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Wheels move books across Butler to promote reading

Isabelle Colonna, 10, of Butler, left, and her sister Abigail browse for books at the Butler School District Book Swap.

CENTER TWP — Abigail Colonna sat under a tree as a summer breeze carried her to the world of Junie B. Jones.

6/17/2019 Community Features 0 comments

Sweep up!

Spring, summer best time to clean chimney (and you never know what you may find)

Justin McDaid, a Prospect fireplace service specialist, sends a brush on a fiberglass pole up a fireplace chimney during a cleaning.
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Nazi memorabilia is Zachary Purvis' strangest find inside a chimney in all his years cleaning them.

6/15/2019 Community Features 0 comments

'Icebreaker on Wheels'

Cyclist returns to talk about 16,000-mile journey

Chris Register revisited Butler on Thursday, four years after he rode through on a six-week bicycle tour from Minnesota to New York state. He returned to talk about his book about his experiences and conversations along the way in states that touch the Great Lakes.

Four years ago, Chris Register rolled into Butler as a stop in his six-week bicycle journey from Minnesota.

6/14/2019 Community Features 0 comments

Catholic school student garners prize

A student at Holy Sepulcher Catholic School recently won third place out of 2,700 entries in an essay contest aimed at encouraging youngsters to think about green space in their community.

6/14/2019 Community Features 0 comments

Thought Provoking

Buddhist meditation sessions offered at Maridon

Cynthia Marshall of Butler has been serving as teacher of the Butler Buddhist Sangha, or meditation group, for 10 years. The group hosts a meditation seminar on the second and third Thursdays of the month at the Maridon Musuem.

The Eight-Fold Path may begin on North McKean St. Then again, it might not.

6/13/2019 Community Features 0 comments

Farmers markets ready for prime time

Amenities add to the experience

Residents and vendors enjoy sunny skies at the Zelienople-Harmony Farmer's Market.

A peach is not as sweet found in any other place.

6/12/2019 Community Features 0 comments

Nice and peaceful

First-time kayaker hits water with Evans City Senior Center

Gary Rettig, left, paddles out to join Moraine State Park volunteer safety boater Bud Glendenning. Seven people from the Evans City Senior Center and other area senior centers kayaked last week on Lake Arthur. For the past five years, Dorothy Weisberg, manager of the Evans City center, has offered the excursion. For the story, see Page 11.

PORTERSVILLE — Peacefulness can be found at Moraine State Park.

6/11/2019 Community Features 0 comments

Genealogy researcher delves deep into people's personal lives

A researcher looks over newspaper microfilm in the genealogy section of Butler Public Library. Professional genealogist Elissa Scalise Powell will speak Tuesday to the Butler County Genealogy Society on using old newspapers as a research resource.

Delving into the past has become a present-day obsession for many in Western Pennsylvania.

6/10/2019 Community Features 0 comments

Band back together after music saved

Collection was damaged, musty and nearly gone

Joe Herndon reassembled the Balcony Big Band and found it a place to play.

SLIPPERY ROCK — The Balcony Big Band, or at least its heart — its assemblage of music charts — was literally on its way to the landfill when it was serendipitously saved in one of those “you can’t make this stuff up” stories.

6/7/2019 Community Features 0 comments

Rotary Amphitheater will receive upgrade

CTCC planning to extend roof, area

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Above, the Cranberry Township Community Chest Project of the Year for 2020 will aim to renovate and upgrade Rotary Amphitheater at the township's Community Park. At left, this rendering shows planned renovations, including an expanded roofline and performance area.
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The CTCC Project of the Year for 2020 has been chosen.

6/7/2019 Community Features 0 comments

Bible school twist

Lutherlyn will run day camp at church

Sharon Heist Miller, the Christian education coordinator of First English Lutheran Church, said the church is trying a day camp instead of a vacation Bible school this summer with counselors from Lutherlyn running the program.

There will be something new under the summer sun this year at First English Lutheran Church, 241 N. Main St.

6/6/2019 Community Features 0 comments

Canine Companion

O'Shea retires from funeral home role after 12 years

O'Shea receives a few pats during her birthday in 2014. O'Shea, a 15-year-old Labrador and golden retriever mix, retired last summer after 12 years as the grief companion dog at Thompson-Miller Funeral Home.

Like clockwork, O'Shea, a 15-year-old Labrador/golden retriever mix, looked and then took several steps to the guests coming into the Thompson-Miller Funeral Home.

6/5/2019 Community Features 0 comments

Celebrating Kindness

Students share positive acts

Students danced in the bleachers Tuesday at the Mars Athletic Complex as they took part in the Mars Kindness Celebration.

ADAMS TWP — Students in the Mars School District can certainly spell kindness, as hundreds of them packed into the bleachers Tuesday at the Mars Athletic Complex shouted out letter-by-letter as a fellow student led the charge.

6/5/2019 Community Features 0 comments

Brothers reunite after 80 years

Donald Hickey, 83, left, of Butler Township meets his brother, Bill Krizen, 84, of Florida for only the second time since being separated at birth.

Bernice Hickey, 82, stood on the sidewalk outside her Butler Township home with her flip-phone in hand. Bernice's husband, Donald, 83, waited nearby.

6/4/2019 Community Features 0 comments

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O God, whom I praise, do not remain silent, for wicked and deceitful men have opened their mouths against me; they have spoken against me with lying tongues. -- Psalm 109: 1-2

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