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Bridgeville adopts final 2021 budget with no property tax hikes
Bridgeville council ratified the borough’s spending plan that did not raise property taxes for the next year during its meeting Monday. Council voted unanimously to adopt the $3.3 million budget, which includes 2.5% salary raises for police and public works employees. Other expenses for the police department – which has...
WPIAL football players sign with Division I FBS, FCS programs
Division I FBS Senior football players from the WPIAL who signed with Division I programs: Name, high school, pos., college • Evan Azzara, Plum, OL, Miami (Ohio) • Derrick Davis, Gateway, S, LSU • Khalil Dinkins, North Allegheny, TE, Penn State • Elliot Donald, Central Catholic, DT, Pitt • Trevor...
Number of coronavirus cases varies in Signal Item communities
As coronavirus cases continue to surge in Allegheny County and across the country, the communities within the Signal Item coverage area have varying numbers of both positive cases and deaths. As of Dec. 16, there have been 245 total cases of the novel coronavirus in the Borough of Carnegie since...
Andrew Carnegie Free Library celebrates the Icelandic ‘Christmas Book Flood’
If you are on social media and you love books, chances are you’ve had someone send you a picture of a Christmas Tree made out of books, or a post about the Icelandic people who give and receive books on Christmas Eve. I am skeptical about much of what I...
Charges recently filed in Scott, Carnegie district courts
District court judges in Scott and Carnegie handled these criminal cases recently. Defendants will have court dates set in appropriate district courts or the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. Judge Jack R. Kobistek, Carnegie • Steven H. Whitmore, 45, of Pittsburgh on charges of simple assault, recklessly endangering another...
Scott Township 2021 budget holds line on taxes, no service cuts proposed
Scott Township used a little more than $2 million in money left over from this year’s budget to make up for an expected drop in revenue in 2021. Supervisors voted unanimously Dec. 8 to approve a more than $12.6 million spending plan with no tax increase. The budget is about...
In brief: Visits from Santa, free Christmas Day dinner and more in Carnegie, Kirwan Heights
Kirwin Heights Fire Department and Collier EMS are partnering to bring Santa in his sleigh to Kirwan Heights VFD area neighborhoods 6-8 p.m. Dec. 20. For more information, visit kirwanfire.com. Trib offering journalism scholarships Trib Total Media is now accepting applications for both the Scholarship for Diversity in Media and...
South Fayette to honor veterans with military banners next year
South Fayette officials plan to honor veterans from the township by hanging military banners next year. Community development coordinator Andrea Iglar discussed the idea during this month’s commissioners meeting. The presentation is available on the township’s website. “We look forward to being able to recognize the men and women who...
South Fayette budget adopted with no tax increase, EMS funding approved
South Fayette Township property owners will not have to worry about a real estate tax hike as part of next year’s municipal budget. Commissioners unanimously adopted their 2021 spending plan Wednesday. It maintains the millage rate at 4.73 mills, the same as the past few years. Projected revenue and expenditures...
Scott, Upper St. Clair area real estate transactions for the week of Dec. 13
Carnegie RKW Real Estate LLC sold property at 517 E Main St. to Thomas Hughan for $200,000. Collier Tobiann Mousessian sold property at 607 Aylesworth Ave. to Danielle Kirker for $136,000. Mina Patel sold property at 2040 English Turn Drive to Daniel Mark and Bethany Lynn Pisula for $639,900. Federal...
Chartiers Valley girls keep winning streak alive with win over game Baldwin squad
Chartiers Valley waited exactly nine months to pick up their 59th consecutive victory toward breaking a state record winning streak. Now the Colts will have to wait another four weeks before attempting to win No. 60. The top-ranked girls Class 5A team in the district and the state bottled up...
Signal Item communities’ coronavirus numbers vary
As coronavirus cases continue to surge in Allegheny County and across the country, the communities within the Signal Item coverage area have varying numbers of both positive cases and deaths. As of Dec. 8, there have been 197 total cases of the novel coronavirus in the Borough of Carnegie since...
Remembering Richie Cole at the Carnegie Carnegie
The holiday season is here, but the Music Hall is closed due to covid. It makes me nostalgic. We lost a good neighbor, dear friend and phenomenal talent when Richie Cole passed away last May. The saxophone virtuoso, composer and arranger was born in Trenton, N.J., and lived ‘everywhere’ as...
Crafton Celebration of Lights kicks off Dec. 12
Crafton Borough’s Celebration of Lights, a donation-based, self-guided light tour, highlights 14 area homes and benefits the Crafton-Ingram Food Bank. The first annual event is an initiative of Crafton’s Parks and Recreation Committee. Tickets for the tour, which runs Dec. 12 through Jan. 3, can be purchased online at craftonborough.com....
In brief: Weight loss group, Nutcracker online and more in South Fayette, Carnegie
Looking for a great Weight Loss Club? Come and join our happy little TOPS group. Lose weight and make new friends. For more information, call Jane at 412-279-6140 or 412-452-6964. The Nutcracker — online This holiday tradition continues with the Carnegie Performing Arts Center Dec. 15-25. Christmas time brings to...
Undefeated state champions lead Trib 25 football all-stars
Two WPIAL teams went unbeaten from start to finish, remarkable seasons that included lopsided wins, running clocks and record-setting stats. Ultimately, WPIAL champions Central Valley and Pine-Richland both celebrated undefeated state titles in Hershey. Their dominance — outscoring opponents by more than 400 points — is represented here in the...
Trib HSSN 2020-21 WPIAL Class 5A boys basketball preseason breakdown
This will surely be a boys basketball season like no other. WPIAL teams are set to tip off Friday and embark on a masked journey through a schedule likely to change many times as the year progresses. Teams all have hopes of hoisting a WPIAL championship trophy in March, much...
SouthBridge EMS asks Bridgeville, Cecil and South Fayette townships for financial help
SouthBridge EMS, the ambulance service provider for Cecil and South Fayette townships and Bridgeville, is in some financial distress due covid-19. Executive Director Daniel Miller said patient transports dropped by 40% in March and April. Calls also went from an average of 230 per month to about 150, and transportation...
South Fayette Elementary School moves temporarily to remote learning
South Fayette Elementary School is going remote today through Dec. 7 due to three new positive cases of covid-19, according to a letter from South Fayette School District Superintendent Dr. Ken Lockette. In the letter posted to the district website Dec. 2, Lockette said that the three new cases bring...
A different kind of holiday season at the Carnegie Free Library
Anyone who’s worked at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall for any of the last six Decembers will tell you about the magic and conviviality of our traditional holiday collaboration with the borough, known as “Carnegie Celebrates the Season.” For three special hours, Carnegie families share in the...
Charges recently filed in Bridgeville, Scott, Carnegie district courts
District court judges in Bridgeville, Scott and Carnegie handled these criminal cases recently. Defendants will have court dates set in appropriate district courts or the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. Judge Maureen McGraw-Desmet, Bridgeville • Zacary Tay Hesselgesser, 19, of Chicora, Pa., on charges of prohibited acts, possession of...
Aliquippa, Chartiers Valley lead all-conference football team in Parkway
Aliquippa’s Vernon Redd and Chartiers Valley’s Anthony Collura earned all-conference honors on both sides of the football in the Class 4A Parkway. Along with first-team honors, Redd was named the conference’s offensive MVP and Collura earned the defensive award in a vote of coaches. Aliquippa and Chartiers Valley claimed eight...
In brief: Virtual wine tasting fundraiser, basket raffle and more in Carnegie, Bridgeville
Myasthenia Gravis Association fundraiser The Myasthenia Gravis Association of Western PA is hosting a virtual wine tasting/painting party to benefit MGA’s free patient support services. The virtual event will be held 7-8:30 p.m. Dec. 10. For a $50 donation to MGA, participants will receive a link to participate in the...
Scott, Upper St. Clair area real estate transactions for the week of Nov. 29
Bridgeville Michael Mulholland sold property at 722 Chess St. to Selder & Son LLC for $215,500. Jeffrey Druzak sold property at 622 Elizabeth St. to David and Jessica Morrison for $209,000. Priminvest Corp. Inc. sold property at 182 Liberty St. to Segavepo LLC for $175,000. Justin McKean sold property at...
Construction underway at McLaughlin Run Park
A flood mitigation project has begun in Bridgeville’s McLaughlin Run Park. The ballfield there is being lowered four to six feet and trash racks are being installed in the stream in order to prevent large debris from blocking upstream culverts during high water and from getting to bridges downstream in...
