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Murrysville area: Kindergarten open house, Family Fun Night in Delmont, more
Kindergarten open house at Franklin Regional Incoming kindergarten families in the Franklin Regional School District are invited to attend a “Rockin’ Into Kindergarten” program and open house at 6 p.m. Aug. 18 at the district’s primary school, 4121 Sardis Road. Families can tour the new school and meet teachers and...
100-ton beams for Fern Hollow Bridge replacement to begin 124-mile journey
Beams that will ultimately support the rebuilt Fern Hollow Bridge will begin their 124-mile journey Monday from Central Pennsylvania to Frick Park, according to PennDOT officials. The beams were produced in Roaring Spring in Blair County and will travel through Cambria and Armstrong counties before ending up on the South...
Pittsburgh Jewish, Black leaders call out Doug Mastriano for ties to Gab social platform
A group of prominent Jewish and Black Pittsburgh leaders on Thursday condemned Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano for his ties to the right-wing social media platform Gab. Gab is a site accessed by the accused Tree of Life shooter Robert Bowers, who used the platform to share conspiracy theories targeting...
Pittsburgh Public Schools taps Wayne Walters as superintendent
Wayne Walters, who has been working as interim superintendent, will become the permanent head of Pittsburgh Public Schools after a national search concluded he remained the top candidate to fill the role, school board officials said Thursday. School board President Sala Udin pointed to Walters’ “career-long dedication to high standards,”...
Verona boutique takes fresh approach to fashion-related services
Verona may not be the first place you would think of when it comes to fashion, but a recent addition to the town’s business and artistic community has added a unique set of services in Found By Flourish. Located at 550 Jones St. and just off of Allegheny River Boulevard,...
In brief: News from McCandless, Memorial Park EPC
Meet & Greet The McCandless Democratic Committee will host a Summer 2022 Meet & Greet on Aug. 5 from 5-8 p.m. at Devlin Park, 9955 Grubbs Rd., behind the town hall. Elected officials, committee members and local residents will be on hand. Light refreshments will be served. There will be...
Charlie Brown, 1980s rock musicals to be performed at Westmoreland County Community College this weekend
Fans of Snoopy or 1980s rock are in for a treat this weekend. Through Westmoreland Performing Arts, high school- and middle school-aged students will perform “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” and “Rock of Ages” at Westmoreland County Community College. The antics and adventures of “Peanuts” comic book characters will...
Hampton Council holds special meeting on sewage plant project
During a special meeting held July 13 prior to Hampton Township Council’s regular meeting, municipal controller Jerry Speakman gave a presentation regarding the possible approval of a strategy for the funding of an ongoing project to upgrade the Allison Park Wastewater Pollution Control Plant. Speakman recommended that the township issue...
Activist pleads guilty to trying to set fire to 2 Pittsburgh pizza shops
A Pittsburgh activist and art curator said that when she attempted to start a fire at two different pizza shops one night in October 2019 that she was mentally exhausted from fighting against a racist system. “My brain broke,” Nicky Jo Dawson told a judge on Thursday. “It, literally, was...
Pittsburgh father seeks help in finding daughter’s killer a year later
Ten days shy of one year since his daughter was gunned down on a Pittsburgh street, Robert Washington pleaded for help not only catching his own child’s killer, but for help catching the culprits in all of the city’s unsolved homicides. “We need some closure,” said Washington, whose 27-year-old daughter...
Sewer rates rise in Oakmont
Effective this billing cycle, Oakmont Borough is raising sewage rates for all Oakmont Water Authority customers from $7.29 per 1,000 gallons to $9.50. The minimum charge for 6,000 gallons will rise from $43.74 to $57. The increase comes directly from the borough and not from the water authority. This marks...
Taxing situation: examining Hampton Township School District’s 2022-23 budget
The start of Hampton Township School District’s fiscal year means that tax bills have been mailed to local property owners. For the majority of them, what they owe this year is more than what they paid in 2021, primarily because of a 0.69-mill increase in the real estate tax rate...
Monroeville prepares for annual National Night Out
Monroeville emergency services are preparing for their annual National Night Out celebration. The event will be held from 6-8 p.m. Aug. 2 in Monroeville Community Park West at Pavilions 2 and 4. There will be fire trucks, police cars, ambulances and an emergency helicopter, and members of the Allegheny County...
Allegheny County Health Dept., USDA begin aggressive raccoon rabies program
When it comes to rabies, raccoons amount to what could be called super spreaders. Now the Allegheny County Health Department and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services are set to begin an aggressive raccoon rabies baiting program later this month. Starting on July 25, a six-week project will begin...
Camp Invention at Gateway teaches students balance between creativity, STEM
Students tapped into their creativity and problem-solving skills as they constructed Astro-Arm devices, created arcade games and built aquatic habitats at Camp Invention, hosted at Gateway High School. Camp Invention is a nationally recognized nonprofit summer enrichment program on science, technology, engineering and math- based education. “In the morning we...
Ex-Pitt emergency management director gets probation for stealing/reselling PPE
Christopher Casamento earned $95,000 as the director of emergency management at the University of Pittsburgh. It was a job he went to school for and loved. But he lost it and more when he stole more than 13,000 pieces of personal protective equipment from the stockpile that he oversaw to...
Penn Hills sisters team up to clean up Shannon Heights neighborhood
Picking up litter in the Shannon Heights neighborhood is a typical routine for two Penn Hills sisters. During the clean-ups, Bette DiCocco and her sister Marie Facchiano find cigarette butts, plastic bottles, fastfood bags, shoes and other litter. The two began the daily cleaning routine in May. “We want to...
Osborne Elementary welcomes new principal
Ben Canan will join the Osborne Elementary School staff starting with the 2022-2023 school year. He is joining Quaker Valley School District from Fox Chapel Area School District, where he led the SAP, mental health and behavioral teams, in addition to serving as a member of the Diversity, Equity, and...
New Kensington ‘pig-nic’ to benefit Frazer-based mini-pig rescue
Pigs will be guests, not food, at an upcoming picnic in New Kensington. The first-time Summer Pig-nic will benefit a rescue for miniature pigs in Frazer. The vegan affair at the Voodoo Brewing New Kensington Pub will feature food from Veggies N’At and Sweet Alchemy, a vegan bake shop. Tickets...
Professional wrestling training school coming to downtown New Kensington
Michael Young wants to show that there’s more to professional wrestling than what many people think. Young, 27, a Lower Burrell native living in Bloomfield, is the current singles champion for Pittsburgh-based Enjoy Wrestling, where he’s known as MV Young. He is opening a wrestling school, Technique 2 Train Pittsburgh,...
Thursday food truck and music nights continue in Jeannette
The summer slate of Concerts and Food Truck Thursdays will continue July 21 in downtown Jeannette with an array of food vendors, a beer garden and music by Twisted Fate. Now in its fourth year, the event takes place every other week through Sept. 1, rain or shine. From 6...
Longtime Allegheny County solicitor resigns, sworn-in as Common Pleas Judge
Longtime Allegheny County solicitor Andy Szefi resigned his post on Wednesday to be sworn in to the Court of Common Pleas judgeship to which he was appointed earlier this year. Szefi, the county’s top attorney for a decade, was appointed to the position by Gov. Tom Wolf, and he was...
More than 2 million covid vaccines discarded across Pa. as doses expire
A year and a half ago, as the demand for the newly released covid-19 vaccines far and away outstripped the minute supply, shot-seekers rushed clinics and fought desperate battles to snag short-lived appointment openings online. Now, however, as demand for the vaccines falls to its lowest point, thousands of vaccines...
Harrison library reveals ‘Secrets of the Allegheny River,’ including long-popular Jack’s Island
Growing up in 1940s Natrona, Mary Ann Debor didn’t have to look far for a perfect riverfront getaway. Her family was among a dozen who built wooden cabins on Jack’s Island, an idyllic retreat plopped in the middle of the Allegheny River between Harrison and Lower Burrell. “We had a...
Carnegie man identified as suspect in theft of pickup from Sheetz in New Kensington
Police say they used DNA and surveillance video to identify a man accused of stealing a pickup from the Sheetz parking lot on Freeport Street in New Kensington last year. New Kensington police charged Michael Joseph Spears, 29, of Carnegie on Wednesday with a felony count of theft. In a...
