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Primanti Bros, East End Brewing team up for a Valentine’s beer
Primanti Bros. and East End Brewing are pairing for another beer just in time for Valentine’s Day. The new brew, “Almost in Love,” is to be released Tuesday morning at the Primanti Bros. restaurant in Market Square. Diners will be able to crack open cans of the chocolate-cherry stout flavored...
Retailers try clothing rental, but will it be a good fit?
Renting clothes could be the future of fashion — or it could just be a fad. But traditional retailers can no longer afford to wait on the sidelines to find out. That’s why a growing number are now offering customers the option to rent clothes for a monthly fee instead...
Ligonier’s popular ‘Soup’s On’ is savory, sipping, shopping fun
Editor’s note: Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Ligonier Valley Chamber of Commerce is rescheduling its Soup’s On! event for April 18. Ticket holders who cannot attend on April 18 can contact the chamber office at 724-238-4200. One pleasure among winter’s chill is the enjoyment of comfort foods, perhaps chief...
Out & About: Love was in the air at Action for Animals event
Love was in the air at the 14th annual Love Is in the Air — Celebrating the Human-Animal Bond event hosted by Action for Animals Humane Society. About 125 guests gathered Feb. 8 at Rizzo’s Banquet Hall in Crabtree to show their love for animals served through the organization. In...
How couples can decorate together
Sharing a home with someone you love can be wonderful. But decorating together isn’t always easy, especially when your tastes aren’t the same. Interior designer Penny Drue Baird draws as much on her doctorate in psychology as on her design training when she works with couples decorating a home. “I’m...
Out & About: Library board members show their artistic talents
You can visit the Greensburg Hempfield Area Library to borrow books, movies and music; read magazines; use computers; or take in one of their many programs. While there, you also can view the work of local artists in regular “Picture This at the Library” exhibitions, a joint venture of the...
Get your Goth on for Valentine’s Day in KittanningVideo
Valentine’s Day is going Gothic with a vampire-themed ball in Kittanning on Feb. 15. Hosted by Radioactive Events Center, the family-friendly, all-ages ball aims to be an alternative to the traditional chocolates/flowers/dinner Valentine’s trappings. Event creator and Radioactive President Mark Gibson, a North Vandergrift native with a musical background, says...
Out & About: ‘Candyland’ artworks touch on international politics
Just as a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, a candy coating can sweeten a serious message. Artist Sheila Cuellar-Shaffer calls her work on display at the Westmoreland County Community College Youngwood campus “Candyland: The Land of Hope.” The bright pinks, lilacs and blues of the paintings are...
Out & About: Seton Hill art show ponders the weight of nostalgia
A young curator and 11 young artists have explored the bittersweet theme of nostalgia in “Joy Takes Time,” an exhibition on display through March 10 in Seton Hill University’s Harlan Gallery. During a Feb. 6 opening reception in the downtown Greensburg art center, curator Emma Vescio of Pittsburgh said the...
Remember When: Feb. 10
100 years ago Free ‘Y’ gas service to be lost Phillips Gas and Oil Co. notified Tarentum council that the local YMCA will lose the privilege of receiving free gas. Phillips had given Tarentum a certain amount of free natural gas in return for courtesies extended when the gas lines...
Travel tip: Go batty at Lincoln Caverns’ 14th annual Batfest
Go a little batty on Feb. 15 at Lincoln Caverns in Huntingdon County. The 14th annual Batfest will feature a day of programs, activities and interpretive tours designed to give visitors a deeper appreciation of these often-misunderstood winged mammals. The day will include bat crafts and games, bat house-building and...
Living with Children: Key parenting mistakes to avoid
One of the “secrets” to a happy, healthy emotional life is to identify one’s bad, nonproductive habits and replace them with habits — slowly built — that are functional. That same principle is of the essence when it comes to a parenting life that is satisfying. Most parents who want...
A guide to all the new condiments lining grocery shelves
Sauces, dressings, salsas, mustards, honeys, international ingredients. The selection of condiments at grocery stores has expanded dramatically in recent years. Some are hardly new, except to those unfamiliar with certain cuisines. Others are contemporary twists on classic products, or hybrids. Here’s an assortment of condiments that have nestled themselves happily...
Whip up your own vegetable-juice blend
There are tons of reasons to make juice at home. Aside from benefiting from all of the additional vitamins, minerals and enzymes in your diet, you can customize and make your very own mixtures, like this one, inspired by the popular vegetable drink V8. V8 has been around since 1933,...
Oscar cocktails in category all their own
If you are planning an Oscar viewing party, it’s crunch time. With the Academy Awards broadcasting at 8 p.m. Feb. 9 on ABC, hosts in need of libation suggestions might find it fun to pair a few of the nominated films with matching cocktails. Each year entertaining expert Mark Addison,...
3 ways to grow purple coneflowers from seed
Purple coneflowers are a favorite among many gardeners. Known botanically as Echinacea purpurea, this North American native perennial produces colorful magenta blooms in late summer and is a butterfly and bee magnet. While the straight species of this plant is my personal favorite, there are many cultivars and varieties that...
Pittsburgh-area musicians join forces at Moondog’s to ‘Rock for Brooks’
When your child is sick, your world stops. Ronald Esser knows that. His son James was born at 2 pounds, 10 ounces, spent 77 days in the hospital and underwent five surgeries before he turned 5. So when Esser, owner of Moondog’s in Blawnox for the past 31 years, was...
Latrobe Parks & Recreation dance celebrates father-daughter bond
February is the month when Valentine’s Day encourages us to reach out to those we love, so it’s the perfect time to celebrate the bond between daughters and the father figures in their lives. Latrobe-GLSD Parks & Recreation will do just that with its inaugural Daddy-Daughter Dance, set for Feb....
Year-round Valentines: Pooches develop bond at doggy daycareVideo
What started as puppy love between two young dogs has grown into an enduring friendship nurtured by their owners. The pair, a black Labrador retriever named Gabby and a black Lab/German shepherd mix named Heinz, met about two years ago when both went to doggy daycare at the Donovan Veterinary...
Old Navy returns to Homestead’s Waterfront, Versona also signs lease
Two stores will open in the Waterfront in Homestead this year — one is new and the other a former tenant. Old Navy is returning to the shopping center after leaving four years ago. The newcomer is Versona, a women’s brand inspired by Italian fashions. Carey Kann, general manager at...
Low-maintenance succulents make watering a breeze
Looking for an easy plant to care for? Try a succulent. Any plant with fleshy stems or leaves is called a succulent. Aside from cacti, only a few other plant families have succulent members. All these succulents, cactus or not, are low-maintenance. Some non-cactus succulents One family of noncactus succulents...
Controlling two-spotted spider mites by introducing predatory mites
Question: We always have spider mites on our flowering garden phlox and a few other perennials in the summer. The leaves look speckled with tiny pin-pricks of white, and we can see their webs on the undersides of the leaves. We’ve read that spraying can lead to other problems (and...
Winter is not a hindrance to these gardeners
Sue Gilmore’s love of gardening began at an early age. “I started when I was 7 years old,” Gilmore says. “I just wanted so much to grow food. I think I have a little farmer heart.” The parents in her neighborhood started a 4-H group, and Gilmore was the youngest...
Beyond burnout: Doctors decry ‘moral injury’ from financial pressures of health care
Dr. Keith Corl was working in a Las Vegas emergency room when a patient arrived with chest pain. The patient, wearing his street clothes, had a two-minute exam in the triage area with a doctor, who ordered an X-ray and several other tests. But later, in the treatment area, when...
Blackburn Center expansion increases available servicesVideo
During an open house for donors, volunteers and partners at the Blackburn Center, Hempfield Supervisor Doug Weimer spoke of the community’s need for its services. The nonprofit provides free, confidential assistance to victims of domestic and sexual violence and crime and presents education services across the county. “We certainly want...
