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Mt. Lebanon School Board: Renovation project within budget

By Matthew Santoni
The Mt. Lebanon School Board is reassuring residents that changes to the $109.65 million high school renovation project remain within budget, even as board members leave open the possibility of legal action later over some of the project’s problems. The …

Your Alle-Kiski Valley News

Arnold bicycle reunion doesn’t work as hoped

By Liz Hayes
Arnold officials were only able to reunite two children with their lost bicycles on Wednesday. Councilman Anthony “Butch” Sgalio scheduled a six-hour open house of sorts at the city hall basement in an attempt to find the owners of more …

Your Carlynton News

Green Tree woman is makeup artist to the stars

By Charlotte Smith
Patty Bell of Green Tree began her career as a young model and then got her start as a makeup artist thanks to her neighbor, Judy McKenzie, who was a Ralph Lauren Cosmetics representative. Bell began working in a department …

Your Cranberry News

Cranberry woman committed to giving flags proper retirements

By Dona S. Dreeland
If “Old Glory” looked a bit weathered last week on Flag Day, there’s a place for her to rest. Since May 2011, Denise Etter of Cranberry Township has been caring for worn and tattered American flags that have seen better …

Your FoxChapel News

New duties excite former Dorseyville principal

By Sharon Drake
Matthew Harris, 43, served as principal of Dorseyville Middle School for the last six years, but he is excited about his new position with the Fox Chapel Area School District as director of secondary curriculum, professional development and instruction. “The …

Your Hempfield News

Bovard students bid farewell to their school

By Michele Stewardson
This year’s last day of school was bittersweet for Connor Lyons, who just completed second grade at Bovard Elementary School in the Hempfield Area School District. “I don’t feel very good. I’m sad and mad,” he said about the decision …

Your Latrobe News

Latrobe officials OK $60K project aimed at allowing creek to flow freely

By Stacey Federoff
The Latrobe Municipal Authority board approved a national nonprofit organization to move forward with design plans for the possible removal of the Kingston Dam on the border of Derry and Unity townships. Washington-based American Rivers will work with $60,000 allocated …

Your McKeesport News

East McKeesport code enforcement officer gets probation for taking bribe

By Tribune-Review
An Allegheny County judge on Tuesday sentenced the former code enforcement officer for East McKeesport to serve three years on probation for withdrawing a citation in exchange for money. A jury in March found Ronald C. Bachner, 50, of Brookline …

Your Monroeville News

Monroeville pet store helps give Pirates’ bullpen its bite

By Kyle Lawson
When the Pirates are winning, anything is possible. Last month, the owners of Elmer’s Aquarium & Pet Center got a call from Pirates pitcher Jason Grilli. He was shopping for two pet sharks that could live in the team’s clubhouse. …

Your Mon Valley News

Monongahela Valley Hospital fountain dedicated to Frye

By Chris Buckley
Shortly after Monongahela Valley Hospital leaders dedicated the central plaza fountain to Joe Frye, staff nurses gathered for a photo around the plaque that was unveiled denoting the honor. It was a fitting tribute by the nurses who took care …

Your Mt. Pleasant

Saloom Department Store marks 85 years in business in Mt. Pleasant

By Marilyn Forbes
When George Albert Saloom left the Middle Eastern country of Lebanon to travel to the United States in 1917, he did not have a wife, and he did not have …

Your Murrysville News

Franklin Regional officials hire Reljac, appoint board member

By Daveen Rae Kurutz
Franklin Regional officials welcomed two new faces to the district Monday night. The school board hired Mary Catherine Reljac as assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction and appointed a new school board member to replace Joe Seymour, who resigned. “I’m …

Your North Hills News

Sewer built in 1903 caves, causing huge sinkhole in heart of West View

By Christina Gallagher 7:09 a.m.
A large sinkhole that formed Wednesday has closed indefinitely a section of Perry Highway (Route 19) near Center Avenue in West View. The sinkhole, about 20 feet deep, appeared in the far-right northbound lane days after a construction crew repaired …

Your Norwin News

Norwin superintendent pushes for special education funding reform

By Brad Pedersen
Norwin Superintendent William Kerr hopes he, and a group of educators from across the state, can help reform special education funding in Pennsylvania. Kerr and three other educators presented a plan for funding special education to several local legislators, including …

Your Penn Hills News

Former Penn Aqua Club among proposed demolitions in Penn Hills

By Patrick Varine
The former Penn Aqua Club on Lynnwood Street will be demolished as part of two demolition packages awarded this month by the Penn Hills Municipal Council. Properties deemed unsafe and unsanitary are nominated for inclusion on the list. The Penn …

Your Penn-Trafford News

$57,000 in drilling fees earmarked for municipalities in Penn-Trafford district

By Chris Foreman
Municipalities in the Penn-Trafford School District will get more than $57,000 next month through a state program that dispenses payments according to the effect that drilling operations have within and near their borders. At $46,411, Penn Township will be the …

Your Plum News

Plum Council hires Muggli as information technology coordinator

By Karen Zapf
Jason Muggli has been happy for the past decade working in the IT department at BNY Mellon. A job alert for the position of information technology coordinator in the Plum municipal offices prompted his interest in the possibility of changing …

Your Sewickley News

Esmark celebrates new headquarters in Edgeworth

By Bobby Cherry
With an expansive view of the Ohio River from his new global headquarters, Jim Bouchard pondered Wednesday what moving his company — Esmark Inc. — to the region could mean for the area. “You’re going to see more financial companies …

Your South Hills News

Baldwin-Whitehall superintendent honored with JA award

By Brittany Goncar
Baldwin-Whitehall Superintendant Randal Lutz was selected as the 2013 Junior Achievement of Western Pennsylvania Educator of the Year. He is to be honored at a ceremony at 4 p.m. June 27 at the The Westin Convention Center Pittsburgh hotel. “It’s …

Your Twin Boros News

Oakmont eyes view protection for Hulton Road

By Liz Hayes
Oakmont Council is considering new landscaping, parking and other requirements for future Hulton Road developments with the goal of improving aesthetics and environmental impact. Councilman Thomas Briney on Monday presented a proposed View Protection Overlay Zone that would impact Hulton …