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Nov 23, 2009 | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Thanksgiving: Western Pa. farmers live the very roots of the holiday

Mike and Cherie Reilly are the second generation to grow pumpkins at Reilly's Summer Seat Farm in Ohio Township.

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Fri Oct 09, 2009

The Tribune-Democrat

EVENTS | Historical holiday

BY RUTH RICE RRICE@TRIBDEM.COM The 50th Fort Ligonier Days will be held from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. today, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday in downtown Ligonier and Fort Ligonier.

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Mon Sep 28, 2009

Altoona Mirror

Toxins found at area schools

Three area schools made a list of Pennsylvania schools that have dealt with contaminated drinking water within the last decade.

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Sat Sep 26, 2009

The Tribune-Democrat

In brief: Route 219 delays expected Monday

Motorists should expect delays on Route 219 between Sidman and New Germany on Monday between 6 and 7 p.m. The contractor will be lifting a bridge structure that crosses the Norfolk Southern line and the little Conemaugh River.

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Wed Jul 08, 2009

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Passenger hanging out of van draws police attention

A state trooper pulled over a van headed westbound on Route 22 in North Fayette last night after he observed the doors were open and a passenger was hanging outside the van.

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Sun Jun 14, 2009

New York Times

Religious Freedom vs. Sanitation Rules

In 29 years of enforcing sewage laws in Pennsylvania, Jack E. Crislip has never faced violators more adamant, or more pleasant to deal with, than members of the ultraconservative Swartzentruber Amish sect.

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