Author: Gazette 2.0
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Awardees honored by the Highmark Bright Blue Futures award program, including McKees Rocks’ Focus on Renewal. Focus on Renewal was singled out from among 170 applicants for a Highmark Rising Star award because of the nonprofit organization’s “unique ideas to impact community health.” An inaugural group of 15 received awards Sept. 25 for exemplary programming…
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Part 2 of 3 In early September, Gazette 2.0 sent out identical questionnaires to the more than 50 candidates running for election to various local offices in the upcoming November elections. Responses to these six questions will be published as they are received in the Sept. 28, Oct. 12 and Oct. 26 editions. The answers…
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We’re tardy in our celebration of Democracy Day, which fell on Sept. 15, but we still wanted to write about the day and its meaning. This year’s theme, according to the United Nations, is “empowering the next generation.” They specifically point to threats to democracy like hyper-nationalism, climate change and disinformation. In some of our…
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In response to a double-stabbing that occurred off school grounds immediately following a Sto-Rox high school football game, local police departments are coordinating with the district’s new security staff. After the Sept. 8 incident immediately following a football game in which two students were stabbed during an altercation. They went back into the stadium to…
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In early September, Gazette 2.0 sent out identical questionnaires to the more than 50 candidates running for election to various local offices in the upcoming November elections. (Photos)
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Photo by Dave Novak Firefighters from the Ohio Township Fire Rescue responded to a call for an industrial fire at the Metalico metal recycling plant on Neville Island during the evening of Sept. 16. (Photos)
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Photo by Sonja Reis After 50 years in the Stowe-Rocks area, PepsiCo Beverages North America’s distribution center in Stowe Township is leaving its location near the McKees Rocks Bridge. (Photos)
