pittsburgh penguins

Growing One For The Team

April 27, 2011

Tweet If you have ever been in my office, either in my home district or in the State Capitol, the collection of photos, bobble heads and memorabilia has probably tipped you off to my love for the Pittsburgh Penguins. I have been a big-time fan since I was a child, and my season tickets, situated [...]

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Last Call for a Legend: RIP John Barbaro

July 26, 2010
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Tweet I am very bummed out. I just learned that John Barbaro, longtime Penguins public address announcer, principal at Waynesburg High School and Washington County resident has lost his battle with a brain tumor that had forced him out of action since the end of the 2008-09 season. As someone who was lucky enough to [...]

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Best. Lunch. Ever. (unless you go to Don Cherry Elementary School)

May 10, 2010
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TweetWe were watching Game 6 of the Penguins-Canadiens series tonight, and there may have been some salty language tossed about (not by me, of course) when Montreal scored to force a Game 7. So Hayden, the six-year old juggernaut that he is, begins asking questions about what was said. I told him that “F” could [...]

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Mark Messier is My Dad, and other amazing memories from the Igloo

April 7, 2010

TweetThis week I will be attending the final regular season Penguin game at Mellon Arena. Anyone who has visited my office or engaged in casual conversation with me knows I am a die-hard Penguin fan; so saying goodbye to Mellon Arena is not without some mixed emotions. By my admittedly rough calculations, I have seen [...]

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Stoosh don't eat the daisies.

August 26, 2009

TweetLast week, my staff and I made our annual pilgrimage to the Washington County Agricultural Fair, located in the heart of the 46th District. Every year we pack up and take our district offices out on the road for a week, allowing us to talk to constituents who may never think to come to us [...]

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46 Hours in the 46th District: My Sycophantic Pet Goat, A Statue of a Farmer Holding a Calf, and the Power of the Rally Cap

April 19, 2009

TweetI said I was going to get back to more of the day-to-day stuff I do, and like all politicians, I would never break a promise. Here’s what I’ve been up to over the past couple of days. On Friday, I read to children at a local preschool. The book I’m reading in the picture [...]

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Bringing Hannah Montana to the masses

October 6, 2008

Tweet Earlier today, House Bill 2011, which I have come to affectionately call the “Hannah Montana bill”, passed the House of Representatives unanimously. I came up with the idea for this bill last year when stories surfaced that no one was able to buy tickets online to the Hannah Montana concert in Pittsburgh- and no, [...]

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I'll find a way to get to the Stanley Cup Finals on my own, but thanks for asking. Hossa! Hossa! Hossa!

May 22, 2008

Tweet I thought this article in today’s Post-Gazette was rather odd, but whatever. Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl wants to attend the Stanley Cup Finals, but isn’t yet sure how that can happen. “I’d like to go,” he said of the Saturday night face-off between the Penguins and the Red Wings, in Detroit. “I have asked [...]

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Philadelphia delenda est. Consummatum est.

May 18, 2008

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Whistlestops, Bike Safety, Flyers = Mud and a Big Slice of History- Come Get Your Wooden Nickel's Worth from the Mother of All Blog Entries

May 13, 2008

TweetForgive me readers, for I have been remiss in my blogging duties. I know there is no excuse for it, but I’ve been so busy lately doing all sorts of things that I haven’t had time to post them here. So here’s what I’ve been up to as of late… Our whirlwind tour begins at [...]

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