Western PA Local News category, Page 2067
Grants help grow community gardens across Western Pa.Video
A community garden can bring together residents who never met, and its bounty can help feed the growers and others through donations. That’s why several community garden organizers throughout Western Pennsylvania were so happy to receive grant funding or in-kind donations to get their gardens started. “We got some help...
Bethel Park real estate transactions for the week of April 18, 2021
Timothy Peckyno sold property at 836 Boulder Drive to Muzaffar and Azizakhon Tukhtasinov for $305,000. David Unglaub sold property at 5991 Boyer Ave. to Jorge Zarate for $161,200. Matthew Hammer sold property at 6444 Churchill Road to Jacqueline Marie Rodwick for $170,000. Colby Myers sold property at 988 Fairview Drive...
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of April 18, 2021
Bellevue Robert Recker Jr. sold property at Farragut Ave. to Crecker LLC for $5,000. Robert Recker Jr. sold property at 8 Farragut Ave. to Crecker LLC for $7,000. Young Mens Christian Assn. sold property at 629 Lincoln Ave. to Franklin Square L.P. for $900,000. Brian Wisniewski sold property at 638...
South Fayette, Upper St. Clair area real estate transactions for the week of April 18, 2021
Bridgeville John Baselj sold property at 742 Mill St. to Tru Sky Properties LLC for $55,000. Patrick McGinnis sold property at 1052 Sarah St. to John Albert and Nicole Helene Baselj for $219,000. Pittsburgh Sports Performance & Developm sold property at 331 Station St. to 331 Station St. Associates LLC...
South Hills real estate transactions for the week of April 18, 2021
Baldwin Borough John Coll sold property at 186 Cheston St. to Justin Hawkins and Marquita Quinones for $209,900. Abigail Rae Nath sold property at 3355 Churchview Ave. to Owen Parham and Abigail Valero for $163,000. Brandon Enos sold property at 5072 Dolores Drive to Tanka and Lila Subedi for $416,000....
New Burrell school resource officer fields almost 70 tips this school year for students in distress
Burrell School District’s new school resource officer, Robert Acquaviva, will respond to student tips — day or night, on duty or off — when he is alerted that a student is in trouble. This helping hand is courtesy of the district’s Safe2Say program, offering students the chance to make anonymous...
Trib Total Media named best overall newspaper for 3rd consecutive year in SPJ awards
Trib Total Media has been named the best overall newspaper by the Keystone Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists for the third year in a row. “We are humbled that the judges in this competition have awarded this prestigious honor to us three consecutive years,” Trib Total Media Executive...
The Stroller, April 18, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your club 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. Registration open for St. Margaret Foundation Brian Demchak Hope Challenge The annual St. Margaret Foundation Brian Demchak Hope Challenge is set for May 16...
Photos: Harrison Cub Scouts help fish commission stock at Deer Lakes Park
The lakes at Deer Lakes Park in West Deer instantly became a favorite fishing hole Saturday. Members of Cub Scout Pack 186 in Natrona Heights, Harrison, and their families helped the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission stock the lakes with trout....
Don’s Diner to be featured in Showtime series filming in Pittsburgh
Don’s Diner, a fixture of Pittsburgh’s Woods Run neighborhood, is being featured in a new Showtime series called “Rust” set in Southwestern Pennsylvania. The series stars veteran actor Jeff Daniels. The 25-year-old eatery is not only known for its food but is a regular Hollywood fixture when it comes to...
Lower Burrell’s Hamilton offers up resignation, gets no takers
Lower Burrell Councilman Robert Hamilton offered his resignation because of recent and anticipated absences from council meetings. But there were no takers. Hamilton recently became CEO of Veterans Place in East Liberty and soon will begin classes to pursue a doctorate. “I want to offer a public apology for the...
Spring has sprung indoors — at Art in Bloom photography show at Pittsburgh MillsVideo
Spring is more than in the air, with 60 photos and pieces of artwork depicting spring flowers at the Art in Bloom floral and photography show at the Pittsburgh Mills mall in Frazer. The art is being displayed until May 15 at Focus on the Arts Gallery in the mall....
West Virginia University student, 20, dies after fall from parking garage
A 20-year-old West Virginia University student is dead after falling from a parking garage on the Morgantown campus Friday afternoon. University police responded shortly after 12:30 p.m. Friday to the University Place garage for reports “that a person either fell or jumped from the parking garage and landed on the...
Upper Burrell fire company surprises girl with companion German shepherd puppyVideo
Of all emergency calls for fires, car crashes, medical issues and general mayhem the Upper Burrell Volunteer Fire Company fields, the company had a new call Thursday: delivering a puppy to a young girl plagued by seizures. With sirens blaring, two firetrucks pulled up to a yellow-sided ranch home with...
Highlands board to vote on contract for unarmed security
Highlands School Board will vote Monday on hiring a new firm to provide unarmed security services for the district. The board will be voting on a three-year agreement with Universal Protection Service, doing business as Allied Universal Security Services, of Conshohocken, Montgomery County. The agreement began March 5 or 25;...
Top stories from The Herald communities for the week of April 12, 2021Video
Here are some of the top stories for the week of April 12, 2021: • Aspinwall seeking $215,000 in grants for town upgrades Aspinwall residents could see townwide improvements thanks to three grants that council has applied for. Money would help pay for trail improvements at Fireman’s Memorial Park, sewer...
Life during covid: Former Westmoreland public defender makes career move in midst of pandemicVideo
Editor’s note: This is an occasional series examining how the coronavirus pandemic has affected the lives of members of our community. Attorney Chris Haidze doesn’t regret for a minute his decision to make a major career move in the middle of the covid-19 pandemic to become Westmoreland County special courts...
North Hills student news: Virtual art show, essay contest winner and more
SRU virtual art show The work of emerging student artists, including Meghan Joyce and Victoria Grabosky of Wexford, at Slippery Rock University is on display through April 30 via a virtual exhibition, “MOSAIC: Individually Together.” Participating student artists are enrolled in the University’s professional practices course, Art Seminar, and under...
South Hills student news for April 17, 2021
First place Science Center award Pleasant Hills resident Liliana D’Andrea, a student at St. Elizabeth Elementary School, took first place in Chemistry, Intermediate Division, at the Carnegie Science Center’s Pittsburgh Regional Science & Engineering Fair on March 24. Her project, titled “Invasion of the Microplastics,” investigated how much microplastic her...
Sewickley student news: Quaker Valley kindergarten registration, dean’s list and more
Participating in Syracuse Sport Business Conference Anna Genter, a junior at Syracuse University from Sewickley, is involved in a student-produced Syracuse Sport Business Conference to be held virtually on April 24. She is a sport management and business major through the Whitman School of Business and has been on the...
Turnpike officials install first solar microgrid on Hempfield bypass property
A microgrid consisting of more than 3,200 solar panels is under construction at a Pennsylvania Turnpike maintenance facility in Hempfield. Located at 241 AKH Maintenance Lane along the Amos K. Hutchinson Bypass, the facility is the only turnpike campus that will use solar panels for power. “The turnpike is looking...
‘Moral scandal’: Gov. Wolf proposal, lawsuit aim to cut Pennsylvania school funding gap
Even if Gov. Tom Wolf’s fair funding formula proposal passes the Legislature, area schools still could face a funding gap that has plagued Pennsylvania districts for years. The gap — highlighted in 2015, when it was reported that Pennsylvania had one of the nation’s starkest spending gaps between rich and...
Artist and preschool teacher open Squirrel Hill studio for children to paint
Tucked away on a Squirrel Hill back street, the top level of a two-story parking garage hums with activity — not that of cars, but of little hands, messing with paint. In the converted garage space, Laura Wagner and Kevin Wenner opened Raw Space Art in January with the motto...
The Stroller, April 17, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your club 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. Flea-tique season to begin May 16 The Alle-Kiski Valley Historical Society’s Flea-tique will begin the season from dawn to 1 p.m. May 16 at...
Attorney: Man hurt in South Side brawl doesn’t blame Aaron Donald for injuries
A man who was beat up in a brawl on Pittsburgh’s South Side last weekend has recanted his accusations that NFL defensive star Aaron Donald of Penn Hills was among the people who assaulted him, according to the man’s attorney. The former Pitt star actually came to his rescue and...
