Friends pay tribute to retired major general

05/16/11 An 83-year-old Milton native, who was the head of the Pennsylvania National Guard for nine years in the 1980s and 1990s, is being remembered by friends and colleagues as a champion who saved thousands of Guard jobs when the Army tried to downsize and also did much to expand operations at Fort Indiantown Gap.

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Pennsylvania National Guardsman charged in sex assault on colleague

05/23/11 The woman, a member of the Pennsylvania National Guard, told police that fellow guard member Justin Wayne Spencer had sought her affection before, according to an affidavit. Mr. Spencer, a decorated Army veteran, once showed up at her home uninvited, and it "made her feel uncomfortable." Another time she said he texted her that if he committed suicide, she would not care.

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Young Achiever: Erin Sebastian

06/22/11 Young Achiever Erin Sebastian, 13, of Sewickley, who enjoys lacrosse, skiing, basketball, student council, reading, drawing, and Taekwondo, won second place in the Pennsylvania National History Day Contest for her exhibit on Vidkun Quisling and his negotiations with Adolph Hitler for a Nazi takeover of Norway.

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