Delmont to pave Greensburg Street… Hearing date set for Penn Twp. zone changes… New medal to be awarded to those affected by Agent Orange… Manor accepts resignations… FR Primary is loaded with Leprechauns… FR wrestling team claims WPIAL title… P-T celebrates ‘Read Across America’ with weeklong festivities
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3-10-2025 Classified Ads
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Headlines for Mon, March 10, 2025
“Breathing life into local news” topic for AAUW… Jeannette wins second WPIAL title in boys basketball… Glass recycling still set for March 15… P-T students receive writing awards… Export to host art exhibition… FR’s Elijah Morris takes 2nd at PA Invention Convention… Salvation Army store to open for 2025 season… Trafford sets 2025 paving program……
3-3-2025 Classified Ads
FOR SALE – Brand new Acorn Stair Lift, $3500 installed, pictures avail; Teeter Inverter, brand new, $300, pictures avail 724-539-3284 F3/3-3/10 FOR SALE – Penn-Trafford yearbooks, 2022-2015, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1993, 1992, 1989, 1987, 1985, more $20 ea 412-372-8659 F3/3-3/10 FOR SALE – Polaris snow plow, 66” with pushtube and mount, fits 2021 R2R 1000,…
2-24-2025 Classified Ads
FOR SALE – Samsung 31” TV, $25, you must haul 724-327-5319 F2/24-3/3 FOR SALE – Classic home craftmaster blue sectional sofa, motorized recliners, 97”x97”, like new, paid $3000, asking $2000 obo 724-433-4770 F2/24-3/3 FOR SALE – 1969 high school yearbooks, Gateway, Churchill, Turtle Creek, Jeannette, Franklin, Latrobe, Ligonier, South Park, S. Huntingdon, $20 ea 412-372-8659…
2-17-2025 Classified Ads
FOR SALE – 1998 Jeep Wrangler, 4 cyl, std, good cond, $3,900, fun to drive, make a deal 724-454-1847 F2/17-2/24 FOR SALE – Hubcaps, 4 orig 1965 rally wheel center caps, Chevrolet Motor Division, $125 412-716-3750 F2/17-2/24 FOR SALE – Poster bed, queen size, vintage Bassett, beautiful carved posts, exc cond, $450 724-325-2036 F2/17-2/24 FOR…
The Boring Word About Letters to the Editor
March 19, 1997 As a newspaper editor in a small town I see my share of “letters to the editor.” Usually they are a welcome sight. It means people are reading and taking note of events, and (thank goodness) it generates interest in the paper. But sad as it may be these same letters can…
The Boring Word About Who’s Who
March 5, 1997 In the beginning of this column in the early 1980’s, there were two contributing authors, Georgia Lee Cooper Boring and Charlene Cooper Word, the two daughters of the paper’s founder. As one can see from the last names, Boring and Word, the name of the column seemed natural. Each week, one of…
The Boring Word About A Visit with NASA
February 24, 1997 Earlier this month, following our 50th anniversary party, I had a chance to get away for a week’s vacation to Florida. The idea of heading to Disney and warmer parts was kicked around for maybe a month before we left, so plus were quick and not quite complete. As timing would have…
The Boring Word About Weather Forecasting
February 19, 1997 This past weekend’s weather was the final determining factor in my belief in the wooly worm caterpillar as a weather forecaster. For those of you who may have forgotten, early in the fall we had a comment from one of our readers that this year there would be a bad fall and…