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Mustello on top in 11th District race

Defeats Doctor in contest to replace Ellis

Marci Mustello addresses friends and campaign volunteers Tuesday at the Sons of Italy lodge downtown. In unofficial results, Mustello defeated Sam Doctor for the state House 11th District seat.

Marci Mustello appears to be headed to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives after defeating Democrat Sam Doctor and winning about 57 percent of the vote in a special election Tuesday.

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Middlesex voters end ban on liquor

A referendum to end a decades-old ban on liquor licenses passed overwhelmingly in Tuesday's election, bringing the prohibition on the sale liquor in township restaurants and businesses to an end.

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Crowded field in Mars school race advances

ADAMS TWP — A crowded field for seats on the Mars School Board will stay so after Tuesday's primary election, with nine of the 10 candidates filed moving on.

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Ferrari wins prothonotary nod

Republican will face Smith in fall

Kelly Ferrari

Kelly Ferrari beat Paula Painter to win the Republican nomination for prothonotary.

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Prothonotary retiring after decades of record-keeping

Walters took office in 1984

Glenna Walters, longtime prothonotary for Butler County, will retire on Dec. 31. She has served in the elected post since 1984.

Longtime county prothonotary Glenna Walters will retire on Dec. 31.

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ELECTION RESULTS

Below is the unofficial count, in percentage, of votes from the Butler County Bureau of Elections for all contested and countywide races in the county’s 89 precincts.

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Jennifer Gilliland and parents

Judge candidate Jennifer Gilliland Vanasdale chats with her mother, Sandy Gilliland, right, father, Don Gilliland, left, and Joe McCloskey, the former CYS director who assisted with Vanasdale's...

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Pittman leads race in 3 counties to fill seat

Post formerly held by White

Republican Joe Pittman received more votes in Butler, Armstrong and Westmoreland counties than Democrat Susan Boser to represent the 41st state senate district, but results from Indiana County were...

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Prothonotary's office keeps records for civil court cases

Breakout box for the story on Glenna Walters, the current prothonotary, retiring.

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Republicans retain 3 legislative seats

HARRISBURG — In addition to Joe Pittman, who beat Democrat Susan Boser in the 41st Senate district, voters also picked Republicans to fill two other open seats in the state Legislature in...

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Knoch High School graduate makes debut at CLO Cabaret

Knoch High School graduate makes debut at CLO Cabaret

Growing up, Jessica Ortiz watched shows at the Pittsburgh CLO with wide eyes.

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Today's Verse

Help us, O God our Savior, for the glory of your name; deliver us and forgive our sins for your name's sake. -- Psalm 79:9

Chuckle of the Day

Sound travels slowly. Some things you tell your teenagers don’t reach them until they’re in their 40s.

Doug Knueven shows Harmony resident Sue Gliebe one acupressure point on her dog, Willow, a 3-year-old Labrador retriever.

Getting the point

Tucker rolled over onto his golden-haired side and closed his brown eyes.

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Seeing a passenger's nervousness in the air, Judith Redlawsk, 68, says, “When you see me get nervous, then you can get nervous.”

Not slowing down

Silver-haired pilot has her head in the clouds

YORK, Pa. — As we begin to lift off the ground, the power of a single propeller blade rattles the three of us inside the cockpit. As we ascended a few hundred feet off the ground, my insides have remained anchored to my spine.

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Go native, not invasive Native plants can support life cycles of important pollinators and wildlife

If you are contemplating either activity, consider purchasing plant species native to Western Pennsylvania.

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GARDEN Q&A

DEAR JESSICA: I have had this plant come up for several years. I have dug it out, but alas it is winning. It’s one of the first things to come up in the spring and has choked out other plants and now is part of the lawn. I have noticed it in other yards in my neighborhood. Help! — Stella Silverman, Riverhead, N.Y.

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Decision Day done, stress levels remain high

It was recently nail-biting season for the 3 million high school seniors applying to college — and for their equally anxious parents. May 1 was official Decision Day, when families needed to make a deposit at one school where they were accepted, even if they were wait-listed at a college they’d prefer.

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