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The state Department of Transportation announced upcoming road maintenance for next week, beginning Monday, May 20. In Connoquenessing and Franklin townships, shoulder cu...
May 18, 2024
FORWARD TWP — The board of supervisors approved a motion Tuesday, May 14, to send a proposal letter to Seneca Valley School District asking for a “student adviser” from t...
May 16, 2024 Government
FORWARD TWP — A sports complex featuring four pickleball courts, two pole vaulting tracks and two soccer fields — one outdoor and one indoor — is coming to Forward Townsh...
May 15, 2024 Government
FORWARD TWP — During their meeting Tuesday, May 14, the township supervisors discussed the possibility of the township entering into the blight mitigation program run by ...
May 15, 2024 Government
PennDOT crews will be performing maintenance on various roads throughout the county during the week of May 13. Interstate 79 will be mowed and patched in various places,...
May 11, 2024 Local News
FORWARD TWP — There are still pieces of the exhaust from Tyler Coon’s motorcycle on Mars-Evans City Road near the entrance of the Dollar General. A wooden cross surround...
May 04, 2024 Local News
FORWARD TWP — The planning commission discussed possibly amending ordinances on land development to require developers to submit traffic studies as part of their prelimin...
May 02, 2024 Local News
FORWARD TWP — The township’s planning commission granted final approval on Tuesday evening, April 30, to a sports complex proposed by the Cashdollar family which could be...
April 30, 2024 Government
Another man under age 30 injured Monday
Another man under age 30 injured Monday
April 30, 2024 Local News
A 29-year-old man died from injuries he suffered after being thrown from his motorcycle during a crash Sunday night, April 28, in Forward Township, according to state pol...
April 29, 2024 Local News
Department participating in pilot program A nationwide shortage of paramedics has led Quality EMS to come up with a practical solution that allows their emergency medical...
April 20, 2024 Local News
Taking care of a car is no different than taking care of a body. Like going to the doctor for a checkup, cars need maintenance to stay healthy. Alex Skander, owner of Ska...
April 16, 2024 Local News
Those who lie in extended repose beside a modest white clapboard church in Forward Township would no doubt be pleased that their collective legacy is being carefully main...
April 13, 2024 Community
Remaining supervisors looking for replacement
Remaining supervisors looking for replacement
April 12, 2024 Government
FORWARD TWP — One dog died, one occupant was sent to Allegheny Hospital and a cat went missing due to a basement fire that occurred at the 100 block of Ash Stop Road on T...
April 02, 2024 Local News
The Pittsburgh-based recycling company Noble Environmental has set dates for five drive-through recycling days to be held across Butler County in 2024. These will be held...
March 16, 2024 Energy
Cashdollar complex also given blessing
Cashdollar complex also given blessing
March 14, 2024 Government
State Rep. Aaron Bernstine, R-8th, is hosting a series of town hall meetings in April. The first meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. April 2 at the Forward Township Municipal...
March 14, 2024 Local News
FORWARD TWP — Supervisors have come to an understanding about how to distribute Local Service Tax revenue to the town’s three emergency medical service providers this yea...
March 13, 2024 Government
Cities, towns, boroughs and townships across Pennsylvania learned March 4 how much they would receive from the state this year in liquid fuels payments used to help maint...
March 12, 2024 Government
FORWARD TWP — The township’s planning commission narrowly approved on Tuesday night, Feb. 27, the final development plans for the first phase of the Merten Farms resident...
March 01, 2024 Business
FORWARD TWP — The planning commission gave preliminary approval to the revised plans for a proposed multisport facility on Watters Station Road on Tuesday, Feb. 28. Towns...
February 27, 2024 Business
A crash near a Route 68 intersection in Forward Township sent two people to the hospital for minor injuries Wednesday, Feb. 14, according to state police. The four-car c...
February 15, 2024 Local News
A woman is accused of burning someone with a cigarette during an altercation last week in Forward Township, according to state police. Lori J. Geczi, 52, of West Mifflin...
February 15, 2024 Crime & Courts
FORWARD TWP — The newest township supervisor, Susan Oliver-Stough, presented to the public Tuesday, Feb. 13 her proposal to turn township-owned land near Glade Run into a...
February 15, 2024 Government
Traffic was diverted on Route 68 near Brownsdale Road in Forward Township after a crash involving multiple vehicles and injuries Wednesday morning, Feb. 14. The crash oc...
February 14, 2024 Local News
State Rep. Aaron Bernstine, R-8th, will tour Butler County in early April, making stops at four municipalities in the county for town hall events to promote his reelectio...
February 10, 2024 Government
FORWARD TWP — Much of the supervisors meeting Tuesday night, Jan. 9, was spent settling a series of clerical errors regarding the makeup of the township’s planning commis...
January 11, 2024 Government
As 2024 begins, one of the major issues hovering over the small municipalities of Pennsylvania is how they will handle the emergency medical services crisis. In Forward T...
January 04, 2024 Government
George Washington’s close call
George Washington’s close call
December 27, 2023 Local News
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