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Affordable housing details would be required for developers under proposed Pittsburgh legislation
Developers seeking approval from the City of Pittsburgh may have to provide affordable housing impact statements, if proposed legislation being considered by City Council is approved. The measure, introduced by Councilmembers R. Daniel Lavelle and Ricky Burgess, is meant to address concerns that affordable housing remains out of reach for...
Solicitor advises Greater Latrobe School Board to honor mask mandate as protests continue
Greater Latrobe School Board this week amended its health and safety plan to formally include a state mask mandate that has been in place since Sept. 7. Several residents called for the school board to contest it, but solicitor Ned Nakles advised the panel to honor the order while legal...
Endangered piping plover at Presque Isle nests with 3 females; 2 chicks fledge
For the fifth year in a row, the federally endangered piping plover has nested at Presque Isle State Park in Erie, the only site in the state where the sparrow-sized, white-and-tan shorebird nests, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission. But this year was a little different. Piping plovers are known...
Police use Taser on East Vandergrift man during struggle
Police used a Taser on an East Vandergrift man charged with stealing a motorcycle after he tried to wrestle the weapon away from an officer, according to authorities. Vandergrift officers went to John William Ebner’s McKinley Avenue home around 8 p.m. on Sept. 16 to execute a warrant for his...
Lawsuit alleges Bethel Park McDonald’s hired sex offender who raped teen employee
A teenage girl and her parents sued McDonald’s and a Bethel Park franchise operator Tuesday, alleging that she was harassed and raped by a shift manager with whom she worked, that the defendants knew about it and did nothing to stop it. The complaint, filed in Allegheny County Common Pleas...
Algae bloom dissipates in Twin Lakes Park
Signs warning visitors about a harmful algae bloom at the lower lake in Twin Lakes Park are expected to be taken down this week as the conditions dissipate, according to Westmoreland County Bureau of Parks and Recreation director Brandon Simpson. He said the signs were put up a couple weeks...
Ross commissioners continue to battle release of police study
The request to release a consultant’s report on the Ross Township Police Department came up again at the Sept. 20 Ross Township Board of Commissioners meeting. All nine commissioners were in attendance, as were township manager Ronald Borczyk and assistant manager Adam Ravenstahl. The meeting began with three public comments,...
More than 100 Penn State students suspended for bucking vaccine-or-test requirement
More than 100 Penn State University students are on interim suspension for failing to comply with the university’s covid-19 testing requirement, according to a release from the school. As of Tuesday, according to the release, 117 students at Penn State’s University Park campus have been placed on interim suspension after...
‘Circles’ will combine Black visual, performing arts
A group of Black artists will layer dance, visual arts and a live original score next month at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center. “Circles” is the culmination of work by Staycee and Herman “Soy Sos” Pearl, co-artistic directors of the Staycee Pearl Dance Project, PearlArts and Soy Sos....
Pittsburgh council advances law banning cat declawing surgery
Declawing cats could soon be banned in Pittsburgh. Under legislation advanced by City Council on Wednesday, the surgery, which many veterinarians say causes behavioral issues and long-term pain for the animals, would be prohibited. “I think veterinarians know better and want this to stop,” said Jennifer Conrad, a California veterinarian...
Food Podcast: Acting Secretary of Pa. DHS highlights increase in SNAP benefitsVideo
On the latest episode of the Food Podcast presented by Clearview Federal Credit Union on the TribLIVE podcast network, Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank talks to Megan Snead, Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services. Snead has been visiting food banks across Pennsylvania for hunger action month, and...
Greensburg Art Center show delves deep into ‘Third Dimension’Video
Greensburg Art Center is traveling into “The Third Dimension” for an exhibition of the same name, opening with a free reception from 6-8 p.m. Saturday in the gallery at 230 Todd School Road, Hempfield. It’s the first time in recent memory that the center has mounted a show of all...
Westmoreland news: art exhibit, quilt show and blood drive
Art • Greensburg Art Center will have a free exhibit, “The Third Dimension,” Sept. 25 to Oct. 22 at the center, 230 Todd School Road. Works will include sculpture, artisan craft and 3D relief work. A free opening reception will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 25. Details: greensburgartcenter.org...
Ligonier Township man accused of assaulting officer investigating domestic dispute
A Ligonier Township man is accused by police of assaulting an officer who was investigating a domestic violence report, according to court papers. Jonathan O. Hillen, 33, is charged with assault of a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest. Ligonier Valley police were called to his Route 30 home Tuesday...
Plans for Popeyes moving forward in New Kensington
Plans for a new Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen are moving forward in New Kensington. The city’s planning commission on Tuesday approved the land development plan for Popeyes without conditions, City Clerk Dennis Scarpiniti said. The restaurant specializing in fried chicken and shrimp is proposed to be built in the Giant Eagle...
Sharpsburg’s Fall Festival expected to draw thousands for pumpkin patch, carriage rides, food and fireworks
A Sharpsburg festival planned for Oct. 2 is pegged to be larger than the borough’s annual Open Streets Celebration that draws thousands. “To put it mildly, the event has exploded,” said Greg Domian, chair of the borough’s special events committee. “We have three football fields of vendors signed up.” The...
Art and music are on the menu at Ruckus Coffee Gallery Cafe in Shaler
When Christine Rauktis and Daryl Kuczynski moved to the North Hills, they began looking for a family-friendly community gathering space that served good food and coffee and celebrated the arts. Unable to find one, they opened their own. Ruckus Coffee Gallery Café debuted on July 3 and already has regulars...
Bethel Park family participating in Strides for CJD event to honor late father, husband
Community members, family and friends of those affected by Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease will gather on Oct. 9 at South Park for Strides for CJD, a 5K walk/run. The rare neurodegenerative disease currently has no treatment or cure. CJD is caused by “prions,” proteins that can misfold in the brain, with devastating...
Jeannette gallery’s ‘Bat Country’ show explores scary, goofy, creepy themes
Even though “Bat Country Revisited” is the name of the new exhibition at You Are Here in Jeannette, the art space won’t look entirely like a Halloween store. Some of the artwork will include bats and other fantastical, Halloween-adjacent creatures, but some of it will use the bat theme metaphorically,...
Thomas Jefferson alumni give an old structure school spirit
An old structure — likely once used as a concession stand — at Gill Hall Park now screams “TJ” with its inspiring new black and gold Jaguar facade, thanks to the efforts of two Thomas Jefferson High School alumni. Kaylee Rowland, 19, and Alex Folino, 18, both 2021 graduates, volunteered...
Unity solicits input on plans for Wimmerton intersection; meeting turnout disappointing
Low turnout disappointed Unity township officials this week people to weigh in on options for improving the intersection of Wimmerton Boulevard and Route 30. “If you’ve got 400 homes in the Wimmerton development and 50 people showing up, the numbers were a little disappointing as far as what we expected,”...
Va. authorities believe missing 3-year-old girl died in care of couple arrested in South Greensburg
Virginia authorities investigating the disappearance of a 3-year-old girl believe she died while in the care of a couple police arrested in South Greensburg this month. Augusta County Sheriff Donald L. Smith said the determination came after a Monday search of a Virginia home where the couple lived. Investigators were...
Fall Book Sale, Teen Maker Mondays and more at Northland Public Library
Northland Public Library is located at 300 Cumberland Road in McCandless. Masks must be worn at all times by everyone in the Children and Teen Services department and for all indoor programs. A number of upcoming in-person and virtual programs are offered — registration is required where noted by visiting...
Burrell School District and Penn State among 21 grantees for $1.1 million in Arconic donations
Burrell School District and Penn State New Kensington each will receive $25,000 from Arconic Foundation’s $1.1 million in donations in Western Pennsylvania this year. The grants to 21 nonprofits will support education, social equity, environmental sustainability and human needs programs throughout the region. Arconic Foundation invests in communities where Arconic...
Great Allegheny Passage Relay returns to the actual trail
After spending 2020 as a virtual event, the 2021 Great Allegheny Passage Relay is back to being on the trail that runs from Pittsburgh to Cumberland, Md. It’s a new course for the 150-mile running relay event that previously went in the opposite direction, starting in Cumberland and ending in...
