Allegheny Neighborhoods News
Main Street improvement projects popping up all over Allegheny
By Brian BowlingCommunities across the region are taking steps from planting flowers to reshaping their streets with the intent of attracting people and businesses. The Forest Hills Community Development Corp. has been working for more than a decade to improve the borough’s …
Your Alle-Kiski Valley News
Cops seeking Harrison bank robber
By Brian C. Rittmeyer 10:22 p.m.Authorities are seeking a white male who robbed the First Niagara Bank in the Natrona Heights section of Harrison late this afternoon. Initial reports indicated the male had shoulder-length hair and was wearing a white ballcap. He had a green …
Your Carlynton News
High School Showcase shows off Chartiers Valley’s diversity
By Megan GuzaTen months of practice and preparation by more than 100 students culminated in a three-night showcase of performances and exhibits at Chartiers Valley High School last week. The district’s High School Showcase took place Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, and …
Your Cranberry News
Seneca Valley video students named award winners
By Tribune-ReviewStudents in Seneca Valley’s video production classes returned from Robert Morris University’s Annual TVT Student Video Festival last week. Senior Mike Lancy won first place in the Documentary category for his film “Behind the Lines,” and the cast and crew …
Your FoxChapel News
Fox Chapel man to cycle 300 miles for charity
By Tawnya PanizziEric Rickin of Fox Chapel is counting down the days to a well-planned mid-life crisis. There’s no sports car or ill-advised fling on tap, but for someone who admittedly lacks spontaneity, a 300-mile bike ride to Washington D.C. fits the …
Your Hempfield News
Hempfield Area OKs tentative plan for 2013-14 budget
By Richard GazarikHempfield Area school directors are dipping into their cash reserves to balance the 2013-14 budget, but that infusion of cash is not enough to stave off a 1.5-mill tax increase. The school board on Monday adopted a tentative budget that …
Your Latrobe News
Latrobe, Derry, Ligonier pools ready for summer of watery fun
By Greg Reinbold 9:00 p.m.As summer approaches, area community pools are gearing up for another fun-filled swim season. The Derry Community Pool will open Friday for special Memorial Day weekend hours and then reopen for the full season May 31. Latrobe’s Rogers-McFeely Memorial Pool …
Your McKeesport News
Steel Valley choir to share stage with classic rock icon Foreigner
By Michael DiVittorioSteel Valley High School choir members will have the experience of a lifetime sharing the stage with an iconic rock band on Friday night. Students will perform the classic rock staple “I Want to Know What Love Is” with Foreigner …
Your Monroeville News
News Alert
By Tribune-Review 10:30 p.m.After several months of contentious politics in Monroeville, voters turned out Tuesday to cast their ballots in local elections. There were contested races for party nominations for Gateway School Board, Monroeville Council and the office of mayor. …
Your Mon Valley News
Parking meters seen as double-edged swords
By Chris Buckley 8:19 p.m.A downtown shopper is preparing to make a purchase when through the storefront window they spy a meter maid preparing to post a ticket on their windshield. The parking meter had wound down to zero. The customer runs out of …
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Your Mt. Pleasant
Mt. Pleasant to accelerate installation of warning siren
By Karl Polacek 7:12 p.m.Mt. Pleasant council decided Monday to accelerate the installation of a severe storm warning siren following the severe storm outbreak in Oklahoma. Council had received a grant and purchased a warning siren, but it had yet to be installed. Additional …
Your Murrysville News
After complaints, Franklin Regional stifles a ‘Howl’
By Daveen Rae KurutzFranklin Regional administrators have removed a controversial poem from the district’s curriculum after parents complained about its explicit language and graphic nature. “Howl,” a poem published by beat poet Allan Ginsberg in 1956, had been used in senior English elective …
Your North Hills News
Sheen helps provide shine to La Roche’s graduation
By Dona S. DreelandEven if some of the 20-somethings in the audience didn’t know the finer points of the commencement speaker’s career, they heard his words. After Martin Sheen — an actor, social activist and Catholic — addressed La Roche College’s 2013 graduates …
Your Norwin News
Dems to seek nominations to fill Reynolds’ North Irwin seat
By Brad PedersenNorth Irwin Council is seeking someone to replace the late, longtime councilman Bernard Reynolds — at least for now. The Westmoreland Democratic Committee will name a candidate to run for remainder of Reynolds’ North Irwin Council term in November. In …
Your Penn Hills News
Penn Hills, Plum vets join for Memorial Day ceremony
By Patrick VarineVeterans’ groups in the east suburbs will be doing more than enjoying the opening of pool season for Memorial Day. They will be honoring the men and women who gave their lives fighting America’s wars. In Penn Hills, members of …
Your Penn-Trafford News
Penn-Trafford officials seek input on remodeling
By Chris ForemanPenn-Trafford School Board members are asking residents to share their thoughts over the next three weeks about what should be included in the remodeling of the high school. After reviewing estimated costs for everything from replacing the plumbing to building …
Your Plum News
Plum assault suspect back in jail
By R.A. MontiA Plum man accused of assaulting his ex-girlfriend and crashing his car into a Washington Township gas station in April is back in Westmoreland County jail. At his preliminary hearing Monday, David Dwayne Cass Jr., 23, was ordered back into …
Your Sewickley News
Heritage Valley nursing program to merge with Community College of Beaver County
By Tribune-Review 10:21 p.m.Heritage Valley Health System’s 97-year-old Sewickley School of Nursing will shut down and transfer its students into an existing program at the Community College of Beaver County by fall, officials said Tuesday. Over the next few months, Heritage Valley’s first-year …
Your South Hills News
Volunteers help bring festive atmosphere to Spring-a-Rama
By Stephanie Hacke 9:00 p.m.The sweet, fresh scent of the pastries sizzling in the fryer wafts through the air. The sound of the man on the loud speaker, enticing people to buy that “50/50 raffle ticket,” or to come play bingo in the cafeteria, …
Your Twin Boros News
Oakmont, Verona dining options served up at library’s ‘Taste of Two Towns’
By Julie MartinWhile a party isn’t likely the first thing that comes to mind when contemplating a trip to the library, the Oakmont Carnegie Library will offer a delicious opportunity to do just that with its upcoming “A Taste of Two Towns” …
