The Mars Youth Home is a community-based services that reach at-risk youth and families with a goal to prevent youth from needing out of home placement and to provided a continuum of services following residential treatment. The Mars Youth Home operates five residential group homes, some of which are licensed residential treatment facilities, for both male and female youth between the ages of 12-18. Mars Home for Youth’s Longmore Academy opened in 2000.  Longmore provides alternative education for at-risk youth in grades 5 through 12. MHY residents and students from surrounding public school districts benefit from a structured, supportive learning environment that is responsive to behavioral and emotional factors that impede students’ academic success.   The student to teacher ratio nev... 09/05/2011

16 and a Learners Permit in Mars is tougher now than it was when I had my Learners Permit. I have been driving for 23 years now.  Life in the driving world is moving at a faster pace nowadays with more distractions like, cell phones-- texting, emails, wanting to get photo, etc...   --- and other issues like faster drivers, ipods, brighter lights on bill boards and buildings, laptops and on and on.   My step son is very popular with about 1000 contacts in his phone (why, I don't know) and he is very temped to check his phone while driving with me in the car.  I do not let him of course and he refrains form dealing with any part of his phone till he puts the car in park.  He KNOWS that it only takes 1 time to have a serious accident. We form our habits then our habits form us.  I pray tha... 09/04/2011

  What's going on with you, Are you from Mars ???    YES     Mars PA is a well established community that is respected by all the local municipalities.  Mars has a spaceship in the middle of town.  That spaceship is used to keep the locals in cooperation with the laws---- if anyone does not obey the law, that spaceship takes them to the Planet Mars and they are left there till they promise to be good, only then are they allowed back here in Mars PA ... Mars PA is a beautiful place and I would like to say "Thank You" to the spaceship for helping make Mars PA a beautiful and great place to live.   09/02/2011

Market Update - Mars School DistrictJanuary Closed SalesThere were 21 sales recorded on the West Penn Multi-List.Market TimeThe average days on the market for January closed sales was 93.PriceThe average sales price for January closed sales was $335,905.Currently, there are 174 active listings in the Mars School district.  For the latest real estate information, or if you have any questions regarding the real estate market, please give me a call! All information from the West-Penn Multi-List.     02/08/2008