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The Hempfield Area School District will return to a mask-optional policy this week after the state’s mask mandate was overturned by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. The message was conveyed in a letter sent to district families Saturday. “The Hempfield Area School District’s Health & Safety Plan indicates that once the...

A 67-year-old woman was killed in a single-vehicle crash Sunday afternoon in Robinson, officials said. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner identified the woman as Katherine Fazio, of Pittsburgh. According to a report from the medical examiner, crews responded to the 4400 block of Campbells Run Road shortly after 2 p.m....

A Buffalo Township gas station/convenience store moved a step closer toward expansion with the approval of a liquor license transfer by township supervisors. Par-Mor Oil Co. plans to expand the BP station it operates at 698 Ekastown Road, but company officials have said the project depends upon the township supervisors’...

Publicize your holiday events, club meetings and fundraisers for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Burtner House Restoration Society Christmas ornaments available Burtner House Restoration Society is selling handcrafted Christmas tree ornaments to celebrate the 200th...

A fire at an Arnold high-rise that displaced more than two dozen residents last week was ruled an accident, state police said. According to a state police report, the cause of the fire that erupted Thursday in apartment 411 of Arnold Manor public housing was electrical. Police said the apartment...

In response to the increasing number of covid cases in the region, Excela Health has reopened its testing center at 443 Frye Farm Road in Unity. The center will be staffed from 2 to 6 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, and is by appointment only. Appointments can be made by calling...

Oakmont Timothy Milberger sold property at 713 15th St. to Matthew and Melissa Lekh for $400,000. Spencer Davis sold property at 125 Third St. to Benjamin Fownes and Julia Birk for $489,900. Jason McConnell sold property at 658 Fourth St. to Garrett and Jessica Carson for $460,000. Jenna Tamburro sold...

U.S. News & World Report, in its first list of Best Hospitals for Maternity, recognized Excela Health as High Performing in Maternity Care. The designation — the highest rating U.S. News awards for this type of care — was only for uncomplicated pregnancy, not high-risk pregnancies. For the last two...

A Freeport resident was able to turn a fun bonding activity with her daughters into a family-owned candle business in Saxonburg. In August 2019, Miranda Virone had the random idea to make candles with her daughters, Maggie and Abbie Watson, as a fun way to disconnect from the digital world....

Kiski Area School District has created a new position with a focus on student safety. John Tedorski is the new director of Student Information, Transportation, Safety and Security Services. Raised in Arnold and still a resident there, Tedorski has been employed by the district for 29 years. In his early...

J. Arthur Seitz, Jr. knew that attending the 100th anniversary of the Wagion Lodge 6, known nationally as the Order of the Arrow, would bring back a myriad of memories. The 85-year-old former Level Green resident was named the oldest living member of the lodge, which is part of the...

Pittsburgh Carmalt, a magnet elementary school in Pittsburgh’s Brookline neighborhood, will be closed Monday amid a suspected norovirus outbreak, school officials said. The school is slated to reopen Tuesday. “Following the review of a high volume of reports of non-covid related illness from students and staff, the district’s physician has...

Leechburg Area School District will return to its former health and safety plan, making masks optional in schools. The message was conveyed in a letter sent to district families on Friday. This follows the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s Dec. 10 decision, which affirmed a lower court ruling that the state’s acting...

Christmas carols and other music filled the social hall Sunday at United Methodist Church in Brackenridge. All of the performers — about 20 in total — are on the autism spectrum. The event, hosted by Band Together Pittsburgh and the Autism Society of Pittsburgh, aims to build community through music,...

Penn Middle Drama Club students are preparing to welcome a live audience for the first time in two years, staging the Charles Dickens classic “A Christmas Carol” on Dec. 17-18. “We’re super excited about it,” said drama club sponsor and technical director Sharon Wiant. “All of the schools in the...

Salamander Park in Fox Chapel will transform into an illuminated wonderland for a winter walk on the longest night of the year. The Winter Solstice Lantern Walk, hosted by the Fox Chapel Parks Conservancy, will wrap up a year’s worth of fundraisers aimed at protecting the borough’s green spaces. “Well...

Landon Wells was supposed to be doing some Christmas shopping at the Bushy Run Christmas Market in Penn Township. But the 3-year-old boy was understandably distracted by the model train booth there, which returned after being on hiatus last year. “We’re doing some gift shopping for his mother and father,”...

The Freeport Area School Board has a new president, vice president and a couple new members. Former vice president Adam Toncini was appointed as board president, and Greg Selinger was named vice president at Thursday night’s reorganization meeting. Newcomers Melanie Zembrzuski and Gary Risch Jr., along with incumbents John Haven...

River Road in Baldwin was closed between Glass Run Road and Becks Run Road after a Norfolk Southern train derailed early Sunday morning, according to Baldwin police. Pittsburgh hazmat and police responded to the scene of the derailment, which happened around 4:45 a.m. above East Carson Street in Baldwin, as...

Saturday’s wind and rain left behind pockets of power outages across the region, and while most of those have been taken care of in Allegheny County, Westmoreland County and areas east are having electricity issues lingering into Sunday. West Penn Power reported around 1,500 customers were still without power by...

Rich Hill tried to end his time as Washington Township supervisor with a bang, but federal regulations defused his plan. Hill, who did not run for reelection, attended his final supervisors meeting Thursday. As a final act at the meeting’s end, he moved to allocate federal covid-19 assistance funds to...

Etna James Rodgers sold property at 31 Dewey St. to James Rodgers for $85,000. Fox Chapel Matthew Stansfield sold property at 205 Field Club Road to Anne and McKenna Houston for $556,831. Peter Rubin sold property at 304 Hallsborough Drive to Jackson Baker and Sarah Crafton for $910,000. Grant Mason...

Franklin Park Lin Lu sold property at 1404 Field Club Ct to Weifeng Xu for $408,395. Albert Flasko sold property at 1304 Hidden Canyon Ct to Lee Michael and Adrienne Leigh Perryman for $799,900. Diane Theil sold property at 2287 McDevitt Road to Thomas Alan Freese III for $192,000. Lynn...

Aleppo Robert Moraca sold property at 803 Timber Ln to David and Patricia Bartlett for $195,000. Bell Acres Michael Nameth sold property at 105 Charleston Sq to Eric Close for $993,700. Gary Becker sold property at 1 Partridge Ct to Christopher and Nicole Fry for $605,000. Edgeworth John Fitzgerald sold...