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Leechburg Area High School celebrates 100th anniversary; public open house tonight
It isn’t every day a public school building turns 100. So, when Leechburg Area High School reached that milestone on Thursday, a celebration was in order. “This is such a contribution to the town for investing resources into our school district for 100 years, which we very much appreciate. To...
Charges dropped against Arnold code officer, 2nd man involved in brawl after both decline to testify
Charges were dismissed Thursday against two men involved in brawl outside a firefighters club in Arnold after they decided not to testify against each other. One of the men, Albert Colelli Jr., 51, of Arnold, faced a felony count of aggravated assault along with simple assault and disorderly conduct in...
Unions contend UPMC’s market dominance suppresses workers’ wages
Two labor organizations filed an antitrust complaint against UPMC with the Department of Justice accusing the health care giant of using its market dominance to tamp down wages and trap workers in low-paying, unsafe conditions. In a 55-page complaint filed Thursday, SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania and the Strategic Organizing Center contend...
Keeping tradition alive: Poor Yorick’s plans Shakespeare performances in Monroeville
Poor Yorick’s Players started with a dream in 2006: to bring Shakespeare in the Park to Monroeville and the Pittsburgh region. “We’re dedicated to keeping the historical tradition of Shakespeare alive by focusing on the universal impact of Shakespeare’s words,” Dana Babal, president and artistic director, said. The troupe’s mission...
5 things to do in Westmoreland County this weekend: May 19-21
Retro rock Rock all the way back to the ‘90s with two tribute shows this weekend at The Lamp Theatre, 222 Main St., Irwin. • Best of Foo: Tribute to the Foo Fighters, 8 p.m. Friday. • Lounge Fly: A Tribute to Stone Temple Pilots, 8 p.m. Saturday. A ticket...
McKeesport cheer team wins IASF Worlds championshipVideo
Members of the Rain Athletics Aqua team were at their final regular-season cheer competition, a little less than a month from competing for an International All Star Federation’s Worlds championship, when they got some very bad news. During a heavy storm the final weekend of March, wind had torn the...
Memorial Day activities set in Oakmont, Verona
The 2023 Oakmont-Verona Memorial Day parade and ceremony will take place on May 29. The parade will line up at 9 a.m. on East Railroad Avenue in Verona and begin at 9:30. Frank Bonaroti is the parade marshal. The route will be along Allegheny River Boulevard across the Roger F....
Allegheny County ends covid vaccine requirement for employees
Allegheny County government is ending its requirement that current employees and new hires be vaccinated against covid-19. County Executive Rich Fitzgerald announced Thursday the lifting of the mandate. The move comes a week after the federal government ended its covid health emergency. Fitzgerald said it is time for Allegheny County...
Uncontested primaries still have implications for Murrysville, Export and Delmont
While the Murrysville Star’s coverage area included several non-competitive primaries, those elections — and one lack of an election in particular — hold several implications for Murrysville, Export and Delmont moving forward. Murrysville In Murrysville, where three seats are in play, incumbent Mac McKenna (34%) will move ahead to the...
Murrysville area: Chalk art festival, Memorial Day ceremonies, FR senior parade and more
Chalk Art Festival in Delmont The Delmont Public Library and the Delmont Visionary Committee will host a Chalk Art Festival with Erik “The Chalking Dad” Greenawalt from 12:30-4:30 p.m. June 4. The afternoon will also include magician Billy Heh and live music by Keyboard Kevin along with food, Kona Ice,...
Cemetery cleanup in McCandless uncovers forgotten past
Hidden beneath brush and dirt was the gravestone of Capt. Moses M. Warrick, 1884 to 1932, a fire marshal of Engine 38 in the City of Pittsburgh who was also a veteran of WWI and lived with his family in the Hill District. Another grave was that of a baby,...
Scottish heritage celebrated at Monroeville church
Hillcrest United Presbyterian Church in Monroeville celebrated Scottish Heritage Sunday on May 7. Bagpiper Matt Peterson, Scottish dancer Katie Janeiro and vocalist Bridget Steele were a part of the celebration. The day’s morning worship service remembered the 1560 origins of the Presbyterian Church in Scotland. The service included a retelling...
URA creates program to help community land trusts rehab, build for-sale affordable housing
Pittsburgh’s Urban Redevelopment Authority has approved creating a program that would provide funding to community land trusts to rehabilitate or build for-sale affordable housing. The program will provide grants and low-interest construction financing “for the purpose of increasing the supply of permanently affordable housing for home ownership,” according to the...
Write-in votes could be key in several Fox Chapel area races
The May 16 primary election results are in for Fox Chapel area’s municipal and school board races, with 100% of precincts reporting, according to Allegheny County’s unofficial election results. But some results could be upended once write-in votes are counted, which had not yet been done when this edition went...
Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey names Olga George as new press secretary
Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey on Thursday appointed Olga George as his new press secretary. George, of Squirrel Hill, previously worked as an assignment desk editor and producer at KDKA-TV and has more than three decades of journalism experience. She will serve as Gainey’s primary spokeswoman and media liaison. The mayor’s...
Riverview School District proposes 2% property tax increase
Riverview School District is proposing a 2% real estate tax increase as part of its $25.9 million general fund budget for the 2023-24 school year. School board members cited uncertainty in state and federal funding and rising costs as reasons for the increase, which would raise the tax rate for...
NTSB urges bridge owners to fix drainage, corrosion problems that plagued Fern Hollow
Year after year, a devastating mixture of dirt, debris, leaves and water conspired to clog drains and severely corrode the special steel used to build critical components of the Fern Hollow Bridge a half-century ago, federal investigators announced Thursday. But a report issued by the National Transportation Safety Board didn’t...
Former Oakmont Council president fills vacancy
Oakmont Council welcomed a familiar face back to its ranks to fill a vacancy. Patricia Friday was sworn in by Mayor Sophia Facaros on May 15. Friday was appointed by a narrow margin at a special meeting May 8 to fill the seat vacated by Lindsay Osterhout, council president. Osterhout...
5 Dems to face 5 GOP candidates for Riverview School Board
Five Democratic candidates will face five Republicans on the November general election ballot to compete for five Riverview School Board seats. In the May 16 primary, Jennifer K. Chaparro, an incumbent who serves as the board’s vice president, garnered the most votes among Democrats (1,049), according to unofficial Allegheny County...
Morning Roundup: State police looking for suspects in retail thefts
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Thursday, May 18, 2023: State police seek suspects in thefts at Hempfield Marshall’s State police are looking for three women they say were involved in a pair of retail thefts at Marshall’s in Hempfield. Police released surveillance images of...
Teen fatally shot in Homewood invasion, police say
An 18-year-old man was killed Wednesday in a shooting in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood, Tribune-Review news partner WPXI reports. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner said that Sir Morgan of Pittsburgh died at a residence on Bennett Street. A two-sentence press release from Maria Montano, spokesperson for Mayor Ed Gainey, did not...
The Stroller, May 18, 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. Touch-a-truck planned in Indiana Township Indiana Township will host a free...
Mail-in ballots drive Westmoreland primary voter turnout
Nearly 29% of all votes cast in Tuesday’s primary election in Westmoreland County were submitted through the mail, according to election officials. Just shy of 18,000 ballots were cast by mail in addition to the more than 44,700 Democrats and Republicans who cast votes in person at the county’s 307...
Democrats set sights on Westmoreland commissioner race
As votes were tabulated Tuesday to determine the two Republican candidates for Westmoreland County commissioner in November, Democrats sat quietly on the sidelines, setting their sights on trying to regain majority control of county government this year. The Democrats, Ted Kopas, who served more than a decade as a commissioner...
App aims to connect Cheswick government with borough residents
Cheswick officials are partnering with a Pittsburgh-based notifications app in an effort to communicate better with residents. Savvy Citizen, developed and maintained by Management Science Associates, is a notification system built for local governments to send information such as alerts, notifications and events directly to subscribing residents. The company was...
