Knitters make thousands of hats
A group of local crafters recently distributed 4,000 hats for charity and is busily creating more.
Called Caps for Kids, the group of abou...
MARSHALL TWP —The seventh annual Pittsburgh Knit and Crochet Festival will be held Feb. 11 to 13 at the Four Points Sheraton. The festival includes exhibitors and demons...
Students hold coat drive
ADAMS TWP —A project celebrating its 10th year at Mars High School shows the warmth of families in the Mars School District.
The annual student c...
Library marks 50th anniversary of inauguration
BOSTON — Fifty years later, Richard Donahue still remembers the bitter cold and the crowds at the U.S Capitol stamping thei...
The 55 and Alive Club of St. Michael the Archangel Roman Catholic Church, 432 Center Ave., will sponsor a bus trip Jan. 19 to the Meadows Casino. The bus leaves at 9 a.m...
Butler County is filled with a variety of people doing interesting things. This weekly feature offers snapshots of some of them and their interests by asking them fi...
Romance helps people bear hurts
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — “One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life. That word is love.”
It’s been more than 2,500 years since the ...
TWO HARBORS, Minn. — It was a Sunday during Advent, and inside a small pub a few blocks up from the north shore of Lake Superior, 17 people gathered around four bar-top ...
It’s not easy making sense out of all of the books available for children.
Fortunately, this column features the best in children’s literature of recently published book...
Woman treasures Greek artisan's work
Never mind if the shoe fits.
According to jae Brown, it's sometimes better to cherish the shoes than to wear them.
Although Brown her...
