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Monday, December 10, 2012

Five Things You Need to Know This Week

Patch gives you a rundown of what's going on around the community.

Get into the holiday spirit with sounds from the Quaker Valley High School band and orchestra winter concert. The concert begins at 7 p.m. tonight (Monday) in the high school auditorium.  Sewickley Academy students will be there to give a presentation on their fifth annual Public Safety Pancake Breakfast. The committee-of-the-whole meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Sewickley Municipal Building on Thorn Street. From 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12, Village Candy will stage another ginger tasting to check out the Bermudan Dark 'n Stormy and the former Soviet Moscow Mule.  The event features local professional mixologist Amanda from Sharp Edge who created a Sharp Edge Signature Ginger Cocktail specifically for this event. RSVP …

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Good Old-Fashioned Soda Company Visits Sewickley Candy Store

Natrona Bottling Co. stops by Village Candy for a bubbly soda tasting.

It was another humid Saturday, but those who attended Village Candy’s Natrona Bottling tasting chilled out with refreshing, effervescent flavorful sodas from the local bottler -- and learned a thing or two about how the soft drinks are made. Vito Gerasole, the new owner of Natrona Bottling, along with Village Candy proprietor Doug Alpern kept busy pouring samples of a variety of soda flavors to a long line of customers waiting to taste-test and log their favorite onto a ballot. In addition to an abundant selection of old and new brands of candy, the sweet shop offers a variety of bottled sodas. From Red Ribbon Cherry Supreme to Jamaica’s Finest Ginger Beer, Natrona Bottling did not disappoint with its unique blends. “It’s a very good …

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