http://www.ncnewsonline.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:07:00 +0000 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/opinion/local_story_310090714.html http://www.ncnewsonline.com/opinion/local_story_310090714.html Each week, sports writer Ron Poniewasz Jr. catches up with former Lawrence County high school athletes to see how they are doing while competing in college. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:08:00 +0000 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/opinion/local_story_308110814.html http://www.ncnewsonline.com/opinion/local_story_308110814.html I don’t remember when I made the decision to stop crying. Thinking back even as far as my adolescent days, I believed the simple act of shedding tears was a sign of weakness. I’m not the only one to put the kibosh on this emotional reaction. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:53:00 +0000 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/opinion/local_story_303065340.html http://www.ncnewsonline.com/opinion/local_story_303065340.html This year marks the 30th anniversary of the 1979 World Series between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Baltimore Orioles. The Pirates took home their fifth world title with a four-games-to-three series victory over the heavily favored Orioles. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:37:00 +0000 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/opinion/local_story_299103750.html http://www.ncnewsonline.com/opinion/local_story_299103750.html Class was adjourned to East Washington Street on Saturday morning. And this time, New Castle High students were the teachers. Members of the school’s Service Learning organization started about 8:30 a.m. at Cascade Park. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:47:00 +0000 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/opinion/local_story_296064758.html http://www.ncnewsonline.com/opinion/local_story_296064758.html Each week, sports writer Ron Poniewasz Jr. catches up with former Lawrence County high school athletes to see how they are doing while competing in college. Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:37:00 +0000 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/opinion/local_story_293103754.html http://www.ncnewsonline.com/opinion/local_story_293103754.html People flocked to Bessemer’s Old Glory Square Saturday for the borough’s first Great Pumpkin Event. The celebration included live music, crafts, candy confections, hot cider, face-painting, hay rides and lots of pumpkins. Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:57:00 +0000 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/opinion/local_story_292105721.html http://www.ncnewsonline.com/opinion/local_story_292105721.html A piece of cloth more than 125 years old made Judi Ellis cry. The Ellwood City woman had traveled north to the Lawrence County Fairgrounds for the fall quilt sale on Saturday. Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:25:00 +0000 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/opinion/local_story_289082548.html http://www.ncnewsonline.com/opinion/local_story_289082548.html Each week, sports writer Ron Poniewasz Jr. catches up with former Lawrence County high school athletes to see how they are doing while competing in college. Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:00:00 +0000 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/opinion/local_story_286090049.html http://www.ncnewsonline.com/opinion/local_story_286090049.html Louis Perrott will never forget Oct. 13, 1944. And he’s made it his life’s work to make sure others know the importance of that Friday the 13th, 65 years ago. Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:41:00 +0000 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/opinion/local_story_285084148.html http://www.ncnewsonline.com/opinion/local_story_285084148.html It didn’t appear to be a day for setting records. The ground was wet and soft, the air was cool and damp, and the competition was minimal. Still, Laurel High’s Evan Miller and Rachel Simko found the racing conditions to their liking. Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:59:00 +0000 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/opinion/local_story_282075926.html http://www.ncnewsonline.com/opinion/local_story_282075926.html Each week, sports writer Ron Poniewasz Jr. catches up with former Lawrence County high school athletes to see how they are doing while competing in college. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:35:00 +0000 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/opinion/local_story_280143516.html http://www.ncnewsonline.com/opinion/local_story_280143516.html A variety of live, wooly, furry and feathered creatures are part of the annual Ag Encounter, a day designated for local school children to learn about agriculture and where the food originates that their mothers put on their dinner tables. Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:39:00 +0000 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/opinion/local_story_278123948.html http://www.ncnewsonline.com/opinion/local_story_278123948.html If anyone was an expert on the outdoors, it was Thad Bukowski. The retired educator and outdoors writer for The New Castle News died Saturday morning in Jameson Hospital. Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:22:00 +0000 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/opinion/local_story_274102310.html http://www.ncnewsonline.com/opinion/local_story_274102310.html Local business leaders left the Lawrence County Economic Development Corp.’s annual dinner with new hope for prosperity in the region. Two officers of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development addressed the group in the afterglow of the G-20 Summit. Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:47:00 +0000 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/opinion/local_story_272084717.html http://www.ncnewsonline.com/opinion/local_story_272084717.html A part of Lew Banks’ great-great-grandfather’s past lives in him today. Lew taught math for years. I’m sure it was quite fulfilling. But what really captures his passion is history. And he has plenty of reason to get enthused.