When classes started in the Uniontown Area School DIstrict on Tuesday, longtime superintendent Dr. Charles Machesky wasn鈥檛 there to greet students, teachers, and staff members. Machesky is retiring from the school district after 50 years as an educator and administrator, including the ...
First-year students moved in at PennWest California on Friday and classes began Monday for about 10,000 students at each of the PennWest campuses of California, Clarion and Edinboro, as well as online. Students were welcomed to the campus throughout the weekend with a number of activities.
When Rob Schiffbauer started as a volunteer firefighter at Carmichaels and Cumberland Township Volunteer Fire Company two decades ago, there was a waiting list to join the ranks. 鈥淵ou basically had to wait for someone else to resign,鈥� Schiffbauer said. At the time, the fire company ...
Donora police charged a man Friday for the alleged assault of his girlfriend. Thomas Davin, 68, of Donora, faces felony charges of strangulation and aggravated assault, and misdemeanors of unlawful restraint and simple assault. According to the criminal complaint, the incident occurred around ...
At least one person died in a hit and run accident in Robinson Township Monday afternoon. According to a Washington County 911 supervisor, the accident occurred at about 3 p.m. on the ramp from Route 22 East to the Southern Beltway. A vehicle hit a pedestrian and kept driving, the supervisor ...
My high school band director (who quit and became a priest) had just been discharged from the Army. He lived by the motto: 鈥淚f you aren鈥檛 at least 15 minutes early, you are late.鈥� I can remember him standing at the door, and if you arrived late, you got paddled. Up until the mid-70鈥檚, ...
