There was controlled chaos outside the Brownsville Ambulance Service Inc., building on Arch Street Friday as several newly trained high school-aged cadets worked alongside firefighters, EMT and other first responders to navigate a mass casualty situation. 鈥淚t was a really eye opening ...
Cpl. Peter Helisek Jr.鈥檚 obituary ends with three words: 鈥淐andy, Candy, Candy.鈥� The sweet reference is a callback by his younger brother John to the years before Helisek left for World War II. 鈥淓very day he would come home from work, he would bring me this little candy bar,鈥� John ...
Brownsville鈥檚 football program has struggled mightily in recent years and hasn鈥檛 had much stability at the head coaching position. A year ago, the Falcons鈥� third as an independent, David Martin III began the season as coach and former coach Von Braddock stepped back in on an interim ...
Roger Miller and Darwyn 鈥淏uck鈥� Grover were both imposing physical figures whose athletic exploits matched their size. Miller stood 6-foot-3 and was a 1972 Uniontown graduate who made his mark in baseball and reached the major league level in 1974. Grover stood 6-foot-4 and was a 1954 ...
Doug Dascenzo was like most youth baseball players when he was growing up in Fayette County. 鈥淛ust like all the other kids in the area, you watch games on TV, you always dream you want to play on TV,鈥� Dascenzo said. 鈥淏ut it's hard, a very difficult thing to accomplish.鈥� Dascenzo ...
Anyone driving through downtown Brownsville last week might have thought it was just another summer of road repairs, with crews working diligently across the area. But behind the scenes of construction lies something much 鈥渟weeter鈥� - a touch of movie magic - as areas throughout the ...
