Westmoreland category, Page 377

American colonists drafted plenty of documents before the Declaration of Independence. In a fledgling Westmoreland County that, officially speaking, was only two years old in 1775, citizens drafted the Hanna’s Town Resolves, a response to the battles of Lexington and Concord during the Revolutionary War. “Resolved unanimously, That there is...

Never underestimate the motivating power of a whole smoked hog. The smell of smoked meat wafted through Mammoth Park on Sunday morning, teasing the taste buds of participants in the inaugural Mike Reese Memorial 5K Roast, Run & Family Fun event, organized in memory of former state Rep. Mike Reese,...

Master gardener Mary Niezelski has long had a preference for planting vegetables, but this year she learned to appreciate the daylily tubers that are bursting forth with colorful July blooms. A Derry Township resident, Niezelski is a recent addition to the more than 180 Westmoreland County members of the Penn...

Anyone who slept in late Saturday morning in Latrobe was likely awakened to the sound of a couple hundred motorcycles rumbling through town. And that’s exactly what city resident Zeke Barr was hoping for. “That’s the whole idea: Patriot Thunder — a whole lot of noise,” said Barr, who serves...

Parties at Fort Ligonier are a blast. Literally. A mortar-firing demonstration was part of the fun during a July 2 Cannons and Cocktails party at the fort, which dates back a couple of decades prior to the founding of the United States of America, to the days of the French...

Mt. Pleasant native Andy Davis was happy to be nominated for an Academy of Country Music Award in 2017 for his work as an on-air radio personality at Pittsburgh country station Y108 FM. But, after spending the past five years writing songs and working to gain recognition as a performer,...