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Freeport Area School District
The annual Mancini Award nominees have been released, and Butler County students dominate the list. The award program, which is named for composer, conductor, arranger an...
May 07, 2024 Community
BUFFALO TWP — Board directors at Freeport Area School District agreed to approve a revised bullying policy at a meeting Wednesday, March 6. The initial policy, adopted in...
March 11, 2024 Education
School board recommends student lunch prices to remain the same
School board recommends student lunch prices to remain the same
March 07, 2024 Education
Ruth Henry has enjoyed a lot of fake birthday cakes in her 100 years on Earth. Henry, of Freeport, was born Feb. 29, 1924, in South Buffalo Township, Armstrong County, wh...
February 28, 2024 Community
BUFFALO TWP — Board directors at Freeport Area School District approved final payments for the high school’s completed boiler project, and adopted changes to middle schoo...
February 17, 2024 Education
BUFFALO TWP — Buffalo Elementary School’s Parent Teacher Organization got the green light to move forward with plans for the school’s playground, the Freeport Area School...
February 15, 2024 Education
BUFFALO TWP — Board directors at Freeport Area School District proposed a new policy impacting military children at a meeting Wednesday, Jan. 17. After the meeting, distr...
January 18, 2024 Education
Early Learning Connections, a children’s services agency serving Butler County and four surrounding counties, celebrated its 50th anniversary this year. The agency was fo...
December 01, 2023 Education
In Freeport Area School District, voters chose three newcomers and two incumbents for five school board seats. The top candidates were newcomers Sylvia R. Maxwell, Dino D...
November 07, 2023 Local News
The Nov. 7 general election for Freeport Area school board is somewhat like a game of musical chairs, as six candidates are running for five seats on the board. Board pr...
October 21, 2023 Education
Ashley Arner, daughter of Amy and Terry Arner, of Freeport, was crowned Freeport High School homecoming queen before the Friday, Sept. 29 football game vs. Shady Side Aca...
October 05, 2023 Local News
BUFFALO TWP — There are a lot of wannabe T.J. Watts. A side-eye and a “Sure, kid” might follow when Freeport senior outside linebacker Colton Otterman says he models his ...
August 23, 2023 Special Sections
FREEPORT 2023 Schedule Aug. 25-at Indiana, 7 p.m. Sept. 1-SOUTH ALLEGHENY, 7 p.m.; Sept. 8-at Quaker Valley, 7 p.m.; Sept. 15-ARMSTRONG, 7 p.m.; Sept. 2...
August 23, 2023 Special Sections
BUFFALO TWP — Graduating what Freeport did from its WPIAL Class 3A semifinal team, the defending Allegheny Six Conference champion Yellowjackets figure to take a step bac...
August 23, 2023 Special Sections
Coach: John Gaillot Assistants: T.Durand, J.Alerich, M.Brestensky, D.Brestensky, S.McKillop, K.Hughes, C.Hughes, M.DeZort, C.Swiergol, B.Welsh, S.Petras, A.Schell...
August 23, 2023 Special Sections
More than two-thirds of the nine school districts in Butler County have proposed tax increases to cover rising expenses expected next school year. Seven of districts have...
June 24, 2023 Education
Freeport Area High School’s commencement ceremony was held at 6 p.m. May 25 at Freeport Area High School. The student speakers were Hadley Hellgren and Luke Glogowski. Ha...
June 08, 2023 Special Sections
The following are candidates for graduation from Freeport Area Senior High School: Eli Daniel Abbott Sarah Marie Altman Aden James Alvarez Emma Grace Arrington Tyler Jose...
June 08, 2023 Special Sections
Freeport Area High School’s commencement ceremony was held at 6 p.m. May 25 at Freeport Area High School. There were 138 gradautes in the Class of 2023. Members of the hi...
May 26, 2023 Local News
Of the seven school board primary races on Tuesday night, May 16, two of them took place in school districts which serve an area in more than one county. These are Freepo...
May 18, 2023 News
Luke Glogowski and Natalie Volek recently donned the crowns reserved for prom king and queen of Freeport Area High School's Senior Prom. Luke is the son of Thomas and Jam...
May 12, 2023 Local News
Seven candidates will vie for five seats in the Freeport Area School District, which educates students in Buffalo Township in Butler County, and Freeport and South Buffal...
April 29, 2023 Local News
The Freeport High School Class of 1961 is having a 62nd reunion at 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 26, at Praha Hotel, 400 Corbet St., Tarentum. Everyone will order from the menu w...
April 26, 2023 Community
BUFFALO TWP — Freeport Area School District invited the county to an all-day autism conference Saturday at Buffalo Elementary School. Amiris DiPuglia, state lead for the ...
April 24, 2023 Education
A group of secondary students were the pride of the Freeport Area School District after bringing top scores home from the Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science Region 9 ...
March 11, 2023 Education
At their meeting Wednesday evening, the Freeport Area School District board of directors: * Heard business manager Brad Walker recommend a 10-cent increase in lunch price...
March 03, 2023 Education
BUFFALO TWP — Freeport Area School District is one of only a handful of districts that has been offered an educational program on Lyme disease. The school board at its We...
March 03, 2023 Education
Butler Area School District is supplying two of its elementary schools with a convection oven after receiving a $20,788 from a grant through the state Department of Educa...
February 23, 2023 Local News
Julia Cummings rolled three games over 200, including a 218, to lead Freeport’s girls to a 7-0 sweep of Armstrong on Wednesday. Cummings finished with a 622 series, tops ...
January 12, 2023 High School
Saturday Boys Basketball Hopewell at North Catholic, 3 p.m. Union at Moniteau, 1:30 p.m. Franklin vs. Slippery Rock, 8 p.m., Morrow Field House Girls Basket...
January 07, 2023 Sports Events
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