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Plum School District approves new deal with its food services department
Plum School District officials recently inked a new three-year deal with their food service workers. The previous contract expired in June. The new deals runs through this school year and the next two. District Business Manager John Zahorchak said the five cook managers and 25 other food service workers will...
Medical examiner IDs man shot, killed in car in Pittsburgh’s Highland Park area
A man was fatally shot inside a vehicle in Pittsburgh’s Highland Park area Wednesday night. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner identified the victim as Lavonte Martel Howard, 28, of Pittsburgh. City Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz said officers responded to a Shotspotter alert for multiple shots fired shortly before 8:10...
Pittsburgh police: Man in critical condition after being struck by vehicle
A man was taken to a Pittsburgh hospital in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle in the city’s Homewood West neighborhood. Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz said officers responded to a pedestrian struck by a vehicle shortly before 5 p.m. Wednesday along the 800 block of Lincoln Avenue....
Protesters in Downtown Pittsburgh disperse, 3 from splinter group arrested
Pittsburgh police have arrested three people in connection with a protest downtown Wednesday night, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety officials. The arrests came after a small group of protesters broke off from a larger group and began overturning every garbage can they passed and knocking over traffic signs shortly before...
Tree planting near Beulah Presbyterian Church provides environmental boost to Churchill area
Volunteers from several organizations came together late last month to make the landscape of Churchill a little greener. More than 70 people planted 115 trees in the area between Beulah Presbyterian Church, its nearby cemetery and the Parkway East. The church partnered with Garfield Community Farm and Plant Five for...
Fire displaces 5 Harmar residents
The Allegheny County Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating a blaze that displaced five Harmar residents. Flames erupted in a garage at 241 Sweet Gum Road shorty after 9 p.m. Tuesday. Firefighters from several nearby communities were able to knock it down in about an hour and limit the damage to...
DUI, theft cases among those recently handled in Judge Zucco’s Plum court
Plum District Court Judge Linda Zucco handled these cases recently. Defendants will have court dates set in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. Charges were filed by Plum police unless otherwise noted. Held for court • Chasity Gervasoni, 28, of Duquesne on charges of receiving stolen property, driving with...
2 of the 3 people killed in Saturday’s shooting in Pittsburgh’s Allentown have been identified
Allegheny County officials identified two of the three people killed in a Saturday night shooting in Pittsburgh. City police continue to investigate the incident, which took place shortly after 9 p.m. along Beltzhoover Avenue near Edgemont Street. Laffayette Gordon, 21, and Joseph Hendricks, 17, both of Pittsburgh, were fatally shot...
Oakmont Thanksgiving food drive underway for Rosedale Food Pantry
Food pantries like the one in Penn Hills’ Rosedale Methodist Church are preparing to serve more families than usual this holiday season. “This is our busy time,” said John Dick, Rosedale Food Pantry director. “It will probably increase this month and through Christmas.” The pantry helps an average of 170...
Oakmont emergency siren continues to cause problems for some residents
An Oakmont emergency siren continues to cause headaches for residents in the upper part of the borough. Ann Morrison lives along Hulton Road near Tenth Street Elementary, where one of three borough sirens go off for emergency calls. She told council at its Nov. 2 workshop meeting the siren causes...
News briefs: Oakmont library launches revamped website
Oakmont Carnegie Library’s website has a new look. The site was updated in October to make it more user friendly. There are tabs near the top of the main page with links to upcoming events, online resources, departments and contact information. It is also easier to search the library catalog...
Giant Eagle grant boosts Plum School District food service, free meals available for pickup
A donation from Giant Eagle has made delivering meals to Plum School District students a little easier during the covid-19 pandemic. The supermarket chain recently gave $1,000 to the district’s food services department. “We used the grant money to purchase mobile carts used to transport carryout meals, and we also...
Polling places: Where to vote in Sewickley and surrounding communities
Election day is Nov. 3. The Allegheny County Elections Division said all 1,323 polling locations will be open that day from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Anyone in line at 8 p.m. will still be allowed the vote, according to the county’s website. The county website states poll workers will...
Oakmont Chamber Halloween event brings out costumed crowdVideo
Della Harbadin put her right hand in, took her right hand out, then put her right hand back in and shook it all about. The 10-year-old Oakmont resident dressed as Disney’s Mulan did the socially distanced hokey pokey as she and hundreds of other trick-or-treaters made for a great turnout...
Moon Area High School, middle school closed until Nov. 5 due to covid-19 cases
Moon Area High School and middle school will be closed for about a week after someone from the high school tested positive for covid-19, Superintendent Barry J. Balaski announced Thursday. Balaski posted the message on the front page of the district’s website, moonarea.net. Students from both schools will continue learning...
Grand opening of new Penn Hills Goodwill rescheduled due to construction
The opening of a new Goodwill store and donation center in the Penn Hills Shopping Center has been rescheduled. Doors to the new shop next to Planet Fitness off Rodi Road were to be opened Friday. David Tobiczyk, vice president of marketing and development for Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania, said...
Polling places: Where to vote in Plum
Here is a list of the voting locations in Plum, broken down by district: • Districts 1 and 19: Plum Senior High School, 900 Elicker Road • District 2: Logans Ferry Heights Volunteer Fire Dept., 1001 Summit Ave. • District 3: Longwood at Oakmont Wellness Center, 500 Route 909 •...
Penn Hills School District officials suspend academic eligibility requirement, stick with PIAA standards
Penn Hills School District officials have temporarily suspended an academic eligibility requirement for athletics and other activities due to students struggling with learning during the first nine weeks of school. The board voted 7-0 Wednesday night to move forward with the plan. Board Vice President Yusef Thompson Sr. was absent....
Penn Hills School Board has a new member
The Penn Hills School Board has a new member. Resident Marisa Jamison was selected out of two candidates to fill the vacant seat left by Kristopher Wiegand, who resigned Oct. 13. Jamison, a 1987 North Catholic High School graduate, has bachelor’s and masters’ degrees in criminology from Indiana University of...
Polling places: Where to vote in Oakmont
Here is a list of the voting locations in Oakmont, broken down by district: • Districts 1 and 2: Tenth Street Elementary School, 901 Pennsylvania Ave. • District 3: Oakmont borough building, 767 Fifth Ave. • Districts 4 and 5: Oakmont United Methodist Church, 419 Maryland Ave. • District 6:...
Plum School District to seek state covid-19 relief
Plum School District officials are seeking state assistance to recoup covid-related expenses. School board members voted 8-0 on Oct. 27 to make district chief financial officer John Zahorchak its agent to apply for relief through the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency. Board member Angela Anderson was absent. Zahorchak said Plum is...
Fall Greek Food To-Go event may become new tradition for Oakmont church
An Oakmont church already known for its annual food festival might have started a new tradition this year. The Dormition of the Theotokos Greek Orthodox Church hosted a Greek Food To-Go event Oct. 24 and 25 in order to help recoup some of the financial losses incurred due to the...
West Mifflin Area High School to be closed through Nov. 11 because of covid-19 cases among staffers
West Mifflin Area School District officials have closed the high school for the next two weeks due to a rise in covid-19 cases. A letter informing parents about the closure, which starts Wednesday and is expected to be through Nov. 11, was posted on the district’s website. The message was...
St. Louise de Marillac closure extended due to more covid-19 cases
The closure of St. Louise De Marillac Catholic School in Upper Saint Clair has been extended due to more covid-19 cases, Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh officials announced Tuesday. Officials closed the pre-K through eighth-grade school earlier this month, as well as suspended its football program, after three people tested positive...
Plum hosts free Halloween drive-in movie at Larry Mills Park
Plum’s Larry Mills Park was haunted with laughter and the occasional screams of movie attendees as the borough presented its fifth and final movie this year. About 100 people on Oct. 24 attended the free screening of “The Addams Family,” the 2019 animated version from directors Conrad Vernon and Greg...
