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Larissa Dudkiewicz is a graduate of Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio, where she studied Professional Writing and Editing and minored in American Studies. She worked as a general assignment reporter during a summer internship at the Buffalo News and after earning her bachelor's degree, began working three months later as a community news reporter for the Sharon Herald. In 2003, she began working at the Beaver/Allegheny County Times, which included covering news and events in the Sewickley Valley. In her spare time, Larissa enjoys reading, gardening and hunting wild mushrooms, with morels in the spring being her favorite.
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More than 30 Port Authority bus routes will be detoured on Sunday.
the FireVEST program provides scholarships to residents of Allegheny County who are either current volunteers or who join a volunteer fire department.
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolored Dreamcoat will run Nov. 13 to 17 in the high school auditorium.
Deborah Riccobelli, assistant principal of Quaker Valley High School, will transfer to Edgeworth Elementary
The district is accepting letters of interest through Oct. 15.
Shoulder closures may occur from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. through Friday.