Dozens of families flocked to Blawnox Community Park to celebrate the season and support local businesses as part of the third annual Best of Blawnox Fall Festival. There was hardly a cloud in the sky as children played and parents reveled on the last day of September. Sharpsburg Community Library
Mark Mattone of Springdale still recalls when he scaled the “stacks” on a crisp fall day in October 1973. Mattone, 73, a retired electrician, worked at what was then the Duquesne Light Power Station during the 1970s. “I was asked if I was afraid of heights, and before you know
For fitness or fun, a Blawnox group is inviting residents to join them on Mondays for a jaunt around the borough. Knox Walks, hosted by the Best of Blawnox advocacy group, is a weekly trek through the business district and side streets of town. “It’s to exercise or socialize,” organizer