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Some are blaming rising gas prices for fewer fire trucks and classic cars in local parades.

Members of a national group that works to preserve Revolutionary War history are to remember a local patriot Saturday.

A state police fire marshal is investigating a suspicious blaze that destroyed a house in this southern Somerset County borough early Thursday while the homeowners were on vacation.

“It shows how well and alive tourism is in the Laurel Highlands of Western Pennsylvania”

Forty-four Somerset County tourist destinations will share more than $272,000 in grants for marketing and capital improvements. via The Tribune-Democrat

“I thought it was thunder at first.”

Charlie Bowers woke in the wee hours Wednesday to the sound of a fire at the machine shed of his lumber mill. via The Tribune-Democrat

“All he has left is one of our uniforms.”

Nine fire departments responded to a house fire that left a family of four homeless and sent one firefighter to the hospital early Friday morning. via The Daily American

Thirteen fire departments from three counties were on scene for a house fire in Jefferson Township Friday morning. via The Tribune-Democrat

“We were trying to protect this one summer home and we had set a back fire. It was bigger than anything I'd seen here and it was something we set.”

Firefighters are committed to extinguishing fires - and Andrew Walker spent two weeks of his summer doing just that. via The Daily American

“They need to be thanked for that”

A Saltlick couple escaped their burning home with just the clothes on their backs Sunday night after a basement fire spread to the first floor. via PittsburghLIVE.com

“Seven Springs staff, firefighters and police did a great job in getting the people out they could”

A three-alarm fire that claimed the life of a young couple at Seven Springs Mountain Resort Sunday has been ruled accidental. via The Daily American

“You assumed everybody was safe”

After being awakened by the screams of a police officer knocking on doors, Kevin Herb and Robert Williams loaded belongings into their vehicles as smoke poured from a neighboring condominium at Seven Springs ... via Cumberland Times-News

“She was talking to me this weekend about being with Jon. She said she'd never been happier.”

A Belle Vernon couple were killed Sunday when flames from a fireplace went out of control and raged through a four-story condominium unit at Seven Springs Mountain Resort, authorities said. via The Valley Herald

A fire in the SunRidge section of townhouses at Seven Springs Mountain Resort claimed the lives of two people. via The Daily American

Members from the Berlin group Hope, Opportunity, Generosity donated $700 to the Berlin Little League Jan. via The Daily American

“It doesn't go fast enough for me”

The rusting running gear of a car lying in a field may be discarded as junk by most people. via The Daily American

“The victims had insurance and the Red Cross was notified.”

A late morning fire forced six Salisbury residents from their home Sunday. The Salisbury and Meyersdale fire departments, along with the Grantsville, Md., fire department, responded to the blaze at the Wagner ... via The Daily American

“There was heavy, heavy fire and smoke.”

Two mobile homes burned to the ground early Tuesday morning in Somerset County, leaving four people homeless. via The Daily American

“Everyone should make sure they have working smoke detectors in their house.”

Eight fire departments helped to extinguish a fire at the Bernard Scarlett residence along Weyand Street in Ursina early Sunday morning. via The Daily American

“We had to cut some educational programs”

The school board election Nov. 6 may resemble a game of musical chairs. Eight candidates are running for five seats, and when the votes are tallied, no one wants to be left standing. via The Daily American