We've Got Talent!
A skilled and educated workforce is a big draw for the many and varied industries and businesses making their home in Butler County. For the 2023 Progress edition, the Butler Eagle staff examined how the more than 95,000 county residents in the workforce impact the major sectors of our economy.
What we've found is “Butler County's Got Talent.” Readers will find many examples here of exceptional leaders and staff members in fields such as health care, education, business and nonprofit organizations.
Business
Manufacturing will continue to play a major role in the future progress of Butler County.
At present the county is home to more than 300 manufacturers, ranging from chemi...
November 01, 2023
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For more than a century, MSA Safety has never wavered from its mission: “That men and women may work in safety and that they, their families and their communities may liv...
November 01, 2023
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Penn United Technologies’ apprenticeship program has about 30 people in it at any given time with roughly six new people joining a year, according to Dan Casey, manufactu...
November 01, 2023
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Running a local restaurant has never been easy. Running a local restaurant during the last three-and-a-half years has been perhaps as difficult as it has ever been.
From ...
November 01, 2023
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If you don’t keep up you’ll fall behind.
According to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry Center for Workforce Information & Analysis, the health care and soc...
November 02, 2022
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Education
Critical thinking, hands-on learning and emotional intelligence taught in Butler County area school districts
November 01, 2023
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The 2022-23 school year was filled with incredible achievements and new beginnings. Not only was this a nod to the opening of our innovative and award-winning (2022 Time ...
November 01, 2023
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BUTLER TWP — Katie Black knew she wanted to be a teacher, but she wasn’t sure what subject she wanted to pursue.
Given that she had been playing the violin since age 7, s...
November 01, 2023
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The Butler Eagle asked schools and colleges across Butler County to submit a number of their exceptional employees. Below are those that were submitted:
Varden Armstrong...
November 01, 2023
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Hands-on learning and state-of-the-art technology are some of the things driving local students to pursue a postsecondary education in Butler County at institutions such ...
November 01, 2023
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Government
The Butler Eagle asked Butler County officials to submit a number of their exceptional employees. Below are those who were submitted:
Steve Bicehouse
Bicehouse is emerge...
November 01, 2023
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Bill Holland, of Connoquenessing Township, remembers serving in Vietnam as a U.S. Air Force security guard.
“We were the guys that guarded the perimeter. It wasn’t like b...
November 01, 2023
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Long before my time as a member of Cranberry Township’s board of supervisors, my predecessors created the blueprint for the township’s success.
Before Cranberry’s growth ...
November 01, 2023
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When the three current Butler County commissioners entered office in 2016, they all expressed wanting to improve fiscal management and develop a plan for capital improvem...
November 01, 2023
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Health Care
Over the past year, health systems in Butler County expanded provider offerings, implemented new surgical technology, took on multimillion dollar renovation projects and ...
November 01, 2023
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Butler Memorial Hospital, which is part of the new Independence Health System, is privileged to be a healing presence in the community. We exist to make a positive differ...
November 01, 2023
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Two Butler County natives are committed to being “the last line of defense” for the critically ill and injured.
“We are from here. We live here. This is our community,” ...
November 01, 2023
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The Butler Eagle asked health care facilities across Butler County to submit a number of their exceptional employees. Below are some submissions:
Tracy Reed
Tracy Reed i...
November 01, 2023
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Recreation
Age range continues to expand for fastest-growing sport in America
November 04, 2023
Community
CRANBERRY TWP — From participating in sports herself to coaching and becoming a certified personal trainer and exercise instructor, Kathy Hensler loves being on the move....
November 04, 2023
Community
From photography to snowmobile riding and a lot in between, the spaces at Moraine and McConnells Mill state parks have a lot to offer from sunrise to sundown — and many o...
November 01, 2023
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This is an exciting time for the Butler YMCA and for our community as we expand programs for all ages. According to Jamie Knauff, new aquatic and program director, “We ar...
November 01, 2023
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NonProfit
Heidi Nicholls Bowser, director of membership and healthy living at the Butler YMCA, said community support has taken the nonprofit from “surviving to thriving” in the af...
November 01, 2023
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How do we make a difference in our community?
Center for Community Resources was established in 2002 by Butler County Human Services to be the single point of contact for...
November 01, 2023
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The Butler Eagle asked nonprofits across Butler County to submit a number of their exceptional employees. Below are those that were submitted:
Mackenzie Hunt
Macke...
November 01, 2023
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Since joining Catholic Charities in Butler seven years ago, Chuck Allen said he regularly sees the difference his work makes firsthand.
“I love when people come back and ...
November 01, 2023
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Business Spotlight
Why Remo’s for all your catering needs? Remo’s Catering of North Pittsburgh has been serving up quality dishes for every occasion like elegant weddings, barn weddings, co...
November 01, 2023
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The Armstrong Cable of today began as a small construction company in 1946.
Our founder’s mission was to provide growth and perpetuity to his employees and as such began...
November 01, 2023
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On Feb. 8, 2002, the Gilliland Vanasdale Sinatra Istik Law Office was officially launched. At that time, it was just Jennifer Gilliland working from her townhome in Adams...
November 01, 2023
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In 1993, Evelyn Wiest-Kertz, M.S.CCC-A., went into private practice and started Wiest Audiology and Hearing Aid Center.
Kertz took a small business loan from Citizens Nat...
November 01, 2023
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Is there a troubling issue that bothers you? Does it recur often in your mind and in conversations? Is it affecting sleep, relationships, or emotional balance?
No proble...
November 01, 2023
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Robert Stephens Custom Jewelers, located on Main Street in Butler, is owned and operated by a sole proprietor — Stephen Goslaw.
Goslaw began his career as an apprentice g...
November 01, 2023
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Since its inception in 2007 by Jeffrey Myers, Myers Law Group PLLC has steadily grown into a prominent legal entity serving the suburban community in the North Hills. In ...
November 01, 2023
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The talent of Butler County shines through the owners/employees of our small businesses.
Amazingly talented people run restaurants, boutiques, breweries, B&Bs and coffee...
November 01, 2023
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In June 2022, two like-minded health systems announced their intent to come together with the goal of creating a new and distinct health care choice for patients in Weste...
November 01, 2023
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Coherent empowers market innovators to define the future through breakthrough technologies, from materials to systems.
“We deliver innovations that resonate with our cus...
November 01, 2023
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Marburger Farm Dairy in Evans City has achieved a remarkable feat. They are the only dairy in Pennsylvania to have been recognized for their fluid milk products in the Wo...
November 01, 2023
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Did you know you have the power to save lives by donating blood? Nonprofit blood provider Vitalant provides blood to most hospitals in Western Pennsylvania, including UPM...
November 01, 2023
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