When the calendar turns to 2021, Carlynton Junior-Senior High School will have a new assistant principal. The school board approved the hiring of Emily Skirtich as the new assistant principal,…
Abandoned property purchase much harder than it appears
Don Tollan’s plan to purchase the abandoned rowhouse located at 5 Olivia St. in Stowe has hit a brick wall. A resident of Stowe Township for more than 28 years,…
2020 local election results
The 2020 elections have been fraught with confusion and alleged voter fraud. While the presidential election is still not official, the local elections have been less controversial. These are the…
Council press on with business items despite sound issues
Despite technical issues cutting short its Nov. 10 virtual business meeting, McKees Rocks Council moved forward with motions lowering the town’s amusement tax rate, approving artwork for a saltbox decorating…
Rippole resigns Sto-Rox board
Shyanne Rippole resigned her seat as Stowe’s second-ward representative on the Sto-Rox school board during the district’s Nov. 19 business meeting. Rippole, who was first elected to the position in…
Lindy Paving closes on former Shenango Coke Works, plans for site unknown
The Shenango smokestacks were demolished in May of 2018. A brownfield site targeted by a coalition of regional stakeholders who hoped to steer the course of its development has been…
How did political parties become the central part of society?
“However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled…






