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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

UPDATE: Eastern Area Ambulance Stolen from Swissvale Found in Rostraver

A homeless man has been charged with taking an Eastern Area Prehospital Services ambulance parked at the Swissvale Fire Department Tuesday night.

A homeless man has been charged in the theft of an Eastern Area Prehospital Services ambulance Tuesday night. The Post-Gazette reports that Jonathan David Miracle, 19, has been charged with a felony count of receiving stolen property. The ambulance was recovered in Rostraver Township, Westmoreland County. The ambulance had been parked at the Swissvale Fire Department at 7400 Irvine St. when it was discovered missing about 9 p.m. According to an official post on Twitter from Allegheny County, the Sprinter-style ambulance was fully stocked with a drug box and other supplies. The vehicle is white with orange lettering and the number 8 on its exterior. A few posts on Twitter Tuesday night said it was last seen on Route 837 near Clairton. …

RPD

8:58 am on Wednesday, January 9, 2013

A new "low" on the crime scale . . .   more ›

Saturday, December 24, 2011

Carpatho-Rusyn ‘Big Supper’ Is Still Our Christmas Eve Celebration

We could have a turkey or ham, tasty side dishes and elaborate desserts to celebrate, but this simple, meatless one reminds us of our heritage.

When my grandmother came to the United States in 1907, she brought a steamer trunk with all her worldly possessions. She also brought traditions steeped in the Byzantine Catholic heritage that formed the center of life for the peasant farmers and herders in her small village in the Carpathian Mountains, along what is now the Slovakian border with Poland. One of those traditions is what our family calls “Big Supper,” the Christmas Eve Holy Supper celebrated by Carpatho-Rusyns (Ruthenians) and other eastern European nationalities. We don’t follow most of the feast’s religious customs today—fasting before the meal, wheat at the table, clean white tablecloth, holy water and garlic. Nor do we drink the shots of whiskey before the meal (even …

marge murray

9:47 am on Sunday, December 25, 2011

Thank you! I do remember this from my BaBa's home. I still do this far from my home but no family. Our Dgt.and her husband and 20 or my friends (family)! We have been doing this for over 25 years! Our friends are our family and we welcome new people anytime. Christos Razdajetsja!   more ›

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