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Who pays? Experts discuss what comes next after $19 million swimming pool verdict

A month after a jury awarded the largest judgment ever assessed in a Westmoreland County civil trial, questions remain about just who will pay the $19 million verdict rendered last month against Washington Township homeowners over life-changing injuries sustained when a family friend dove onto a raft in their swimming...
Personal tragedy leads to new life, career for Animal Protectors’ shelter manager Mike Post

Coping with the grief that followed the death of his father took Mike Post’s life straight to the dogs. Post, 42, of Lower Burrell is the shelter manager at Animal Protectors of Allegheny Valley in New Kensington. It’s not where he thought life would lead him after graduating from Burrell...
Vandergrift’s 3-person chicken committee disbands

Vandergrift’s chicken committee, formed last August by officials proposing changes to the borough’s fowl ordinance, has disbanded. A proposed chicken ordinance was moving forward last September, with plans to amend an ordinance regulating the ownership of backyard chickens in the borough. The three-person chicken committee had included Councilwoman Christine Wilson,...
Kiski Area schools receive food service award from Pittsburgh Food Bank

The lunch ladies at Kiski Area School District are serving up more than just healthy meals. The Kiski Area School District food service department was recognized recently for its efforts in child food-related programs. The department of about 50 employees received a 2021 Child Hunger Hero Award from the Greater...
Harrison City girl enjoys work, accolades of raising championship animals

Editor’s note: Neighbor Spotlight is a monthly feature that aims to let our readers learn more about the people in their communities who are working to make them a better place, who have interesting stories to tell or who the community feels deserve “15 minutes of fame.” If you would...
Scottdale man’s appeal of child rape conviction rejected

A Pennsylvania appeals court on Monday upheld the 20- to 40-year prison sentence imposed last year for a Scottdale man who was convicted of the repeated rapes of a 4-year-old girl. A three-judge panel of the state’s Superior Court rejected claims made by Dylan Chiaramonte, 29, who said jurors were...
North Allegheny boasts 3 Coca-Cola Scholarship recipients

North Allegheny High School has three Coca-Cola scholarship recipients in 2022, thanks to seniors Victoria Ren, Hannah Shin, and Alina Zaidi. Each student will receive a $20,000 scholarship. The 34th class of Coca-Cola Scholars include 150 high school students across the nation, selected from an initial pool of 68,000-plus applications...
‘Year of the Cat’ singer-songwriter Al Stewart performs Saturday at the Palace Theatre

Folk rock singer and guitarist Al Stewart remembers driving down Sunset Strip decades ago in the bright sunshine of West Hollywood, Calif., in a yellow Karmann Ghia. The year was 1976 and Stewart had a hit song called “Year of the Cat” — but he wasn’t fully aware of just...
Police: No updates in Aliquippa shooting that left 1 dead, 1 injured

Police are investigating after a shooting in Aliquippa early Sunday left one man dead, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI. The victim, a 21-year-old man, was shot multiple times just before 3 a.m. Another person was also shot and was taken to Allegheny General Hospital in stable condition. There were...
Drowning ruled as cause of death for man pulled from Mon River in October

The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office has ruled drowning as the cause of death for a man found floating in the Monongahela River in October. David Roberts, 53, was found unresponsive in the river by a boater on Oct. 15. Roberts, of Mount Oliver, was discovered near the Color Park...
New Kensington Council awards 1st contract for new downtown playground

New Kensington Council has awarded the first of three contracts that will see a parking lot transformed into a new downtown playground. Council approved paying Derry Construction $32,175 to resurface the parking lot behind Peoples Library, along Barnes Street at Eighth Street. The city is paying for the development with...
New Kensington-Arnold School District has sway over its cities joining county blight-fight program

New Kensington and Arnold both are interested in joining a Westmoreland County blight-fighting program, but the school district the cities share will have the deciding vote. New Kensington Council has unanimously approved joining the Westmoreland County Land Bank, which is an extension of the county Redevelopment Authority that buys tax-delinquent...
City to repave 2 Lower Burrell streets, chip-and-seal others

Lower Burrell’s public works department is working on plans to repave Kentucky Drive and Reed Street while preserving other city streets this summer. The city will repave all of Kentucky Drive. That includes repaving Kentucky Court and a portion of Reed Street, from Leechburg Road to Reed’s intersection with Kentucky...
Police say evidence supports Lower Burrell woman’s claim boyfriend tried to run her down

A Lower Burrell man was charged with felony aggravated assault after, police said, evidence supported his girlfriend’s accusation that he tried to run her over with his pickup several times during a dispute. In addition to the felony charge, Bruno F. Nobilese, 55, of the 400 block of Chicago Avenue...
Tired of tires, scout troop cleans up woods in North Huntingdon

Ryan Zaya has seen too many tires and too much trash strewn on the side of local roads. So, he and his fellow members of Boy Scout Troop 284 in Irwin took action Sunday afternoon. Zaya, 16, an 11th grader at Hempfield Area High School, along with five fellow scouts...
Aldi confirms relocation of Lower Burrell store to New Kensington

Aldi confirmed Friday that the discount grocer will close its Lower Burrell store in favor of a new building nearby in New Kensington. New Kensington earlier this year approved plans for a grocery store identified as Aldi and a ModWash car wash to be built in Riverview Plaza along Tarentum...

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