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Natrona Community Garden growing its reach

The Natrona Community Garden will feed even more people this year from its plots along Federal Street thanks to support from the nonprofit Grow Pittsburgh. The garden was awarded $1,200 to repair planters, add growing boxes and purchase equipment, garden coordinator Drew Jonczak said. The lifelong Natrona resident has tended...
With bees swarming earlier this year, here’s what you should know

Jim Blackburn experiences serenity in a situation few others would. “I find that it’s very calm in the middle of a swarm of bees,“ he said. Fascinated by bees for many years, the Hempfield man has been keeping the winged insects and corralling swarms of them for others for two...
Westmoreland seeks drivers for veterans transportation program

A program that provides free rides to Westmoreland County veterans needs drivers. Veterans Affairs Director Matt Zamosky said the van service that offers transportation to medical facilities in and near Pittsburgh is understaffed and in urgent need of volunteers to continue. “Before covid, we had six to seven drivers and...
North Huntingdon OKs study for Oak Hollow improvements

North Huntingdon has hired a consulting engineer to develop a master plan of recommended improvements to the township’s 127-acre Oak Hollow Park. KU Resources Inc. of Duquesne was directed to develop a site plan to outline what would be appropriate development for what township leaders consider the community’s flagship park....
Pittsburgh Perry South shooting under investigation

Pittsburgh Police are investigating a shooting in the city’s Perry South neighborhood. Officers were dispatched for a ShotSpotter alert for 11 shots fired in the 200 block of Kennedy Avenue at approximately 5:50 p.m. Sunday, Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz reported. Arriving units located damage to a residence, but there...
Pittsburgh Police searching for missing girl

Pittsburgh Police are seeking the public’s help in locating a missing teen. Lanie Holtzapple, 15, was last seen on Knox Avenue on Saturday night, according to Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz. Lani is new to Pittsburgh and might be headed to her previous home in Northumberland County, Cruz said. Lani...
UPMC lifts mask mandate for most facilities

UPMC officials announced they are lifting mask mandates at most UPMC buildings starting Monday. “Universal masking is no longer required at most UPMC facilities and locations (beginning May 1), but will be required in specific patient care areas where patients are particularly vulnerable to infection,” according to a UPMC spokesperson....
Highlands names new high school principal

Highlands administrator Michael Toole joked he hasn’t sat still for long during his eight years with the district. He started at the high school before serving as middle school dean of students and, most recently, as assistant principal to about 625 students at the elementary school. Last week, Toole was...
Scenes from the Valley: Images captured in the Alle-Kiski Valley from April 20-26

Here is a weekly look at recent images captured throughout the Alle-Kiski Valley. From major news events to routine gatherings, the Tribune-Review’s “Scenes from the Valley” photo package brings to life activities and moments happening in your backyard. To have a photo considered as a “Scenes from the Valley” candidate,...
Faces of the Valley: Lou Nagy, last surviving charter member of Fawn’s No. 2 fire company, remains passionate about volunteerism

Lou Nagy’s first piece of fire apparatus at Fawn Township Fire Company No. 2 was a fruit tree sprayer donated by a local farmer. It was 1950, and a 13-year-old Nagy was a charter member of the fledgling fire company, founded by a group of friends to serve a largely...
Main Squeeze Juice food truck owner now serving healthy options from Tarentum storefront

While most 16-year-olds are eager to get their driver’s license and first cars, Shelby Brown was dreaming of food trucks. “I think I saw one and I thought, ‘How cool is that? It’s a kitchen on wheels,’ ” said Brown, 31, of Harrison. “That would be so cool, just the...
Westmoreland Museum curator named awards juror for statewide exhibition

Jeremiah William McCarthy, chief curator at The Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg, will serve as awards juror for the 56th annual Art of the State exhibition. Running Sept. 10 to Jan. 4 in The State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg, the juried exhibit is a survey of the...
Woman dead after rollover crash in Churchill

Update: The woman killed in the crash was identified on Monday as Charmaine Lee Sewell, 62, of Wilkinsburg. A passenger was pronounced dead following a rollover crash Sunday morning in Churchill, according to Allegheny County police. First responders were called at about 6:30 a.m. to the single-vehicle crash in the...
Bereaved Mother’s Day event first of its kind in Fox Chapel

Marcy Henry of East Palestine, Ohio, experienced firsthand the heartbreak and grief that accompanies the loss of a child. Henry lost her daughter, Madeline, at 40 weeks and five days gestation on Oct. 26. “Losing my daughter has absolutely destroyed me,” Henry said. “But I know that she would want...
Fire at Ross Township Chili’s diverts customers, workers to restaurant’s other sites

Those looking to dine at Chili’s Grill and Bar were unable to visit the restaurant chain’s location in Ross Township after firefighting crews battled a roof blaze at the business Sunday morning. Units were dispatched at about 9 a.m. and cleared the scene in the 7400 block of McKnight Road...
Indiana County man jailed, accused of firing shotgun toward others

An Indiana County man was arrested Saturday night, charged with firing a shotgun toward others outside his Green Township home. State police charged Shane Turenchalk, 37, of Dixonville with misdemeanor counts of recklessly endangering another person and disorderly conduct and a summary count of public drunkenness. No injuries were reported...

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