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People come together as neighbors during the last day of Mister Rogers Family Days
·Haley Daugherty
There was an event in downtown Latrobe on Saturday afternoon on each block from Depot Street to Chestnut Street.
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Latrobe Bulletin
‘Fred and Joanne are smiling at us’: SVC tribute concert features Rogers’ pianos
·By ALEXANDRA KEIM Bulletin Editorial Intern
When Gloria Cook played on Fred and Joanne Rogers’ piano in front of a captivated audience Wednesday night, she said she could hear the Rogers’ voices as her fingers danced on the keys.
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Latrobe Bulletin
New Bolivar jungle gym ready for play
·By ANNABELLE CHIPPS Bulletin Staff Reporter
Bolivar Borough’s new $24,000 playground equipment arrived Thursday, marking a new era for Berkey Park.
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Latrobe Bulletin
Ligonier Beach Committee holds first meeting to move forward with 90-day plan
·By BELLA MARKOVITZ Bulletin Staff Reporter
Ligonier Township Recreation Board’s Ligonier Beach Committee met for the first time on Tuesday evening to discuss the history of the beach property and how to prepare the property for use.
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Latrobe Bulletin
DASD tables closure of Derry’s only public library after community outcry
·By BELLA MARKOVITZ Bulletin Staff Reporter
Hearing community members’ pleas to save the only public library in Derry, the Derry Area School District school board tabled its Thursday vote to close the Caldwell Memorial Library.
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Latrobe Bulletin
26-acre solar farm coming to Derry Twp.
·By ANNABELLE CHIPPS Bulletin Staff Reporter
The Derry Township Board of Supervisors approved a 3-megawatt solar farm slated for Livermore Road during a Wednesday meeting.
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Derry Area postpones vote on closing its public library, ending contract with Latrobe library
·Quincey Reese
Prompted by public outcry, the Derry Area School Board unanimously tabled a vote Thursday that would have closed Derry Township’s only public library.
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Latrobe Bulletin
Latrobe Summer Concert Series to kick off on Saturday
·By BULLETIN STAFF
Latrobe Music Center’s Clarinet Ensemble and the Slightly Crooked String Band are set to kick off the Latrobe Summer Concert Series on Saturday.
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Latrobe Bulletin
Westmoreland Historical Society to hold Flag Day market
·By BULLETIN STAFF
The Westmoreland Historical Society’s annual Antiques & Collectibles Market will feature special Flag Day programming on Sunday, June 14.
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Latrobe Bulletin
More than motors: Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Car Hop celebrates 25 years
·By ABIGAIL HAKAS Bulletin Managing Editor
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Youth is holding its 25th annual Car Hop, and it’ll be bigger than ever this year.
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Latrobe Bulletin
DTMA mulls selling New Alexandria/Keystone State Park part of its system
·By BELLA MARKOVITZ Bulletin Staff Reporter
At their Wednesday, May 27 meeting, Derry Township Municipal Authority discussed potentially selling off the part of its system that serves New Alexandria and Keystone State Park customers, or potentially changing rates so all DTMA customers have to pay one…
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Latrobe Bulletin
Unity Twp. planning approves final Chick-fil-A site plans, new office building
·By ANNABELLE CHIPPS Bulletin Staff Reporter
The Unity Township Chick-fil-A only has to conquer a few more hurdles before it can break ground now that the Planning Commission has approved final site plans.
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Latrobe Bulletin
2018 Mister Rogers stamp wins USPS Stamp Encore contest
·By BULLETIN STAFF
A 2018 stamp depicting Fred Rogers recently won the United States Postal Service’s Stamp Encore contest, and the stamp and a new four-image Rogers souvenir sheet are now available for purchase.
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Latrobe Bulletin
Latrobe puts the 'community' in community garden
·By ANNABELLE CHIPPS Bulletin Staff Reporter
Neighbors swapping vegetables in a colorful community garden on Frogtown Lane sounds like something out of a storybook, but it’s nonfiction in Latrobe.
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Latrobe Bulletin
Ligonier Township planners revisit data center rules, emergency services zoning and farmers markets
·By BELLA MARKOVITZ Bulletin Staff Reporter
The Ligonier Township Planning Commission discussed potential zoning ordinance amendments about data centers, fire companies and farmers markets at their Thursday, May 28, meeting.
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Latrobe Bulletin
Derry Community Pool opens for season after repairs, funding and community support
·By ISABEL GERHEIM AND ALEXANDRA KEIM
The sun peeked behind the clouds as birds flew overhead and groups of teenagers ran to claim their spots in the grass Tuesday afternoon on Derry Community Pool’s opening day.
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Latrobe Bulletin
EWCTC student of the month builds construction career
·By ANNABELLE CHIPPS Bulletin Staff Reporter
Recent Greater Latrobe School District graduate Ethan Jarvis is working to construct a career as strong as the buildings he’s helped put up. That is, when he’s not hunting, fishing, golfing or racing motocross.
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Latrobe Bulletin
DASD to vote on closing Caldwell Memorial Library
·By BELLA MARKOVITZ Bulletin Staff Reporter
Derry Area School District Board of Education will vote on Thursday on whether to close the Caldwell Memorial Library, Derry’s only public library.
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Latrobe Bulletin
Twilight Wish Foundation to hold charity golf outing
·By BULLETIN STAFF
The 10th annual Westmoreland County Chapter Twilight Wish Foundation Charity Golf Outing will be held Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026, at Manor Valley Golf Course in Penn Township.
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Latrobe Bulletin
WVU Health System finalizes deal to acquire IHS in fall
·By BULLETIN STAFF
West Virginia University Health System and Independence Health System announced Tuesday that the organizations signed a definitive agreement for WVU Health System to acquire IHS.
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