Troop 405 Scout helps get homeless off streets

By Linda Wilson Fuoco, from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Boy Scout Troop 405 Bob Donaldson/Post-Gazette Boy Scout Michael Deschaine delivers a sofa to a sixth-floor apartment in McKeesport's Isbir Manor. Michael was joined by family and Scouts from Troop 405 in Baden to deliver furniture to clients of Pittsburgh Mercy Health System's Operation Safety Net, which helps to improve the lives of the homeless. When Michael Deschaine of Baden embarked on his Eagle Scout project, he pick...

Who Tweets?

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Nearly 20 percent of Internet users say they now use Twitter or another service to share updates about themselves, according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project. This is a big increase over a similar survey in April, when 11 percent of users said they used a status-update service. Twitter, the micro-blogging site founded in May 2007, allows users to send text messages of up to a 140 characters from their smart phone...

In 1809, a bizarre burial for a ‘mad’ general

While this article does not tie into ham radio at all, it's a look back at Beaver County's history and what happened over 200 years ago in our own backyards. By Marylynne Pitz,