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Proposed Gateway budget includes new positions, tax hike
Gateway School District will lose some teachers and supplemental contract workers through attrition, but could gain additional teachers, according to the district’s latest proposed budget. The district’s staffing projections were presented during a May 2 budget and finance committee meeting by Patricia Crump, the district’s director of human resources. Crump...
Portion of Hochberg Road to be closed for time Monday
A section of Hochberg Road will be closed for a time Monday as crews work to replace a light pole, a Monroeville alert said. The road will be closed between Old Frankstown Road and Noel Drive. Officials expect the closure to last until around 3 p.m. A crew from Duquesne...
Week-long ‘Camp Invention’ returns for 5th year at Gateway High School
Gateway High School will offer a week-long program in July through the National Inventors Hall of Fame, and is seeking students entering kindergarten through sixth grade to sign up. The program, Camp Invention, is in its fifth year at Gateway and this year will focus on creating solutions to real-world...
Portion of Route 48 in Monroeville closed due to Thursday night crash
Monroeville officials are urging drivers to avoid traveling on a portion of Route 48 after the road closed due to a crash Thursday night. In an alert issued at midnight, officials said the road, also known as Mosside Boulevard, was closed between Gateway Campus Boulevard and Macbeth Drive due to...
Plum CCAC Boyce student to travel, study abroad
A CCAC Boyce student from Plum has received a scholarship to study in Australia. Ashley Szymkowiak, 23, was given $1,000 and selected to participate in Phi Theta Kappa’s International Scholar Laureate Program. She will participate as a student scholar in the Delegation on Medicine and Science study abroad program in...
Monroeville business park, county courthouse to be filmed for ‘Manhunt’
Monroeville is getting back into show biz. But this time, instead of filming zombies at the sprawling Monroeville Mall, a site on the 172-acre Tech One Business Park will be transformed into a scene from “Manhunt: Lone Wolf,” the second season of an American true-crime miniseries. Pittsburgh Film Office Director...
Turtle Creek Valley COG recognized for work on blight
The Turtle Creek Valley Council of Governments received an award from Gov. Tom Wolf’s office for work to reduce blight in the area. The council of governments, which includes 20 communities east of Pittsburgh including Monroeville and Penn Hills, received the nod on April 24 from Wolf’s Office for Local...
Monroeville Clean Up Day honors former councilman
Monroeville’s 24th annual Jack Sedlak Memorial Clean Up Day was a sweeping success as more than 500 people showed up to pick up trash throughout the municipality, the event’s organizer said. The event, held April 27, netted 578 bags of litter, 36 tires and seven televisions, said Joe Sedlak, Monroeville’s...
Pittsburgh diocese to dedicate Monroeville veterans memorial
A military veterans memorial at a Monroeville cemetery will be dedicated May 18. The Catholic Cemeteries Association of the Diocese of Pittsburgh will dedicate the veterans memorial starting at 1 p.m. at a Good Shepherd Cemetery plot, located at 733 Patton St. Members of the public are invited to attend...
Cavitt Road in Monroeville still closed, officials determining scope of work
Officials in Monroeville are trying to determine the scope of work needed to reopen a municipal road that was closed almost 50 days ago. In an announcement posted to the borough website Monday, officials said they are looking into whether the issues that have caused Cavitt Road to be closed...
Special Olympics of Pennsylvania to host ‘UNcathlon’ to raise funds, awareness
The Special Olympics of Pennsylvania will host its third annual Pittsburgh UNcathlon in Schenley Park on Sunday. The event will take place from 8:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Schenley Park, where teams of six will compete in 10 physical trials that test speed, strength and endurance. There is also...
Penn Hills pet advocates raising money, starting website
A group of dog lovers in Penn Hills has banded together to raise money for a temporary holding space for lost pets and launched a website aimed at keeping track of them. Brittney Norris of PAWsitive Voice animal advocacy group hopes a $2,500 goal will be met in order to...
Three new faces, one incumbent, in Monroeville council race
Only one incumbent will seek re-election for Monroeville council while three new faces will vie for two available seats. All of the candidates are running as Democrats. Eric Poach is running for re-election after being appointed to fill a vacancy when former Ward 2 Councilman Nick Gresock became mayor. Steven...
Four incumbents, 3 challengers vie for Gateway School Board
Four Gateway School Board incumbents will run for re-election while three new faces have thrown their hats in the ring. The new candidates include Janette Beighel, Susan Delaney and the Rev. Scott Gallagher. The incumbents are Mary Beth Cirucci, George Lapcevich, John Ritter and Valerie Warning. Each candidate has cross...
Attorney General requests extension of controversial UPMC-Highmark agreement
The attorney general’s office has asked the state Supreme Court to temporarily extend the soon-to-expire agreement between Pittsburgh health care rivals Highmark and UPMC, saying it would be impossible to settle the long-simmering dispute before June 30. Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s filing on Wednesday said there is not enough time...
7 Democrats seek 2 Penn Hills council seats
There’s a crowded field of candidates seeking two Penn Hills council seats. Six challengers and one incumbent, all of whom are Democrats, are running in the primary. There are no Republicans on the ballot. The six challengers are Chuck Chieffo, James Getsy, Shawn Kerestus, Frank Pecora, Jace Ransom and Tyler...
2 Democrats vie to be new Penn Hills mayor
Two Penn Hills residents are vying for votes to be the municipality’s next mayor. Pauline Calabrese, 56, and John Petrucci, 57, have announced bids. They are both running as Democrats. Mayor Sara Kuhn will not seek re-election. Her term expires in December. Here are where the candidates stand on some...
Monroeville spelling bee winner advances to district
A Monroeville student will move on to a district spelling bee after correctly spelling the winning word “comrades.” Pierre DeFelice, a third grader at Divine Mercy Academy, received $300 for spelling the winning word correctly. He will move on to the Rotary District 7300 Spelling Bee at Seven Springs Mountain...
Western Pa. to have 7 hazardous waste collection events
An environmental organization will sponsor seven recycling events for household hazardous waste around the region through October. Pennsylvania Resources Council will hold events in Allegheny, Beaver, Cambria, Fayette and Washington counties to collect the items. Each event will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Below is a list...
Penn Hills residents to see small reduction in quarterly sewage bill
Penn Hills residents will save some money on their quarterly sewage service fee after the municipality decreased the bill by $5. The municipality recently decided to reduce its sewage service fee from $30 to $25, which is billed quarterly. The savings amounts to $20 a year per ratepayer. Manager Scott...
St. Paul Meals on Wheels offers Mother’s Day incentive
St. Paul’s Meals on Wheels will offer new members a free meal on Mother’s Day – May 12 – when they purchase a week’s worth of meals for $25. The group delivers to about 50 elderly residents of Pitcairn, Wall, Wilmerding, Trafford, Level Green and parts of Monroeville. About 700,000...
Allegheny Health Network CEO vows to expand amid Pittsburgh health care war
The challenges were many when Cynthia Hundorfean accepted the job as Allegheny Health Network’s CEO in 2016. For one, the hospital system reported a loss of $17.8 million in the first three months of 2016 and other losses in years prior. The other challenge was gaining respect in an industry...
Plum Chamber of Commerce to sponsor inaugural ‘Touch-A-Truck’ event
The Plum Chamber of Commerce will hold its inaugural Touch-A-Truck event. The event, held rain or shine, will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 4 at Plum Senior High School, 900 Elicker Road. There will be trucks and vehicles of all kinds for children to experience, such...
Concert in Plum to benefit two children with cancer
A North Huntingdon resident is organizing a benefit concert to raise money for two local children battling cancer. Chris Guenzel, a 1984 Gateway High School graduate, will hold Conrad’s Concert VIII from 7 p.m. to midnight April 27 at Zander’s Sports Bar/Palmieris Restaurant, 951 Old Frankstown Road in Plum. The...
No injuries reported in Plum house fire
A family and its three dogs are safe after a fire damaged their Plum home Friday. The fire was called in about 1 p.m. when Brian Churchfield, 44, noticed a fire in his laundry room. “My wife tried to throw a pitcher of water on it,” Churchfield said moments after...
