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07/15/11 Denmark, WI. - The National Dairy Shrine announces the winners of their scholarships for 2011. The scholarships will be presented at the Awards Banquet at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wisconsin on October 6 th .
07/15/11 EVERYONE'S invited to sign up for "911 Tribute: Ten Years Past" on Wednesday and Thursday, July 20 and 21, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Philadelphia Street Playhouse in downtown Indiana. The playhouse is located between Seventh and Eighth streets.
07/15/11 Now that deep-well Marcellus Shale drilling is around, officials are looking at the possibility of making recommended changes to the Indiana County Special Recreation and Conservation Zoning Ordinance, which now allows natural gas drilling conservation zones provided that a special permit is obtained.
07/15/11 Indiana Area School Board directors have backed off on any major projects since four incumbents were defeated by challengers in the May primary election, including the proposed replacement and/or upgrade of the roof at Horace Mann Elementary School.
07/14/11 MOUNT UNION -- Indiana overcame a seven-run run first-inning deficit and defeated Marian Walker, 13-9, in Little League sectional play in the 9- and 10-year-old tournament Wednesday.
07/14/11 News that a Monroeville restaurant is planning to ban children under 6 years old beginning Saturday hit a nerve among readers - more than 100 posted comments, for and against the new policy, on the Post-Gazette Facebook page. The story also was picked up by CNN, MSNBC, Salon, the Huffington Post and other national outlets.
07/10/11 Painter Ron Donoughe's 80-piece glimpse of Indiana County hangs prominently on the IUP campus, but now it's even easier to take a scenic journey through the area.
07/10/11 Here is a look at the top stories of local interest published in The Indiana Gazette during the week of July 3-9.
07/08/11 Spiked Punch swept Dave Anderson's team, 25-13, 25-17, 25-20, in a YMCA of Indiana County Co-ed Adult Sand Volleyball League game Thursday. Also, JAMBS beat Dave Anderson's team, 26-24, 17-25, 25-23, and Nick Stone's team forfeited matches to JAMBS and Spiked Punch.
07/07/11 At its monthly meeting, Homer City Council selected two of its own members, Kate Yancy and Matt Black, along with Mayor Ken "Cal" Cecconi and Solicitor Pat Dougherty to serve on the new police contract negotiating committee, which is expected to meet a few times before the contract expires in December.
07/07/11 Homer-Center School Board required two votes last week to finalize a 2011-12 budget that includes a 9.2-mill tax increase for district property owners, hiking taxes up from 113.4 mills to 122.6 mills to get projected revenues of $13.6 million within the neighborhood of expenditures totaling a little more than $14 million.
07/07/11 Homer City's 14th Annual Hoodlebug Summerfest on Sunday will feature the Hoodlebug 5K race, 3.1-mile route, that begins and ends at Floodway Park and is open to runners and walkers of all ages.
07/05/11 After a year of planning and a return to basics, the volunteer committee of the Derry Township Agricultural Fair, starting Sunday and running through July 16, hopes to have a success on their hands.
07/03/11 Here is a look at the top stories of local interest published in The Indiana Gazette during the week of June 26-July 2.
07/02/11 BLAIRSVILLE -- The fresh coat of red paint sprayed on Alan and Therese Wainwright's barn Thursday was just part of the preparations they made for a big party on their farm this weekend.
07/01/11 Posted: Friday, July 1, 2011 3:00 am | Updated: 11:16 am, Fri Jul 1, 2011. Clarifying an earlier report in this space, Indiana Countians will celebrate their Independence Day holiday on Monday, July 4, not Sunday, July 3.
06/30/11 Nobody was happy with the new budget, but United School Board last week approved a final 2011-12 district budget that will raise property taxes by 6 mills, down from the 11.67-mill hike that was proposed as part of a tentative spending plan in May, but that includes the elimination of programs and jobs.
06/30/11 The Blairsville-Saltsburg School Board fielded citizen concerns about bullying, a teaching staff without a contract, and recent staff furloughs Wednesday as it finalized a 2011-12 budget that holds the line on property taxes.
06/30/11 The Indiana County commissioners have tasked two agencies with updating a county ordinance involving natural gas drilling in designated conservation zones.
05/20/10 The following is a partial list of criminal cases handled by judges in the most recent term of Westmoreland County criminal court. |
