Western PA Local News category, Page 1677
Chartiers Valley area real estate transactions for the week of Jan. 23, 2022
Bridgeville Rachina Jain sold property at 1407 Alice Drive to Andrea Allen for $300,000. John Tessaro sold property at 813 Bower Hill Road to Erik Beau Chittester for $52,500. RRU Properties LLC sold property at 425 Brookfield St. to Harry William and Roger Jaeger Behling for $155,000. Phillip Scisciani sold...
Bethel Park real estate transactions for the week of Jan. 23, 2022
Patty Yanniruberto sold property at 1119 Clifton Road to Danielle Mitsch for $328,000. Estate of William Rodgers sold property at 584 Clifton Road to Evan Edward Lloyd II and Kelly Marie Gibson for $250,000. Charles Hergenroeder sold property at 375 Fruitwood Drive to Edward and Susan Walker for $251,000. James...
East Deer Commissioner Tony Taliani reflects on 50 years of service, receives commemoration
East Deer Commissioners Chairman Tony Taliani learned it takes time to see your work reflected in a township. It is why the 74-year-old has been serving as a commissioner for East Deer for 50 years. “I enjoyed what I was doing and took great satisfaction in the projects we were...
Owner of Lock 3 Bait & Tackle shop puts ‘gone fishing’ sign out for final time
Lee Murray didn’t do market research or create a formal business plan when he opened the Lock 3 Bait & Tackle shop on Freeport Road in Harmar in March 1986. But the avid fisherman knew that, like him, there were other people who value the personal service that comes with...
Valley High senior organizing blood drive as supplies reach historic lows
A Valley High School senior is organizing a blood drive at a time when blood inventories are at historic lows. Brooke Alcorn Ferry, 17, of New Kensington is staging the Feb. 28 blood drive as part of the community service hours she needs to graduate. It will be open to...
Hempfield homeowners may see lower insurance rates because of fire department’s improved ISO rating
While issues continue to impact Hempfield’s volunteer fire service, years of initiatives and efforts to reform the department are starting to pay off after officials received an improved rating from a national assessment company. The review by New Jersey-based Insurance Services Office Inc., or ISO, reflects fire protection services within...
The Stroller, Jan. 23, 2022: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your 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. Allegheny Valley Association of Churches accepting donations for food bank Donations are welcome for the Allegheny Valley Association of Churches food bank...
Westmoreland officials favor congressional map that unifies county
Westmoreland County could be consolidated into one congressional district or see some of its western and northern communities split off into another that includes parts of Pittsburgh and the city’s eastern suburbs under proposals that redraw the map determining Pennsylvania’s representation in Washington, D.C. The state will lose one seat...
Bitcoin, other cryptocurrencies growing in popularity as ATMs sprout up across Pittsburgh region
A different kind of ATM is popping up in stores, supermarkets and malls across Southwestern Pennsylvania. These, however, are not intended to spit out dollars. They offer cryptocurrency — a decentralized, digital currency that has no government backing or regulation. Its value is volatile, fluctuating like a stock. It relies...
Westmoreland transit authority approves new garage project in Hempfield
The Westmoreland County Transit Authority is rolling ahead with plans to build a new $10.5 million storage garage for the agency’s bus fleet in Hempfield. The 16,000-square-foot garage is to be built at the authority’s existing maintenance facility property on Route 66 to provide indoor storage for up to 20...
Fox Chapel area real estate transactions
Aspinwall Aaron Jagoda sold property at 109 Delafield Road to Robert and Janet Pennington for $351,000. J. Alan Crittenden sold property at 6 Knollwood Drive to Chad and Carla Dehmer for $705,000. Etna William Streit Jr. sold property at 19 Elizabeth St. to Cailin Rae Smiley for $120,000. Patricia Miller...
Public hearing Monday for Harrison dog daycare
An ongoing fight to bring a doggie day care to Freeport Road in Harrison will culminate in a public hearing Monday. People can weigh in on the request by Ringer’s Pet Dog Training to offer the service at 3041 Freeport Road, a former car dealership that Kim Ringer and her...
Key Club Talent Show back at Kiski Area schools
Live theater is back with an annual talent show returning to the Kiski Area School District. The Kiski Area annual Key Club Talent Show will showcase the talent of students with a variety show on Friday. All proceeds from the event, which is sponsored by the Key Club, will be...
McCandless goes remote for council meetings
Council meetings for the Town of McCandless are now fully remote until the end of March, a move fueled by covid concerns. “I’m trying to protect staff and citizens in our town,” said Councilmember Kimberly Zachary of Ward 1, who proposed moving to remote meetings, which council adopted on a...
Out & About: Members’ ‘Ah-Ha!’ show opens at Greensburg Art Center
The day’s arctic chill was no deterrent to attendance at Saturday’s opening reception for “Ah-Ha!”, a members’ exhibition at Greensburg Art Center. With the center’s parking lot full, attendees had to trek to the gallery after finding spaces in the surrounding neighborhood. The draw was the opportunity to view works...
Pittsburgh region under winter weather advisory for Sunday, 2-4 inches of snow expected
Don’t let Saturday’s eye-popping sunshine fool you. By Sunday morning, Western Pennsylvania will be under a winter weather advisory that will blanket the region with 2 to 4 inches of snow and make driving conditions hazardous. The National Weather Service in Moon Township issued the winter weather advisory for 7...
Tarentum’s Winter Market a chance for people support local vendors
Saturday’s frigid temperatures may have kept many people from venturing outdoors to visit the Winter Market in Tarentum, but those who did brave the cold found a nice variety of locally made crafts and gifts from which to choose. The market, which benefits Central Presbyterian Church in Tarentum, was held...
Cold temperatures, Ligonier Diamond provide perfect setting for icy menagerie
Visitors flocked to Ligonier on Saturday to admire a pair of giant chickens and 59 other figures sculpted from ice. After a bone-chilling night, temperatures rose into the 30s by mid-morning, making ideal conditions for viewing the town’s 31st annual Ice Fest. Although the sun was out in full force...
Delmont Diggers group to hold ‘seed swap’ at library
Louisa Fordyce of Loyalhanna is interested in attracting pollinators, both to her own garden and to the perennial pollinator garden maintained by the Delmont Public Library. So she was very excited to learn about tithonia, an annual plant also called the Mexican sunflower. “It comes in all different shades of...
Blaze at Penn Hills apartments displaces dozens, donations being accepted
Dozens of residents were displaced by a fire early Saturday at the Rodi Arms apartments in Penn Hills. Officials told Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV no one was injured in the blaze that began as a kitchen fire shortly after midnight and spread to the attic of the three-story building in...
2nd handgun found in just over a week at Pittsburgh International Airport
Allegheny County police confiscated a loaded handgun found in a passenger’s possession Saturday morning at Pittsburgh International Airport’s main security checkpoint. Transportation Security Administration officers spotted the 9mm handgun just before 6 a.m. in a backpack belonging to a 23-year-old man, according to police. The man had a valid concealed...
Victim identified in fatal Avalon shooting, Hopewell man charged with homicide
Allegheny County police have arrested a Hopewell man in the shooting death of a man early Saturday in Avalon. Samuel Lee Tolfa, 32, is charged with criminal homicide, aggravated assault, burglary, carrying a firearm without a license and fleeing police. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner identified the victim as Jorden...
Burnin’ love: Wood-fired pizza at Gus Franco’s of Lower Burrell is hot itemVideo
Orders at Gus Franco’s Pizza should be made in advance because the artisan pies are hot — real hot. Boasting a top-of-the-line, wood-fired pizza oven from Italy, Gus Franco’s sizzles dough with an air temperature reaching 900 degrees, which is more than 100 degrees higher than many commercial pizza ovens....
New Esports venue opening in Bridgeville
Calling it a large investment into STEM education as well as Scholastic Esports, Phoenix Theatres Luxury 14 + PTX (Phoenix Theatre’s Extreme Cinema) in Bridgeville is putting in an Esports venue and hosting a tournament for high school students on Feb, 5. Esports are multi-player video games played competitively for...
Greensburg woman hand-paints Marine Corps tribute on ‘World of Wheels’ motorcycle
Building a custom motorcycle is one thing. Building one that honors one’s brothers in arms is another. At the 60th annual World of Wheels custom car show this weekend at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Todd Keyser of Ligonier is showing off his custom Harley, hand-painted with reminders of...
