A Unity couple is taking steps to move a flock of 20 hens and roosters from their home along Range Street, which would end a zoning chicken fight with township officials. Jeff Kuhns on May 26 filed a land-use appeal in Westmoreland County Court, seeking to reverse a decision by
He came to town with a flourish. It was the late 1980s and word spread quickly through the Westmoreland County Courthouse that famed defense attorney F. Lee Bailey was in the building. He was due to appear before Judge Charles Loughran to defend his legal acumen. The dapper lawyer —
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Henry Lee, also known as Henry Lee IV, was a writer, politician, diplomat, army officer, and the last member of the Lee family to own Stratford Hall. The son of Henry “Light-Horse Harry” Lee, a governor and hero of the American Revolution (1775–1783), Lee was educated at Washington Academy in Lexington and then the College of William and Mary. He represented Westmoreland County in the House of Delegates from 1810 to 1813 and served as a major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. In 1817 he married Anne McCarty, a distant cousin, and became ward of her younger sister, Elizabeth “Betsy” McCarty. The Lees had a daughter who died in a fall, and in the wake of their mourning, Henry Lee began an adulterous and legally incestuous affair with Betsy McCarty, embezzling profits from her estate, which was under his management. The resulting scandal earned him the nicknames “Black Harry” and “Black-Horse Harry” and thwarted his political career. He was for
Organizer Jessica Hickey is expecting a crowd Thursday for the season-opening Greensburg Night Market. The weather forecast is good and people are eager to get out, said the founder of the Downtown Greensburg Project, which hosts the event. About 45 vendors will set up from 5:30-9 p.m. along South Pennsylvania
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After being the target of three lawsuits related to potential Sunshine Act violations at a January 2020 council meeting, Monessen Mayor Matt Shorraw has sued the men involved in two of those lawsuits including one who was a political opponent in last week’s primary election claiming they are now the ones violating the state’s public meeting laws.
Shorraw filed suit May 7 against former Monessen Mayor Lou Mavrakis and city resident Ron Mozer, accusing them of holding city redevelopment authority meetings in violation of the Sunshine Act.