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Greensburg council: Incumbents lead primary field for 2 seats
Sitting members of Greensburg city council, Randal Finfrock and Sheila Brumley, led Tuesday’s Democratic party primary race for the two seats they occupy. With all 15 precincts reporting, Brumley garnered about 36% of the votes in the unofficial tally, followed by Finfrock, with nearly 33%, and challenger Gabrielle Stewart, with...
Sewickley Township: Petros wins Republican supervisor race
With 100% of precincts reporting Tuesday, Sewickley Township board of supervisors Chairman Mark Petros received 56% of the vote in a race against challenger Jon Turik, who received 43%. During his tenure, Petros said the supervisors have worked to reduce blight in the township, getting 10 dilapidated, vacant buildings demolished....
Unity: Incumbent Poponick captures GOP nomination for supervisor
Incumbent Ed Poponick led the field in the Republican primary race for supervisor, with all 13 precincts reporting Tuesday. According to unofficial tallies, Poponick received nearly 58% of the vote, followed by Doug Murphy, with about 28%, and Frank Zupanc, with more than 12%. Write-ins accounted for less than 1%...
Kertes, Chew top GOP ballot for Westmoreland commissioner
Incumbent Westmoreland County Commissioners Sean Kertes and Doug Chew finished in the top two spots on the Republican ballot Tuesday to secure nominations to seek second terms in office this fall. With all 307 precincts reporting, Kertes and Chew defeated three challengers seeking to end their tenures as the Republican...
Candidates battle for Allegheny Valley School Board race
Seven people — including five incumbents — sought ballot spots for five seats on the Allegheny Valley School Board. One incumbent, Colleen Crumb, lost. With 100% of the Democratic vote in, Amy Sarno led with 18.10% of the vote, Paula Jean Moretti had 17.47%, Nicole Paulovich had 15.84%, Glenna Renaldi...
Incumbents cruise to Democratic nominations in Pittsburgh City Council races
Three Pittsburgh City Council incumbents won their Democratic primary races Tuesday night, while two challengers looking to replace retiring councilmen were on their way to locking up party nominations. No Republicans appeared on the ballot in any of the city council races. With 100% of precincts in District 1 reporting...
Hempfield: Reese, Anderson win Republican primary for supervisor
In the race for two, six-year seats on the Hempfield board of supervisors, Republicans George Reese (35.9%) and Jay Anderson (24.1%) prevailed over Jerry Fagert and Becky Durbin, with 100% of precincts tallied. A little over 680 write-in votes were cast on the Democratic ballot. Anderson, 55, said he has...
Franklin Regional: Sheridan, Bucciero top school board races
With 100% of precincts reporting Tuesday, Amy Sheridan cruised with a comfortable lead over all other candidates on the Democratic ballot for Franklin Regional school board with 34% of the vote. She was followed by George App (15%), Deb Bucciero (14.2%), Scott Weinman (13.5%) and Vince Azzolina (11.45%) On the...
All 7 Deer Lakes School Board candidates find way on November ballot for 5 seats
The seven candidates seeking five seats on the Deer Lakes School Board will be on the November ballot one way or another, according to unofficial election results Tuesday. Newcomers James Calvert, Susan Claus, Pietro Porco, Leonard Verdetto III and Phillip Ziendarski, and incumbents Larry Neidig and Cristy McCloskey, sought nominations....
Incumbent Carolyn Saldari Bengel appears to win 6th term as district judge
A Brackenridge-based magistrate with 30 years in office appears to have won the nomination on both tickets this fall, essentially guaranteeing another six years on the job. With 100% of precincts reporting Tuesday night, Carolyn Saldari Bengel handily beat her opponent, Thomas Babinsack, on the Democratic ticket, earning about 60%...
Pallone, Doyle leading in nominations for Plum district judge
Democrat Melanie Pallone and Republican Mike Doyle emerged from a field of five candidates in Tuesday’s primary to earn a spot in November’s general election to claim the vacant district judge’s office serving Plum and Oakmont, according to unofficial election results. With 100% of precincts reporting, Pallone, an attorney from...
Hallam wins Democratic nomination in race for Allegheny County Council at-large seat
Allegheny County Councilwoman Bethany Hallam won her Democratic primary race Tuesday night against challenger Joanna Doven for an at-large seat on Allegheny County Council, unofficial tallies showed. With about 156,000 votes tallied and 98% of precincts reporting results, Hallam had collected 56.4% of the votes counted compared to 43% for...
Rotary farmer’s market held Thursdays in Upper St. Clair
The Upper St. Clair-Bethel Park Rotary Breakfast Club Farmer’s Market is open for the season. Visit every Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m. through Sept. 28 for local treats, dinner options, fresh produce and flowers, handmade bread, hot kettle corn, sweet treats and musical entertainment. The market is located in...
Dugan knocks off longtime incumbent Zappala in Democratic race for Allegheny County DA
Allegheny County Chief Public Defender Matt Dugan knocked off longtime District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. in Tuesday night’s Democratic primary race for DA, unofficial tallies showed. But it might not be the last time the candidates face each other. With nearly 168,000 votes tallied and 98% of precincts reporting...
Large garage in Richland woods burns down
A portion of Route 8 remained closed as of 8 p.m as firefighters from multiple communities tend to a fire at a large garage in Richland. Allegheny County dispatchers said calls for the fire along the 6000 block of Cunningham Road came in at 4:13 pm. Route 8 between Glasgow...
Innamorato claims Democratic nomination in 6-way race for Allegheny County executive
State Rep. Sara Innamorato declared victory Tuesday night in the crowded Democratic primary race for county executive, unofficial tallies showed. With more than 169,000 votes tallied and 98% of precincts reporting results, Innamorato had collected 37.6% of the votes counted compared with 29.5% for John Weinstein, 19.8% for Pittsburgh Controller...
Nevin Shelter restored, 180 trees planted in South Park
South Park is getting spruced up just in time for summer. A recent green upgrade came courtesy of a significant tree-planting effort by the Allegheny County Parks Foundation and communications infrastructure company Crown Castle. Through the Connected by Good partnership, 180 trees were put in the ground at the county-owned...
Plans move ahead to redevelop East Liberty’s Enright Park
Pittsburgh’s Planning Commission on Tuesday approved plans to redevelop East Liberty’s Enright Park. Plans include a basketball court, a playground, picnic tables, a pavilion and lawn space, said Andrea Ketzel, a senior landscape architect with the city’s Department of Public Works who is managing the project. She said the park...
McKeesport man gets 20 to 40 years in connection with 2020 shooting
A McKeesport man was sentenced Tuesday to 20 to 40 years in prison in connection with a March 2020 shooting that left a person paralyzed from the waist down, but his attorney said he likely will appeal the case to Superior Court. A jury in February found Jamont Neal, 32,...
Brooklyn steel company hopes to move forward with $218M project in Aliquippa
A Brooklyn-based company said it hopes to build a steel plant for the 21st century at the former site of a J&L Steel facility in Aliquippa. On Tuesday morning, with a stage covered in red fabric backed by a structure displaying photos and videos of the history of 72 Steel,...
Pittsburgh Planning Commission approves master plan for riverfront development in Strip District
A master plan laying out the general vision for riverfront development in Pittsburgh’s Strip District earned Planning Commission approval Tuesday. New York City-based North River Company bought more than seven acres along the Allegheny River near the 31st Street Bridge in 2017. The developer is planning a redevelopment of the...
Summer fun at the Carnegie Carnegie
The weather is warming. The sun is shining a little brighter. School will be out before you know it. Luckily, the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall is ready! Our summer calendar is already packed with fun events for all ages. It is my first summer here at the...
Chartiers Valley Primary School collects 1,712 cereal boxes for donation
Breakfast cereal that’s passed its expiration is for the birds. At Chartiers Valley Primary School, that means literally. Among the 1,712 boxes of cereal collected for a fun, educational and philanthropic activity were a few stamped with “best by” dates preceding May 12. That morning, teacher Ellen Zissis and librarian...
South West Regional Chamber honors visionaries
What now is called the South West Regional Chamber of Commerce was somewhat nomadic in the 1980s. Civil engineer Richard Kasmer, who served as chamber president for two years and was on the board of directors for 24, recalls meeting on the upper floors of a Bridgeville bank and dental...
Aubrey Burchell appears in ‘America’s Got Talent’ Las Vegas show
The call finally came for Aubrey Burchell. Following her run to the semifinals of “America’s Got Talent” in September, the North Huntingdon singer was contracted to perform in “America’s Got Talent Presents Super Stars Live” at the Luxor Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas as an on-call, as-needed performer for...
