North Hills Community Outreach, 1975 Ferguson Road in Hampton, will be open from 9 a.m. to noon again Saturday to accept donations of food and other items.

On Oct. 10, NHCO, which helps local people in need, took the unprecedented step of opening on a Saturday to accept donations for the coming week. The residents of the North Hills were generous, and the agency collected $4,000 in food donations in just three hours.

With days growing shorter and decidedly chillier, the agency is hoping to repeat that good fortune this week. For those out of work or underemployed, this could be a very long winter.

For more information call 412-487-6316 or visit www.nhco.org.

The Butler County Symphony Orchestra's featured performer for its Dec. 5 holiday concert is internationally renowned opera singer Marianne Cornetti, a native of Cabot in Winfield and a graduate of Knoch High School, Duquesne University, and the Pittsburgh Opera School.

Ms. Cornetti travels and performs regularly in the United States and throughout Europe. Her performance at the holiday concert will be her first with the symphony since 1993.

Presale tickets are $20 for adults, $5 for students and are available at the Symphony Association's office at 259 S. Main St., Butler. The concert is at Butler Intermediate High School, 551 Fairground Hill Road, Butler, and starts at 7:30 p.m. Adult tickets at the door will cost $22. For more information, call 724-283-1402 or visit www.butlersymphony.org.

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