The columnist's initial reaction to viewing the drought at Yough Lake, east of Uniontown on Route 40, was to think of the recent NASA snapshots of the Mars surface: Like Mars, this tiny slice of Somerset County is, for the moment at least, flat, rocky, and reddish. Then there is the old arched ...
Take a step back in time to an 18th century Christmas on Saturday, Dec. 7, at the Enoch Wright House Museum. The Peters Creek Historical Society (PCHS) will host its annual Soup n Stroll fundraiser at the house from noon to 4 p.m. The event, the organization鈥檚 largest fundraiser of the year, ...
Victor Molek loves Christmas. So, as the owner of a storefront in the Uniontown Mall, he looks forward to seeing the holiday decorations 鈥� including the Santa鈥檚 Workshop display 鈥� go up every season. For the last few years, the display had been scaled down due to a dwindling number of ...
Founded in 1925, the Greene County Historical Society and Museum (GCHS) was established to share history and appreciation for the area. Members officially began meeting in a single room in the basement of the Long Building, but by 1971, had secured the former almshouse and opened the museum ...
Volunteers at the City Church of Connellsville and the City Mission in Washington prepared and served Thanksgiving meals on Thursday, offering turkey and all the fixings. At Connellsville Senior Center in Fayette County, volunteer Jackie Shopes was one of about 100 who prepared or served ...
In 2015, Mark Smith, a musician in the Mon Valley area for more than 50 years, worked with the late Maestro Joe Campus on The Twin Coaches Orchestra Project. From that collaboration, the Mon Valley Academy for the Arts (MVAA) was born. 鈥淚n the beginning, they started the Twin Coaches Jr. ...
