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Hari and Shyamala Elluru of Franklin Park have moved around a lot for work since arriving in the U.S. from India in 2013. Before moving to Green Tree four years ago, the Highmark Health software developer and his wife lived in Colorado, Texas and Connecticut. But a search for the...

Traffic will be disrupted through November along a section of Route 19 in Cranberry for a more than $8.4 million road resurfacing project, PennDOT announced. Work to repave 7.4 miles of roadway from the Allegheny-Butler county line past the Zelienople area began April 5. The project by Lindy Paving includes...

North Hills Home Show The North Hills Home Show will take place April 23-25 at the North Park Sports Complex in Hampton, offering three action-packed days of experts, exhibits and demonstrations to educate and entertain. Show hours will be 3-8 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m....

Bellevue Commonwealth Business Group Inc. sold property at 441 Jefferson Ave. to Joseph Clyde Reboton Jr. for $268,000. William Stanish sold property at 556-558 Lincoln Ave. to Cecchini Properties LLC for $282,500. Benjamin Burkley sold property at 706 Orchard Ave. to Steven Walker for $240,000. Jeffrey Myers sold property at...

Traffic will be detoured around a section of Union Avenue in Ross Township starting Monday morning for bridge work, PennDOT announced. Beginning at 7 a.m. April 5, Union Avenue, or Route 4012, will be closed to traffic between Edies Way and Williams Street through late May. Crews are replace the...

Thirty-four streets in McCandless are scheduled to be resurfaced this year as part of the town’s annual paving program. Council voted unanimously in February to award a $999,492 contract to Youngblood Paving of Wampum, Lawrence County, which was the lowest responsible bidder for the annual paving program. Town manager Bob...

Dick Friedline derives genuine pleasure from working in the kitchen — slicing fruit, mixing salad and packing lunches. It’s a good thing, since he compiles up to 180 meals a day in his job as manager of Elfinwild Meals Ministry, a delivery service that sends meatloaf, lasagna, hot dogs and...

Editor’s note: Neighbor Spotlight is a monthly feature that aims to let our readers learn more about the people in their communities who are working to make them a better place, who have interesting stories to tell or who the community feels deserve “15 minutes of fame.” If you would...

Only research and time will tell the long-term toll the pandemic has taken on mental health and well-being. But North Allegheny School District officials already know that health concerns, isolation during shutdowns and the interruption of routines have frayed many children and adults during the past year. To begin addressing...

Allegheny Health Network has appointed Dr. Katie Farah to serve as chief medical officer for the new 160-bed AHN Wexford Hospital scheduled to open this fall. Farah is a practicing gastroenterologist and therapeutic endoscopist with AHN’s Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition and serves as the department’s chief quality officer....

Sharpsburg has joined a growing list of municipalities to ban coal tar, a chemical used to seal asphalt driveways and which has been linked to certain cancers. “It’s so important that we do everything in our powers to leave the world in a better place than we found it, or...

Applications are open for vendors for the Cranberry Township’s farmers market. Starting June 4, the farmers market will take place every Friday from 3-7 p.m. in the front parking lot of the Cranberry Twp. Municipal Building. To learn more or register, visit www.pghnorthchamber.com. Carnegie Science Center’s Lettuce Grow Together! program...

Bradford Woods William Chewning sold property at 47 Forest Road to Cathy Reed for $280,000. Shophouse Home LLC sold property at 4944 Wexford Run Road to Nathaniel Blume trustee and Megan McGarry trustee for $660,000. Franklin Park Nancy Hamilton trustee sold property at 2567 Aldon Drive to Amy McGuigan for...

As of Tuesday afternoon, Giant Eagle’s mass vaccination clinics at Heinz Field on Thursday and Friday are full. Giant Eagle spokesperson Dick Roberts said that while additional clinics will take place, he cannot comment on how many more there will be. Appointments are required. Only those eligible under Pennsylvania’s Phase...

A Ross/West View paramedic contends in a federal lawsuit that she has been subject to repeated instances of sexual harassment spanning almost three decades by colleagues and supervisors there, including a supervisor exposing himself to her, and being touched inappropriately. In addition, Jenifer A. Swab, 57, said that she is...

The Reformed Presbyterian Church of North Hills has launched a new weekly service to help people grappling with emotional issues as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. “Since this is an email subscription, it is not at all geographically limited,” said Susan Myrick, a volunteer with the church. “We invite...

Free compost in McCandless Leaf mulch for residents will be available at the parking lot between the McCandless/Northern Allegheny Heritage Center and the Lorraine G. Rogers Soccer Fields this spring. Delivery of the mulch will take place on March 26 and again on April 9. Compost will not be available...

Bellevue Kenneth William Wagner sold property at 601 Highland Place to CJ Real Estate Management GP for $75,000. Franklin Park Estate of Sharon Opperman sold property at 2565 Aldon Drive to Daniel and Mary Lechok for $292,000. Timothy Merolillo sold property at 2532 Brandt School Road to Jacob Dalton Gitzen...

CCAC student awarded scholarship Community College of Allegheny County student Melinda McCloskey, of Wexford, has been named a 2021 Coca-Cola Academic Team Bronze Scholar and will receive a $1,000 scholarship. The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation sponsors the Coca-Cola Academic Team program by recognizing 50 Gold, 50 Silver and 50 Bronze Scholars...

A Ross commissioner is calling for the township’s rank-and-file police officers and the police department’s administration to call a truce and start repairing their fractured relationship. A series of incidents during the past several years — and the way they were handled by the department — have created deep animosity...

A pair of North Allegheny Senior High School sophomores – Brendan White and Benjamin Quint – are this year’s PennDOT’s District 11 Innovation Challenge winners. Students across the state who are participating in this year’s competition were asked to come up with an innovative and implementable solution that helps address...