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The Stroller, Nov. 3, 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. Community library to host pop culture trivia night Community Library of Allegheny Valley will host a pop culture Trivia Night at...
Incumbents hold off write-in challengers in Penn-Trafford school board race
All three incumbents in the Penn-Trafford school board race earned new terms on Tuesday, and the current warden of the Westmoreland County Prison will join them after earning a school board seat in the district’s Region II. In Region I, incumbent Republican Martin Stovar took nearly 83% of the vote....
Pittsburgh City Councilman Anthony Coghill declares victory with wide lead in reelection bid
In the only contested race for a Pittsburgh City Council seat this year, first-term Councilman Anthony Coghill led challenger Connor Mulvaney by a wide margin late Tuesday. Coghill, 55, a Democrat from Beechview, and Mulvaney, 28, a Green Party candidate from Brookline, are vying to represent District 4, which includes...
Lemak, Lingg, Stepanovich and Dice come out on top in Murrysville council race
Two incumbents and two first-time candidates earned four-year terms on Murrysville council out a field of six in Tuesday’s municipal election. Newcomer and Republican Jason Lemak was the top vote-getter with 3,407 votes, followed by fellow first-timer and Republican Jamie Lingg (3,323), and incumbent Republicans Carl Stepanovich (2,996) and Dayne...
Franklin Regional school board will see 4 new members
One incumbent and three first-time candidates came out on top of a field of six candidates in the Franklin Regional school board election on Tuesday night, according to unofficial results. Additionally, retiree Diana Altieri Hand, 60, won election as the sole candidate running for a two-year term for the seat...
Plethora of fitness programs set at Hampton Community Center
Zumba, tai chi and yoga are among the classes that will be offered at the Hampton Community Center beginning in mid-November. They will join popular activities that include pickleball, badminton and volleyball that are available to Hampton residents and non-residents, said Melanie Martino, coordinator of special events and marketing. And...
Carson defeats Bacha in Westmoreland coroner’s race, as GOP sweeps county row offices
Scottdale’s Tim Carson on Tuesday went from caterer to coroner and ended the political dynasty that has held the Westmoreland County office for nearly a half century. With 100% of the vote counted, the Republican appeared to defeat five-term incumbent Democrat Ken Bacha. The owner of Carson’s Premier Catering in...
Incumbent Republicans retain seats on Greensburg City Council
Two Democratic challengers were leading the way early against two incumbents Tuesday night for a seat on Greensburg council, but that all changed by midnight. Republican incumbents Donnie Zappone Jr. and Gregory Mertz both won another term on council, grabbing 29% and 28% of the vote total, respectively, unofficial election...
Lenny Collini to become Vandergrift’s new mayor
Vandergrift will have a new mayor to start the new year. Councilman Lenny Collini, who was listed on both party ballots Tuesday, won 76.5% of the vote against a write-in campaign waged by incumbent Democrat Barbara Turiak, who received 23.5%. With all of Vandergrift’s six precincts reporting, Collini had 485...
Political newcomer ousts longtime supervisor in Allegheny Township
A political newcomer appeared to be successful in his campaign to replace a longtime supervisor in Allegheny Township. According to unofficial election results Tuesday night and with all precincts reporting, Republican James Morabito had 56% of the vote, defeating incumbent Supervisor Kathy Starr, who had about 44%. This is the...
Lindsay Fraser unseats Tom Kish as Brackenridge mayor
Brackenridge residents cast a ballot for change on Tuesday, electing a new mayor for the first time in 12 years. Political newcomer Lindsay Fraser, who is not affiliated with any party, handily won the election against Democratic incumbent Thomas Kish by more than 30%, with a total of 275 votes...
Women, Black candidates lead way in Allegheny County Common Pleas race
In the race for 10 seats on the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas, the four leading vote-getters as of 9 a.m. Wednesday were Black, while six of the top 10 were women, according to unofficial results. Eighteen candidates appeared on the ballot — whittled down from 39 candidates in...
Ziccarelli surges to win Westmoreland district attorney race over Peck
For the first time in more than a quarter century, Westmoreland County will have a new top prosecutor. With 100% of the county’s 307 precincts reporting Wednesday morning, Republican Nicole Ziccarelli erased an early lead held by six-term Democratic incumbent John Peck and claimed the race for district attorney. Peck...
4 chosen for Delmont council
Three incumbents and one newcomer took the top spots for four Delmont council seats in Tuesday’s municipal election. Incumbent Republican Stan Cheyne was the top vote-getter with 470 votes, followed by incumbent Republican Pam Simpson (450), incumbent Republican Andrew Shissler (437) and newcomer Republican Jeff Cunningham (416). “I’m excited to...
Incumbent Urban wins another term as Delmont mayor
Republican incumbent Alyce Urban earned another term as mayor in Delmont, beating out Libertarian challenger Nate Jobe, 453-193, according to unofficial results from Tuesday’s election. Urban, 74, a former council member appointed to the mayor’s seat in 2014, ran on a platform of preserving the police department, which recently relocated...
All schools in South Park School District going to online learning after Snapchat threat
All schools in the South Park School District will move to online classes Wednesday after Snapchat posts threatened gun violence at South Park Middle School. The district initially announced Tuesday evening that the middle school would turn to virtual learning but then later announced that all of the district’s schools...
Salem senior home residents taken to Delmont fire hall after problem with heating system
About 40 residents and staff members were moved from Ark Manor senior living facility in Salem to the Delmont Volunteer Fire Department on Tuesday night after a problem with the heating system, a move that emergency officials hope is temporary. “We’re trying to get the heat temporarily back on in...
Incumbent, 2 challengers poised to win contested Allegheny County Council races
An incumbent and two challengers jumped out to early leads Tuesday in the three contested races for Allegheny County Council, according to unofficial results. In council’s District 1 race, with all precincts reporting results as of midnight, Democrat Jack Betkowski of Ross had collected 51.2% of the 23,629 votes counted...
Ed Gainey to make history as Pittsburgh’s first Black mayor
Democratic state Rep. Ed Gainey declared victory Tuesday night while holding a commanding lead in the Pittsburgh mayoral race. With more than 96% of precincts reporting unofficial results shortly before midnight, Gainey had collected nearly 71% of the votes counted compared to nearly 29% for Republican nominee Tony Moreno. Gainey,...
2021 election results from across Western Pennsylvania
Polls across Pennsylvania closed at 8 p.m. Tuesday, and the Tribune-Review has you covered as election races are decided. You can find complete results here and stories from dozens of races from across Allegheny and Westmoreland counties as they become available. The city of Pittsburgh will have a new mayor...
Ross woman pleads guilty to U.S. Capitol riot charge
A Ross woman charged with participating in rioting at the U.S. Capitol pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Washington. Jennifer Heinl, 44, will be sentenced March 22 on a single count of parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building. The count is a misdemeanor and carries a maximum...
Bethel Park police make arrests in recent vehicle break-ins, thefts
Two men have been arrested in connection with recent vehicle break-ins in Bethel Park. Charles Trout, 30, of Pittsburgh and Nicholas Ehrhart, 36, of Butler are charged with receiving stolen property, criminal conspiracy, theft from a motor vehicle, criminal attempt, loitering and prowling at night and defiant trespass. Charges stem...
Lincoln Park performing arts student, bus driver killed in I-79 crash identified
A school bus driver and teen passenger were killed late Tuesday afternoon after the bus they were in collided with a tractor-trailer on Interstate 79 in Butler County. On Wednesday afternoon, officials from Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School in Midland, Beaver County, identified the victims as student Brylee Walker,...
Oakmont police investigating thefts from unlocked vehicles
Oakmont police are investigating a rash of vehicle break-ins. Chief Michael Ford said a group of young men reportedly entered at least eight unlocked vehicles on multiple blocks between Fifth and Thirteenth streets sometime between Monday night and Tuesday morning. Victims reported cash and other items being stolen. No forcible...
New Kensington gives preliminary approval to 2022 budget with no property tax hike
The property tax rate will not be going up in New Kensington next year. City Council on Monday approved an $8.47 million preliminary budget for 2022 that keeps the tax rate at 32.03 mills. The city would spend almost 4% more than its $8.16 million budget for this year. City Clerk...
