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(Editor’s note: To mark Westmoreland County’s 250th birthday this year, we’ve come up with a list of 250 things — 10 things in 25 communities — that we consider to be important to the makeup of our area. This series will appear each week through December.) Visitors to Unity will
Editor’s note: ‘What’s That?’ is a recurring feature in the Tribune-Review’s Westmoreland Plus edition. If there’s something you’d like to see explored here, send an email to gtrcity@triblive.com When asked to name famous people who called the Latrobe area home, many would mention golfing legend Arnie Palmer or Fred Rogers,
Kenneth J. Planinsek of Unity was a man who loved life and appreciated family and friends, whether it was cooking for a large gathering of family and friends, organizing a golf outing, decorating a Christmas tree in the woods or being outdoors. “He lived his life with politeness and grace,”
Many people use Memorial Day as a day off to get together with friends and family and enjoy the day, but for some veterans, this day isn’t joyful. "People have a tendency to think this is celebration time, to cook out and have good times," Army veteran Craig Neal said. "In all actuality, it’s a very somber occasion.” At a ceremony honoring fallen soldiers at the Unity Cemetery in Fort Mill, South Carolina, Neal said it hits home for veterans and...
Hundreds help clean up Rocky Mount cemetery Thousands of African Americans are buried at Unity Cemetery in Rocky Mount. For decades, it's been too peaceful at the cemetery, the people buried here all but forgotten.