Tony LaRussa stories, Page 79

The sounds of the holidays season will fill The Block Northway in Ross Township with a month-long series of special events and performances featuring local singers, musicians and dancers. Here is the line-up of events and performances scheduled at The Block: • Nov. 29, noon to 1 p.m. — Chris...

McCandless residents in Ward 5 who are interested in serving on the town’s Environmental Advisory Committee have until Dec. 11 to apply for the volunteer post. Applications are being taken to fill the unexpired term of Angela Woods, who recently was elected as the Ward 5 representative to town council....

Money to build a disc golf course in Ross Township’s Denny Park is included in a pair of grants totalling nearly $300,000 that were obtained by state Rep. Adam Ravenstahl, D-Summer Hill. Ross will get $114,000 from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources for improvements that include construction...

The North Allegheny Foundation has announced the recipients of its 2020 Distinguished Alumni Award recognizing NA graduates who have made significant contributions to society. The Foundation will hold a gala Jan. 23 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh in Cranberry to honor the winners. Tickets to the gala cost...

The three volunteer fire departments in McCandless are teaming up for the fifth annual Toys for Tots drive to provide holiday gifts to needy children. New, unwrapped toys can be dropped off from 6 to 7 p.m. on Tuesdays during November at the following fire stations in McCandless: • Peebles:...

Activities are planned throughout the North Hills to help residents get into the holiday spirit. Here are some of the upcoming events scheduled: Nov. 23 — St. Brendan’s Holiday Craft Show and Cookie Walk: St. Brendan’s Episcopal Church in Franklin Park is hosting its annual Holiday Craft Show and Cookie...

The percentage of eligible voters who cast ballots for contested races in the North Hills was greater than the voter turnout for Allegheny County on Nov. 5, according to election results. But none of the municipal races in Ross, McCandless and Franklin Park were able to attract a majority of...

Four North Hills organizations will be receiving state grants totaling nearly $1 million for improvements, state Rep. Mike Turzai announced Tuesday. The Bradford Woods Republican helped secure a $250,000 state grant from the Gaming Economic Development Fund for the Ingomar Franklin Park Little League for renovations to Wall Park in...

Big Brother won’t be watching. But a new communications tracking system Ross is considering will be able to know if you contacted the township to request services or file a complaint. And more importantly, it will know if township employees are doing anything about that request. The new system, called...

Ross Township is holding its annual Holiday Craft Show featuring an array of vendors from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Nov. 23 at the municipal center. Vendors will include: • Norwex Independent Consultants: chemical-free cleaning cloths • Paparazzi Accessories: jewelry • Judith Loedding: stools and crafts • Thri Grendzinski:...

North Allegheny Senior High School’s fall play “The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940” kicks off Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Shows also are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Friday and on Nov. 21 to 23. The John Bishop contemporary comedy, which first appeared on Broadway in...

All charges have been dismissed against a Ross Township police officer accused of illegally using department computers to search internal files. District Judge Daniel Butler on Thursday dismissed the two felony counts of unlawful use of a computer filed July 22 against Mark Sullivan by agents from the State Attorney...

People interested in participating in Allegheny County’s “Holiday Project” to provide gifts for children who receive services from the Office of Children, Youth and Families can drop off donations at two locations in the North Hills through Dec. 6. New, unwrapped gifts can be dropped off at the Howard Hanna...

La Roche University in McCandless is hosting a series of diversity and cultural activities throughout November to mark International Education Week, a joint initiative of the U.S. State and Education departments that recognizes the importance of international education and student exchange worldwide. For the third year, the university is expanding...

Only one of the four incumbent members of the North Hills School Board who sought re-election in the Nov. 5 general election received enough votes to retain their seats. Of the nine candidates on the ballot, incumbent Helen D. Spade won re-election with the most votes — 5,247 or 12.78...

Two of the three incumbent North Allegheny school directors seeking re-election in Tuesday’s general election emerged victorious. Voters were asked to select five school board members from a field of nine candidates who all won party nominations in the spring primary. The two incumbents to win reelection on Nov. 5...

Three of the four incumbent Franklin Park council members seeking re-election were defeated in Tuesday’s general election. In the race for the Ward 1 seat, Dr. Jiang Li picked up 58.92 percent of the votes cast to defeat incumbent Councilwoman Laura A. Coombs. Coombs ran uncontested in the primary and...

Three new people were elected to the four McCandless council seats up for grabs in Tuesday’s general election. Incumbent council President Kim Zachary, who lost her bid for the GOP nomination in the spring primary, made it onto the Nov. 5 ballot by picking up 115 votes from Democrats to...

Three of the four incumbent Ross Township commissioners seeking reelection defeated challengers on Tuesday night to retain their seats. Seats for Ross Township commissioners representing Wards 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 were up for re-election. Incumbent Ward 5 Commissioner Grace Stanko, a Republican, was the only incumbent who failed...

A Ross Township man has pleaded guilty in federal court to soliciting sex from an undercover agent who was posing as a teenager. Thomas Perry Stultz, 37, was indicted by a federal grand jury in April on a count of attempted coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in...

Students in the North Hills School District will no longer get a day off when it’s too snowy to make it to school. The state Department of Education has approved a request by the district to replace snow days with so-called Flexible Instruction Days that allow students to work at...

A North Side man who was being sought on accusations that he sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl is behind bars. James McCray, 41, was charged earlier this week with unlawful contact with a minor, indecent assault and three counts of corruption of minors. He was arrested Thursday and placed in...

Burrell School District canceled classes Friday at Bon Air Elementary School, according to school officials. Officials attributed the closure to a partial power outage that affected the building’s heating system. The power outage does not appear to have disrupted classes at other district buildings....