The year since George Floyd was killed by a former Minneapolis police officer has brought with it protests, anguish and, perhaps louder than anything, calls for change. The year also has been one of realization for some. “A lot of people are aware of something they weren’t aware of before,”
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Communities in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties are receiving about a quarter of the combined $12 million in state grants to combat blight, Gov. Tom Wolf’s office announced. In Allegheny County, 23 municipalities and organizations are receiving about $2.1 million, while five in Westmoreland County are getting about $1.3 million. Projects
Dan Futterman is showrunner of Showtime’s “American Rust,” now filming in and around Pittsburgh.
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Dan Futterman, writer, executive producer and showrunner on Showtime’s “American Rust,” currently filming around the region, first came to appreciate Western Pennsylvania when he shot a small role in the locally-filmed 1992 movie comedy “Passed Away.”
“It’s not a great movie but I had a lot of time on my hands and I got to explore a bit and it’s an incredible city and surrounding area,” Futterman said by phone Tuesday while at the “American Rust” production office at 31st Street Studios in the Strip. “I drove down South along the Monongahela River and the drama of the drop-off to the water in some places and the bridges and the rolling hills, it’s just really gorgeous.”
Donations for Walworth mural still sought
Larry Lock
For the Star Courier
Its official! The subject, the location, the time, the artists and potential fundraising for Kewanee’s 20th Walldog historical mural are set.
As previously announced, the subject will be the Walworth Manufacturing Company and its predecessors, which started very small in 1868 and reached huge proportions in the 1900s before coming to an end in Kewanee in 1978.
The location, according to Dianne Packee, the chairperson of the Walldog Mural Committee, will be the east side of the City of Kewanee’s maintenance building located in the 500 block of North Main Street. The City Council gave its approval at a recent council meeting.