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Valentine's Gift Guide
Drop Dead Deals in Harrisville is offering photo sessions with pets to raise money for the Sunshine Farm Cat Rescue. People can take their dogs from noon to 3 p.m. Feb. 1...
February 07, 2023 Special Sections
Chocolates, roses, fine jewelry, candlelit dinners — it all adds up. Yet these pricey indulgences aren't the only ways to show that special someone you care, and when it ...
February 07, 2023 Special Sections
The North Country Trail Association’s Butler County chapter invites anyone who loves nature and the outdoors to join a hike at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 11. The excursion w...
February 07, 2023 Special Sections
When Charles and Margaret Fryman were wed on July 19, 1939, they didn’t know they were about to build a foundation of love and faith that would last through the next thre...
February 07, 2023 Special Sections
Romantic gestures come in many forms, whether it’s making history for an East Butler restaurant or surprising a fiancée and a horror TV show star at the same time. Nicole...
February 07, 2023 Special Sections
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Senior Lifestyles
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Education
Grove City College is a highly distinctive, nationally ranked comprehensive Christian liberal arts college that equips students to pursue their unique callings through a ...
January 24, 2023 Special Sections
Since stepping into the role of chief diversity officer of the Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging, more than a year ago, Dr. Anthony Jones and his team...
January 24, 2023 Special Sections
The pandemic forced change on many people and businesses, most notably with the more significant use of modern technology. Think about the increase in the use of digital ...
January 24, 2023 Special Sections
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Mind & Body
The “winter blues” might be more than just blues, it could be seasonal depression, which is also known as seasonal affective disorder, or SAD. According to Mental Health ...
January 11, 2023 Special Sections
“If you think about it, mentally, you have to be taking care of yourself in order to work on the physical piece,” said Rich Blews, the peer support manager and housing en...
January 11, 2023 Special Sections
For as long as she can remember, Heidi Nicholls Bowser, the membership and healthy living director at the Butler YMCA, has noticed that the No. 1 New Year’s resolution ha...
January 11, 2023 Special Sections
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Bridal Guide
The new year brings renewal, change and innovation, and that rings true for engagement rings. “So many more people want custom-made; they don’t want cookie-cutter jewelry...
January 04, 2023 Special Sections
Wedding planning is a unique experience unlike any endeavor most couples will ever encounter. Much effort goes into planning a wedding, and that includes building a budge...
January 04, 2023 Special Sections
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Seeking Refuge
Every morning Irena Tkachenko starts her day the same way: by telephoning her relatives and friends in Ukraine to see if they are still OK. Tkachenko, her husband, and tw...
February 24, 2023 Local News
Three young Ukrainian families who escaped their war-torn hometown of Kharkov think the American holiday of Thanksgiving is a good time to say they cannot find the words ...
November 23, 2022 Local News
CRANBERRY TWP — Huge, steaming pots of homemade food and endless carafes of coffee and tea sustain 11 adults and children seeking refuge at the crowded Ehrman Farms home ...
July 16, 2022 Local News
When it comes to helping those in need, Butler County residents have proven their generosity again and again by donating amounts large and small straight from the heart. ...
June 20, 2022 Local News
Two young Ukrainian families are relieved to be watching the deer and chipmunks frolic on their hosts’ Cranberry Township lawn, and not wondering where the next bomb will...
June 18, 2022 Local News
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Progress
According to Data USA, in 2020, the median age of the nearly 188,000 people living in Butler County was 43.4 years, with the median age getting older each passing year. ...
November 11, 2022 Progress
It may be a park, a junk ordinance or top notch snow removal, but all municipalities in Butler County try to provide the things residents want and need. In Adams Township...
November 04, 2022 Progress
Jessica and Ben Brewster moved to Saxonburg in 2018 to provide a simpler life for themselves and their daughter, Ella, 12, and they haven’t regretted the decision for a s...
November 04, 2022 Progress
Butler County’s net population growth of 510 people from April 2020 to July 2021 was one of the largest percentage-wise and one of only two counties to experience growth ...
November 02, 2022 Progress
If you don’t keep up you’ll fall behind. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry Center for Workforce Information & Analysis, the health care and soc...
November 02, 2022 Progress
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Answer Book
Al-Anon Contact: 800-628-8920 or www.pa-al-anon.org Alcoholics Anonymous Telephone: 724-679-5647 Website: www.district1aa.org Alzheimer’s Disease Lifesteps Adult Day...
July 27, 2022
City of Butler Mailing address and municipal building: 140 W. North St., Butler, PA 16001 Telephone: 724-285-4124 Fax: 724-285-6880 Email: info.cob@cityofbutler.org Websi...
July 27, 2022 Special Sections
Butler Transit Authority The authority has a total of 12 buses, seven of which operate four routes primarily in Butler and Butler Township and parts of Center and Summit ...
July 27, 2022
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Farm Show
These participants recently placed first in competition at the Butler Farm Show. The show concluded on Saturday. DEPARTMENT 1 - HORSES Section 3 - REGISTERED PE...
August 19, 2022 Local News
These participants recently placed first in competition at the Butler Farm Show. The show concluded on Saturday. DEPARTMENT 2 - DAIRY Section 1 - AYRSHIRE Clas...
August 19, 2022 Local News
DEPARTMENT 9 - RABBITS Section 1 - RABBIT BREEDS Class 1015 - AMERICAN BLUE/Jr. BUCK, Robert Bittner, Evans City Class 1016 - AMERICAN BLUE/Jr. DOE, Jinnie-Ann ...
August 19, 2022 Local News
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