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Sewickley council appoints Ed Green to fill vacancy
Sewickley council members have pulled from the borough planning commission to fill a vacancy. Councilman Hendrik van der Vaart of Ward 2 resigned from his elected post last month. He’s moved out of state. His term expires at the end of 2023. Planning commissioner Ed Green was unanimously appointed Thursday...
A Pittsburgh business plans to relocate to Sewickley
A Pittsburgh-based business consulting firm plans to move its headquarters to Sewickley. AE Works, founded by Sewickley resident Michael Cherock, wants to relocate from Sandusky Street in the city to 418 Beaver St. in the borough. The building in question is the former Explore Sewickley office, a nonprofit dedicated to...
Shaler Scout hopes to make Eagle with food pantry for hometown libraryVideo
Folks in need of food can find some for free at the Shaler North Hills Library courtesy of an Eagle Scout hopeful. Xander Hill, 16, of Shaler developed a food pantry for the facility at 1822 Mt. Royal Blvd. The roughly 6-foot-tall cabinet was stocked Sept. 2 with canned goods,...
Pittsburgh police seek hit-and-run driver in Lawrenceville incident, victim stable
A man was hospitalized in stable condition after being struck by a vehicle in Lawrenceville. Pittsburgh Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz said city police responded to the hit-and-run of a pedestrian around 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at the intersection of 40th Street and Penn Avenue. Cruz said officers found the victim...
Dormont bank robbery suspect identified, arrested
Allegheny County Police have identified a man accused of robbing a Dollar Bank in Dormont. Angelo Koupas, 51, of Carnegie was apprehended Tuesday on two counts of robbery and one count each of theft, receiving stolen property and terroristic threats. Charges stem from an incident at about 6:40 p.m. Aug....
Baldwin Township welcomes new officer, hopes for more recreation
Baldwin Township officials welcomed a new officer to their police force. The commissioners recently hired Joshua Keach as a full-time patrolman. Keach was formally introduced via the commissioners’ Zoom meeting Tuesday. Police Chief Terrence O’Brien said Keach will start Wednesday. “I’m really looking forward to start work,” Keach said. “I’m...
Plum EMS to host free car seat safety checks
Plum EMS and police want to make sure a family’s precious cargo is safe and secure when traveling. That’s why the borough’s first responders are hosting a car seat safety check from 3 to 6 p.m. Sept. 10 at the ambulance station at 1990 Old Mine Road. “It’s for the...
Pittsburgh police: man robbed at gunpoint in Lincoln-Lemington
A man was robbed at gunpoint early Tuesday by multiple individuals at a home in Pittsburgh’s Lincoln-Lemington neighborhood, according to city police. Public Safety spokesman Chris Togneri said officers responded to the robbery report near Lincoln and Lemington avenues around 1 a.m. Tuesday. When officers went to the home, they...
Plum EMS earns silver award from American Heart Association
Plum EMS recently received recognition from the American Heart Association for its efforts to improve the treatment of patients with severe heart attacks. The ambulance company was given the AHA’s Mission: Lifeline EMS Silver Plus Award. The program is designed to showcase EMS organizations across the nation for excellent STEMI...
Pittsburgh police seek help finding man missing since early July
Pittsburgh police seek public help finding a man missing for more than a month. Authorities said Bryan Kisiel, 41, was last scene in Squirrel Hill North on July 6. He’s described as a white man standing 6 feet 3 inches tall, weighing around 180 pounds with brown hair and brown...
Pittsburgh police looking for driver of a Ford Mustang that hit pregnant pedestrian
A pregnant pedestrian was struck by a car along East End Avenue in Pittsburgh on Wednesday afternoon, according to police. Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz said the woman was walking on the sidewalk around 4:20 p.m. and was waiting to cross the street at a crosswalk at Tuscarora Street when...
Police: Suspected Pittsburgh drug dealer arrested in Spring Hill
A suspected Pittsburgh drug dealer out on state parole was arrested Wednesday after Allegheny County detectives discovered narcotics at his Spring Hill home. Vaughn Malone, 33, was taken into custody as part of an ongoing investigation by city and county police, Allegheny County Police Inspector Michael Peairs reported. Officers executed...
Sewickley’s End of Summer Sidewalk Sale to boost borough businesses this week
Sewickley Chamber of Commerce officials hope a new event will give borough businesses a boost this week. The inaugural End of Summer Sidewalk Sale along Beaver Street kicks off Wednesday and runs through Saturday. Chamber President Diana Kauffman said 21 businesses are slated to participate, and are offering various sales...
A new beer distributor may be coming to Heidelberg, car dealership expanding services
A new beer distributor may be coming to a familiar spot in Heidelberg, while a car dealership in the borough plans to add detailing bays. The planning commission Tuesday night approved recommending to council a conditional use request for a beer distributor license at 1906 E. Railroad Street. The vote...
Sewickley physician remembered as dedicated doctor, family man who loved helping people
Dr. Charles Edward Clarke dedicated his life to helping people both professionally and personally. He practiced medicine for more than 60 years before retiring from his practice in Glen Osborne in December 2012. The longtime Sewickley physician died at his home on July 26. He was 98. Anne Clarke Ronce,...
Oakmont retaining wall beautification project to be completed by OctoberVideo
A retaining wall beautification project along Allegheny River Boulevard near the Oakmont and Verona border might be completed within a few weeks. Apollo-based Santamaria Landscaping crews began their effort to restore the wall near the viaduct between the two boroughs in July. Senate Engineering Senior Inspector David Hodges was at...
Medical examiner IDs 1-year-old boy shot and killed inside Rhine Place home
A 1-year-old baby has died after being shot in Pittsburgh. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office identified the boy as Zykier Young. City police responded to 911 calls and a Shotspotter alert for multiple shots fired shortly after 6 p.m. Monday along the 100 block of Rhine Place in the...
Police: Man in critical condition after being shot multiple times in Mt. Oliver
A man is hospitalized after being shot multiple times in Mt. Oliver. Allegheny County police said they were called to assist borough officers with a shooting incident around 3:40 p.m. Monday along the 200 block of Anthony Street. Emergency responders found a man along the 100 block of Church Street...
Oakmont police sergeant retires; 2 volunteers prepare to join fire department
Oakmont police Sgt. Jack Eaton has called it a career after nearly three decades in law enforcement. He served the borough for the past 27 years as a patrolman and later sergeant. The lifelong borough resident, Riverview High School and University of Pittsburgh graduate was on the Verona police force...
Pittsburgh officer on administrative leave, investigated for complaints about personal Facebook posts
A Pittsburgh police officer has been placed on administrative leave and is under investigation for an alleged offensive social media posts made on the officer’s personal Facebook page. Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz reported Friday that the Office of Municipal Investigations is investigating the complaint. OMI analyzes and investigates citizen...
New Kensington welcomes a new trendy restaurant/brewery: Voodoo at the RitzVideo
New Kensington native Phil Imm knows having new businesses in town can be a blessing for the local economy. So when the chance came up to help run a brewery near his backyard, he grabbed it. Voodoo at the Ritz is open for business in New Kensington. “It means a...
Penn Hills School District to feed online, hybrid learners throughout upcoming school year
Penn Hills School District officials have a plan to ensure students stay fed this school year no matter if they come to class or learn online. The first day of school for the estimated 3,100 students is scheduled for Sept. 8. Students coming to class will be split into two...
Ross deer population management program to begin next month with archery hunting season
Ross Township’s inaugural deer population management program kicks off next month in connection with deer archery hunting season. Commissioners in June approved an organized bow hunt on public and private land to reduce the number of deer in the township. About a dozen hunters from Wexford-based Suburban Whitetail Management LLC...
Penn Hills School District to spend more than $1 million on new boilers for high school, elementary
The Penn Hills School District plans to spend more than $1 million to replace boilers at the high school and elementary school. District plant manager Bora Caliskan said two of five boilers at the high school and one of three boilers at the elementary school are not working. Boilers have...
Police: Man who walked into Pittsburgh hospital after being shot has died
A man who walked into a Pittsburgh area hospital with a gunshot wound has died. City police spokesman Maurice Matthews said officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert for a shooting around 7 p.m. Wednesday along the 500 block of Norton Street in Mt. Washington. Responding officers discovered a vehicle that...
