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Engaging in two partnerships is enabling cfsbank to expand its loan offerings. The Charleroi-based bank announced last week that it had completed an acquisition of the assets of Sail Mortgage Corp. The bank also said its wholly owned subsidiary, Challenge Inc., had wrapped up the asset purchase of Delta Appraisal and Closing Services. Delta has […]

A half-century ago, Steve Day Sr. launched a business in his hometown that was intended to ensure local residents would be properly insured. It was a new venture – a new day – for the Washington resident. “My father started it from scratch,” Scott Day said recently, of an endeavor that has progressed from a […]

A chewy Easter favorite has made a sweet return to Sarris Candies. “Jelly beans are back,” said Bill Sarris, CEO of Sarris Candies, the regionally iconic emporium for chocolates, ice cream, gifts and novelties that sits along Adams Avenue in Canonsburg. Jelly beans were not available at the store in February and March 2023, traditionally […]

Dustin McIntyre does not have a boring job — or a boring life. “I like to shoot stuff with lasers,” said this human whirlwind, an award-winning researcher with the National Energy Technology Laboratory, during a Zoom interview. NETL, which operates under the U.S. Department of Energy umbrella, is a multi-tentacled operation that, as defined by […]

Dan Smith was seeking an opportunity to relocate his company’s headquarters to a Cecil Township tract where Equipment & Controls Inc. already occupied four buildings. Then, a fortuitous opportunity arose. “We made the decision a year ago when a building became available,” he said. Purchasing that fifth structure, previously owned by Black Box, an information […]

For the better part of four years, “scratch” has been the operative word at V&V Scratch Kitchen. “Things were scary for the whole world,” said Martin Lamarche, reflecting on the perils the pandemic wrought on humankind, especially his family, friends and the Union Township restaurant he and his wife, Kristin, own and operate. “When you […]

The Greene County Chamber of Commerce has organized an event that could make your holiday season merrier, brighter and thriftier. Thursday, Dec. 7, has been designated Unclaimed Property Day at the chamber’s Waynesburg offices. This first-time event will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will be open to the public. Jesse Streeter of […]

The Observer-Reporter newspaper and South Hills Almanac received three Golden Quill awards for excellence in journalism during the annual Press Club of Western Pennsylvania’s banquet Tuesday night at the Rivers

Jeer: The news that Richard Trumka had died last week at the age of 72 came as a shock. The native of Greene County and the leader of the AFL-CIO

Feb 05, 2021 - 11:33 AM by Sean Blair “ACCESS IS EVERYTHING” – Vanity Fair, 2018. While the magazine may not have been referring to behavioral health services, the slogan certainly carries over. The expression could be the catchphrase for behavioral health care because little else matters if individuals are not able to receive appropriate, affordable services in a timely manner – the “access” they need.  In fact, according to the America’s Mental He...