hauling & Recycling is donating proceeds from recycling Christmas lights to Project Bundle-Up. Project Bundle-Up is an initiative sponsored of The ...