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YMCA's Floating Pumpkin Patch

Butler YMCA offers children nontraditional Floating Pumpkin Patch fun

Deklan Timblin, 2, swims toward Lorie Goss and his pumpkin at the Butler YMCA Saturday during their annual Floating Pumpkin Patch event.

Butler YMCA offers children nontraditional Floating Pumpkin Patch fun

10/15/2019 Community Features 0 comments

Students drop in for VolunTEEN program

Library brings friends together

Salome Gvirjishvili, 17, a Butler Senior High School foreign exchange student and senior, makes activity bags during a VolunTEEN program at the Butler Area Public Library.

Library brings friends together

10/14/2019 Community Features 0 comments

Here she comes

Freeport woman will vie for Miss America title

Tiffany Seitz, 23, of Freeport was crowned Miss Pennsylvania 2019 at the Penn State York Pullo Family Performing Arts Center. Seitz will represent the state at the upcoming Miss America Scholarship Competition in December. Her social impact initiative is adoption advocacy.

Freeport woman will vie for Miss America title

10/11/2019 Community Features 0 comments

Enjoy fall hiking with dog responsibly

Hiking is a great way to take advantage of the cool fall weather and beautiful foliage. Most dog owners can agree that no one makes a more willing and eager hiking buddy than your dog.

10/11/2019 Community Features 0 comments

Shared Ministry

1st pastor leads Zelienople-Harmony Lutheran Ministries

The Rev. Timothy Dawes was installed Sept. 29 as the first pastor of the new shared ministry — Zelienople-Harmony Lutheran Ministries — between St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Zelienople and Zion Lutheran Church in Harmony.

1st pastor leads Zelienople-Harmony Lutheran Ministries

10/10/2019 Community Features 0 comments

Reach & Rise

Butler YMCA provides youth group mentoring

Sebastian Wise follows along during a Reach and Rise lesson with Smokey the therapy dog.

Butler YMCA provides youth group mentoring

10/9/2019 Community Features 0 comments

HOMECOMING ROYALTY

Althea Fazzino and Dustin Scott

Dustin Scott and Althea Fazzino were named the 2019 Tornado prince and princess at Butler High School’s homecoming Friday.

10/9/2019 Community Features 0 comments

HOMECOMING ROYALTY

Summer Arner and Jack McCoy

FREEPORT — Freeport Homecoming Queen Summer Arner, the daughter of Terry and Amy Arner, was escorted during Friday’s homecoming football game against Deer Lakes High School by Jack McCoy, son of Dan and Stephanie McCoy.

10/9/2019 Community Features 0 comments

HOMECOMING ROYALTY

Julia Hart and Nathaniel Williamson

SLIPPERY ROCK — Julia Hart and Nathaniel Willison were crowned king and queen at Friday’s high school football game between Slippery Rock and Titusville.

10/9/2019 Community Features 0 comments

'Celebrating life'

Lutheran Senior Life centenarians share their wisdom

Poet Dolores Fruth reads a poem during the Celebrating Life Centenarian Celebration at Lutheran Senior Life in Zelienople on Sept. 27. More than 70 residents were recognized for longevity at the event, which honored those 95 years of age or older with seven residents receiving special acknowledgment for reaching the milestone of at least 100 years.

Residents who were over 95 were celebrated Friday afternoon at Lutheran Senior Life Passavant Community.

10/8/2019 Community Features 0 comments

Showcasing Filipino culture

High school senior dances as part of performance group

The traditional Singkil, a dance of the Maranao region in the Philippines, is where Christabelle Intong sits as the Princess on top of bamboo poles.

Christabelle Intong was a princess caught in a storm.

10/7/2019 Community Features 0 comments

Next Generation

Farm faithful continue practice of passing on skills, experience to those eager to learn

Robyn Freund, 17, a junior at Butler High School, shares a laugh with co-worker 14-year-old Brady Stewart as they cooperate to change the spark plugs on a 1950 Farmall tractor under the supervision of mentors Emily Zang, left, and Guy Daubenspeck.

Emily Zang grew up surrounded by the rural countryside near Chicora. She didn't have much experience with farming as a child, but certainly considered herself “a country kid.”

10/5/2019 Community Features 0 comments

Ecotherapy Garden

Students testing nature's effect on cognitive function, memory

From left, Kayla Spaeder, Megan Gresgott and Sara Swanson, Slippery Rock University psychology majors, pose at SRU's ecotherapy garden, where they are studying the effects nature has on people's cognitive functions.

SLIPPERY ROCK — Nature's restorative effects on the human brain are not a recent discovery. However, a collaborative research project at Slippery Rock University is using science to back up a nature-based wellness intervention known as ecotherapy.

10/4/2019 Community Features 0 comments

HOMECOMING ROYALTY

Kendall Graham and Evan Moeller

JACKSON TWP — Kendall Graham was crowned queen and Evan Moeller king at Seneca Valley High School’s Raider football pregame festivities Friday at NexTier Stadium.

10/4/2019 Community Features 0 comments

HOMECOMING ROYALTY

Max Lamm and Hope Lampenfeld

Max Lamm was crowned homecoming king and Hope Lampenfeld the homecoming queen Saturday during Mars Area High School’s homecoming dance.

10/4/2019 Community Features 0 comments

HOMECOMING ROYALTY

Malachi Schworm and Rachel Armour

Malachi Schworm and Rachel Armour were crowned Knoch homecoming king and queen Friday at the Knoch High School football game against Montour.

10/4/2019 Community Features 0 comments

Gospel Fellowship welcomes new pastor

Ohio native takes over in senior role

Retiring senior pastor the Rev. Nick Protos, left, and incoming senior pastor the Rev. Matthew Everhard stand in the sanctuary of Gospel Fellowship Presbyterian Church, 161 McFann Road, Middlesex Township. Protos preached his last sermon Sunday. Everhard will have his installation ceremony Sunday.

MIDDLESEX TWP — This Sunday for the first time in 26 years a new senior pastor will take the pulpit at Gospel Fellowship Presbyterian Church, 161 McFann Road.

10/3/2019 Community Features 0 comments

HOMECOMING COURT

FREEPORT — Members of the Freeport homecoming court are front row, from left, Kylie Hoffman, Summer Arner, Sidney Shemanski, Cora Crytzer, Halle Surgil and Rebecca Waldron; and back row, from left, Kia Sosa, John McCoy, Aidan Skradski, Jarrett Heilman, Grant Crytzer and Nolan Plocki.

10/2/2019 Community Features 0 comments

HOMECOMING COURT

A-C VALLEY — The Allegheny-Clarion Valley High School 2019 homecoming court is front row, from left, Emily Wetzel, Bridget Brison, Allison Lewis, Karly King and Hannah Farrington; and back row, from left, Russell Carr, Cole Dehart, Jacob Rhoades, Eddie Stevanus and Austin Cratty.

10/2/2019 Community Features 0 comments

HOMECOMING COURT

UNION — The Union High School homecoming court is front row, from left, Nora Mason, Chloe Wiant, McKayla Deitz, Drew Yoder and Madison Mueller-Howell; and back row, from left, Truman Vereb, Layton Stewart, Colton Hoffman, Luke Bowser and Noah Rodgers.

10/2/2019 Community Features 0 comments

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