January 3, 2021

How Thomas Edison’s Cement Contributed to Donora’s Storied History

The Wizard of Menlo Park helped ease a housing crisis in Donora.

December 18, 2020

What Donora’s Smog Plaque Gets Right … And Wrong

A prominent bronze plaque at the southern entrance to Donora honors smog victims...and then some.

November 28, 2020

Blasts (Furnaces) From the Past

Who was Opechancanough, and what did he have to do with blast furnaces in Donora?