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The Stroller, Nov. 12, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your club meetings, community events 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. Dinner to benefit Leechburg fire victims A barbeque dinner to benefit Craig and Melissa Hubert of Leechburg who lost their home...
Police: Pair with rifle rob gas station on Pittsburgh’s South Side Slopes
Pittsburgh police are searching for two men who they say robbed a Sunoco gas station in the city’s South Side Slopes on Thursday night, officials said. Officers responded to the gas station in the 1600 block of Arlington Avenue around 9 p.m. for a reported armed robbery, said Pittsburgh Public...
Westmoreland happenings: Veterans Day events, pancake breakfast and karaoke fundraiser
Fundraisers • The Rosary Altar Society at St. Paul Parish, Greensburg, will hold its annual Christmas sale from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. through Nov. 13 at the church, 820 Carbon Road. There will be food, a basket raffle and bake sale. • Level Green Lions will sponsor an all-you-can-eat...
Garden club hosts glittering craft show
Glitter, Shiver and Glow The Fox Chapel Garden Club will host its annual holiday event with a twist this year. The club’s Glitter, Shiver and Glow event will offer crafts, floral arrangements, bulbs and house plants and more for sale in the open air at Allegheny RiverTrail Park. Admission is...
Highmark CEO David Holmberg’s pay dipped to $7.8M in 2020
Highmark Health CEO David Holmberg made $7.82 million in total compensation in 2020, about $325,000 less than the previous year, records filed Friday show. The reduced compensation and bonus package amid the covid-19 pandemic follows Holmberg reaping a pay increase of about $660,000 in 2019, an 8.8% hike, according to...
Fisher Hall renovation at Burrell Lake Park ready for the public
The newly renovated Fisher Hall in Burrell Lake Park sports clean, modern industrial chic decor while keeping its rustic vibe. After a closure of more than a year for the work amid operating complications during the pandemic, the longtime social hall in Lower Burrell is now available for rent. City...
Police investigate shooting that killed Aliquippa man
State police are investigating a shooting that left a man dead Thursday in Beaver County. Brandon L. Murray, 36, of Aliquippa, was pronounced dead in his apartment in the 500 block of Linmar Terrace. Aliquippa police were dispatched to the apartment shortly before 11 a.m. to check on Murray’s welfare....
Gun buyback event planned in Wilkinsburg; Giant Eagle gift certificates will be given out
The Wilkinsburg Police Department is teaming up with the Wilkinsburg Sanctuary Project for Peace in an effort to reduce the number of firearms in the community in advance of the holiday season. A gun buyback event is slated for 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13 in the lobby...
2 additional suspects arrested in Aug. 14 shooting death in Pittsburgh’s Beltzhoover
A man and a woman from Pittsburgh have been charged in the Aug. 14 shooting death of a man in the city’s Beltzhoover neighborhood. A city SWAT team and the U.S. Marshals Western Pennsylvania Fugitive Task Force on Thursday arrested Mariah Harrison, 19, of the city’s Fineview neighborhood, on charges...
Those who served gather for dinner, entertainment at Delmont restaurant
About 200 veterans and their guests enjoyed a meal and music during an Honoring Our Veterans dinner on Veterans Day at The Lamplighter Restaurant in Delmont. It was the 23rd such dinner organized by Penn Township resident Marianne Caruso since March 2017, when about 70 attended. The diners were served...
Wilmerding’s Westinghouse Castle coming back to life with new purposeVideo
The lights were back on in the old “Westinghouse Castle” in Wilmerding Wednesday night. A few of the folks who gathered on the lawn in front of the stately Romanesque/Renaissance Revival building probably swore they saw George Westinghouse waving from his old office. The property of the General Office or...
Police: Man found dead along railroad tracks in Scott Township
Allegheny County Police homicide detectives are investigating the case of a man found dead Thursday along railroad tracks in Scott Township. County 911 dispatchers were informed just before 6 p.m. of an unresponsive man along the tracks, off Creek Street. First responders discovered the man was deceased, and county police...
Snow possible as weather turns chilly this weekend
For the first time since last spring, that four-letter weather word — snow — is being mentioned again. And it’s not one bit unusual for this time of year according to Jenna Lake, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service office in Moon Township. “It’s very typical for this time...
A dozen Western Pa. health systems pledge to comply with vaccine mandate for hospital workers
UPMC’s top doctor affirmed Thursday that Pennsylvania’s largest health system and nongovernment employer will comply with a newly issued federal mandate that all health care workers get vaccinated for covid-19 by early January, in line with prior pledges by competing medical providers in recent months. Dr. Donald Yealy, UPMC’s chief...
A dozen Western Pa. health systems pledge to comply with vaccine mandate for hospital workers
UPMC’s top doctor affirmed Thursday that Pennsylvania’s largest health system and nongovernment employer will comply with a newly issued federal mandate that all health care workers get vaccinated for covid-19 by early January, in line with prior pledges by competing medical providers in recent months. Dr. Donald Yealy, UPMC’s chief...
Alle-Kiski Valley observes Veterans DayVideo
The men and women who have served in the military were honored at several Veterans Day observances in the Alle-Kiski Valley on Thursday. Veterans Day initially was known as Armistice Day, held on Nov. 11 because that was the anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I in 1918....
Experts say Pa. mask mandate appeal seeks broader precedent
Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration announced last week that it was prepared to lift the school mask mandate by Jan. 17. Why then, after the Commonwealth Court ruled Wednesday that Acting Health Secretary Alison Beam didn’t have the authority to issue the order in the first place, would the administration even...
High-tech Unity dairy farm offers tours, food, music this weekendVideo
Visitors stopping to explore Pleasant Lane Farms on Saturday will see how a family farming tradition and the latest in dairy herd technology have come together to support a rising cheesemaking enterprise. Founded by the Fryes, a seventh-generation farming family, the 185-acre spread at 239 Phillips Road in Unity will...
Pittsburgh International Airport military lounge gets upgrade with support from USO, Sheetz
Military service members now have an upgraded spot to relax and recharge between layovers at Pittsburgh International Airport. Buoyed by funding from Sheetz and individual donors, the United Service Organizations Inc. has invested in renovating the airport’s existing military lounge for active-duty as well as reserve members of the U.S....
Authentic piece of Bloomfield’s Little Italy — Donatelli’s — to close by year’s end
In the 1930s, Frank Donatelli allowed customers to stop in and pick up grocery items they needed from Donatelli’s Italian Food Center on Liberty Avenue in Bloomfield – without paying. They could give him money later. “My grandfather started accounts for Italian immigrants,” said his grandson Russell Donatelli. “They paid...
Convicted child sex offender who escaped Pittsburgh halfway house caught in Spring Hill, officials say
A convicted child sex offender from Fayette County who escaped from a Downtown Pittsburgh halfway house three weeks ago was arrested this week by sheriff’s deputies at a North Side apartment, officials said. Tyree Lamar Hill — who also goes by Tyreek and has ties to Fayette City, Pittsburgh and...
Highlands Elementary salutes local veterans with song, breakfast
Students at Highlands Elementary School applauded local veterans during a celebratory breakfast Thursday. But there were deeper lessons learned over pancakes and sausage. “I know what a POW is,” said third grader Connor Smith, whose special guest was his grandfather Grover Smith, who served in Vietnam as a Marine. “Before...
Women veterans honored by Westmoreland County YWCA
When U.S. Air National Guard veteran Deb Krall heard in October that the YWCA in Greensburg planned a program recognizing the county’s female veterans on Veterans Day, she was thrilled. The Youngwood resident immediately emailed her daughter with the news. Jodie, 37, of Greensburg also is a veteran with the...
Veterans Day: 5 facts you might not know
Veterans Day in the United States officially started 102 years ago as a way to commemorate the armistice that ended World War I. Here are some facts and figures related to U.S. veterans: 17.4 million The number of Americans who identified as military veterans in 2019, according to the U.S....
Family purchases Old Stone Tavern in Pittsburgh’s West End, promises to restore historic landmark
A family has purchased the Old Stone Tavern in Pittsburgh’s West End neighborhood, promising to preserve and restore the historic site, according to city officials. City Council President Theresa Kail-Smith, whose district includes the West End, identified the buyers as Barbara and Steve Porter and their son Robert Porter. They...
