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Near our hometown of Ellwood City, PA are roads that would have been identified as routes of transport during the Revolutionary War. These roads connected Pittsburgh to Erie where Admiral...
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3 years ago
Tuesday, January 26 2021
Jan 26, 2021
Tuesday, January 26, 2021 5:09:35 PM CST
January 26, 2021
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Glaze is a coating of transparent ice that forms when super-cooled water droplets hit roads during below-freezing weather. Glaze is heavy, sticks to objects that it coats, contains no air...
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3 years ago
Monday, January 25 2021
Jan 25, 2021
Monday, January 25, 2021 4:52:37 PM CST
January 25, 2021
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Three weeks ago a massive snowstorm blanketed sections of the Northeast. “Blizzard” originally meant “a stunning blow,” often referred to a boxer’s knockout punch. Davy Crockett, no relation to Jennifer,...
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3 years ago
Friday, January 22 2021
Jan 22, 2021
Friday, January 22, 2021 6:47:54 PM CST
January 22, 2021
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Years ago, plane de-icing was randomly performed and is now a regimented, regulated procedure. On this date in 1982, Air...
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3 years ago
Tuesday, January 12 2021
Jan 12, 2021
Tuesday, January 12, 2021 9:00:00 AM CST
January 12, 2021
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Sometimes when you don't know what's in it, it still tastes good. Our Dad was a butcher, often referred to...
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3 years ago
Saturday, January 09 2021
Jan 9, 2021
Saturday, January 09, 2021 9:07:00 AM CST
January 09, 2021
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In October, 1948, smog filled the Monongahahela Valley in Western Pennsylvania. Damaging oxides of nitrogen, halogen acids, zinc and lead...
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3 years ago
Thursday, January 07 2021
Jan 7, 2021
Thursday, January 07, 2021 9:00:00 AM CST
January 07, 2021
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Before the gas furnace, many relied on the coal furnace. Situated in the basement of the home the burning coal...
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3 years ago
Wednesday, January 06 2021
Jan 6, 2021
Wednesday, January 06, 2021 9:00:00 AM CST
January 06, 2021
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New Year's Day traditions to ensure health and prosperity may include the consumption of pork, knackwurst, bratwurst, kielbasa, sauerkraut, applesauce...
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3 years ago
Friday, January 01 2021
Jan 1, 2021
Friday, January 01, 2021 4:51:00 PM CST
January 01, 2021
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