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Allegheny Township officials to host town hall meeting on recycling
Allegheny Township never had a recycling program, but that could change depending on the outcome of a town hall meeting set for April 13. Supervisor Mike Korns said the board approved the formation of a recycling committee in August 2021. Committee members are Tonia Clark, Denise Conforti, Maryanne Griffin, Patrick...
New Kensington-Arnold to seek proposals for pedestrian bridge replacement
The New Kensington-Arnold School District will begin seeking proposals to replace the pedestrian bridges at Valley High School. The twin spans cross Little Pucketa Creek at about the midpoint of the school. One has been closed because of its condition. The school board approved seeking three proposals for the bridges’...
New Kensington seeks ideas for future of Campbell Avenue parklet
Playground equipment removed from a New Kensington neighborhood’s parklet can be replaced but can’t be done in time for this summer, a city councilman said. The removal of the equipment on Campbell Avenue came as a shock to children and adults. Tracy Mercuri said she went to city council’s meeting...
Jeannette police seek funds for extra K-9 patrol unit
Police dog Kilo wants to get to work in Jeannette. He just doesn’t have a ride. The city police department is hoping to raise enough money to buy a patrol unit for the 5-year-old Dutch shepherd and its handler, Officer Matthew Painter, to add the out-of-work dog to the force....
Minor injuries reported in school van crash in Hempfield
Two people reportedly had minor injuries Thursday morning after a two-vehicle crash involving a school van in Hempfield, near the Greensburg border, according to a Westmoreland 911 dispatch supervisor. The crash was reported around 7:15 a.m. at Triangle Drive and East Pittsburgh Street, not far from Route 30. It was...
Morning Roundup: Police say they shot knife-wielding man in Fayette County
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Thursday, April 6, 2023: Knife wielding man shot by state police A knife-wielding man was shot by Pennsylvania State Police responding to a domestic conflict at a Georges Township home on Wednesday morning, officials said. State police in Uniontown...
State approves $485,000 grant for downtown upgrades in Export
Export officials didn’t get the $1.95 million they were hoping for, but a state grant for about $485,000 will go a long way toward realizing a project to unify its downtown features and establish a central community space. The original concept plan, dubbed “Heritage Square” in 2021, used newly designed...
The Stroller, April 6, 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. Free to-go Easter dinners offered in Harrison The Christ Our Hope...
Fox Chapel Girl Scout takes Gold Award project global to stress importance of social media literacy
A Fox Chapel teen has been recognized for helping children safely navigate the cyber and social media world. Lakshanya Rajaganapathi, 17, a junior at Fox Chapel Area High School, has been named a Gold Award Girl Scout, the highest achievement a Girl Scout can earn. Her Gold Award project, titled...
AAUW honors Fox Chapel Area female academics
More than 30 teenage girls were honored for their academic prowess by the Fox Chapel affiliate of the American Association of University Women. A ceremony on March 20 recognized the future female leaders from Fox Chapel Area High School for their achievements in STEM fields. Each student was nominated by...
Energy-saving solar panels, improved trails among projects covered by state funding
Fox Chapel residents who live downstream from Hardie Valley Park will get help to stave off potential flooding thanks to a recent round of state funding. In O’Hara, state money will be used to stabilize trails at the township’s Community Park, providing renewed access to outdoor recreation opportunities. The improvements...
Thomas Service Center in McCandless sells to new owners
Raymond Thomas built Thomas Service Center at 821 West Ingomar Road in 1947 as a way to give his dad, Charlie Thomas, something to do after The Great Depression. More than 75 years later, and lots of love and labor, Raymond’s son Don and his wife Lori are ready to...
Earth Day April 22 in Bradford Woods
Slimy toads and newts will be part of the Earth Day Celebration April 22 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m, at the Bradford Woods Reserve. The free event is hosted by the Bradford Woods Conservancy, which holds an annual Earth Day event there every year featuring a variety of nature-related...
Power slowly restored after severe storms strike Western Pa.
Power is being restored for several thousand households affected by Wednesday night’s severe storms that rolled through the Western Pennsylvania. Duquesne Light said it has no outages to report as of 5:20 a.m. Thursday. Late Wednesday night, Duquesne Light reported about 2,500 customers were without power, with Ross and O’Hara...
Riding for the Handicapped of Western PA benefit set in Aspinwall
Outdoor exercise is great for general fitness and well-being, working on that summer body and getting some sun. Add to that another reason: supporting a local charity. The eighth annual Spin Your Wheels fundraiser is scheduled for April 29 at Allegheny RiverTrail Park in Aspinwall. Activities begin at 8:30 a.m....
U.S. Steel Tower reopens after caustic leak reported
Hazmat crews continued to clean up a caustic liquid leak at the U.S. Steel Tower early Thursday morning. Pittsburgh Public Safety officials said Pittsburgh fire, EMS and police all responded to the 600 block of Grant Street after the leak was first reported around 6:45 p.m. Wednesday. Several area roads...
Anonymous report of active shooter temporarily locks down Mt. Pleasant Area school
Mt. Pleasant Area Junior-Senior High School was locked down for more than an hour Wednesday morning as authorities responded to a report of an active shooter at the school. Superintendent Timothy Gabauer said school administrators received a Safe2Say message shortly after 10 a.m. indicating there was “an active shooting in...
Pittsburgh’s Caliente earns gold at International Pizza Expo
At the three-day International Pizza Expo in Las Vegas, Caliente Pizza & Draft House took home its fourth World Championship award plus several other award titles across various competition categories. Matt Hickey, general manager of Caliente’s commissary location, earned the team’s gold medal World Championship title in the Expo’s triathlon...
Monroeville musician selected for All-State Jazz Ensemble
Four Shady Side Academy Senior School students have reached the highest level a high school musician can achieve by earning places in the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association All-State Festival ensembles. Among them is Monroeville resident Hari Viswanathan, a Shady Side Academy junior who will play piano in the PMEA All-State...
Owners vow to honor reservations as Ferrante’s Lakeview goes up for sale
The owners of Ferrante’s Lakeview don’t want clients to panic when they hear that the longstanding wedding and banquet facility in Hempfield is for sale. “We do want to retire, but it might take a year or two to sell,” said Susan Domasky of Greensburg, president of the family-owned business....
Allegheny County judge disallows death-penalty jury in homicide case
An Allegheny County judge on Wednesday said he will not allow the district attorney’s office to seat a death-penalty qualified jury because of the ongoing moratorium on capital punishment in Pennsylvania. Judge Anthony M. Mariani wrote in a 10-page opinion that compelling prospective jurors to sit through the “grueling and...
Route 28 short-term ramp closures set for Thursday
PennDOT is alerting motorists of closures Thursday of the off-ramp from northbound Route 28 to Waterworks Drive/Freeport Road (Exit 8) in the City of Pittsburgh and the off-ramp from southbound Route 28 to Fox Chapel Road (Exit 8) in O’Hara. Crews from Swank Construction Co. will be installing new guardrail...
Westmoreland DA vehicle usage declines as a result of crash
Westmoreland District Attorney Nicole Ziccarelli has been driving a county-owned vehicle less frequently since she was involved in a December crash in Murrysville, according to records obtained by the Tribune-Review. Ziccarelli, a first-term Republican from Lower Burrell, drove her county vehicle nine days and 533 miles in February, according to...
Freeport tries to soften the blow of sewage rate hikes by phasing them in
Sewage rate increases for Freeport residents to pay for the new $18.6 million sewage treatment plant will be levied incrementally. Council President Clint Warnick laid out how the increases would be added to residents’ bills. The increases tentatively would total $47, which is a 95% boost in the current $49.41...
Pittsburgh woman charged in luring incident accused in 4 similar robberies
A Beechview woman charged Wednesday in connection with an attempted robbery and shooting is accused of staging at least four other robberies in two municipalities in the past month, court records show. Pittsburgh police charged Nyzjayah Majors, 20, with aggravated assault and conspiracy to commit robbery, both felonies. She also...
