For the first two years of the American Civil War, supporters of the North seemed to hear almost solely about battle victories by the South.

Madeline Mill and Georgia Rottinghaus from WPIAL Class 3A field hockey champion Pine-Richland have been selected to the Pennsylvania High School Field Hockey Coaches Association all-state team.

Bellevue

For the sixth time since 2006-07, Pine-Richland Middle School has been redesignated in the Pennsylvania Don Eichhorn Schools: Schools to Watch program.

Friends of Pine Community Parks presented the first installment of their $200,000 commitment to fund the new amphitheater project under construction in Pine Community Park at the township board of supervisors meeting on Dec. 2.

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Northern Tier Regional Library is offering a limited number of Old World Christmas ornaments for purchase.

Pine-Richland High School senior Ben Dudkowski was named the Clearview Federal Credit Union Bocce Player of the Month for November.

On the road from the West Coast back to Western Pennsylvania, Pine-Richland School District psychologist Missy Ramirez received a text message from a friend.

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