Emily Balser stories, Page 10
UPMC joins clinical trial for leukemia treatment
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center is joining a collaborative clinical trial for acute myeloid leukemia to explore new ways of treating patients. The Beat AML Master Clinical Trial, led by the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, will use genetic testing to determine the best course of treatment for the cancer. It affects...
Deer Lakes High School hosts prom for senior citizens
If you’re over 55 years old and looking for an excuse to dress up and have some fun then you’re in luck. The Deer Lakes High School National Honor Society is putting on a Senior Citizen Prom Night in May as a way to provide a night of entertainment for...
Landslide closes portion of Squaw Run Road in Fox ChapelVideo
A portion of a Squaw Run Road in Fox Chapel is closed indefinitely after a landslide Saturday evening. Fox Chapel police sent out a Nixle alert warning drivers Squaw Run Road will be closed between Hunt Road and Squaw Run Road East until the landslide can be cleaned up. The...
Dozens attend annual sunrise Easter service at Allegheny ObservatoryVideo
Dozens of people braved the rain and cold weather Sunday morning to attend the annual sunrise Easter service on Pittsburgh’s North Side, Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV reported. This is the 85th year for the interdenominational event held at Allegheny Observatory in Riverview Park. The service started at 6:30 a.m. with...
Car crashes into Shaler restaurant, but disaster averted
Police are investigating what caused a motorist to cross two lanes of traffic, strike a pole and crash into a building Sunday afternoon in Shaler. Shaler police Lt. Sean Frank said the crash happened around 3 p.m. when the driver crashed into the Barrel Junction restaurant, 3108 William Flynn Highway....
World War II vet, 94, gets high school diploma
World War II veteran Emilio Saldari, 94, was surprised with a Springdale High School diploma during his induction into the Allegheny Valley Alumni Hall of Fame on Saturday. Saldari, of Springdale Township, never got to graduate because he was drafted in 1943. A group of students prepared the surprise and...
People travel hundreds of miles to celebrate Sri Lankan New Year in Harrison
Nalinda Wickramasinghe and his 8-year-old son, Thesath, traveled about 150 miles to celebrate the Sri Lankan New Year in Harrison on Sunday. The family comes from Cleveland to attend the celebration each year at the Pittsburgh Buddhist Center to keep the traditions alive for the children and relish in the...
Harmar board rules Feeding the Flock is not a church, leaders to decide next step
Harmar’s zoning hearing board decided Thursday to deny Feeding the Flock’s request to move into a former church and run a house of worship and food pantry. The nonprofit organization had hoped to move into the former Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses building at 490 Nixon Road. The zoning officer...
Anytime Fitness pledges donations to Roaring Run Trail, Rachel Carson Park
An Alle-Kiski Valley business owner is hoping to give back to help maintain outdoor recreation areas in two communities. Matt McCool, owner of Anytime Fitness gyms in Cheswick and Allegheny Township, plans to give $25 for each person who joins by May 15 to the Roaring Run Watershed Association and...
Harmar to decide on group’s application to open food pantry, worship site
Harmar’s zoning hearing board will meet Thursday to decide whether to allow Feeding the Flock Ministries to move into in a former church to open a food pantry and worship site. The nonprofit organization hopes to move into a former Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses building at 490 Nixon Road....
Springdale Township set to vote on regional police force
Springdale Township officials are expected to decide next week if they will move forward with creating a regional police department with Cheswick. Officials will vote on the measure at the supervisors meeting at 7 p.m. April 18 at the township building, 100 Plate Drive. Residents can view the proposed ordinance...
Harmar bridge work put off until July
A planned closure of Jacoby Road in Harmar has been postponed until later this summer. The road originally was expected to close Monday for repairs to the bridge that carries it over Little Deer Creek, but the contractor decided to wait until July 15 to accommodate trout season. State law...
Eli Bussotti’s parents meet Freeport man who received the teen’s organsVideo
Eli Bussotti’s parents never imagined their son’s organs would go to someone who lives barely 5 miles away. Joy Krumenacker and David Bussotti lost Eli, 17, in October following a car crash. The still-grieving parents from Brackenridge and Tarentum on Tuesday met Chad Ravotti of Freeport, who received one of...
Deer Lakes singing, dancing to the strains of ABBA in ‘Mamma Mia’
Deer Lakes High School drama students are preparing to transport the audience to Greece with their performance of “Mamma Mia.” The musical takes place in Greece and tells the story of Sophie and Donna. Sophie is getting married and wants her dad to walk her down the aisle, but has...
PennDOT works to fix faulty temporary traffic signal in Frazer
A faulty temporary traffic signal at the Butler-Logan Road bridge in Frazer caused excessive wait times for motorists over the weekend, PennDOT said Monday. Some drivers took to social media to report wait times of up to 10 minutes at the signal at Butler-Logan and Murray Hill roads. Signals have...
Loan program that benefits women, minority entrepreneurs may become permanent
A micro loan program designed to help woman- and minority- owned small businesses in Pittsburgh may become a permanent offering for local entrepreneurs. The Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh board is expected to vote Thursday to make the Micro-Enterprise Loan Program permanent. The loan program was started in 2018 by...
Allegheny Valley Hospital raises flag to raise organ-donation awareness
Officials from Allegheny Valley Hospital celebrated Donate Life Month on Monday with a flag-raising ceremony. National Donate Life Month is celebrated every April to encourage people to register as organ, eye and tissue donors and to honor those whose organ donations have saved or extended other people’s lives. Across the...
Longtime Oakmont manager Adeline Brown remembered for service to community, family
Adeline Brown spent her life dedicated to serving the only place she ever called home — Oakmont. As a first-generation American, she took pride in the town her parents emigrated to from Italy in the early 1900s. She served as Oakmont’s secretary beginning in 1947 at only 18 years old...
2 houses damaged in Duquesne fire
Two houses were damaged and one person is displaced after a fire in Duquesne on Sunday. The fire was reported around 11:20 a.m. at an abandoned house at 18 South Seventh St. The fire quickly spread to a neighboring house that was occupied. Duquesne Volunteer Fire Department Chief Frank Cobb...
Pittsburgh Mills mall’s uncertain future worries shoppers, Frazer officials
It’s been nearly a year since a new owner bought the Pittsburgh Mills mall in Frazer, touting plans to redevelop the struggling, 14-year-old facility. Despite the owner’s hopeful nature in May, township officials say they still haven’t met or had any communication with Long Island-based Mason Asset Management and are...
Jacoby Road in Harmar to close for bridge repairs
Jacoby Road in Harmar will close this month while Allegheny County replaces part of the bridge that carries the road over Little Deer Creek. The closure will begin April 15 and is expected to last through the end of July. Drivers will have to use a posted detour utilizing Nixon...
Springdale Township seeks volunteers for clean-up day
Springdale Township is looking for volunteers to help with its Community Clean-Up Day. The clean-up will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 27 beginning at the township building, 100 Plate Dr. The event is held to clean-up litter from the streets and parks. Safety vests, gloves and...
Cheswick to vote on police merger with Springdale Township
Cheswick Council is expected to vote Thursday on the creation of a regional police department with Springdale Township. After more than a year of discussion and studying the options, both municipalities in March began advertising an ordinance that would make the consolidation official and rename the departments as the Allegheny...
Last chance to ask questions about Cheswick’s proposed police merger
Cheswick officials will hold a final question and answer session Wednesday on the proposed police merger with Springdale Township. The session will be held from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the borough building, 220 South Atlantic Ave. Councilman Michael Girardi said council sent out a five-page letter to all...
Harmar plans free furniture, appliance haul-aways during May
Harmar residents who want to get rid of old furniture or appliances can have them hauled away for free next month during the township’s annual spring trash collection. Morrow Refuse will be traveling to different parts of the township each Friday in May to collect large items. The township will...
