Posts by News & Views Staff
Confluence Volunteer Fire Company Holds Chicken BBQ Benefit for Ron Hostetler’s Family Saturday
The Confluence Volunteer Fire Company holds a Chicken BBQ Benefit Saturday at the Outflow Soft Freeze, with proceeds going to help Ron Hostetler’s family with funeral expenses.
Read MoreA $13 Billion Power Plant Is Coming to Fayette County
NextEra’s $13 billion East Riverside Energy Center would rise on old coal ground along the Monongahela in Fayette County, with an estimated 30 million gallons a day drawn from the river. Here’s what’s confirmed, what isn’t, and how to weigh in.
Read MoreQuilts Return to PumpkinFest
The Trail Town Quilt Show returns for all three days of PumpkinFest, October 2 through 4, with heirloom, full-size and baby quilts and wall hangings for viewing and for sale. Volunteers are needed.
Read MoreBorden Tunnel Work Starts on the GAP
Crews began rehabilitating the Borden Tunnel on the Great Allegheny Passage on Sept. 1. Expect flaggers, construction vehicles and a dismount through April 2027.
Read MorePoetry at the Tissue Farm Saturday Afternoon
Anjali Soi reads from her collection “Velvet Evenings” at the Tissue Farm from noon to 1 p.m. Saturday, September 5, inside Oreen Cohen’s Antagony exhibit.
Read MoreLend a Hand on National Public Lands Day at Yough Lake
Help clean up the Youghiogheny Lake shoreline on National Public Lands Day, September 26. Gloves, equipment and lunch provided. Meet at the Klondike Pavilion.
Read MoreConfluence man, 18, held on 58 counts in state police case
Laiden Scott Clevenger, 18, of Confluence, was arraigned August 27 on 58 counts following a state police investigation. Bail was set at $25,000 and a preliminary hearing is scheduled for September 9.
Read MoreDeep Creek’s Art, Wine and Spirits Festival Returns
The 22nd annual Deep Creek Lake Art, Wine & Spirits Festival hits the Garrett County Fairgrounds Sept. 11-12 with 40 artisans, 39 wine tables and 18 spirit tables.
Read MoreHank Parke, Who Brought the Trail to Somerset County, Dies
Henry “Hank” Black Parke, who founded the Somerset County trails association in 1987 and spent two decades building the 41 miles of the Great Allegheny Passage that cross the county, died August 27 at 75.
Read MoreBears, Otters and Monarchs: Ohiopyle State Park’s September Lineup
Six free programs at Ohiopyle State Park over the next two weeks, from black bear talks at Kentuck Campground to a volunteer trail day on Sept. 12.
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