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O’Hara’s Pilarski named Student of the Month at Thiel
Pilarski named a student of the month at Thiel Sydnee Pilarski of O’Hara Township has been named a Student of the Month for March at Thiel College. The Student of the Month honor is awarded to seniors. It is among the most prestigious student awards at Thiel College with only...
Faces of the Valley: New pastor of Natrona Heights Presbyterian brings experience, energy to leadership role
Rick Harbaugh concedes that there’s still a lot for him to learn about Natrona Heights Presbyterian Church and its parishioners as he fumbles for the correct switches to turn lights on in the nearly 100-year-old stone church on Broadview Boulevard. “I’m still finding my way around and learning things,” Harbaugh...
West Mifflin man dies after car goes off side of bridge in Duquesne
A man died Sunday morning after his SUV went off the side of a bridge in Duquesne. According to Allegheny County Police, the crash at the Thompson Run Bridge was reported shortly before 11 a.m. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner identified the man as David Judy, of West Mifflin. He...
Pittsburgh police investigating shootout at South Side Flats clothing store
Four men are alleged to have been involved in a shootout Sunday afternoon at a business in Pittsburgh’s South Side Flats neighborhood. Police said officers received an alert just before 3 p.m. of three rounds fired in the 2100 block of Wharton Street. Officers arrived to find that the windows...
DEP to close mine opening and demolish old fan building at Roaring Run Trail
The once polluted and blighted Roaring Run Trail area in Kiski Township has greened over much of its past and has become a destination for walking, biking and kayaking. But the history of coal mining still haunts the area. A visitor to Roaring Run a few years ago found a...
Police searching for missing Murrysville girl left at friend’s house in Duquesne
Duquesne police are asking for help in finding a missing 15-year-old girl. Police said DeAsia Webb was last seen around 12:30 a.m. Thursday. Webb lives in Murrysville, but was dropped off at a friend’s house in Duquesne, police said. Webb’s mother believes she might be in the McKeesport area. Webb...
Penn Hills police searching for missing man
A Penn Hills man is missing and considered endangered, police said Sunday. Police are trying to find Larry Ellis, 56, of Penn Hills. According to police, Ellis left his home around 1 a.m. to meet a woman named Ebony. He was last seen leaving in a dark-colored vehicle with an...
New bike shop wheels its way into Leechburg
Market Street in Leechburg continues to grow, as a new shop has wheeled its way along the street. Allegheny Township resident Tim Carson opened his new bike shop, Spokes, in February. Customers can browse a range of bikes, from trail, mountain, women’s, kid’s and e-bikes. Bike repairs and accessories are...
Pittsburgh Scholar House names former Urban Redevelopment Authority official as inaugural CEO
The Pittsburgh Scholar House — a new nonprofit that aims to increase support for single-parent families in pursuit of higher education — announced Thursday that it has appointed Diamonte Walker as its inaugural CEO. Walker previously served as the deputy executive director for Pittsburgh’s Urban Redevelopment Authority. In her new...
Wildlife observation blind to open at Murrysville nature reserve on Earth Day
The Westmoreland Conservancy will celebrate Earth Day on April 22 by officially opening a newly constructed wildlife observation blind along an accessible trail in the Moroisini Reserve off Ringertown Road in Murrysville. “We don’t want to leave anybody out. Accessibility — that’s a goal we really embrace,” said Shelly Tichy,...
Harrison Commissioners eyeing couches, tires, TVs in Earth Day cleanup
Harrison Commissioner Jamie Nee already is eyeing larger-than-normal pieces of litter to be collected at the township’s April 23 Earth Day cleanup. Her list includes an inventory of 82 tires, 25 TVs and seven couches that have been tossed in township parks or left on sides of roads as eyesores....
Valley High School Drama Club bringing ‘Newsies’ back from covid shutdown
In 2020, the headline about “Newsies” was “Canceled.” The Valley High School Drama Club was two weeks from its first performance of the Disney musical when the covid pandemic shutdown started in March. “It was very crushing,” said Spencer Pastrick, 17, a junior from New Kensington who was a freshman...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for the week of April 17, 2022
Edgeworth Wenyue Pang sold property at 112 Elm Ln to Matthew Gordon and Emily Capitano for $550,000. Antonette Roppo sold property at 208 New England Pl to Fernando Goncalves Balestriero and Ivanise Maravalhas Gomes for $480,000. Leetsdale Sherif Al Taher sold property at 129 Victory Ln to Hector and Angel...
Fox Chapel area real estate transactions for the week of April 17, 2022
Aspinwall David Gregg sold property at 121 Fifth St. to Mark Chimel II and Lindsey Chimel for $425,000. Blawnox Estate of Edward Bucha sold property at 1000 Woodland Road to Joanetzi and Christina Fourquet for $200,000. Etna Daniel Lisjack sold property at 314 Butler St. to Richard Miller for $80,250....
Pittsburgh eastern suburban real estate transactions for the week of April 17, 2022
Churchill Joseph Rochez sold property at Churchill Road to Gregory and Jacqueline Karkowsky for $53,000. Alan Petrucelli sold property at 13 Garden Ter to Cheryl Shullick and Heather Laabs for $120,750. Tandy Rice sold property at 24 Thornycroft Road to Cindy Haigh for $121,401. Edgewood Estate of Richard Gusic sold...
Westmoreland drug task force director says animal sedative finding its way into region’s illicit drug supply
Local officials are concerned that an animal sedative that can cause skin and soft-tissue infections is increasingly being found in drugs in Philadelphia. Tim Phillips, director of the Westmoreland County Drug Overdose Task Force, said xylazine may already be mixed into stamp bags that are sold around Southwestern Pennsylvania. “I...
Hempfield Area freshmen would shift to middle school during construction project, under proposal
Ninth grade students in the Hempfield Area School District could move to a middle school building during the 2023-24 school year as district officials prepare for a multimillion-dollar high school construction project. The proposed plan, which would involve the restructuring of the district’s middle schools, works to limit the number...
The Stroller, April 17, 2022: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Springdale students to present ‘Wizard of Oz’ The drama department of Springdale Jr.-Sr. High School will present the musical, “The Wizard...
Multiple shooters suspected in ‘war scene’ that killed 2, injured 8 on Pittsburgh’s North Side
Two teenage boys were killed and eight other people were injured by gunfire in an early morning shooting at a party Sunday in Pittsburgh’s North Side, police said. A ShotSpotter notification around 12:30 a.m. sent police to a three-story building on Suismon Street near Madison Avenue in the city’s East...
Shrinking sisterhood: Members of religious orders vow to carry on despite dwindling numbersVideo
At 88, Sister Louise Grundish sits back in her chair, caresses the silver cross dangling from her neck and says point blank she wasn’t always sure that being a nun was the life for her. There was nothing that could convince her otherwise — not a younger sibling who was...
North Huntingdon officials oppose senior project county housing authority wants to build in Irwin
With apologies to English novelist Charles Dickens’ “Tale of Two Cities,” it was both the best and worst of times last week for Westmoreland County Housing Authority’s plans to build a 50-unit senior apartment in Irwin, with an access road through North Huntingdon. The good time for the four-story Grand...
News from Aspinwall, Blawnox, O’Hara, Oakmont, Fox Chapel
Aspinwall Clean Up Day Aspinwall Neighbors, the former neighborhood watch, is organizing a Spring Green Streets Clean Up April 23. Volunteers can pick up supply kits between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. at the Aspinwall Recreation Area along Field Avenue. Kits include vests, gloves and trash bags. Pizza and refreshments...
North Allegheny students earn perfect AP test scores
Two North Allegheny High School students earned rare perfect scores on their 2021 Advanced Placement tests, both in computer science courses. Kamya Rajesh, a sophomore, received a perfect score on the Computer Science Principles test, and Sun Ahn, a senior, had a flawless test score on the AP Computer Science...
Gilpin supervisors vote to overhaul decades-old zoning rules to promote new business
The Gilpin Township supervisors have awarded a contract to Mackin Engineering to overhaul the township’s decades-old zoning ordinances. The supervisors voted 4-0, with Supervisor Linda Alworth absent, to hire the firm April 12 for just under $39,000 for the project. Gilpin has zoning laws, which only allow certain types in...
Overbrook World War II veteran receives Legion of Honor award from France
The medal was pinned close to Cyril Emmerich’s heart. It was appropriate. The 97-year-old World War II veteran loves his country. Emmerich, of Overbrook was presented with France’s National Order of the Legion of Honour medal on Saturday at Bravo! Italian Kitchen in the Waterfront in Homestead. “This means a...
