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The Stroller, March 28, 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. Donations welcome for Easter meals, treats Allegheny Valley Association of Churches Food Bank is accepting donations that will be used to create specially prepared...
Life during covid: Greensburg paramedic recounts virus toll
Editor’s note: This is an occasional series examining how the coronavirus pandemic has affected the lives of members of our community. The life of a paramedic got a lot harder a year ago, and it hasn’t eased up yet. “It just causes a normal day to be four times as...
Jeannette native turns 100, recalls winter combat against German forces in 1945
Sam Joseph is celebrating his 100th birthday today at Weatherwood Manor in Hempfield. Seventy-six years ago, he was among Allied troops pushing into Germany’s Rhineland, battling to bring World War II to an end on Europe’s Western Front. The intervening decades melted away this past week as the Jeannette native...
Ashley’s Kitchen bringing stuffed breads to New KensingtonVideo
Ashley Bodycombe’s hashtag is “Gather, Eat, Laugh.” That’s what she’s hoping people from New Kensington and beyond will do at her new eatery, Ashley’s Kitchen, opening in late April in downtown New Kensington. The new business was born at home, in her kitchen. “I like cooking. It’s my passion,” said...
Oakmont’s ‘Comeback Crawl’ promotes local businesses on rebound from covid slowdown
Beverly Vopicka had a surprisingly lovely Saturday in Oakmont’s business district. The newly vaccinated 76-year-old resident of The Rivers Edge apartments — who, like many people, hasn’t been out and about much during the pandemic — happily strolled along Allegheny River Boulevard on the 70-degree afternoon with her grandson and...
North Huntingdon company lands Defense Department contract for 3D printing lab
A North Huntingdon-based firm with an international reach has landed a Defense Department contract to build a 3D industrial sand and metal printing lab using binder jet technology that can make replacement parts inside a 40-foot-long shipping container that can be set up where the military needs it. The “3D...
Burrell students collect and bag pandemic safety kits for 260 Knead Café patrons
Patrons received more than grab-and-go free community boxed meals Thursday at the Knead Community Café in New Kensington. They got a dose of pandemic protection with 260 safety kits stuffed with hand sanitizer, gloves and masks, courtesy of Burrell students. Before the pandemic hit, Burrell students were volunteering at the...
Tom Savini shares injury photos after being hit by a car
Special effects legend Tom Savini shared an update on his condition Saturday after being hit by a car. The Pittsburgh native posted photos to his verified Twitter account that showed the aftermath of an accident he had been in while riding his bicycle Thursday. Along with the photos of his...
Semi-permanent food truck serves up fresh food in Freeport
Jackie Gaughan is just a girl with a mobile deli. Her new food truck, aptly called Just a Girl with a Mobile Deli, opened in Freeport this week. “We have a fully customized, innovative commercial kitchen, but it’s just mobile,” Gaughan said. “It’s the same thing you’d see in a...
Olympus Energy pays $1.2M to extend waterlines near Marcellus well sites in Upper Burrell, Allegheny Township
Olympus Energy is paying $1.2 million to the Municipal Authority of the City of New Kensington to extend about 3 miles of waterlines near three Marcellus well sites in Upper Burrell and Allegheny Township. The energy company is buying water from the municipal authority and paying to pipe the water...
Southwest Behavioral Care seeks New Kensington’s OK for move to new office building
A nonprofit that provides outpatient mental health and substance abuse services to children and adults is looking to move to larger quarters in New Kensington. Southwest Behavioral Care, an affiliate of Southwestern Pennsylvania Human Services (SPHS), is at capacity at its offices at 408 Eighth St., said Cheryld Emala, chief...
3rd chick arrives in Hays bald eagle nest
A third eaglet has broken out of its shell in a bald eagle nest in Pittsburgh’s Hays neighborhood. The fluffy white chick joined its two older siblings before 6 a.m. Saturday, the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania announced. It’s the first time since 2014 that three chicks have been produced...
Westmoreland County reports most covid cases in 2021; Pa. sees most in months
Westmoreland County reported its most additional covid cases this year Saturday, according to state Department of Health data. The county reported 357 cases, the most since 466 were reported on Dec. 29. The seven-day case average on Saturday increased to 132, the highest that figure has been since Jan. 25....
Season passes are back Vandergrift Pool; officials look to a more normal swim season
Vandergrift Pool memberships are back. The popular pool, which is in Allegheny Township but owned by the borough, is officially named the Joseph A. Petrarca Memorial Pool and Veterans Memorial Park, for the late state legislator. Vandergrift Council voted to not sell season passes last summer because of covid-19-related restrictions...
Pittsburgh man charged in shooting death of woman in Carrick
A Pittsburgh man is charged in the shooting death of a woman early Saturday in the city’s Carrick neighborhood. City police have charged Donte Moss, 41, with criminal homicide, tampering with evidence, illegally possessing a firearm and carrying a firearm without a license. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office has...
Police: 3-year-old Monroeville girl dead in apparent accidental shooting
Allegheny County detectives said there is “strong evidence” a 5-year-old sibling accidentally shot and killed a 3-year-old girl Friday night in Monroeville. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office said the victim, Braya Sanders, was taken to Forbes Hospital in Monroeville, where she was pronounced dead just before 9:30 p.m. Monroeville...
Latrobe council honors visually impaired teen for leadership, service to othersVideo
At 17, Adison Lemmon knows where she wants to go. On track to join the National Honor Society and to graduate from Greater Latrobe Senior High this semester, a year earlier than usual, the Unity teen wants to become an early childhood and special education teacher. Her choice of career...
Pitt virologist discusses vaccine hesitancy, variants, why we may never fully eradicate covid-19Video
Paul Duprex doesn’t fault anyone who’s reluctant to get a covid-19 vaccine. As director of University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Vaccine Research, Duprex has been awed by the collaboration among academic institutions, pharmaceutical giants, public and private funders and scientists around the globe in the race to defeat the novel...
The Stroller, March 27, 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. Animal Protectors offers community pet pantry Animal Protectors of Allegheny Valley in New Kensington has a community pet pantry that offers free pet food...
Penn Township soldier, other veterans to be recognized for heroism at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial
A Penn Township soldier who was awarded the Silver Star posthumously for his heroic actions to save fellow soldiers 51 years ago in the Vietnam War officially will join a hall of heroes Sunday in Pittsburgh. Army Spc. 4 Larry L. Hohman of Paintertown will be inducted into the Hall...
Leechburg Area school Superintendent Tiffany Nix gets 5-year contract
Leechburg Area School Board has renewed the contract of Superintendent Tiffany Nix for another five years. “Really, in a small school, the superintendent does more jobs than what they do in a large school,” board president Neill Brady said. “She wears a lot more hats than the other superintendents do...
Dollar General development in Upper Burrell faces snag with faulty stormwater drain
Upper Burrell and area environmental officials discovered a faulty PennDOT storm drain that could adversely affect drainage at the proposed Dollar General development at Route 780 and Dewey Drive. The proposed Dollar General is on commercially zoned land. When the store was first proposed, township officials didn’t expect many obstacles...
Norwin High School closed 2 days because of covid cases
Norwin High School was closed Thursday and Friday because of a spike in positive covid cases during what was to be the first full week of in-person instruction this school year and will not reopen until April 6 because of the scheduled spring break. Superintendent Jeff Taylor announced on Wednesday...
Turnpike to close Sunday between Pittsburgh, Allegheny Valley interchanges
Traffic on the Pennsylvania Turnpike between the Allegheny Valley interchange in Harmar and the Pittsburgh interchange in Monroeville will be forced to make a detour off the toll road early Sunday morning as crews remove the original Unity Trestle Road bridge in Plum Borough. The turnpike closure will begin at...
Deer Lakes Middle School to sell Easter-themed bags to raise money for activities
Deer Lakes Middle School Student Council will hold an Easter Pop Up Shop fundraiser on Saturday afternoon. Student council members will be selling decorative Easter bags filled with candy and a scented pencil at the front entrance of Deer Lakes Middle School on East Union Road from 1 to 3...
