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Tartan Day preserves Scottish heritage

Andrew Carnegie and Gen. John Forbes may be the most famous Scotsmen from the Pittsburgh region, but Robert Murdoch, 86, of Whitehall has probably done the most to preserve and promote the Highland heritage here and across the nation.The 86-year-old Whitehall resident was the featured guest at ...

Matthew Strine is passionate about mental health advocacy.The Peters Township resident said he lives with bipolar disorder 1 and obsessive-compulsive disorder.“I know a lot of people claim to have OCD, but it’s not what everybody thinks it is,” Strine said. “I wouldn’t wish it on ...

As part of the Upper St. Clair High School Middle Years Program, students are required to complete a final project aiming to better our world at the end of the program. For Peyton McGregor, she chose to dedicate her project to collecting sports equipment for underprivileged children across the ...

For the 63rd year, the Rotary Club of Bethel-St. Clair’s annual pancake festival was a “flippin success,” as 1,200 meals were served up last month at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Upper St. Clair. Some 4,000 pancakes were made and served up with sausage, applesauce and all-you-can ...

Upper St. Clair celebrates poetry month

April is National Poetry Month. To celebrate, Baker Elementary students have the opportunity to experience a Poetry Walk featuring nine poems from the book, “Cricket in the Thicket: Poems About Bugs,” by Carol Murray and illustrated by Melissa Sweet.Spearheaded by librarian Linda Connor, ...

The frequently knotty traffic around Millers Run Road and Route 50 at the entrance to Bridgeville is bound to get even knottier.Beginning April 13, the Route 50 bridge over Chartiers Creek was being closed so one half of the span can be demolished and replaced. Bridgeville police chief Chad ...