Moon's Sinatra Returns to Board after Battle with Cancer

The township supervisor has been absent while undergoing cancer treatments.

Frank Sinatra returned to his role on the Moon Township Board of Supervisors Wednesday night after a months-long battle with pelvic cancer.  Sinatra, who has missed meetings for much of the year as a result of his illness, said he is optimistic of his prognosis and has been looking forward to his return on the board.  "Just hoping for the best," said Sinatra following Wednesday night's board meeting. "I had a scan today and I'm hoping everything comes back clean."  Sinatra said he underwent 40 radiation and 14 treatments during his absense. He said he plans to return to work after the holidays.  "This is a good way to phase back into things," Sinatra said.  He said he received an outpouring of support from the community during his bout …

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Tis the Season: Yuletide Hunting in Robinson Township

Growing up in Robinson Township has caused columnist Gab Bonesso to associate gunshots with the holiday season.

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Bing Crosby crooning in the distance, and jingle bells are all sounds that evoke the Christmas holiday. But if you are a resident of Western Pennsylvania, you need to add the sound of a shotgun to that list. BOOM! Ho, ho, ho … I hear hunters so it must mean that Christmas is around the corner! For as long as I can remember hunting season joins forces with the holiday season here in Robinson Township. I remember as a kid I would ask my mom why we always had the Monday after Thanksgiving off from school and she would simply answer, “it’s hunting season.” I’m not a total hunting novice. I’ve done my Warner Brothers research. I knew that hunting season generally involved a spastic duck named Daffy and a …

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Missing Robinson for the Holidays

Columnist Gab Bonesso has been traveling all over the country this month and now she muses about coming home for Thanksgiving.

I am to traveling as oil is to water. I enjoy new locations, but I hate the getting there. Mostly because I suffer from vertigo, but also because I don't like change. Lately, I've been traveling the country by bus on behalf of a Pittsburgh-based corporation filming training videos designed to motivate employees during the upcoming holiday season.  My fellow corporate travelers are more at ease than I am. I’m a homebody. I’m from Pittsburgh/Robinson Township and that’s where I attended college (Duquesne). I have not spent very much time away from home, except for a four-month stint in San Francisco, working on finding my voice as a comedian. So this year marks the very first time in my entire life that I will be coming, “home for the …

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