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Apollo Cemetery cleanup set; Scout to finish cleaning almost 100 veteran tombstones
After a rallying cry two years ago, the efforts to restore the Apollo Cemetery in Kiski Township have been bolstered by volunteers, donations and the elbow grease of Boy Scouts. Volunteers and donations are needed for a spring cleanup from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 27. The Apollo...
Youngwood man loses $3,100 in truck-buying scam
A 55-year-old Youngwood man lost $3,100 recently in a truck-buying scam over Craigslist when he reimbursed a Long Island, N.Y., buyer who had “overpaid” him with a worthless check, state police at Greensburg said. The victim intended to sell his truck for $2,500 on Feb. 26 to a buyer identified...
Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of March 21, 2021
Churchill Richard Spagnolli sold property at 2325 Marbury Road to Millennial Custom Homes LLC for $105,000. Adrian Starling sold property at 2333 Marbury Road to Matthew Sanguigni et al. and Keri Christine Russo Sanguigni for $305,000. Daniel Jon Gruber sold property at 2401 Marbury Road to Aaron Baker and Melissa...
Shaler area real estate transactions for the week of March 21, 2021
Etna Warde Robertson sold property at 6 Lincoln St. to Shawn Miller for $13,000. PGH Property Buyer LLC sold property at 157 Wood St. to William Simpson for $124,000. Shaler David Meier sold property at 109 Ellen St. to Richard Klosky for $92,000. Catherine Thompson sold property at 504 Foundry...
Hampton area real estate transactions for the week of March 21, 2021
Hampton Nicholas Sabatini sold property at 3124 Haberlein Road to Patrick and Laura Campbell for $252,500. Mildred Zielinski sold property at 3090 Henrich Farm Lane to Onome and Chinyere Oghifobibi for $655,000. Hampton Development Co. LLC sold property at 3276 Long Meadow Drive to Brian Ross Burley and Brittini Wright...
The Herald area real estate transactions for the week of March 21, 2021
Etna Warde Robertson sold property at 6 Lincoln St. to Shawn Miller for $13,000. PGH Property Buyer LLC sold property at 157 Wood St. to William Simpson for $124,000. Fox Chapel Robert Fletcher sold property at 625 Twin Pine Road to Gallegos Derek and Kristine devera Serna for $594,000. Harmar...
Man, woman arrested after fight outside North Apollo bar
A Vandergrift man was jailed after police said he fought with officers who were arresting him in connection to a disturbance Friday night outside a bar in North Apollo. Noah Helm, 24, is accused of becoming combative with a Kiski Township police officer as he attempted to arrest Helm along...
Arona officials seek information on local veterans as they prepare to dedicate memorial
Arona officials plan to dedicate a new memorial later this year but first want to find more information about local veterans. Several years in the planning stages, the borough’s updated monument to veterans was installed on Veterans Day. A dedication ceremony was postponed because of concerns about gatherings during the...
Westmoreland reading competition begins next chapter on Monday
For Shannen Stolkovich, participating in the Westmoreland Interscholastic Reading Competition is more than just an opportunity to show her competitive side. The event, which includes students from districts across the region, also is a way for the 16-year-old junior at Greensburg Salem High School to touch on a childhood passion...
Plan for updating Leechburg Area football field tabled at council meeting
The future of a new stormwater drainage system for Leechburg Area School District is uncertain after council tabled approval for the project until their April meeting. The district began discussing upgrades to the Veterans’ Field Sports Complex more than a year ago, including replacing the existing grass with synthetic turf,...
Election Code proposals trigger debate in Harrisburg as hearings progress
State lawmakers are weighing sweeping changes to Pennsylvania’s election laws as candidates cautiously test the waters for a 2022 mid-term election that could once again put the state in the bull’s-eye of the national debate over election reform. In Pennsylvania, where unsuccessful court challenges to the 2020 presidential election continued...
The Stroller, March 21, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s meetings, events and fundraisers in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Apollo Cemetery to sponsor cleanup day Saturday The Apollo Historic Cemetery, under the perpetual care of the Apollo Area Lions Club, will host a...
Westmoreland history tucked away in archives
The oldest documents kept by Westmoreland County show its burgeoning creation as well as its dark history. There are pieces missing from a tattered 1773 document, but the gist of it still gets through — Lt. Gov. Richard Penn appointed Arthur St. Clair recorder of deeds of the county. The...
Upper Burrell supervisors consider proposed Marcellus shale well
The Upper Burrell supervisors will consider a request for a Marcellus natural gas well to be drilled on Alcoa property off White Cloud Road. So-called unconventional wells are used in a controversial natural gas extraction process known as fracking. This would be the second Marcellus shale fracking site in the...
PennDOT to close 86-mile stretch of Turnpike overnight Saturday
An 86-mile stretch of the Pennsylvania Turnpike will be closed in both directions late Saturday night into early Sunday morning, because of construction. Between 11 p.m. Saturday and 6 a.m. Sunday, construction crews will be working to remove the Country Ridge Road bridge, which carries traffic over the turnpike in...
Several hundred, including actress Sandra Oh, rally in Oakland to ‘Stop Asian Hate’Video
Several hundred people gathered in Oakland on Saturday for a “Stop Asian Hate” rally. The rally, organized by Thrash the State, was held to protest an increase in violence against Asian Americans. Actress Sandra Oh, who is in town filming the Netflix series, “The Chair,” made a surprise appearance. A...
Missing Pittsburgh woman found dead, police say
A Penn Hills woman who had been reported missing Friday was found dead in Wilkinsburg, according to police and the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. Maxine Gillis, 79, who suffered from a medical condition, was found in the 2200 block of William Penn Highway, the medical examiner said Saturday. The...
Owner of fire-damaged apartment house in Greensburg hopes to rebuild
The owner of a Greensburg rental property damaged by a fire Friday afternoon said he is awaiting an insurance adjuster’s report to determine his next step. Standing outside his three-story house at 34 Grant St. on Saturday, John Toth said that insurance adjuster and a city inspector were at the...
Man arrested after 12-year-old boy stabbed in Liberty Avenue McDonald’s
A Pittsburgh man has been arrested in connection with the stabbing of a 12-year-old boy inside the McDonald’s restaurant in Downtown Pittsburgh Saturday afternoon, police said. Charles Edward Turner, 51, was charged by Pittsburgh police with criminal attempt homicide, four counts of aggravated assault, two counts of simple assault and...
Covid cases spiking rapidly in Pennsylvania and Allegheny, Westmoreland counties
The latest covid-19 spike that health officials have been warning about appears to have arrived in Pennsylvania. On Saturday, the state posted 4,213 new covid cases, the highest single-day tally since Feb. 7 (4,717). Over the past week, the seven-day average of new cases (2,888) has risen more than 16%....
Life during covid: Windber woman offers helping hand in a variety of ways
Editor’s note: This is part of an occasional series examining how the coronavirus pandemic has affected the lives of members of our community. Donna LaMonaca is no stranger to helping others. A little less than a year ago, as the covid-19 pandemic ramped up across the world, the Windber resident...
Women of Alle Kiski Engaging collecting items for Allegheny Valley Association of Churches
Many families come to Karen Snair with nothing. As executive director of Allegheny Valley Association of Churches in Harrison, Snair helps them with everything from food to furniture to dishes and other basic household items. “If you and I need those products, we just stop at the grocery store and...
Week in review: Here is a look at some of the top stories from The Herald for the week of March 14, 2021Video
Here are some of The Herald’s top stories for the week of March 14: • Aspinwall considers $2 million in traffic upgrades Aspinwall council is taking a look at how to improve parking, crosswalks and traffic flow in the borough. Projects could begin this spring and, over the course of...
University of Pittsburgh sees spike in covid cases
The University of Pittsburgh said it has seen an 83% spike in new covid cases this past week and four of its campuses are in a “guarded risk posture.” Thirty-six students have tested positive for coronavirus since March 16, and 45 are in isolation at the Oakland campus, according to...
Story of Wally Triplett, 1st Black football player to start for Penn State, to be made into movieVideo
It was a moment every high school football player dreams about. It was the mid-1940s, and Wally Triplett had just opened a letter from the University of Miami. The school was offering him a scholarship to play football for the Hurricanes. Triplett was ecstatic. His joy quickly evaporated when he...
