It's been two years since we launched Chartiers Valley Patch, and since then I’ve reported on feel-good stories, heart-breaking tragedies and incidents that make you scratch your head. Click to read the Top 10 stories in 2012.
- LOCAL CONNECTIONS
- Mike Jones
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Thursday, December 13, 2012
Today is the second anniversary since we launched Chartiers Valley Patch on Dec. 13, 2010! Over the past two years, I’ve covered everything happening in Bridgeville, Collier, Heidelberg and Scott Township. Since then, I’ve reported on feel-good stories, heart-breaking tragedies and incidents that make you scratch your head. We also stimulated conversations about the fate of Chartiers Valley school bus drivers, whether a local dad should have left his kids in Scott Park to shower and if students at a high school hockey game acted inappropriately. We're working hard to make your life easy by providing news you can use, a business directory with information about places you go, real estate information if you're looking to buy or sell a home …
A roundup of the region's top stories this week.
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Friday, January 27, 2012
Here are the top stories of the week from around the area: Criminal Complaint: Kunco's Vehicle Had a' Great Quantity of Blood' Family Remembers 'Precious' Memories Suspected Marijuana Deal at Harrison Middle School Dormont Officials to Discuss Sale of Public Parking Spaces 'Studying More' Helps Eighth Grader Win Spelling Bee Like Huffington, a Young Arianna Creates a Newspaper
We're celebrating Chartiers Valley Patch's first anniversary by listing our top stories from 2011.
- THE NEIGHBORHOOD FILES
- Mike Jones
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011
It’s our 1st Patchiversary! It was on Dec. 13, 2010 that we launched Chartiers Valley Patch and quickly became the news hub for everything happening in Bridgeville, Collier, Heidelberg and Scott. Now, there are a dozen other Patch websites in western Pennsylvania, and nearly 900 across the country. Our biggest story of the year was about the newborns swaddled in Terrible Towels at St. Clair Hospital just before the Super Bowl. It quickly went viral and was “Liked” by more than 3,000 people across the country on Facebook. There were other interesting stories such as the firing – and subsequent re-hiring – of Spencer Stefko as the high school girls’ basketball coach. The story received 111 comments and the firestorm that followed led to …
Rosemarie
1:01 pm on Friday, December 14, 2012
Again, thanks Mike for doing a great job and congratulations! more ›