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My American Story

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is one in a monthlong series of profiles of the people who live and work in Washington, Greene and Fayette counties, in celebration of the nation's 250th anniversary. Readers of a certain demographic will understand how Paige Richetti’s Barcelona adventure was, in a way, ...

‘Every day’s happy’

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is one in a monthlong series of profiles of the people who live and work in Washington, Greene and Fayette counties, in celebration of the nation's 250th anniversary. Mark Gajdosic is Donora’s peanut gallery. “I sit here. I just make comments,” laughed Gajdosic, ...

A life of service

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is one in a monthlong series of profiles of the people who live and work in Washington, Greene and Fayette counties, in celebration of the nation's 250th anniversary. If anyone’s biked down the Great Allegheny Passage trail near Connellsville or walked along the West ...

Second chance

After an afternoon spent swimming in the hot early summer sun, Savannah Greene waited with her daughter beneath a pavilion in Mon View Park for their ride. “I spent most of my summers down here,” said Greene, 27. “We used to go to day camp. The Fourth of July, they do a big thing. I had ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is one in a daily monthlong series about the people who live in Washington, Greene and Fayette counties, in recognition of America's 250th anniversary. Mike Milvet might know Cross County Park Lake better than any living person. “I hunted and fished all my life. ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is one in a monthlong series about the people who make up our community, in celebration of the nation's 250th anniversary. Of all the towns in all the world, they live in Washington. “My family’s from the Dominican Republic, but I was born and raised in Boston, ...