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Strong anticipated revenue next year from wage, business and real-estate transfer taxes will allow McCandless to keep its already low property-tax rate unchanged. The nearly $17.4 million general fund budget for 2020 is about $1.4 million lower than this year’s spending plan because anticipated money from grants — and line...

Residents in Cranberry Township who are 65 or older can get free smoke detectors next week from the volunteer fire department. The battery-operated smoke detectors will be distributed from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 9-11 at the municipal building located at 2525 Rochester Road. The devices will be handed...

The McCandless Police Department is partnering with North Hills Community Outreach to collect items for the needy during the holiday season. The following items are being collected at the police station along Grubbs Road in McCandless: • Fleece Blankets • Non-perishable food items • Board games • Gift cards to...

McCandless is hosting an afternoon event on Dec. 14 to help residents get into the holiday spirit. The Holiday Heritage event at the McCandless/Northern Allegheny County Heritage Center runs from 2 to 3:30 p.m. and will feature a variety of seasonal hits and carols performed by Toby Cordek, Amy Steele,...

The North Hills boys basketball team will lean on its up-tempo style of play to overcome a lack of size and experience. The Indians, who went 6-16 overall and 1-9 in Section 1-6A last season, will feature two seniors and four sophomores in their starting lineup this season. Senior Logan...

Ross Township commissioners are considering a budget for 2020 that keeps the property tax rate unchanged while earmarking significant spending for road repairs, park improvements, stormwater control and public safety. The nearly $40.38 million spending plan, which includes a $23.44 million general fund budget to cover most operating expenses, allocates...

A section of Jacks Run Road in Ross Township that has been closed since late June for work has reopened, the Allegheny County Department of Public Works announced. The road was closed north of Balsam Street June 24 to replace the structurally deficient Jacks Run Bridge No. 4. Jacks Run...

Just about everybody has read an obituary or two in their lives. They’re generally filled with flowery terms such as “loving husband,” “devoted mother” or “pillar of the community.” But have you come across the occasional obituary that is brutally honest? With increasing frequency, there are more and more authors...

For the first time in five years, Bradford Woods residents could receive a tax hike to help cover increases in road construction costs and borough operations, officials announced. And if it’s approved, the tax increase won’t be a small one. To generate more income, the proposed budget calls for raising...

The headache-inducing road-repair project that has snarled traffic at the busy intersection of Babcock Boulevard and Peoples Road in Ross Township since late June is complete. PennDOT announced Friday that the intersection’s original configuration has been restored and reopened to traffic. The posted detour for trucks will continue while the...

A Ross police lieutenant accused of making unprofessional and sexually explicit comments to fellow officers will serve a five-day suspension without pay. Township commissioners voted Monday night to suspend Lt. Matthew Grubb and ordered him and the entire police department to under go sensitivity, implicit bias and sexual harassment training....

At least two people were injured in a multi-vehicle crash along the 3800 block of Gibsonia Road in Richland on Saturday afternoon. The wreck on the road, also known as Route 910, was reported to police and Allegheny County 911 at about 2:20 p.m. Northern Regional Police are investigating. No...

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...

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...

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:...

Students at North Hills School District presented the fall play “Clue” over the weekend to packed audiences. The production is based off the popular board game....

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...

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...

Snow days could go the way of the fountain pen and dodge ball if the state OKs a request by the North Hills School District to replace them with Flexible Instruction Days that allow students to do classwork at home. The board of education approved a request earlier this month...

Threadbare Cider & Mead is expanding with a tasting room next to Wigle Whiskey inside Ross Park Mall on Friday. Threadbare produces alcoholic ciders and mead from regional apples, pears, berries and honey. Wigle Whiskey opened a tasting room and bottle shop at the mall last November. Wigle, based in...

Three weeks ago, Coconut was living in filth. The bright-eyed, bushy-tailed border collie was among 117 dogs stuck inside a Ross house in which the smell of urine, feces and ammonia was so strong that fire and animal rescue officials couldn’t enter it without wearing breathing masks. Many of the...

Allegheny County Sheriff’s detectives on Wednesday night arrested a man accused of firing gunshots at a woman in Ross last month. Deputies said they found Clinton Lance, 28, hiding in a bedroom at a house on Hays Street in Pittsburgh’s Homewood section. A search revealed multiple bags of marijuana and...

Northland Public Library helped mark September as “Love Your Library” month with a number of activities to help raise money to operate and improve the facility. A fall Book Sale from Sept. 27 to 29 offered a way for patrons to stock their home libraries with a wide variety of...