07/15/11 This article has been read 0 times. Avella Area School Board approved a three-year contract with the district's teachers and appointed an acting superintendent Wednesday.
06/28/11 An old sign is shown at the first Chinese herb shop in China Alley in Hanford, Calif. China Alley, a Chinese neighborhood in this small, rural town, once bustled with a temple, herb shops and gambling dens.
06/18/11 This article has been read 0 times. Alliance Resource Partners confirmed Friday its subsidiary, Penn Ridge LLC, will not mine under any part of the 400-acre Manchester Farm near Avella using the longwall method that often results in immediate subsidence and water loss.
06/18/11 June 21 Wildflower Power Tyke Hike. Entry Garden Fountain, Highland Park. Stroll around the Highland park and look for beautiful flowers. $10 per non-member family, $6 per member family. Snack included. 10 a.m.-noon. 412-973-0633.
06/16/11 The National Trust for Historic Preservation named a 214-year-old Washington County farm as one of the country's 11 most endangered historic places in hopes of preventing longwall mining operations beneath it.
06/16/11 This article has been read 0 times. AVELLA - Joe and Margie Pagliarulo closed on a $1.1 million deal on a Monday six years ago to purchase a historic Independence Township farm that had been in her family for more than two centuries.
06/15/11 A Washington County farm has been listed as one of 11 most historic endangered places in the country by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the nonprofit advocacy organization announced today.
06/14/11 WASHINGTON - Jazz musician John Coltrane's home on Long Island, New York, a cloverleaf-shaped Chicago hospital building and a Pillsbury plant in Minneapolis that once was the world's most advanced flour mill are among America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places.
06/11/11 June 12 Curry Hike. Panhandle Trail, Downtown. Explore the trail and sample Indian curry. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. $20, $15 Venture Outdoors member. 412-255-0564 or www.ventureoutdoors.org .
06/09/11 It's that time of the year again. The pre-registration process has begun for the Brentwood Firecracker 5K Run. read more »
06/07/11 June 7, 2011 Contamination of Bradford County drinking water supplies with natural gas from drilling operations has prompted Pennsylvania regulators to levy the largest fine in history against Chesapeake Energy . The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has fined Chesapeake $900,000 for the natural gas contamination of private water wells after investigating complaints from ...
06/01/11 Know the difference between a rat hole and a mouse hole? How about a monkey board and a Geronimo line? These may sound like terms in an exterminator's handbook, but for Marcellus Shale gas workers, they are a part of the daily lingo that could save lives.
05/28/11 Saturdays Weekend Nature Hikes. Powdermill Nature Reserve, Rector. Naturalists and educators lead seasonal nature hikes. 1-2 p.m. Free. 724-593-6105. May 29 Day Trek. North Park. A 6-8 mile dog-friendly hike through moderate to difficult terrain. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $8, $5 Venture Outdoors member. 412-255-0564 or www.ventureoutdoors.org. May 29 GPS Wetland Walk. Keystone ...
05/27/11 Following her husband's death three years ago, Catherine Nunez, 88, was a self-sufficient senior who loved being active and socializing with friends. She had downsized from a house in Langeloth to an apartment in Avella. But after a mild heart attack left her unable to live alone anymore, her family launched into the daunting task of finding her an appropriate long-term care facility.
05/19/11 Chesapeake Energy has been fined almost $ 1,088,000 for two instances of contaminating water supplies at its shale gas drilling sites.
05/18/11 Pennsylvania regulators on Tuesday fined Chesapeake Energy Corp. $1.1 million for natural gas drilling violations, the largest penalty ever in the state's rapidly expanding Marcellus Shale bonanza.
05/18/11 The Pennsylvania primary election was held Tuesday. All tallies are unofficial until verified by the Washington County Elections Office.
05/18/11 AVELLA, Pa. - Chesapeake Energy and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection have reached a settlement over a Feb. 24 fire that resulted in three workers being burned.
05/18/11 RAY MANZAREK & THE ROY ROGERS BAND Diesel, Thurs. 8 p.m. $25-$35. 1-877-435-9849. KRISTOFF KRANE Garfield Artworks, Thurs. 8 p.m. $7. 412-361-2262. FAREWELL CONTINENTAL/GOLD MOTEL Club Cafe, Fri. 7 p.m. $12. 1-866-468-3401.
05/18/11 Chesapeake Energy Corp. was fined more than $1 million on Tuesday, including a penalty that Pennsylvania officials called the single largest fine for an oil or gas operator in the state. | 
