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3 weeks ago | 
butlereagle.com | Eric Freehling |Morgan Phillips |Matt Rourke
March’s sudden snowfalls and overnight freezes shouldn’t discourage homeowners from preparing their flower and vegetable gardens and lawns for planting later this spring. There’s a lot that can be done now to ensure beautiful blooms and bountiful crops later in the year. Bob Stirling of Stirling Landscape/Garden Center, 840 Mercer Road, said now’s the time to clear dead plants and debris from flower and garden plots. “You can prepare the soil as long as it’s not wet,” Stirling said.
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3 weeks ago | 
cranberryeagle.com | Eric Freehling |Morgan Phillips |Matt Rourke
March’s sudden snowfalls and overnight freezes shouldn’t discourage homeowners from preparing their flower and vegetable gardens and lawns for planting later this spring. There’s a lot that can be done now to ensure beautiful blooms and bountiful crops later in the year. Bob Stirling of Stirling Landscape/Garden Center, 840 Mercer Road, said now’s the time to clear dead plants and debris from flower and garden plots. “You can prepare the soil as long as it’s not wet,” Stirling said.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
butlereagle.com | Eric Freehling
Benefits Toys For Tots GIBSONIA — A 20-degree temperature and a wind chill of 0 couldn’t keep volunteers away from Al’s Bike Drive Thursday morning. Nearly 90 people, some decked out as elves, braved the wintry weather to gather in the parking lot of the Gibsonia Walmart to transfer hundreds of children’s bicycles from storage containers to trucks and trailers.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
cranberryeagle.com | Eric Freehling
Hobby Express packs quite a lot into its location at 1713 Route 228 in the Cranberry Commons shopping center.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
cranberryeagle.com | Eric Freehling |Rob McGraw
Expansion, both in locations and inventory, has been a constant for T&M Hardware and Rental Centers since its beginning 33 years ago. Starting in Ellwood City in 1991, T&M has grown to six locations including one at 134 Perry Highway in Harmony. At the same time, the hardware and rental center has grown its offerings to its customers, according to Samantha Post, who owns the chain along with her father, Tim Post, mother, Mary Post, and brother, Scott Post.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
butlereagle.com | Eric Freehling
Washington Township’s first settlers arrived soon after land grants were made available to Revolutionary War veterans. According to “A Concise History of Butler County 1800-1950” by J. Campbell Branden, soldiers were issued bills of credit by the Continental Congress and the Supreme Council of Pennsylvania in lieu of pay. However, the bills of credit depreciated and became almost worthless. Instead, a law was passed permitting these bills to be used as payment for lands set apart for settlement.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
cranberryeagle.com | Eric Freehling
By any measure, the southwest portion of Butler County has been growing, but not every area has shown the same rate of expansion — and some may have reached their limit. Leslie Osche, a Butler County commissioners chairwoman, said the county’s southwest section “is booming with new housing starts, infrastructure investments, and business growth.” “The (Interstate) 79 corridor is ripe for logistics and transportation development such as FedEx and UPS,” she said.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
cranberryeagle.com | Eric Freehling
Dr. Priscilla McAuliffe, a breast surgical oncologist at UPMC, said one out of 100 cases of breast cancer will occur in a male. McAuliffe, who practices at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital and UPMC Passavant, said breast cancer can be divided into different categories. Breast cancer that starts in the milk ducts of the breast gland make up 85% of breast cancer cases, and lobular breast cancer, which starts in the milk-producing parts of the breast glands, account for 15% of breast cancer cases.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
cranberryeagle.com | Eric Freehling
Cancer patients may be able to find relief for their suffering at the aptly named Compassionate Certification Centers. The business, based at 220 S. Main St., is a doctor-owned marijuana certification center that helps patients in Pennsylvania and West Virginia receive access to medical marijuana.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
butlereagle.com | Eric Freehling
Dr. Priscilla McAuliffe, a breast surgical oncologist at UPMC, said one out of 100 cases of breast cancer will occur in a male. McAuliffe, who practices at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital and UPMC Passavant, said breast cancer can be divided into different categories. Breast cancer that starts in the milk ducts of the breast gland make up 85% of breast cancer cases, and lobular breast cancer, which starts in the milk-producing parts of the breast glands, account for 15% of breast cancer cases.
