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Benefit game to raise funds for Kennedy Township resident

Tuesday night's Montour-Chartiers Valley boys basketball matchup will feature two of the section's best teams, but much more will be at stake. The 7:30 p.m. contest will be a fundraiser for Kennedy Township resident Brad "Pooky" McGowan, who is battling stage 4 renal cell carcinoma.

Low-wage ‘scrip’ eaten up by overpriced company-run store and housing led to coal miner’s union, strikes

The company store served as a vital community hub for miners in Moon Run, but it also perpetuated economic hardship by requiring payments in scrip for inflated goods, contributing to long-term debt. Union efforts for reform – including failed strikes – brought limited improvements before the mine’s closure in 1939.