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For months, Connoquenessing Township residents have grown increasingly frustrated with what they see as a pattern of secrecy and poor communication from their local gover...
June 06, 2025
Local News
Seneca Valley School District’s music education program was recognized by the National Association of Music Merchants Foundation for its “outstanding commitment” to music...
June 06, 2025
Local News
Two Mars Area Primary Center classrooms had a rare opportunity May 30 — covering their building principal in silly string.
The students were rewarded for raising the most...
June 05, 2025
Local News
The county commissioners awarded a $795,000 contract Wednesday for the Geibel Road Bridge replacement project in Summit Township that could get underway in late summer.
A...
June 05, 2025
Government
PennDOT announced a final schedule for repairs on Interstate 79 northbound and southbound around Cranberry Township.
Crews will be working 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. on weeknights...
June 05, 2025
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Three individuals and one company, each with a history of supporting the community, will be recognized by Moraine Trails Council on Thursday, June 5.
County Commissioners...
June 04, 2025
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A decade after it launched, an audio tour retracing George Washington’s historic 1753 journey through Butler County has been given a fresh look.
Over that period of time,...
June 04, 2025
Local News
An Evans City man is accused of assaulting a man in a Zelienople alley in late May, according to police.
Austin M. Sammons, 29, was charged with felony aggravated assault...
June 04, 2025
Local News
ADAMS TWP — Mars Area School District residents should know next Tuesday if their taxes will go up by another mill.
The millage proposal will be voted on at next week’s ...
June 03, 2025
Local News
Several Butler County EMS agencies were among the beneficiaries of an equipment and education grant awarded to Allegheny Health Network’s Wexford Hospital.
The $182,500 g...
June 03, 2025
Local News
Sports
Two is not always better than one.
For the pair of youth football and cheer organizations ...
The 2025 PIAA Class 2A boys lacrosse championship semifinals will be held Saturday, and Ma...
June 04, 2025
One of the things that Tony Conti appreciated most about his brother, Jason, was that he n...
June 04, 2025
ADAMS TWP — Cohen Pollock had a fine sophomore season for Lower Dauphin’s boys lacrosse te...
June 03, 2025
ADAMS TWP — Twin Valley has made three straight appearances in the PIAA Class 2A girls lac...
June 03, 2025
Community
At the beginning of the school year, the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports co...
The Cranberry Women’s Club made two baskets for the Lighthouse Foundation’s bingo fundrais...
May 28, 2025
Staff members of pools in Butler County prepared for the opening of the season by performi...
May 24, 2025
As summer returns, live music will be available at area parks and other venues.
Here are a...
May 20, 2025
Alameda Park
Soccer Shots — A youth soccer class takes place every Friday throughout t...
May 20, 2025
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Anticipation has been building in Mars for the 2025 Mars New Year, an event held every other year to coincide with the solar cycle of the planet. Plan...
June 04, 2025
Special Sections
In Mars, the stars won’t be the only things lighting up the night sky. Hundreds of drones soon will rise in formation, turning the sky into a canvas o...
June 04, 2025
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Those who attended the previous Mars New Year celebration in 2023 may remember its official comic book, “Journey to Mars,” which told the tale of four...
June 04, 2025
Special Sections
As NASA eyes its return to the moon and future missions to Mars, one of its most recognizable figures is returning too, this time, to the town of Mars...
June 04, 2025
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The public will have the opportunity to take part in the Mars New Year Festival like never before with an experience across the stars, spoken in music...
June 04, 2025
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Digital Divide
HARRISBURG — In the coming years, Pennsylvania will receive more than $1 billion in federal funding to bring high-speed internet access to everyone in...
August 30, 2023
Pennsylvania News
The Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority is asking for the public’s opinion until Friday, March 10 on two potential action plans for wider int...
February 27, 2023
Local News
CRANBERRY TWP — Pennsylvania is set to get a piece of $42.5 billion in federal money to help expand broadband internet access to underserved areas.
On...
February 17, 2023
Business
The state of broadband across a 10-county region in southwestern Pennsylvania, including Butler County, will be the topic of an event Thursday in Cran...
February 11, 2023
Local News
Part-time wedding photographer Margie Mackrell needs hours to upload wedding photos at her Muddy Creek Township home, an assignment that, by contrast,...
February 09, 2023
Local News
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