Hanukkah — also spelled Chanukah or other transliterations from Hebrew — is Judaism’s “festival of lights.” On eight consecutive nightfalls, Jews gather with family and f...
This holiday season, some shoppers are looking beyond traditional wrapped gifts — the kind that sometimes end up forgotten in the back of the closet — and choosing instea...
PENN TWP — The township is entering a new era next month, without board of supervisors chairman Samuel Ward, who was a member of the board for nearly four decades.
Tuesda...
Pinewood Memorial Gardens in Cranberry Township is one of 19 cemeteries across Butler County hosting a Wreaths Across America ceremony Saturday, Dec. 13, which has been d...
Joyce Rauschenberger has advised many young members of the William C. Graham Order of Squires, but she never aided an 11-year-old who used a flowchart to plan a fundraisi...
It’s said that God puts people on Earth for a reason, and Leslie “Les” Martin would say that God put him on Earth to help people through their drug and alcohol problems.
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Flowering holiday plants and bulbs are decorating the shelves at local nurseries, floral shops and garden centers. Traditional holiday plants include poinsettias (Euphorb...
Butler County resident Cindy Schaltenbrand won people’s choice “Best in Show” in the Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation’s “On the Trail” Photo Contest, with a phot...
CENTER TWP — Gift wrappers have taken up residence in Clearview Mall, but their pay for preparing presents for the masses “can be anything from ‘merry Christmas’ to $1 mi...
