Mars Area School District
Families whose children receive free or reduced-price school meals in Pennsylvania public schools could see changes in their eligibility for the upcoming school year.
The...
July 18, 2026
Education
With a $50.85 billion state budget agreement signed Sunday, July 12, local school leaders avoid another four months of panicking over lost funds.
The agreement between t...
July 18, 2026
Local News
As contract negotiations with Mars Area School District drag on, the teachers’ union is publicly airing its grievances and planning a rally before the next school board m...
July 15, 2026
Local News
The contract between Mars Area School District and its teachers’ union is set to expire Tuesday, June 30. However, there is still a notable divide on salary increases and...
June 30, 2026
Local News
Using past health battles as an inspiration to help others, a local fourth-grader and his father are advocating for state legislation that would require insurance to full...
June 22, 2026
Local News
For some Mars Area School District families, opening their doors to American newcomers have helped build relationships that last a lifetime.
Through the American Field Se...
June 15, 2026
Local News
UNIVERSITY PARK — Josh Wilburn and his dad were shouting and jumping up and down on their couch when Mars boys lacrosse won its first PIAA title in 2022.
Sometime in the ...
June 13, 2026
Sports
UNIVERSITY PARK — Grant Weaver loves the spin move.
He’ll offer casual ones to weave his way up the field. He’ll spin and bump to create separation against a defender up ...
June 13, 2026
Sports
David Renner wasn’t always the mainstay in net he has been lately for Mars. The senior boys lacrosse goalie and Penn State Harrisburg commit wasn’t even a full-timer up u...
June 12, 2026
Sports
The two sides will meet Thursday with negotiations still unresolved
The two sides will meet Thursday with negotiations still unresolved
June 11, 2026
Local News
ADAMS TWP — For Mars Area School District residents, this will be the first time in three years real estate taxes levied by the district don’t go up.
The school board fi...
June 10, 2026
Local News
DERRY TWP, Mifflin County — On a day when his team desperately needed him, Jack Tirch delivered in a big way.
The Mars senior attackman scored seven goals Tuesday in a 9-...
June 09, 2026
Sports
Mars boys lacrosse is trying to make a fifth PIAA tournament championship appearance in the past six years and stands won win away over another district champion.
The...
June 08, 2026
Sports
MECHANICSBURG, Cumberland County — Reed Fuller couldn’t quite describe it. Neither could head coach Bob Marcoux.
Whatever sparked Mars boys lacrosse’s furious comeback in...
June 06, 2026
Sports
MECHANICSBURG, Cumberland County — Mars has typically applied the pressure on its opponents all season.
In Saturday’s PIAA Class 2A girls lacrosse quarterfinal, it was th...
June 06, 2026
Sports
USA Lacrosse All-American Grant Weaver wasn’t always the standout player people will see in the PIAA Class 2A quarterfinals against Upper Dublin on Saturday afternoon, Ju...
June 05, 2026
Sports
Mars boys lacrosse looks like it’s peaking at the right time, and the girls avenged last year’s home loss in the first round.
The reward: quarterfinals half a state a...
June 05, 2026
Sports
ADAMS TWP — Roughly 250 students tossed their caps Thursday, June 4, becoming the 117th graduating class of Mars Area School District.
While celebrating the end of high ...
June 05, 2026
Local News
Negotiating contract with union
Negotiating contract with union
June 03, 2026
Local News
ADAMS TWP — Mars hasn’t beaten up on itself as much this season.
Which means the Planets are able to beat down their opponents more, like they did during Tuesday’s 15-5 f...
June 02, 2026
Sports
ADAMS TWP — Hailey Long melted into the driver’s seat of the athletic trainer’s cart parked on the far sideline at the Mars Athletic Complex, sucking in air between brief...
June 02, 2026
Sports
A potent offense and stingy defense once again has Mars’ boys and girls lacrosse teams entering the state playoffs as district champions. The Planets boys recently won th...
June 01, 2026
Sports
ADAMS TWP — Artwork from kindergartners at Mars Area Primary Center aims to commemorate the nation’s 250th anniversary with patriotic projects depicting the Liberty Bell....
May 22, 2026
Community
UPPER ST. CLAIR — WPIAL opponents will have to wait yet another year to unseat Mars as the king of local boys lacrosse.
Bob Marcoux’s No. 3 Planets collected their 10th c...
May 21, 2026
Sports
WPIAL girls lacrosse: Mars extends ‘legacy,’ steamrolls Quaker Valley to 4th straight Class 2A crown
UPPER ST. CLAIR — Make it four straight WPIAL crowns for Abby Latona’s Mars girls lacrosse team.
No current Planet knows what it’s like not to be tops in the district aft...
May 21, 2026
Sports
OHIO TWP — The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
But when it comes to boys lacrosse in Western Pennsylvania, no program is more decorated than Mars, and the Planets ...
May 18, 2026
Sports
ADAMS TWP — The Mars Athletic Complex might as well be Western Pennsylvania’s version of Lacrossetown.
Already boasting reputations as two of the most consistent outfits ...
May 18, 2026
Sports
ADAMS TWP — The scoreboard at Mars Athletic Complex ticked down the final 40:04 of Wednesday night’s WPIAL Class 2A girls lacrosse quarterfinal only because rules require...
May 13, 2026
Sports
Mars Area students and guests took to the stage at the high school auditorium Friday, May 8, to show off prior to senior prom.
The prom itself was held at the DoubleTree ...
May 09, 2026
Local News
Mars Area Middle School’s seventh- and eighth-graders went to battle Thursday morning for a good cause, and they did so via water balloon.
The school’s student council sp...
May 08, 2026
Local News
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