news@greenecountymessenger.comPennsylvania lawmakers last week passed the 2022-23 state budget, approving a $45.2 billion spending plan.The budget now moves to Gov. Tom Wolf鈥檚 desk for final approval.The bill grows the state鈥檚 Rainy Day Fund to roughly $5 billion. Public schools, ...
Three students in the Carmichaels Area School District recently received scholarships.Braelyn Brozik and Nickolas Ricco were each awarded $5,000 from the Paul and Dolores Jazwa Lavins Scholarship Fund. Each year, the fund awards two scholarships, renewable each year for four years, to two ...
Dayna Brown is intimately familiar with the strenuous grind of Alzheimer鈥檚 and dementia, so she committed to a mission to replicate it.The Bethel Park woman bicycled 150 miles from her home to Falls Market in Ohiopyle last month to honor her mother who died from Alzheimer鈥檚, her father who ...
In a way, Frankie, the Lab-mix puppy tossed from a moving truck in the mountains of Fayette County, was everyone鈥檚 dog.Found at maybe 2 months old in 2013, the golden-colored pup captured hearts throughout Southwestern Pennsylvania as he journeyed back to health in the loving care of his ...
Legislation sponsored by state Sen. Pat Stefano to clarify the Veterans Preference Law to include veterans who served honorably but were discharged with a disability before completing their initial obligation was signed into law.Senate Bill 849, now Act 44 of 2022, adds an exemption for the ...
news@greenecountymessenger.comA Waynesburg University program that is turning recyclable material into various items while reducing waste has brought the college national recognition.Students have dubbed it the 鈥淲acky Plastics Project.鈥滱ndrew Heisey, chairman of Waynesburg鈥檚 fine arts ...
