FUN AND FUNDRAISING

Dance benefits Miracle League

JACKSON TWP — Students danced, ate, laughed and played games at Seneca Valley's fifth annual Raiderthon event — all to raise money for charity.

3/23/2019 Cranberry Local News

Scientist's presentation out-of-this-world

Students hear space facts

The moon is moving away from the Earth, and astronauts can get sick easier when they get home. These were just a few things area students learned during a visit by NASA chief scientist James Green at the RLA Learning and Conference Center Friday morning in Cranberry Township.

3/23/2019 Cranberry Local News

Sister City long time coming is near completion in Cranberry Township

A Sister Cities International project with Hai Yang, China, initiated eight years ago by Cranberry Township could be finalized this year.

3/22/2019 Cranberry Local News

Seneca Valley students earn scholarships

JACKSON TWP - Three Seneca Valley students were announced as winning scholarships this week.

3/22/2019 Cranberry Local News

Middlesex Township supervisors amend zoning code

MIDDLESEX TWP — Supervisors approved an ordinance amending the township zoning and subdivision code at a meeting Wednesday night.

3/22/2019 Cranberry Local News

Middle school girls inspired by hands-on STEM activities

CRANBERRY TWP — Butler Intermediate High School eighth-grader Lily Hillard gripped and grinned in excitement Thursday as her teacher put pennies one-by-one inside her team's boat made of aluminum foil and straws.

3/22/2019 Cranberry Local News

Women's Leadership council lauds four, marks strides

CRANBERRY TWP — Four Butler County women were honored Wednesday night not only for their success in society, but their dedication to the community as well.

3/22/2019 Cranberry Local News

Mars Middle School students compete in Science Bowl

ADAMS TWP - A team of Mars Middle School students competed in the 2019 Southwestern Pennsylvania Regional Middle School Science Bowl, held March 2 at Community College of Allegheny County — South Campus in West Mifflin, Pa.

3/22/2019 Cranberry Local News

Seneca Valley students win PennDOT challenge

JACKSON TWP — Students from the Seneca Valley School District are the winners of PennDOT District 10's second Innovations Challenge.

3/22/2019 Cranberry Local News

Blast-Off dinner helps ring in Mars New Year

ADAMS TWP — Though he spends most of his days trying to get exploration rovers to planet Mars, Jim Green perhaps has been most inspired by his first trip to the borough bearing the same name.

3/22/2019 Cranberry Local News

Newcomer wants to bolster Harmony

HARMONY — A new entrepreneur could be hitting the borough's business scene as soon as this summer.

3/22/2019 Cranberry Local News

Burning brush is risky endeavor, fire officials say

With sunshine and warmer weather making sporadic appearances in the past few weeks, many in the county are taking advantage and cleaning up brush and debris from the winter.

3/22/2019 Cranberry Local News

Middlesex Township supervisors reject Grey Hawk plan

MIDDLESEX TWP — Supervisors voted to deny tentative approval to the proposed Grey Hawk planned residential development at a Wednesday night meeting, potentially opening the township up to legal action from the developer.

3/22/2019 Cranberry Local News

Drugs, cash seized in Middlesex Township

MIDDLESEX TWP — A Tuesday afternoon drug bust netted county narcotics officers hundreds of stamp bags of suspected heroin, dozens of pills, more than $1,200 in currency and other contraband from a home on Virginia Street, authorities said.

3/21/2019 Cranberry Local News

One person injured in Jackson Twp. crash

Two motorists gave conflicting accounts after a motorist was injured when his SUV collided with a flatbed truck in Evans City Road by the Interstate 79 overpass in Jackson Township around 10 a.m. Thursday.

3/21/2019 Cranberry Local News

Haine students hear program on people with disabilities

CRANBERRY TWP — Students at Haine elementary and middle schools heard presentations about people with disabilities, with a focus on autism, at a series of assemblies on Tuesday.

3/20/2019 Cranberry Local News

Seneca Landfill gas system wins environmental award

Out of the 18 Awards for Environmental Excellence given by the office of Gov. Tom Wolf last week, a lone landfill sticks out in the field of environmental groups sharing honors.

3/20/2019 Cranberry Local News

Mars New Year blasts off with dinner

MARS — The committee planning this week's Mars New Year celebration hope attendees will have a blast.

3/20/2019 Cranberry Local News

Judicial candidate's filing challenged

Objections center on her residency

Objections filed by four Butler County residents on Tuesday challenge the candidacy of Jennifer Vanasdale on the basis of her residency.

3/20/2019 Cranberry Local News

Zelie makes public works change

Zelienople is creating a new full time position in its public works department.

3/20/2019 Cranberry Local News

Table 86 eatery operations ‘suspended indefinitely’

A restaurant owned by former Pittsburgh Steelers' player Hines Ward will close in Seven Fields.

3/20/2019 Cranberry Local News

SV school board receives 1st look at new school

Project will cost $70M to $80M

JACKSON TWP — A final schematic design and price tag for the school that will replace the Evans City school building was presented Monday to the Seneca Valley School Board.

3/20/2019 Cranberry Local News

SV mourns death of longtime teacher

A Seneca Valley eighth grade teacher died Monday morning after a battle with an “extended illness.”

3/20/2019 Cranberry Local News

SV graduate tells students about NASA job

Her original goal was to be a novelist

Cranberry Highlands Golf Course will soon be home to a bee sanctuary and educational project.

3/20/2019 Cranberry Local News

Valencia council enacts zoning

Ordinance aims to protect town

VALENCIA — The borough council made history Monday night, enacting the town’s first zoning ordinance in its 121-year history.

3/20/2019 Cranberry Local News