1+ hour, 9+ min ago  (142+ words) sharonherald.com The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection proposes to require wastewater treatment facilities to monitor for so-called forever chemicals in their sewage sludge that’s used as fertilizer. It’s the first time Pennsylvania facilities that produce biosolids for…...

3+ day, 24+ min ago  (209+ words) Lillian Kent, 8, checks on her tomato crop growing in a garden behind her grandparents’ home in the Wheatland neighborhood of Hermitage. Kent sells vegetables and other items in a stand in front of her grandparents’ home, Lillian Kent’s veggie stand…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (144+ words) sharonherald.com Heat Advisory from TUE 11:00 AM EDT until FRI 10:00 PM EDT NEW WILMINGTON – Wilmington Area School District’s vocational agriculture program has received a $10,000 grant from the Center for Plant Excellence, an initiative supporting Pennsylvania’s plant industries....

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (185+ words) sharonherald.com Jayne Campbell of Grove City watches a server plop strawberries onto her ice cream at last year’s Guernsey Ice Cream Social at the Mercer County 4-H Park in Coolspring Township. Campbell and her husband, John, have attended…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (149+ words) sharonherald.com GREENVILLE — A 102-acre crop farm in Shenango Township has been preserved from future residential or commercial development through a state preservation program. The $117,621 easement approved through Pennsylvania’s Farmland Preservation Program for Matthew A. Stefanak’s farm…...

6+ mon, 14+ hour ago  (158+ words) sharonherald.com HERMITAGE — A recently-announced state grant could help fund improvements to the aging sewer system in the Wheatland neighborhood of Hermitage. The Hermitage Municipal Authority is expected to receive a $913,600 Community Project Funding grant, according to a press…...