Happy Birthday to Jackie Evancho

The singing-sensation from Pine-Richland turns 12 today!

As singing star Jackie Evancho turns 12 today, you have to wonder what she will wish for when she blows out her birthday candles. Some young girls dream of becoming a singer, performing before thousands of fans. Check. Jackie has done that, with her career taking a meteoric rise after she appeared on "America's Got Talent" when she was 10. Others fantasize about appearing in a movie. Check. Jackie was tapped to play the daughter of Robert Redford in "The Company You Keep." Perhaps a young girl's dreams take her to Washington, D.C., to meet the president and perform a song about a day when hunger and war pass away. Check. Jackie sang "To Believe" at the National Prayer Breakfast.  So, you have to wonder what is next for the 12-year-old who …

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The Editor's Corner

Happy Birthday, Canon-McMillan Patch!

Yes, today the website turns 1. What a year it's been.

  Cue the “Happy Birthday” song. Yes, my friends, it’s been a whole year since we launched Canon-McMillan Patch. And what a year it’s been. One thing’s for sure: I never had so much fun in the name of journalism. From playing mascot Art N. Canonsburg to covering the borough’s Fourth of July parade—there’s always something fun going on in the borough. Then there’s Perry (Perry Como, late crooner to those friends who check out the site but might nor realize he's a hometown boy). Borough officials dress him for the season. So far during my duties as editor of this bad boy, I’ve seen him in a Santa hat, Oktoberfest finery and Steeler gear. In Cecil Township, Marcellus Shale dominated the headlines on this community news website—with ordinances…

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Zandy Dudiak

5:43 pm on Tuesday, December 13, 2011

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