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Waste hauler asks Ross to ban glass from curbside recycling; officials want alternatives
The company providing trash collection for Ross residents is asking township commissioners to ban glass from curbside recycling because it often contaminates other items that can be processed for reuse. In a letter to the township requesting the change in the contract, officials from Waste Management of Pennsylvania wrote that...
North Allegheny moving forward with schedule changes at middle school despite questions about cost
The North Allegheny School Board has approved changes in the middle school schedule next year designed to boost mathematics and improve the learning environment, according to school officials. Facing a three-week deadline before students must begin scheduling classes, the board voted 6-3 to move forward with the schedule changes even...
North Hills jazz band provides sounds of the season for annual Mardi Gras celebration
Members of the North Hills High School Jazz Band invited friends, family and neighbors to mark Leap Day on Feb. 29 with a Mardi Gras celebration. The event featured musical performances by the jazz band, activities for kids, a photo booth, basket raffles and refreshments, including a selection of “all-you-can-eat”...
Genealogists to host program on using university archives for family history search
The North Hills Genealogists’ March 16 program will feature two representatives from local universities who will discuss how to use school archives to search for family history. Julia Corrin, the Carnegie Mellon University archivist, and Molly Tighe, the archivist and public service librarian at Chatham University, will discuss how to...
Art show at Heritage Center in McCandless runs through April 1
The North Hills Arts Center is joining with the McCandless/Northern Allegheny Heritage Center for a show at the museum featuring a variety of pieces produced by local artists. The show, which opened Feb. 19 and runs through April 1, includes pottery, glass, watercolor, acrylics and oil paintings. Some of the...
Tickets on sale for North Allegheny spring show ‘Titanic: The Musical’
North Allegheny Senior High School is set to perform its spring show “Titanic The Musical.” The tale chronicles the maiden voyage of the “unsinkable ship” on which more than 1,500 men, women and children lost their lives when the ocean liner struck an ice berg in the Atlantic on April...
The Week: North Hills – Feb. 23-29, 2020Video
Here are some of the recent Tribune-Review news and features from the North Hills. For more details on these and other stories, follow the links below or see Triblive.com. • Game commission recommends Ross institute managed archery hunt to thin township’s deer population • Vincentian Academy closing at end of...
Local Daughters of American Revolution chapter responds to international ‘challenge’ to honor first U.S. president
The North Hills chapter of the National Society Daughters of American Revolution is always looking for opportunities to commemorate and celebrate significant moments in United States history. But marking those milestones doesn’t typically come by responding to a challenge. This year, the Kushkushkee Trail N.S.D.A.R. Chapter of the North Hills...
St. Brendan’s Episcopal collecting items for people in Haiti
St. Brendan’s Episcopal Church is offering the following programs. • The Justice Ministry is gathering donations of gently used goods for shipment to needy people in Haiti. Requested items are sewing machines, lightweight clothing, bicycles, toothbrushes, toothpaste, toiletries and school supplies. Donations may be dropped off at the church. •...
Upcoming show at North Hills Arts Center something to bark, squeal about
The North Hills Arts Center is hosting a free art show opening from 7 to 9 p.m. March 14 that will benefit two local animal rescue organizations: HelloBully, which rescues pit bulls; and the PigsburghSquealers pig rescue group. Supporters of the animal rescue groups can donate at the opening or...
Person taken to hospital after rollover wreck on McKnight Road in Ross
One person was taken to the hospital after a vehicle rolled over Thursday morning on McKnight Road, Ross Township police said. Northbound traffic had been detoured for a period after the incident, which was reported at around 11:30 a.m. in the 4700 block of the road. The crash occurred in...
Game commission recommends Ross institute managed archery hunt to thin township’s deer populationVideo
A state game warden is recommending Ross Township hold a managed archery hunt as a sure-fire way to thin the herd of the deer devouring expensive landscaping, causing vehicle wrecks and exposing residents to Lyme Disease from the ticks they carry. Game Warden Zeb Campbell, whose district covers an area...
Vincentian Academy closing at end of school year amid declining enrollment
Vincentian Academy in McCandless will close its doors after 88 years because of declining enrollment, school officials announced on Tuesday. Vincentian has suffered from financial hardships because of a dwindling number of students the past several years, said Sister Mary Elizabeth Miller, the provincial of the Western Province of the...
Teen vaping dangers topic of North Hills School District’s upcoming town hall
The North Hills School District will host a Town Hall meeting March 19 that will focus on the dangers teenagers face from vaping. The program, which runs from 6:30 to 9 p.m. in the North Hills Middle School auditorium, will feature a panel of experts from law enforcement and the...
North Hills gets good grades from parents on work-at-home snow days
The North Hills School District’s first use of a state program that lets kids work at home when school is cancelled because of weather or for other reasons was a success, according to a survey of district parents. The state Department of Education gave the district permission in November to...
Shaler police warning residents about scammers posing as Amazon reps
Shaler police are warning residents about scammers posing as representatives from Amazon trying to collect payments. Police say several residents reported receiving calls and “official looking” emails asking them to make a payment to Amazon by buying eBay and Target gift cards and then providing them with the numbers, police...
Tick awareness program hosted by Longvue Acres Garden Club at Northmont Church
Sealarks Women’s Group will meet at 1 p.m. March 11 at Memorial Park Church, 8800 Peebles Road, McCandless. There will be a program on hypnotherapy presented by Richard Bush. This group provides Christian fellowship and social activity for women alone – widowed, divorced or never married. All women alone are...
Retired Steelers player Chris Hoke takes on new role as church leader
Retired Pittsburgh Steelers nose tackle Chris Hoke’s devotion to the Mormon faith was important enough for him to put his college football career at Brigham Young University on hold for two years so he could serve as a foreign missionary. That lifelong devotion, which began in earnest with a covenant...
The Week: North Hills – Feb. 16-22, 2020Video
Here are some of the recent Tribune-Review news and features from the North Hills. For more details on these and other stories, follow the links below or see Triblive.com. • Excitement surrounding North Park eagles inspires upcoming program • Food-shopping trends prompt Giant Eagle to trim overnight hours in Ross,...
Ross delays vote on cemetery expansion request so objectors can review revised plans
Ross commissioners have put off a vote on whether to allow the second phase of North Side Catholic Cemetery’s expansion project to proceed so objectors can have more time to review the plans. The decision to delay voting on the site plan as well as a request to deviate from...
Ross official says different entrance might be solution to reopening Short Line Hollow Park
Ross Township’s Short Line Hollow Park is likely to remain closed until officials can come up with a plan to address the issues that forced the municipality to shut it down last fall. The township closed Short Line Hollow in October when it began dumping debris being excavated from the...
Ross Township commissioners award more than $1.5 million paving contract
Ross Township’s three-year blitz to address complaints from residents about the poor condition of streets has allowed officials to spend more this year on improving the municipality’s stormwater management system. Ross commissioners on Monday awarded a nearly $1.54 million road paving contract to Shields Asphalt Paving Inc. Beginning in 2017,...
Food shopping trends prompt Giant Eagle to trim overnight hours at some locations
Changes in customer shopping habits and the increase in the number of 24-hour convenience stores offering items typically sold in supermarkets has prompted Giant Eagle to end around-the-clock operations at four stores, company officials said. The stores in Monroeville, McIntyre Square in Ross, Shaler and the city of Washington will...
Chill family fun focus of Winterfest at McCandless Crossing
The unseasonably mild temperatures won’t be enough to put a damper on Winterfest at the McCandless Crossing shopping center on Saturday. The day-long event, which will feature a variety of family friendly activities, will be highlighted by an ice carving demonstration from 2 to 4 p.m. on the Town Green....
Heritage Center in McCandless serving as backdrop for art show
The North Hills Arts Center is teaming up with the McCandless/Northern Allegheny Heritage Center for a show at the museum featuring a variety of pieces produced by local artists. “This show allows the community to not only explore the history of the area, but to see new creations from fellow...
