The Westmoreland Cultural Trust received a grant from the Second Chance Fund for its public art project “Art in the Alley.”
One of the images displayed between the Palace Theatre and the Union Trust Building is of Kimberly Cecchini, in a ballet pose, with the phrase, “I Hope You Dance.”
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Export Historical Society officials will dedicate a sign on Monday, Sept. 25 marking the historic coal mine fan-house located just off Washington Avenue.
The fan house was used 75 to 80 years ago to bring fresh air into the Westmoreland Coal Company mines, over which Export is built.
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A county-wide effort results in a $4.3 million SAFER grant to fund recruitment and training of 500 additional volunteer firefighters.
Numerous times, I have heard individuals complain that their area just doesn’t have the resources to assist with a project. This article provides insight into a unique partnership that developed to help address the recruiting and retention problems volunteer fire departments were facing in one Pennsylvania county.
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Following years of effort, New Kensington's Corridor of Innovation will have its first official public debut Saturday, when organizers showcase their efforts during an Art and Music Festival.
That festival is part of an initiative to establish a zone of economic revitalization between the 700 and 1100 blocks of Fifth Avenue.
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At the corner of Fifth Avenue and Eighth Street in downtown New Kensington, there used to be a theater where Jenny Nolen saw movies for a quarter.
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Most of Westmoreland County's volunteer fire departments will share a $4.33 million federal grant to recruit and train up to 500 new firefighters, officials said Thursday.
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If it's been a while since you made your way to downtown New Kensington's Fifth Avenue, you may not recognize the street.
Longtime residents of the city will have grown accustomed to the abandoned state and downtrodden look of what was once a thriving business district. Though the vestiges of the city's prosperity remains in its structures, a sizable number of the buildings are suffering under the weight of disuse and time.
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The Community Foundation of Westmoreland County has awarded grants totaling $50,000 to local nonprofits through its Youth Philanthropy Internship Program.
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The Westmoreland County Land Bank will tap a $10,000 grant from the Community Foundation of Westmoreland County to acquire and demolish blighted structures in Sutersville Borough, officials announced Tuesday.
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A faith-based nonprofit is moving forward with plans to renovate Mozart Hall on Latrobe's Main Street and to reopen a restaurant on the historic building's first floor.
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