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Ben Franklin students make history come alive

2+ hour, 11+ min ago  (730+ words) Presidents, explorers, nurses, generals, architects, scientists and plenty other notable figures stood arrayed in a rectangle at Ben Franklin Elementary/Middle School Thursday afternoon, waiting to tell their life story to whoever wanted to hear it. And many people did. The…...

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South Fayette School District breaks ground on new elementary school

2+ day, 19+ min ago  (263+ words) Construction of a new elementary school in the South Fayette School District officially got underway last week with an early evening groundbreaking ceremony. It was the culmination of a years-long process " for almost a decade, administrators and school board members…...

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Martha Washington Garden Club offering scholarship

1+ week, 22+ hour ago  (64+ words) The application deadline for a $1, 000 scholarship to be awarded by the Martha Washington Garden Club is Friday, May 1. Washington County graduating high school seniors or current college or trade school students who have successfully completed one or more years of…...

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Local culinary students work among the pros at Taste of the Draft

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (952+ words) A night before some of the top college football players got picked to advance to the next level, local high school culinary students got the chance to work alongside some of the top local and national names in their fields....

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Canon-Mc Millan High School honor roll

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (64+ words) Third quarter, 2025-26 Grade 9 Distinguished Honors Olivia Anderson Natalie Artz Peighton Barrow Miles Baughman Hailey Beers Bella Beiswenger Janhavi Bhadane Brayden Bobitski Carter Bogos Ethan Bolz Mykyta Bondarev Adyson Breiding Brooklyn Brett Anna Brinson Ethan Brown Stella Cable Natalie Campoli Charlie…...

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Peters Township School District makes administrative changes

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (269+ words) Observer-Reporter Peters Township School District makes administrative changes Peters Township School District has made a series of changes to its lineup of administrators. The district's assistant superintendent, Dr. Michael Fisher, will become deputy superintendent as of July 1. He will be…...

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Chartiers-Houston Junior High School honor roll

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (20+ words) Observer-Reporter Chartiers-Houston Junior High School honor roll Third nine weeks, 2025-26...

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Literacy council names new executive director

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (545+ words) For more than 40 years, the Literacy Council of Southwestern Pennsylvania has welcomed people " including the region's immigrant population " seeking to improve their literacy skills to lead successful, fulfilled lives. It is a mission that hits close to home for Diana…...

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Test your news I. Q.

2+ week, 15+ min ago  (644+ words) Our first news quiz of 2026 awaits you! It's a multiple-guess quiz, with many of the questions centered on the recent hostilities between Iran and the United States. There will always be at least one correct answer but, unlike some news…...

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PA Local Heroes: The award-winning elementary teacher making math fun

2+ week, 10+ min ago  (911+ words) Madeline Loring still remembers the moment during her second year of teaching when a student read the word "me" for the first time. On that day 12 years ago, Loring was working with a sixth grader who had never learned to…...