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The Stroller is compiling a list of fish fries taking place Ash Wednesday and/or Fridays during Lent. To your non-profit’s fish fry listed in the paper and online, send complete information in writing to Carol Pinto-Smith, Valley News Dispatch, 210 Wood St., Tarentum, PA 15084 or email cpinto-smith@triblive.com. Online open...

Bridgeville David Duffill sold property at 649 Gregg Ave. to Larry and Sandra May Gastgeb for $77,500. Andrew Fillipponi sold property at 1427 Main St. to Jacob Kuhn and Emily Fagan for $230,000. Scott Markovitz Group LLC sold property at 722 Maple St. to Stephanie Nicholl Berberick for $77,250. Carnegie...

Baldwin Borough Jacob Schrecengost sold property at 5637 Sixth St. to Emily Raeder for $135,000. Patrick Noone sold property at 1353 Cathell Road to Nanda Rai for $192,000. Jeffrey Arnold sold property at 3905 Frederick St. to Nicholas Ian Devault for $206,000. Estate of John Priore sold property at 416...

The covid-19 pandemic separated Donald “Pappy” Boulton from his wife for nearly a year, breaking his heart before claiming his life. An Oakmont native, Boulton, 85, will be remembered across the Alle-Kiski Valley primarily as a football coach who led and motivated young men on the gridiron. In college, he...

A Penn Hills man will serve up to 23 months in jail for his role in injuries sustained by a 2-year-old girl who police said still “looked like a zombie” days after a December 2017 incident in an Allegheny Township home. James Michael Bucci, 35, pleaded guilty Thursday to a...

Deer Lakes youth sports teams will now have a home at two of West Deer’s parks. The township approved annual leases to each association. The Deer Lakes youth baseball, softball, football, soccer and lacrosse associations were approved for almost identical leases at Bairdford Park and Nike Site Park. The leases...

Most of the nearly 100 residents at St. Thomas More Manor, an eight-story apartment tower for low-income seniors in Bethel Park, have been eager to get vaccinated for covid-19. But like many people across Western Pennsylvania — and particularly, elderly people without access to cars and computers — they weren’t...

For those who believe, ghosts come in a wide variety of forms: floating orbs of light, haunting voices or, as in the opinion of famed fictional ghostbuster Raymond Stantz, “a full-torso, free-floating apparition.” As it turns out, so do “ghost kitchens”: food-world phantoms that put emphasis on flavor rather than...

A few days before the annual pilgrimage that thousands make to the small Jefferson County town on Feb. 2 to celebrate the appearance of that famous weather prognosticator, Punxsutawney Phil, Donna Grabany is experiencing something unusual. There is room at her inn, lots of room in fact, for anyone wanting...

The Pennsylvania Department of Health on Saturday reported 85 new cases of the coronavirus in Westmoreland County, as hospitalizations and case counts decline in the area. The county’s total cases are at 24,661, which is an increase of nearly 700 cases from last week’s 23,962. The week before had an...

A 19-year-old man was struck and killed by a train on Pittsburgh’s South Side Saturday morning. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner identified the man as Lucas Philip Traverse, of Chalfont. According to city police, the incident on South Fourth Street at Color Park was reported just before 10:45 a.m. Officers...

Editor’s note: This is an occasional series examining how the coronavirus pandemic has affected the lives of members of our community. Ashley Luzader knows the toll the covid-19 pandemic has taken on local families. She sees it every week as people line up to receive food at the Salvation Army’s...

Allegheny County on Saturday recorded 326 new coronavirus cases, as recent daily numbers continue to stay below the 500-case mark. Reports haven’t reached 500 cases in nearly two weeks. The county now seems far beyond the time when it routinely reported case counts near the 1,000 mark. It had reported...

Kirk Klasnick watched with pride as his son, Ken, bowled strikes in a Sportsmen’s Bowling League game at Nesbit’s Lanes on Friday night. The Gilpin family has made the trek to the Plum bowling alley for many years. “I have three generations here,” said Kirk Klasnick, 57. “My dad (Bob),...

The Stroller is compiling a list of fish fries taking place Ash Wednesday and/or Fridays during Lent. To your non-profit’s fish fry listed in the paper and online, send complete information in writing to Carol Pinto-Smith, Valley News Dispatch, 210 Wood St., Tarentum, PA 15084 or email cpinto-smith@triblive.com. Free webinar...

Scholarships for Franklin Park seniors Applications for the Franklin Park Community Scholarship are now available for any graduating senior who resides in the borough. Each year Franklin Park typically awards 10 $1,000 scholarships. One scholarship is awarded to a student pursuing post-secondary education at a trade or technical school. This...

Vassar scholarship Baldwin High School senior Mariah Jones is a bright pupil with an interest in music and a dedicated athlete. Jones not only applies herself to learning in the classroom, but has sought out an opportunity to collaborate on a research project with Dr. Brett Andrews, Research Assistant Professor...

A Pittsburgh man has been charged with heading a gun and drug trafficking operation, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced Friday. Dennis Alexander, 28, allegedly oversaw the sale of heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, Oxycodone and stolen guns. The Office of the Attorney General worked with the New Brighton Police Department and...

Allegheny Technologies Inc. has resumed negotiations with the United Steelworkers, but union leaders reported Friday having made “no progress” a month before their existing contract is set to expire. Todd Barbiaux, president of United Steelworkers Local 1196, which represents union employees at ATI’s Brackenridge facility in Harrison, said lingering uncertainty...