07/09/11 A river runs to it -- to Cooksburg, that is, and beyond to the broad Allegheny. The river is the Clarion and its recovery from the most polluted stream in Pennsylvania to the recreational centerpiece of an entire region is celebrated annually in the Clarion River Sojourn.
03/24/11 Seven girls from Girls Hope in Moon Township were working hard to mold little mounds of clay into bowls or vases on the potter's wheel as part of a Sweetwater outreach program. read more »
03/10/11 Shaler North Hills Library will host an exhibit featuring artwork by the Shaler Area School District art department.
01/17/11 Already years in the making, new federal regulations requiring road signs that are easier to read at night may be postponed or canceled. While the first deadline for replacing signs is still four years away, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood reopened public comment on the new rules in November as a step toward delaying or abolishing them.
12/14/10 Quaker Valley School Board members accepted the resignation of fellow member Mark Scioscia at their annual reorganizational meeting Tuesday. read more »
11/26/10 (EDITOR'S NOTE: The Messenger is proud to present the second installment of this multipart historical feature, which focuses on the soldiers from Greene County who volunteered to serve in the military during the Civil War, nearly 150 years ago.)
08/05/10 Sherwood Oaks Retirement Community in Cranberry has been granted a license by the Pennsylvania Department of Health as a Home Care Agency facility.
07/22/10 Juneteenth may not be a holiday that a lot of people in Western Pennsylvania celebrate, but because of Autumn Redcross, it will become an annual event in Sewickley.
06/16/10 A quiet but serious culinary revolution has been growing in the countryside surrounding Gettysburg. Ambitious wineries such as Hauser Estates have recently popped up. The Gettysburg Festival has placed food events at the core of its celebration. Even more impressive are the everyday efforts of some of the area's best restaurants.
03/30/10 Nearly 70 newly elected public officials from seven Southwestern Pennsylvania counties finished a 10 week crash course in governing offered by the nonprofit Local Government Academy, which included learning about effective leadership, planning and community development, and culminated in a certificate.
01/28/10 Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Secretary John Hanger gave Sewickley officials a thumbs up for work being done to improve the municipality's wastewater treatment plant. read more »
01/27/10 Rahon then attempted to move back into the left lane and struck a car driven by Justin Angelini, 24, of Point View Drive, Washington. The impact pushed Angelini's car into a pickup operated by Martin Wassel, 50, of Sunnyfield Drive, Upper St. Clair Township, police said.
12/19/09 $2,477,816 Kemick Properties LLC, American and Millwork Company, United States of America, Kemick Construction Company, Kemick Melissa J, Kemick Lawrence R, XYZ Corporation to CNL Bank, Pt 11-34-18 2009-CA-003128 Pt, Lots 1, 2, 3, 4 Block A Ellenton, O.R. Book 02321 Page 3837, Dec. 8.
10/13/09 Follow Israel news on and . (IsraelNN.com) Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday accused the State of Israel of deliberately wounding Gaza children, by using white phosphorous bombs during its counter-terrorism military operation in the region last winter.
08/21/09 Authorities say 400 pounds of marijuana was brought into Allegheny and Beaver counties monthly in a drug ring allegedly operated by a Camp Horne Road motorcycle shop owner.
08/15/09 Collective Action Jamaica Plain's Whitehaus Collective hoofs it across the river for Weirdstock, "three days of experimental music and art." Featuring everything from new music compositions for toy piano to "samplerdelica" and "the self-proclaimed doctor of organomics." Tonight's showcase features bands with dirty names like The Hard Nips and Dick Heaven. Cambridge YMCA Theatre, 820 Mass. Ave., ...
08/13/09 A Dearborn social services organization is hosting a forum on the dangers of hookah, also called argileh and common in Michigan's large Middle Eastern community.
08/09/09 A four-storied building collapsed in a slum in northern Syria and killed a woman and her child, the official Tishreen Daily reported Sunday. Two other women were also injured when the building in an informal settlement collapsed on Saturday in the north-western Lattakia Governorate, the newspaper said. The governor of Lattakia said he would form a special committee to investigate the case. More ...
08/09/09 Aleppo Township 131 Ferndale Ave., Watler Schick Jr. to Dustin and Julia Jones, $79,000.
08/07/09 DAMASCUS, Syria, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- The drought that has kept Syria dry for three years has cost more than 800,000 people their livelihoods, Red Cross and Red Crescent officials said. | 
