When thinking about the window displays at the old Kaufmannâs Department Store in downtown Pittsburgh, most peopleâs memories probably drift off to the Christmas season and gifts for sale. âItâs November, so youâre starting to think about holiday gifts,â said Robert Stakeley of the ...
Josh Hartman was not sure if it was his wife on the ground after a utility pole fell following their sonâs soccer game last week. âAs I took a couple more steps, I realized it was her,â Hartman said. Dezzarea Hartman, a kindergarten teacher at Claysville Elementary School in McGuffey ...
At the height of the pandemic, Judy Caves and Jennifer Petyk sought an outlet to release some pent-up emotion. They found that release in a place where both are comfortable â the water. Since they could not find any open pools, they took to the Monongahela River. Then, they figured, why not ...
Driving through Collier Township, motorists will see plenty of homes and businesses proudly flying American flags out front, just like in many other towns across the country. What makes Collier unique, however, is that itâs home to the âFather of Flag Day,â which pays homage to the man ...
In the wake of a fatal kayak accident, Claudia Huber helped draft a bill intended to make the stateâs waterways safer for recreation. For Huber, a legislative aide to state Rep. Natalie Mihalek, itâs been a personal undertaking. Her uncle, Jon Gentile, died in a 2022 kayaking accident on ...
Matthew Raffaele and his wife, Emily Powell, were sitting on the back porch of their Peters Township home when a thought occurred to them. âWe always sit on our back decks and think, how can we save the world,â Raffaele said. âWe both work with the homeless, so we came up with the idea ...
