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A limited number of seats remain for the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford’s 50th Anniversary Fundraising Gala Oct. 4. Proceeds from the evening, which will feature dinner, entertainment and a silent auction, will benefit the Marilyn Horne Archive Collection Project. The gala, which is expected to sell out, will be hosted by the Office of the President and co-hosted by the Pitt-Bradford Advisory Board and the Pitt-Bradford Alumni Association Board at the university. Seats are $125 and may be purchased by calling the Office of Institutional Advancement at Pitt-Bradford at 814-362-5091. “Undertaking a project of this magnitude is quite a challenge for our campus and our relatively sparsely populated region,” said Dr. Livingston Alexander, Pitt-Bradford president. “However, what has seemingly occurred throughout our campus’s history has occurred once again: Bradford and surrounding communities have rallied to support the effort to establish a Mari...

Marsh’s Bar is back in business after the owner and the city came to an agreement about what repairs should be done to his building and when. The Board of Health met this afternoon, initially to hear Marsh’s appeal of the suspension of his license due to health code violations. But the city’s special counsel Greg Henry told the board he and Marsh’s lawyer Joe Marasco worked out an agreement that suits both sides. Henry says this is a good deal. “I think it protects the city and, certainly, requires a great deal of Marsh,” Henry said. “It gets rid of all sorts of issues about whether he has time to comply and, if an appeal is taken, on what grounds it can be taken, and so forth.” “It has deadlines in there for all the known things for which he has been cited,” Henry added. Marsh has until July 8 to comply, but will get his license back immediately because he complied with the items needed for that to happen.