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Retired Fox Chapel surgeon puts down scalpel and picks up welding torchVideo
Robert Quinlin spent the better part of the past two pandemic years toiling away with sheet metal and geometric shapes. The retired bariatric surgeon from Fox Chapel handles a welding torch like a scalpel, cutting triangles, cubes, dodecahedrons — a circular-type structure with 12 flat faces — and other “golden...
Allegheny Health Network to require people wear surgical-type masks in all facilities
Allegheny Health Network officials announced changes late Friday to mask requirements for all facilities. AHN now requires all patients, visitors and care teams to wear a surgical-type, N95 or KN95 face mask. Such masks will be provided to those who do not have one. Officials said cloth face masks were...
Police: Baldwin man charged in connection with Stowe bar fight shooting
Allegheny County Police said a Baldwin man was responsible for a Thursday night shooting in Stowe that left another man hospitalized. Sedrick Riddick, 22, was charged with two counts of aggravated assault and taken to the Allegheny County Jail in Pittsburgh on Friday. Charges stem from a shooting around 7:30...
Sewickley Public Library cancels children’s programs due to covid concerns, staffing issues
Sewickley Public Library has suspended all children’s in-person programs for the month due to rising covid concerns and staffing shortages. The library serves about 750 children a month through its programs and outreach services at various schools throughout the Quaker Valley area. “We’re just hoping to resume services in February...
Fox Chapel Area plans new covid strategy to help keep students in schools
Fox Chapel Area School District officials hope to keep more students in school receiving in-person instruction during the pandemic through a new strategy and state Department of Health guidance. Test-to-Stay is a covid strategy that enables students and staff to continue learning and teaching in school while minimizing disruption of...
Pittsburgh police: Man shows up to hospital with gunshot wound 20 minutes after shots reported
Pittsburgh police are investigating after a man showed up to a hospital with a gunshot wound Thursday afternoon. Public Safety spokeswoman Amanda Mueller said a man who was shot walked into a hospital shortly before 5 p.m. The man was listed in stable condition. Officers were dispatched to the 6300...
Fox Chapel Area School District officials pledge to keep any tax increase in 2022-23 within state cap
Fox Chapel Area property owners should not expect to see any hike in real estate taxes beyond 3.4% for next school year. School district officials recently approved a resolution pledging to keep any tax hike within an inflation-based state limit. Act 1, passed in 2006 to provide property tax relief,...
Sewickley area communities reorganize their leadership for this year
Sewickley area councils and commissions have reorganized and set their leadership positions for this year. Aleppo The township commissioners reappointed George Jones and Arthur Williams as president and vice president, respectively. Jones and commissioners Dan Darragh and Amy Richert were each sworn in to new four-year terms. Judy Haluka was...
Monroeville Convention Center to host revamped wine and mac-n-cheese festival in early February
A wine and mac-n-cheese festival returns to the Monroeville Convention Center after a pandemic-year hiatus. It also comes back with a new name as promoters Dottie and Bob Miller of Jefferson Hills had added a few things to entice thirsty and hungry patrons. Women-n-Wine Purse Palooza Pierogies Mac-n-Cheese is the...
Sharpsburg councilman-elect moves out of town prior to being sworn in to new seat
Sharpsburg has an vacancy on council for a man who never served. Brian Kozera, who was elected to his first term on council in November, has moved out of town. “I decided to run for council because my love for Sharpsburg, wanting to see a better infrastructure, economical growth and...
Pittsburgh man accused of bringing loaded gun to Allegheny County Courthouse
A Pittsburgh man was arrested Wednesday afternoon for attempting to enter the Allegheny County Courthouse with a loaded gun, police said. Prince Kamoory El Akando, 28, of the city’s North Side neighborhood, surrendered to Allegheny County sheriff’s deputies after officials said he attempted to enter the courthouse via the Ross...
Baldwin-Whitehall schools end week with remote learning due to rise in covid cases, staffing issues
The Baldwin-Whitehall School District will shift to a remote learning plan for Thursday and Friday as a result of rising covid cases, district officials announced Wednesday. There already was no school on Monday due to the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. Superintendent Randal Lutz said the district expects to resume...
Sewickley officials seek permanent glass recycling site
Sewickley officials hope to establish a permanent glass recycling location in the borough to be used by the Quaker Valley Council of Government’s recycling program. Sites discussed by council at the Jan. 11 meeting were in Riverfront Park, the same area where recycling pop-up events took place the past couple...
Fox Chapel Area School Board makes masks optional under certain covid conditions
Masks will be optional for everyone inside Fox Chapel Area School District buildings after five consecutive days of low to moderate covid case levels. This marks a major change to the district’s health and safety plan approved by school board members Monday night. The vote was 8-0 with school director...
Pittsburgh Public Schools resume in-person classes at 5 schools, 21 schools to be remote Tuesday
Pittsburgh Public Schools is reopening five schools to in-person learning while closing 21 other locations, officials announced Monday. Students can report back to class Tuesday at Pittsburgh Carrick High School, Pittsburgh Liberty PreK-5, Pittsburgh Lincoln PreK-5, Pittsburgh South Hills 6-8, and Pittsburgh Whittier PreK-5. Staff and students at the 21...
No tax hike in this year’s Aleppo budget, all services kept
Aleppo Township property owners will not have to dig deeper into their wallets to pay real estate taxes this year. Commissioners recently adopted the 2022 budget and maintained the tax rate at 3.5 mills. It has been at least six years since taxes were raised. Projected revenue and expenditures were...
Diocese of Pittsburgh announces new safety protocols in response to surges in covid
All Diocese of Pittsburgh priests, deacons, choir members and everyone entrusted with the distribution of Holy Communion must wear masks during Mass, according to new safety protocols announced by diocese officials Friday. The diocesan protocol updates are based on the surge in community spread of covid and the highly contagious...
Edgeworth man sentenced to federal prison, ordered to repay nearly $2 million for tax evasion
An Edgeworth man convicted of tax evasion has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison and has been ordered to pay nearly $2 million in restitution. In imposing the sentence on Dean Britton, 57, U.S. Senior District Judge Nora Barry Fischer Judge Fischer said the case was one of...
Fox Chapel Area School District reports nearly 170 covid cases recently, in-person instruction continues
More than 160 covid cases have been reported in the Fox Chapel Area School District within the past few weeks, according to letters sent to district parents. The latest notice, sent out Thursday, alerts families of 22 new “confirmed or probably cases.” They include 10 at the high school, four...
Woodland Hills School District shifts to remote learning the rest of the month due to covid cases, related issues
Woodland Hills School District is moving to virtual learning for the rest of the month due to rising covid cases and related issues, district officials announced Thursday. Teachers and building administration will still need report to their buildings each day while the district is in virtual learning. The shift was...
Glen Osborne native living in Colorado left homeless due to wildfire
Jim and Katie Sullivan celebrated their first wedding anniversary just days after Christmas. The Glen Osborne native turned Colorado resident met his future wife several years ago in the Centennial State and the couple tied the knot on Dec. 29, 2020. Their first anniversary was to be part of a...
Verona council has new president, vice president
Verona council has a new president, vice president and some new members to start this year. Dave Matlin was appointed head of the table, and Joseph Warren was appointed second in command. Matlin served as vice president last year. Warren was appointed in July to fill the seat vacated by...
Sharpsburg mayor, council members sworn in to office
Sharpsburg has a new mayor, council president and vice president. Brittany Reno was sworn in as mayor by District Judge Matthew Rudzki at a reorganization meeting Jan. 3. Reno then swore in council members Karen Pilarski-Pastor and newcomers Kayla Portis, Carrie Tongarm and Sara Ishman. Adrianne Laing was named president,...
Oakmont has new mayor, council president, vice president and some new council members
Oakmont has a new mayor, council president, vice president and some new council members. Sophia Facaros was sworn in as mayor by notary Jill Springer at a meeting Monday night. Facaros then swore in incumbent Councilman John Arnold and newcomers Tracey Holst, Jamie Leonardi and Amanda Pagnotta. Lindsay Osterhout was...
Jefferson Hills holds the line on real estate taxes with new budget
Jefferson Hills property owners will not have to reach deeper into their pockets to pay real estate taxes this year. Council passed its 2022 budget and maintained the millage rate at 5.66 mills at a December meeting. The tax rate includes 5.225 mills for general purposes, 0.355-mill for fire protection...
