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Giving Tuesday

Brenda McGuire, a retention specialist at the Butler YMCA, took her turn riding the stationary bike to raise funds during Giving Tuesday. A YMCA spokeswoman said stationary bike riders were trying to raise awareness of the event. Peddlers paid $10 for a half hour's workout on the bicycle.

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LOCAL

There will be a town hall next week in Cranberry Township.

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BULLETIN BOARD

PIEROGI SALE, call 724-282-6190 between 7 a.m. and noon to order. Pick up from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday at Ukrainian Hall, 10 Arbor St., Lyndora.

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Get Physical

New equipment at YMCA gives total workout

The YMCA's new Queenax Funcitiona Trainingl Rig workout station allows for multiple exercises.

One of the Butler YMCA's newest pieces of equipment brings a whole new meaning to full-body workout.

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Butler native takes to skies to patrol seas

Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph Maringo, a native of Butler, serves as a naval aircrewman with “The Grey Knights” of Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Squadron 46, working with the Navy's cutting-edge maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash.

OAK HARBOR, Wash. — Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph Maringo, a native of Butler, joined the Navy for educational opportunities and travel.

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Holiday spirit alive over weekend

Crowds of Butler area residents claim their spot prior to the start of Butler's Spirit of Christmas Parade Saturday.

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SERVICE AWARD

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE — Bantam Marine Detachment 743 of Butler recently awarded Moe Goodwin, the Butler Sam’s Club manager, with a Distinguished Service Award for Goodwin’s and the store’s contributions to the detachment’s mission of aiding veterans and children...

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Memory Whirl Dance program, aims to entertain, ease Alzheimer's

Residents of St. Barnabas dance with members of the Pittsburgh Ballroom dance group at St. Barnabas' Washington Place in Richland Township, Allegheny County.

Memories may fade, but the recollections of music and dance lasts the longest.

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Homes for the holidays

Decorated for season, sites open doors for symphony's annual tour

Thomas and Penny Wippenbeck along with their sons, D.J., left, and Michael, have decorated their sunken living room with repurposed materials. Their house is one of the spots on this year's Butler County Symphony Association's Holiday Tour of Homes.

Decorated for season, sites open doors for symphony's annual tour

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Rabbis urge schools to teach empathy

Lessons meant to counter hate

Hasidic leaders read personal notes and prayers at the resting place of the late Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, known as the Lubavitcher Rebbe, while attending the annual International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries at Montefiore Cemetery in New York on Nov. 22. The annual conference included seminars, a class photo of about 5,800 rabbis in attendance and an evening dinner.

NEW YORK — At a time when anti-Semitic incidents are on the rise worldwide, schools should take steps to teach empathy as an antidote to racism and religious hatred, several rabbis attending an international conference said.

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Miracle on Main Street returns

The Strolling Carolers sings Christmas songs along Main St in Zelienople during the Zelienople Miracle on Main Street on Thursday December 6, 2018.

ZELIENOPLE — Miracle on Main Street returns for a third year Dec. 5 to Zelienople.

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Concordia elects new board members

The annual delegate meeting selected six members for the Concordia Board. They are, from left, the Rev. Ed Grimenstein, Rande Casaday, Jennifer Ciccone, Katie Straszheim and Jim Wolf. R. Russell Lucas is not pictured.

JEFFERSON TWP — Keith E. Frndak, president and CEO of Concordia Lutheran Ministries, announced the election of six board members at the annual delegate meeting.

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Student’s documentary earns honors

GROVE CITY — Grove City College student Nicholas Mullins wrote, filmed and produced a documentary on a French painter that is now showing around the country and winning accolades.

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Mars graduate searches for invertebrate life-forms in Pa. caves

“What better way to go adventuring than through a dark, confined cave?”

Mars High School graduate Owen Skirtich spent his summer in caves looking for beetles as part of a summer experience project.

“What better way to go adventuring than through a dark, confined cave?”

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Cranberry teen wins

Kiara Lin of Cranberry Township was crowned as Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA 2020 Nov. 3, at the Richland Performing Arts Center in Johnstow.The Hsenior at Seneca Valley High Schoo is the daughter of Andrea Lin of Cranberry Township and Kai Lin of Cranberry Township.

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2 events spark Christmas spirit in Chicora

Chicora is getting into the Christmas spirit.

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Orders honor outstanding educators at ceremony

From left, educators Jeanine Carlson, Jessica Carlson, Col. Mark Pappal, Chelsie Tonini and Master Squire Leonard Leinenbach took part in a special Lorraine Chapter of the Order of DeMolay event honoring outstanding teachers and mentors. Michael Menchyk was missing from the photograph.

Members of Lorraine Chapter Order of DeMolay, and their younger brothers, the members of William C. Graham Manor Order of Squires, held a special ceremony and reception recognizing outstanding area educators.