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Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: Jayden Mickens of Connellsville saved his best performance of the football season for the Falcons' rivalry game against Uniontown for the 鈥淥ld Coal Bucket鈥 trophy that is given annually to the winner of the local showdown. Mickens rushed for 200 yards with touchdown runs of 1, 45 ...

A duck of a good prank

Christopher Beers and his cohorts from Grandpa鈥檚 Joe鈥檚 were out and about before the quack of dawn a few weeks back to pull off a caper unlike any other in Canonsburg. Angling to ruffle a few feathers, the candy shop owner and his team, under the cover of darkness, secretly planted 2,000 ...

Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: We鈥檇 like to take this opportunity to give a shout-out to Dr. Mary Jo Podgurski, whose unflagging commitment to the youth in our region serves as an inspiration to all. Many know Mary Jo for her 鈥淎sk Mary Jo鈥 column that appears weekly in this newspaper. She wears plenty of ...

EDITORIAL: Offer empathy, not judgment

The fights next door are loud. Sometimes they happen often; other times there are weeks or months between them. No matter the frequency, the pattern remains the same: An argument. A scream. A thump. Tears. The neighbors hear it all, but don鈥檛 help. Instead, they raise their eyebrows, shake ...

Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: Kudos to Connor Basinger and the Connellsville hockey team. Basinger, a freshman, sparkled in his first varsity game by recording a hat trick in the Falcons' 4-2 victory over Central Valley at CFS Bank Arena in Rostraver Township last Thursday. Basinger's first goal was unassisted ...

Do more than wear pink this October

If today鈥檚 pink newspaper isn鈥檛 enough of a reminder, we鈥檙e dedicating this space to drive home an important message: October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Why should you care? Because had it not been for the early detection campaign鈥檚 inception 40 years ago, a loved one 鈥 your ...