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Music in the Park to be held on Friday Smokehouse, a classicrock cover band, will perform at 7 p.m. Friday as part of the Music in the Park concert series in Soldiers and Sailors Park, corner of Pennsylvania Avenue West and Hickory Street, Warren. In accord with “Green Phase” guidelines in regard to the COVID-19 pandemic, masks and social distancing are required. Fehlman awarded club scholarship The Warren Garden Club has awarded its 2020 Warren Garden Club scholarship to Mikhyle Fehlman, a sophomore at the Pennsylvania State University at University Park. Fehlman, a graduate ...

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Paws Along The River Human Society has reopened The Paws Along The River Humane Society reopened to the public on Monday, June 8, at 12:30 p.m. and resumed regular hours at that time. Requirements and limits on the number of visitors at one time will be put into place. Visit www.pawsalongtheriver.org for more information. Sheffield Area Hospitality Center reopened Monday SHEFFIELD — The Sheffield Area Hospitality Center reopened Monday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The center will use safe distancing policies and all individuals entering must wear a mask. Participants will be required to ...

Russell-Akeley Life

During the early years of what would become Pine Grove Township, the land was covered with White Pine forest. Much of this area was cut over by Central Pennsylvania Lumber Co. in the early years of the Twentieth Century. Bill Hale is said to have remarked that, as a child, he remembered looking out over the land and seeing only tree stumps on all of the hills. Much of the land in the bottoms was cultivated for crops. The town of “Akeley” didn’t receive its name until 1871, when the Dunkirk Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad (DAV&P) came to town on its way to Warren and ...

Route 6 cleanup

Photo submitted to Times Observer Board members of the Allegheny Center for the Arts did the spring Route 6 road cleanup Saturday, May 16, in Pittsfield, Helping collect 10 bags of litter were board president John Shaughnesy, board vice-president Mark Davis, and board secretary Karen Davis ...

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Philomel meeting The board of directors of the Philomel Club of Warren will hold its annual spring meeting at 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 20, at Betts Park. All directors are urged to attend this vitally important meeting, remembering to “mask up” as required by the state. Crime Stoppers meeting The Warren County Crime Stoppers will not meet the month of May because of the current coronavirus restrictions. The next meeting is scheduled for 8 a.m. June 17 at the Warren County Courthouse. 4-H enrollment Penn State Extension and Warren County 4-H reminds members they must enroll ...