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Matt Petras

Pittsburgh

Writer at Freelance

cool dude / writer published @thedailybeast @kotaku @ComicsJournal @PublicSourcePA @DillydounReview + more / adjunct professor @ChathamU @PittTweet @larocheuniv

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  • 5 days ago | monvalleyindependent.com | Matt Petras

    The New Eagle business has been booming since it opened in February. In the 1970s, Larry Kumpf bought property in New Eagle. For about 40 years, a large building at 205 Main St., housed a hearing aid manufacturer. Around the time of the Great Recession, it began to lie dormant. This left later generations of his family curious about how to take advantage of the property. “We’re brainstorming, and me and my mom and sister love antiques, vintage, everything, so this was the perfect spot for it,â...

  • 1 week ago | monvalleyindependent.com | Matt Petras

    The show will debut 7:30 p.m. Friday featuring a cast of more than 20 people of all ages. Starting this weekend, the Grand Theatre in Elizabeth will stage a musical adaptation of the classic 90s animated film “Anastasia,” which will feature a cast of more than 20 people of various ages. The Mon River Arts production debuts 7:30 p.m. Additional show times are 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 15, 16, 17 and 2 p.m. May 18. Tickets are $22 or $18 for students and seniors. For tickets, go to http://www. mon...

  • 1 week ago | monvalleyindependent.com | Matt Petras

    Around The Valley Council views it as a priority because of the number of complaints being received. this is a test{"epopulate_editorials_prism":"epopulate_editorials_prism"} Service dog help A Charleroi organization is aiding the program for veterans.

  • 2 weeks ago | pghcitypaper.com | Matt Petras

    Your average voter probably doesn’t have the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas primary election on their radar, and what makes the situation tougher this cycle is that there are 22 candidates from whom to pick on May 20. However, several political, activist, and labor groups have endorsed slates of eight preferred candidates — the maximum a voter can support.

  • 3 weeks ago | publicsource.org | Matt Petras

    La Monte Yarroll and his wife wanted to downsize and live closer to the Montour Trail for convenient outdoor exercise, so last summer they bought a smaller house in Bethel Park. They planned to move in, with their youngest child, within the next few years. “It was sold as a contractor’s dream,” Yarroll said. “There’s substantial work that needs to be done to make it livable.” Back then, Donald Trump didn’t worry him.

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Matt Petras @mattApetras
26 Mar 25

RT @thenation: "If they can take one out, they can take more women out, they can take more Black and brown mayors out. We can’t have that."…

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Matt Petras @mattApetras
29 Jan 25

RT @ComicsJournal: Matt Bors on leaving political cartooning for Justice Warriors and Toxic Avenger: https://t.co/MA2Rg8ML2Q https://t.co/U…

Matt Petras
Matt Petras @mattApetras
27 Nov 24

“As I listened to the Cement City podcast, a documentary-style snapshot of modern life in Donora, I couldn’t help but fantasize about talking to the podcast duo about my experiences growing up in the Mon Valley borough.” read on — i showed them my childhood donora-based poetry!!

Pittsburgh City Paper
Pittsburgh City Paper @PGHCityPaper

Cement City podcast is documentary-style podcast covering a year of modern life in Donora — a town known for its tragic past. https://t.co/ixn1wliQYf