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North Park Lounge in McCandless closes after employee tests positive for coronavirus
A restaurant employee in McCandless has tested positive for covid-19, prompting the business to temporarily close. North Park Lounge owner Mark Baranowski posted a letter to the restaurant’s Facebook page Friday, stating an employee tested positive Thursday. He said the last day the employee worked was Saturday, June 20. In...
3rd McCandless council member resigns in as many months
A third member of McCandless Town Council has resigned in as many months. First-term Councilman Chuck Mazur, who represents Ward 3, announced that he is stepping down for health reasons. Mazur, a Republican, won the seat in November by defeating Democrat Deawna Marie Alfonsie, who ran unopposed for her party’s...
McCandless council adopts new rules to regulate Marcellus shale drilling
Energy companies looking to set up Marcellus shale drilling operations in McCandless will have to adhere to new rules that are being crafted by town officials. Council approved amendments to its oil and gas drilling laws to include shale drilling as a “pending” ordinance, which means even though some of...
Public hearing held on beer, wine sales at new McCandless Sheetz
Sheetz is promising to place strict controls on the sale of beer and wine at its new location in McCandless, a company spokesman said during a public hearing on a request to transfer a liquor license to the store. State law allows liquor licenses to be transferred from one location...
Warrendale company unveils device to help guard medical workers from coronavirusVideo
A North Hills company with five decades of experience manufacturing products for the airline and railroad industries has turned its attention to creating a new protective device that safeguards front-line medical workers while treating patients suffering from covid-19 and other airborne illnesses. Magee Plastics Co. in Warrendale has developed a...
Ross Township restaurant closing temporarily after worker tests positive for covid-19
The Wheelfish restaurant on Sangree Road in Ross Township is closing temporarily after an employee tested positive for covid-19. The employee, who has not worked at the restaurant since last week, was tested “to protect vulnerable members of their household and family” after traveling outside the area, company officials wrote...
North Allegheny planning in-person commencement for graduating seniors
The North Allegheny School District has scheduled an in-person graduation ceremony to honor the class of 2020 at Newman Stadium. The ceremony, which begins at 7 p.m. July 17, will include a procession, speeches by students and staff, performances and recognition of individual students. Graduates will receive their diplomas during...
Hard-to-recycle collection events scheduled in North Hills
North Hills residents who have hard-to-recycle items piling up can unload them at a series of events scheduled this summer. Organizations such as the Pennsylvania Resource Council were forced to cancel spring collection events to slow the coronavirus pandemic. New guidelines for the collection events will require patrons to place...
McCandless seeking GOP applicants to fill Ward 4 council vacancy
McCandless is seeking applicants from residents in Ward 4 who are interested in serving on town council through 2021. The person appointed to the post will fill the unexpired term of Councilwoman Joan Powers, who resigned earlier this month because she is moving out of the area. The town’s policy...
Ross slashes $2.1 million from budget to make up for pandemic losses
Ross Township has carved out $2.1 million from this year’s budget to cover an anticipated 10% loss in revenue resulting from the state-mandated shutdown of non-essential businesses. “Projecting out the remainder of 2020 at this point is at best a guess with the current state of affairs,” said Dan Berty,...
North Hills real estate transactions, June 21
Etna William Hohman Jr. sold property at 45 Sycamore St. to 100 Awoa LLC for $138,000. Franklin Park Andrew Aaron Mace sold property at 1555 Alaqua Drive to Benjamin and Crystal Risacher for $680,000. Peng Li sold property at 1634 Oakleaf Lane to Corey Yagesh and Lauren Beres for $485,000....
Carlynton alum, Ross resident publishes first collection; poems focus on work in food service industry
By day, he’s a professor of literature. By night, he’s one of countless food service workers taking orders, delivering meals and clearing dishes. Fred Shaw merges those worlds in his first published poetry collection, “Scraping Away.” “It’s a focus on the physical world, letting readers … drop into the world...
Back on the trail: Group hikes restart in Western Pa.
It’s safe to go hiking in groups again, at least for some groups. State restrictions for the prevention of covid-19 on group activities have prohibited group hikes since mid-March. However, with Allegheny and surrounding counties moving into the green phase allowing a number of public activities, local groups are offering...
Music in the air during McCandless Crossing concert series
McCandless Crossing is once again hosting a free Monday night summer concert series on the Town Green. The live concerts are held from 6 to 8 p.m. with the series concluding Sept. 5 with a Summer Sendoff concert. Due to social-distancing guidelines, attendance is limited to 250 people and masks...
Cinemark set to reopen Pittsburgh-area theaters
Cinemark plans to reopen four theaters in the Pittsburgh area in early July. Cinemark’s website said the North Hills and Robinson locations will be among the first Cinemark theaters to open in Pennsylvania, on July 3. The move is part of the company’s phased reopening from the covid-19 shutdown. Theaters...
Former Speaker Mike Turzai starts as Peoples’ general counsel
Former Pennsylvania House Speaker Mike Turzai’s whirlwind week continued Tuesday, when he started his life in the private sector as general counsel of Peoples, the Pittsburgh-based gas utility. His last day in office as speaker Monday was spent advancing two bills out of committee that would change how police are...
Ross adopts policy for new police body cameras
Ross Township police officers are on track to be issued body-worn cameras by the end of summer. Commissioners voted unanimously June 15 to approve a policy governing the police department’s use of body cameras to record encounters between law enforcement officers and the public. The process of obtaining the cameras...
Ross OKs organized bow hunt to thin deer population
Beginning in September, an organized group of archery hunters will fan out on public and private land in Ross Township to thin the herd of deer blamed with causing vehicle accidents, spreading Lyme disease through the ticks they carry and damaging expensive landscapes. Commissioners on June 15 voted 7-1 to...
Wexford salon offering free haircuts for medical workers, first responders
The owners of a Wexford styling salon are so elated with the prospects of emerging from the state-mandated shutdown that they are using it as an opportunity to thank emergency responders and medical professionals. Neha Patel, one of the owners of Tonic Salon, said the business opened in November but...
Marshall’s annual Community Day gathering canceled
Marshall Township has canceled the annual Community Day celebration typically held in late August to help slow the spread of coronavirus. “Who we are as a community is so much more than can be captured in a one-day event,” township officials wrote in a news release announcing the cancellation. “The...
Speaker Turzai formally resigns, district office in McCandless to remain open
The district office of state Rep. Mike Turzai, who formally resigned Monday from the House of Representatives, will remain open until a successor is elected in November, according to a top-ranking member of the legislature. Turzai, who served as Speaker of the House, creates a vacancy in the 28th House...
Depreciation Lands Museum reopening after pandemic shutdown
Beginning July 12, the Depreciation Lands Museum in Allison Park will once again offer visitors a chance to experience life during the Colonial era. The museum at 4743 South Pioneer Road in Hampton will be open from 1 to 4 p.m. every Sunday through October, with several fall events already...
Around-the-clock work to start along Franklin Park’s Brandt School Road
To reduce impact on local traffic, contractors working along a stretch of Brandt School Road in Franklin Park will begin around-the-clock shifts starting Monday night, according to the Allegheny County Department of Public Works. Work between Corporate Drive and Wexford Bayne Road already is being done between 6 a.m. to...
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of June 14
Bellevue William Glaser sold property at 17 Florence Ave. to Chelsea Dungan for $95,900. John Stillwaggon sold property at 30 Lincoln Ave. to James Wolfe and Lena Laskaris for $181,000. ZMF Propertes 1 L.P. sold property at 57 N Sprague Ave. to Matthew George and Rebekah Kathleen Bauer for $225,000....
North Hills puts end to 6-year run of tax increases
As promised when the budget for 2021 was introduced in mid-April, the North Hills School Board has approved an $84 million spending plan that holds the line on property taxes. While it remains unclear how much the state-mandated shutdown of businesses will impact the district’s revenue, officials said they did...
