Mars Area School District
Mars graduate and St. Louis Cardinals farmhand JJ Wetherholt was named to the 2025 MLB All-Star Futures Game on Monday.
Among the 50 players included on those rosters, We...
July 01, 2025
Sports
Two students were removed from six others who claim they were injured in a March 6 bus crash in a lawsuit against the Mars Area School District and its bus company, A.J. ...
July 01, 2025
Local News
Gabe Hein entered last high school football season as a known commodity in Eric Kasperowicz’s Mars offense, then turned heads with a Week 1 eruption.
The rising senior re...
June 18, 2025
Sports
Company alleges previous bus crashes unrelated to March 6 crash
Company alleges previous bus crashes unrelated to March 6 crash
June 15, 2025
Local News
Two Mars eighth-graders received the American Legion Award, rewarded for traits like leadership and service, for the 2024-25 school year.
Kellan Garvin and Reese Vuckovi...
June 14, 2025
Local News
ADAMS TWP — Mars Area School District’s board passed a $65 million budget, along with a 1- mill property tax increase, following a failed attempt to table the budget Tues...
June 10, 2025
Local News
MECHANICSBURG — For more than three quarters, Mars stayed with Allentown Central Catholic. Then the Vikings earned valuable breathing room that the Planets were unable to...
June 08, 2025
Sports
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 2025 PIAA Class 2A boys lacrosse championship semifinals will be held Saturday, and Mars is still out to prove it belongs.
The Planets (19-2) advanced via a 12-2 firs...
June 04, 2025
Sports
ADAMS TWP — Cohen Pollock had a fine sophomore season for Lower Dauphin’s boys lacrosse team, but Mars made sure to end it on a sour note.
The Planets pelted the sophomor...
June 03, 2025
Sports
ADAMS TWP — Twin Valley has made three straight appearances in the PIAA Class 2A girls lacrosse championship game.
Keeping the Raiders from moving one step closer to a fo...
June 03, 2025
Sports
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
Dylan Weitzell, a senior at Mars Area High School, received an appointment to the Merchant Marine Academy, one of only five United States service academies.
According to...
May 31, 2025
Community
A Mars Area Class of 2024 graduate was awarded an arts excellence scholarship from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
Trevin Hammerbeck, a filmmaking m...
May 24, 2025
Local News
ADAMS TWP — From pickle pillows and clay pierogies to paper machete zoo animals and incline paintings, Mars Area Elementary School students embraced their inner “Yinzer” ...
May 23, 2025
Local News
Mars Area School District’s elementary school expansion, which had been expected to start this month, is on hold for a little longer.
The renovation, which is expected t...
May 21, 2025
Local News
WEST VIEW — Mars boys lacrosse coach Bob Marcoux did not have a favorable opinion on the first half of Monday’s WPIAL Class 2A semifinal against Hampton.
After the first ...
May 19, 2025
Sports
WEST VIEW — Playing for a WPIAL championship has become a habit for Mars girls lacrosse. The mentality that comes with such consistency undoubtedly played a role in the P...
May 19, 2025
Sports
If you want to impact the future and shape the formative years of hundreds of youths, become a school board member.
“Great school boards understand they have (a) profound...
May 16, 2025
Local News
Students at Mars Area Elementary School celebrated the nice weather and impending conclusion to the school year on Friday, May 16, with a Carnival Day.
The fun included ...
May 16, 2025
Local News
ADAMS TWP — Vacations must wait for anyone involved with Mars’ boys lacrosse team.
Not to say that’s a problem for the Planets, who’ve made a program tradition of competi...
May 15, 2025
Sports
District plans to establish its own police force
District plans to establish its own police force
May 13, 2025
Local News
ADAMS TWP — A tiny item on a school board meeting agenda has become a big controversy.
Parents and students in Mars Area School District flooded the Adams Township Munic...
May 13, 2025
Local News
A Mars Area Centennial School student recently competed in a national academic games tournament.
Sixth-grader Kristin Sadhu competed in the Academic Games Leagues of Amer...
May 13, 2025
Local News
Four Mars Area Middle School students will take the stage for Perform! Pittsburgh Theater & Talent’s production of “Heathers” at 2 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Saturday, May 10. Th...
May 10, 2025
Arts & Entertainment
Mars Area Middle School students had a refreshing break from classes Thursday morning, May 8, participating in the annual water balloon toss tournament.
The fifth annual...
May 09, 2025
Local News
ADAMS TWP — Mars Area School District’s proposed 2025-26 budget would see expenditures and expected revenue both at $65,399,802, with millage slated at 110 mills, up from...
May 07, 2025
Local News
CRANBERRY TWP — Derek Piatek has had a different perspective on the volleyball court the last two games — and a different role to go with it.
Normally an outside hitter ...
May 04, 2025
Sports
Five Mars Area High School students competed in the 2025 Butler County Envirothon, held by the Butler County Conservation District.
Seniors Zachary Angoff, Logan Balfour...
May 03, 2025
Local News
Students at Mars Area Centennial School are collecting birthday supplies as part of a community service project to benefit local families in need.
The school’s JAM club,...
May 03, 2025
Local News
