Douglas Education Center News
Browse past news stories for Douglas Education Center in Monessen, PA:
- Donner Avenue building design challenge target (Valley Independent)
posted on October 31, 2009 at 06:02:29 am
MONESSEN - Arnold Valley Middle School student Seth Anderson said he had never heard of Monessen. - The Pasta Shoppe (Valley Independent)
posted on October 28, 2009 at 05:01:07 pm
Bernie Fertall went in to The Pasta Shoppe for lunch and came out with a new restaurant. - Douglas students scavenge to learn about Mon Valley (Valley Independent)
posted on October 12, 2009 at 04:02:07 pm
MONESSEN - Don't be surprised to see Douglas Education Center students scrambling around town today to collect receipts and menus from restaurants or taking photos of city landmarks. - Here There Be Monsters: New Vampire Series Now Online (Blogcritics.org)
posted on October 10, 2009 at 03:37:27 pm
New episodes will be available on Fridays through October 30 at Fangoria. - Making Movies in the Hinterlands: Killed by a Vampire (Blogcritics.org)
posted on September 17, 2009 at 09:07:22 pm
The making of a student vampire movie in southwesterm Pennsylvania. - Library celebrates 50th (Valley Independent)
posted on September 1, 2009 at 04:03:41 pm
Fifty years ago, school students made a book brigade and moved books from the old Monessen Public Library on Fifth Street to the new facility. That new facility celebrated 50 years at 326 Donner Ave. on Aug. 22. with more than 250 library supporters at a birthday bash. - Back to school (The Uniontown Herald Standard)
posted on August 23, 2009 at 04:20:14 am
Some changes will be noticeable for returning students - My kind of town (Valley Independent)
posted on May 14, 2009 at 04:03:12 pm
When anyone -- or an editor-- says things that are negative about my kind of town, I would like to respond to that article. - Monessen has beauty as well as blight (Valley Independent)
posted on May 8, 2009 at 04:03:26 pm
What I read in the paper and saw on the news brought tears to my eyes. - Mock drunk driving disaster staged at Belle Vernon Area (Valley Independent)
posted on May 8, 2009 at 04:02:40 pm
Tori Lombardo and her friends watched in horror as rescue personnel frantically tried to save the lives of their Belle Vernon Area High School classmates. - Monessen is state's emptiest town (The Indiana Gazette)
posted on May 6, 2009 at 07:22:58 am
MONESSEN - In 1952, when the Nuzzaci family matriarch opened a pizzeria in the basement of her Monessen home, there was competition. - Old Steel Hubs Now Among Pa.'s Emptiest Neighborhoods (WTAE-TV Pittsburgh)
posted on May 4, 2009 at 10:32:55 pm
An area of Monessen 28 miles south of Pittsburgh has more vacant property than any other neighborhood in Pennsylvania, with Duquesne, Braddock not far behind, according to government data. - Monessen creative arts festival mixes various media (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
posted on April 5, 2009 at 04:01:29 am
The first Creative Arts Festival and Experience sponsored by Douglas Education Center was held March 20 at the Monessen school's Van Keulen Complex. - Monessen redevelopment effort brings community together (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
posted on March 8, 2009 at 05:02:47 am
Members of the Monessen Redevelopment Authority, committed to improving their city, formed a community planning committee, hired a Pittsburgh-based consultant, and meet monthly with invited business owners, community leaders and elected officials, who have begun developing a comprehensive plan for the revitalization and redevelopment of the city. - Large turnout for community planning (Valley Independent)
posted on March 5, 2009 at 05:01:41 pm
I sit here today pleasantly surprised and encouraged after attending the Monessen Community Planning Committee meeting, which was held at Douglas Education Center's Van Keulen Complex on Thursday, Feb. 26.