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Man dies after car goes over East End hillside
A man died Sunday afternoon after his vehicle went over a hillside in Pittsburgh’s Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar neighborhood. Pittsburgh police, EMS and fire units responded to the crash at 3:20 p.m. at Chaucer Street and Lincoln Avenue, according to a Pittsburgh Public Safety spokeswoman. William Boulware, 75, of Pittsburgh was pronounced dead...
Hot day for hot rods at the Veterans Anything With Wheels car showVideo
Trisha Cavanaugh didn’t build a 1972 Chevy Vega with a 6-liter, all-aluminum LS engine and a power-glide transmission to haul it around in a trailer. “I built it to be a car I could drive on the street, and I take it to Keystone Raceway,” said Cavanaugh, a White Oak...
Concerns over proposed gas-powered plant in Elizabeth Township to be aired
Residents in communities along the Youghiogheny River in Westmoreland and Allegheny counties are expected to air concerns Tuesday during a meeting in West Newton about the potential environmental impact of a proposed natural gas-fueled power plant to be built in Elizabeth Township. The meeting, planned for 7 p.m. at the...
The Stroller, June 26, 2023: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Dog treats needed by Animal Protectors Animal Protectors of Allegheny Valley...
Carnegie Mellon professor reflects on 2022 Titanic trip on same sub that imploded
Alex Waibel fiddled with his computer and a headset-mounted microphone that transcribed his every word. And he waited. And waited. Around 8 a.m. July 14, 2022, the Carnegie Mellon University professor boarded OceanGate’s Titan submersible — the same one that would implode deep below the surface of the north Atlantic...
Retiring New Kensington-Arnold principal to head science foundation’s effort in city
New Kensington native Nicole Roberts is ready to retire from her more than three-decade career in public education — but not from being an educator. Roberts, 54, is retiring effective Sept. 11 as principal of H.D. Berkey Elementary School in Arnold. She will continue working as program director of the...
Chemo drug shortages hit cancer treatment centers across Pittsburgh region
The chemotherapy drugs cisplatin and carboplatin have become difficult for hospital systems across the country to access in recent months, disrupting cancer treatments and leading health care providers and patients to worry about the future. According to the Society of Gynecologic Oncology, platinum drug shortages, including cisplatin and carboplatin, were...
In brief: Chartiers Valley area happenings, week of June 26, 2023
Chamber awards scholarship The winner of the 2023 Common Good Foundation Scholarship, awarded through the South West Regional Chamber of Commerce in Collier, is Ezmerelda Shaub. A recent graduate of Canon-McMillan High School, Ezmerelda received $1,000 toward pursuing a degree at Slippery Rock University. At Canon-McMillan, she was a National...
NICU reunion brings together former patients of all ages to celebrate survival
Treating infants in the neonatal intensive care unit means caring for babies who are the “sickest of the sick” and the “tiniest of the tiny.” For the doctors, nurses and others treating little patients at such a fragile stage, seeing those kids grow up is a chance to celebrate. “Sometimes,...
Springdale Township man faces drug charges after traffic stop
A Springdale Township man faces charges after more than 4 ounces of marijuana was found in his car during a traffic stop in Westmoreland County, police say. Demitri Lee Fritch, 20, of Springdale Township was charged with intent to distribute drugs, two counts of intentional possession of a controlled substance...
Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival nears half-century mark
The slate that Deb and Fred Rost use as a canvas for their artwork comes from Vermont — but they don’t have to go nearly that far to sell it. The Latrobe residents have been bringing products from their Stenciled Slates business to the Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival for...
Building the Valley: Family atmosphere key to success at Tarentum’s Magic Shears Styling Salon
Since opening in 1988, Magic Shears Styling Salon in Tarentum has been like home to clients from the Alle-Kiski Valley. That’s because through 35 years of owning the business, the Altfather/DeVita family has treated clients as family members. And it’s that menality that has kept the doors revolving. It helps...
Police: 2 in critical condition after Homewood shooting
Two men were transported in critical condition from a shooting early Sunday morning in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood, according to police. Officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert just before 5 a.m. on the 7000 block of Kelly Street, where they found two male victims. Medics transported one man who police said...
Police: Cyclist dies of injuries in North Side shooting
Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a man riding his bicycle along Federal Street Sunday morning on Pittsburgh’s North Side. Police responded to Federal Street at West North Avenue around 7 a.m. and said they found a man who had been shot in the back. He was taken to...
Police: Zelienople man fatally shot 2 women at New Sewickley home
A Zelienople man faces criminal homicide and kidnapping charges, after police said he shot two women with a rifle and barricaded himself inside a New Sewickley house on Saturday afternoon. Police were called to the 400 block of Klein Road around 2 p.m. Saturday. The first officers on scene encountered...
Remember When: Balloonist looking to be country’s 1st airmail pilot crashes in Tarentum
The first attempt to deliver mail by air in Western Pennsylvania occurred in 1840, about 63 years before the Wright Brothers made their first flight. Richard Clayton, a balloonist, took off from an amphitheater in Allegheny Town, now the North Side area of Pittsburgh, on May 4, 1840, to carry...
Pittsburgh police seek info on missing Sheraden twins
Pittsburgh Police detectives are seeking information to help locate missing 12-year-old twin brothers who were last seen on Saturday. Police said Kam and Karter Winesickle left their home on Stanhope Street in Pittsburgh’s Sheraden neighborhood at 5 p.m. Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or 412-323-7800....
Sewickley area real estate transactions, week of June 25, 2023
Bell Acres Weststar Realty LLC sold property at 724 Campmeeting Road to Aurum Assets Ltd. for $85,000. Franklin Park Jonathan David Willey sold property at 2508 Notre Dame Ct to Russell and Ashley Mills for $751,100. Robert Luffy sold property at 1732 Sturbridge Drive to Ramiro Delaguerra and Anita Chandra...
Fox Chapel area real estate transactions, week of June 25, 2023
Aspinwall Estate of Bernard Held II sold property at 103 Delafield Road to Main Street Food & Beverage LLC for $720,000. Patricia Held sold property at 105 Delafield Road to 2312 Main LLC et al. for $155,000. Etna David Kephart sold property at 24 Wilson St. to Terry and Susan...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of June 25, 2023
Chalfant Lashwan Hall sold property at 136 Greenfield Ave. to Kevin Griffin for $159,000. Edgewood Luke Klein sold property at 300 Maple Ave. to Joshua and Katherine Riley for $810,000. Ellen Sciulli sold property at 1233 S Braddock Ave. to Marshall Krassenstein for $271,500. Forest Hills Patrick Cooper sold property...
North Hills area real estate transactions, week of June 25, 2023
Bellevue Estate of James Lewellis sold property at 242 Irwin Ave. to JSP Restaurant Group LLC for $179,000. Jean Paul St. sold property at 85 S Euclid Ave. to Jonathan Otte and Danielle Christine McGrath Hermann for $255,000. Etna David Kephart sold property at 24 Wilson St. to Terry and...
Chartiers Valley area real estate transactions, week of June 25, 2023
Bridgeville John Misitis sold property at 1001 Grandview Ave. Apt 102 to Agnes Delach for $112,500. Raymond Castner trustee sold property at 140 May Ave. to Mickael Lee Hanson for $106,500. Edward Brethauer III sold property at 715 Washington Ave. to Pristine Pools LLC for $200,000. Richard Vidra sold property...
Bethel Park real estate transactions, week of June 25, 2023
Bethel Park Betta Lee Heilman sold property at 592 Galway Drive to James and Terry Dixon for $175,000. Curtis Dunn sold property at 5212 Lark St. to Luis Angel Alcaraz Tapia for $125,000. Rohlyn Invests LLC sold property at 5393 Main St. to Delia Echo Ramseyer for $145,000. Calvin Hodder...
Indiana Township boy is youngest recipient of Boy Scouts of America’s prestigious Meritorious Action Award
An Indiana Township boy received a rare honor when the Boy Scouts of America’s Laurel Highlands Council convened for its annual meeting June 13. Cameron Aziz, 8, a member of Cub Scouts Pack 381, received the organization’s national Meritorious Action Award for saving his 9-month-old brother, Cyrus, from choking in...
The Stroller, June 25, 2023: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Tarentum concert to feature Murphy’s Music Center Band Tarentum Summer Concert...
