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The Meadows Announces Results of “Giving Back” Events
The Meadows Racetrack & Casino announced the results of its Gifts for G.I.’s and Toys for Tots programs—both of which were a success. State Sen. Tim Solobay hosted a Gifts for ...
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Carpatho-Rusyn ‘Big Supper’ Is Still Our Christmas Eve Celebration
When my grandmother came to the United States in 1907, she brought a steamer trunk with all her worldly possessions. She also brought traditions steeped in the Byzantine Catholic her...
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Local Food Banks Take On Added Economic Challenges
The Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank continues to put food on the tables of people in need across the region—with the number of families served growing every month because of an e...
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Last-Minute Recipe: Blue Cheese Ball
Earlier this week, my mom was asked for the innards of this Blue Cheese Ball recipe she made last year for a holiday party. She recovered a recipe that includes simply five palate-pleas...
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Local Dentists Host Smiles for Santa Event
In a word, Gina Tebesco said Smiles for Santa is “awesome.” The McDonald woman sat with her son, Andrew, 11, in the waiting room at Steliotes Dental Spa in McMurray where the boy was...
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Christmas Poll: What Christmas Movie Tops Your List?
I'm not a huge cryer. But I will go on record right here and right now: By the time the fictional George Bailey hollers, "Merry Christmas, movie house! Merry Christmas, Emporium! Merry Ch...
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Police & Fire
Here Are Some Holiday Fire Prevention and Home Fire Safety Tips
Canonsburg Volunteer Fire Chief Tim Solobay said you should always be deligent, but you have to especially step up your efforts to fire-proof your home around the holidays. Because t...
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A Very Sarris Christmas
A customer stepped up the register, chocolate-covered pretzel poppers in hand, and told the young woman behind the counter, "Boy, it's busy in here, huh?" The Sarris Candies cashier ...