Teaching folks how to fish remains one of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission’s priorities, even if the format has changed somewhat this summer.“We’re calling them ‘fishing meetups,’ and they’re more informal programs than what we typically do,” said Mandy Smith, education ...
Apicturesque outdoor “quiet area” has opened at Bethel Park Community Center.“It kind of furthers our goal of providing recreation for everybody,” community center director Cathy Muscato said at the start of an Aug. 22 ribbon-cutting ceremony.Recreation in the new space can include such ...
Periods of precipitation did little to dampen the spirit of participants in the 21st annual Peters Township Fishing Derby.Actually, the weather on the morning of Aug. 15 was welcomed by many of those in attendance as a break from what has shaped up as an atypical hot, dry summer in Western ...
Weather conditions had turned 180 degrees, if you will, since the most recent opportunity for Peters Township Chamber of Commerce members to gather in person.“This is the first time we’ve had a networking event face-to-face since February,” Kelley Keane, chamber operations coordinator, ...
The 18th annual Tour the Montour bicycle ride, customarily held in September with hundreds of riders on the Montour Trail, will this year be a virtual event because of the COVID-19 pandemic.Through Sept. 30, cyclists are encouraged to ride the mileage that they would have ridden in the Tour the ...
With the effective reopening of Peters Township has come an increase in cases of COVID-19.During Monday’s meeting of township council, fire Chief Michael McLaughlin reported the number of new cases since June 22 within the two main local ZIP codes: 88 in 15317, Canonsburg/McMurray, and 16 in ...
