Brad Hundt

Washington

Editor at Observer-Reporter

From Toledo, Ohio, work at the Observer-Reporter. Beatles fan, movie buff, Bob Dylan aficonado, loves books.

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Washington County municipal officials outline challenges, opportunities at chamber breakfast

Mar 22, 2024 | observer-reporter.com | Brad Hundt

By Brad HundtStaff [email protected] sound and fury of politics on the federal and state levels may grab a lot of our attention, but “no other form of government affects your life more than municipal government,” according to Jeff Kotula, the president of the Washington County Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Promotion Agency.
LSA Committee backtracks, agrees to award $500,000 to City Mission for women’s shelter

Mar 20, 2024 | observer-reporter.com | Brad Hundt

By Brad HundtStaff [email protected] Washington County Local Share Committee will recommend to county commissioners Thursday that it approve a $500,000 request from Washington City Mission for a 50-bed women’s shelter. This is a reversal from a previous decision made by the committee.
Republican to challenge Cook in 50th District

Mar 12, 2024 | observer-reporter.com | Brad Hundt

By Brad HundtStaff [email protected] Rep. Bud Book has a Republican challenger in the 50th Legislative District. Stephanie Waggett, a Carmichaels resident, has announced her candidacy for the seat, contending that voters in the district “need new leadership in Harrisburg.” A news release from her campaign also characterized Cook as “embattled and controversial.”Waggett, 44, is a registered nurse and former administrator at the Fayette Energy Facility in Masontown.
‘Eclipseapalooza’: Solar eclipse will have people looking skyward, traveling in April

Mar 11, 2024 | observer-reporter.com | Brad Hundt

By Brad HundtStaff [email protected] of years ago, eclipses were something to fear. Before astronomy was born and eclipses were fully understood, it was believed that when the sky would unexpectedly grow dark during the day, it was because the gods were enraged, the sun had been devoured by dragons, demons or wolves or it was a harbinger of death and destruction. In the 21st century, eclipses are not an occasion to sprint for the hills or sacrifice a goat.
‘American Pickers’ set to travel through Pennsylvania in April

Mar 1, 2024 | observer-reporter.com | Brad Hundt

By Brad HundtStaff [email protected] an oddball collectible buried deep in a basement or in the most remote corner of an attic? Then “American Pickers” is interested in you.
Smithton resident enters 14th Congressional District race

Feb 27, 2024 | observer-reporter.com | Brad Hundt

By Brad HundtStaff [email protected] Smithton resident who has previously served on the school board for the Yough School District has entered the Democratic race for the 14th Congressional District.
Smithton resident enters 14th Congressional District race

Feb 27, 2024 | heraldstandard.com | Brad Hundt

By Brad HundtStaff [email protected] Smithton resident who has previously served on the school board for the Yough School District has entered the Democratic race for the 14th Congressional District.
VCRs and videotapes still retain their magic for some users

Feb 23, 2024 | observer-reporter.com | Brad Hundt

By Brad HundtStaff [email protected]’s hard to remember now just how revolutionary VCRs and videocassettes were when they became widely available in the mid-1980s. Before then, if you wanted to see an older movie, you would mostly have to patiently wait until a local television station programmed it for an afternoon slot or late at night. Then, you’d have to watch it with plenty of commercial interruptions.
Governor visits Mt. Lebanon music store to talk up Main Street plan

Feb 14, 2024 | observer-reporter.com | Brad Hundt

By Brad HundtStaff [email protected]. LEBANON – Gov. Josh Shapiro dropped by Empire Music in downtown Mt. Lebanon at lunchtime Wednesday, but it wasn’t to buy one of the many guitars hanging on the store’s walls. Instead, the governor was there to talk up his proposed 2024-25 state budget and, more specifically, an additional $25 million for a new Main Street program that would boost small businesses and commercial corridors in Pennsylvania.
Lawmakers, organizations offer mixed reaction to Shapiro budget proposal

Feb 7, 2024 | observer-reporter.com | Brad Hundt

By Brad HundtStaff [email protected]. Josh Shapiro said Tuesday that his 2024-25 budget proposal is “ambitious” and would “build a more competitive Pennsylvania,” but many lawmakers in the region insisted the plan is unrealistic and would lead to too much spending. State Rep. Tim O’Neal, the Washington-area Republican, denounced the proposal as “more of the same – a long list of wants and dreams, light on details and fiscally bankrupting.