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North Strabane Township residents opposed to a planned housing development along Peters Lake intend to continue their legal battle after a Washington County judge denied their appeal of the conditional use approval last week. Judge Brandon Neuman issued his ruling Thursday rejecting the ...

The Peters Township Public Library may have a multimillion-dollar renovation in its future. Lacey Love, the library’s directors, and representatives of HBM Architects appeared before Peters council Monday night to present a recently completed study on how the 30,000-square-foot building ...

Urchick wraps up her tenure as Rotary International president By Brad Hundt Staff writer bhundt@observer-reporter.com “My year as president has flown by,” is how Stephanie Urchick describes her 12-month tenure leading Rotary International. And the year that has flown by has been full ...

A South Hills dining destination is moving forward by falling back. Atria’s sits where it always has, at 110 Beverly Road in Mt. Lebanon, off a sharp curve on Beverly and a sharp curve from Banksville Road. But this established establishment has a new identity and feel. The two-story ...

MT. LEBANON – The late author Paul Auster once said that libraries are “places apart” and “sanctuaries of pure thought.” And the Board of Trustees at the Mt. Lebanon Public Library has declared that it is a “book sanctuary.” Robyn Vittek, the library’s director, said it is ...

Officials in Bridgeville are hoping that a $5.3 million grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for flood control will be reinstated after it was announced the program dispersing the funds had been axed. The grant was awarded through FEMA’s Building Resilient ...