The January meeting of the South Hills Friends of the Montour Trail will be held by telephone conference call at 6:30 PM on January 12, 2021. Instructions for joining the call will be sent out to the Friends members in the January agenda. Individuals not receiving the agenda may send a request for an emailed copy to info@montourtrail.org.
Read more...Internet providers in Fayette and Washington counties, represented by Rep. Bud Cook (R-Washington/Fayette), received grants to expand broadband access to unserved areas over the next 10 years. Read more...
The Donora Historical Society and Smog Museum was contacted recently by Cynthia Gorney, a Contributing Writer for National Geographic Magazine and former professor from the U.C. Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. Gorney hails from San Francisco and recently learned about Donora’s 1948 Smog after researching air quality and pollution related to the California wild fires. After numerous emails, phone calls, and even a lengthy Facetime tour of the Smog Museum, Gorney featured our smog event from 72 years ago on October 27, 2020 with the National Geographic online in an article titled, “Decades ago, this pollution disaster exposed the perils of dirty air.”
Read more...The ‘Clothes 4U’ ministry of the First United Methodist Church, 200 State Street in Belle Vernon, will remain closed to the public during the month of January due to the extensive recent COVID outbreak and the possibility of bad weather. They also will not be accepting any donated clothing at this time. If you have an immediate need, please call the church office with your request at 724-929-4696 and they will do our best to serve you on a one-on-one basis. Read more...
For the 2020-2021 school year, numerous local businesses, representing a variety of industries, are participating in and supporting the implementation of The Challenge Program, Inc. (TCP), and workforce development in schools across Allegheny and Washington Counties. Read more...
