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Lower Burrell Councilman Rob Hamilton will not seek reelection but promises to return
Lower Burrell Councilman Rob Hamilton will not seek reelection later this year in order to pursue a doctorate. Hamilton, 32, a veteran, has a full plate with a young family and a new position as executive director of Veterans Place of Washington Boulevard in East Liberty. Hamilton is in the...
Vandergrift ArtFest approved for July, hopes high for in-person event
Vandergrift’s Artfest will return to the streets this year. Lisa Dormire, chairwoman of the Artfest committee for the Vandergrift Improvement Program (VIP), pitched a date for the 2021 Artfest at Monday’s council meeting. Vandergrift Council approved the event for July 25. The tentative date and plans for an in-person event...
National Bird Feeding Month: Sales soar, as do views on Western Pa. feeder camsVideo
It’s not just that February is National Bird Feeding Month. Every month since the beginning of the pandemic last year has seemed like a bird feeding month. Sales of feeders, seed and most anything to do with birds have skyrocketed as people have flocked to the avian world — a...
New Kensington moving on new playgrounds in downtown, Mount Vernon
Plans for a new playground and basketball courts in downtown New Kensington are again moving forward, while residents are being asked for what colors they prefer on new play equipment at another neighborhood park. Council has authorized the city’s engineer to select a contractor from a state cooperative purchasing program...
Rescue dog lifts Harrison cancer survivor’s spirits, saves home from fireVideo
A rescued dog that Harrison’s Michael Groce took in last May wound up becoming his rescuer. After going through three bouts of cancer, through which he lost a kidney and parts of a lung, Groce, 53, found himself permanently disabled and unable to work. His husband of six years, Ron...
CMU study shows racial disparities in vaccine distribution, acceptance
Surveys from Carnegie Mellon University researchers show vaccine distribution is lower among Black and Hispanic Americans than white people across the U.S. Carnegie Mellon’s Delphi Research Group began surveying Facebook users nationwide about covid-19 symptoms in April 2020 and throughout the pandemic has released analyses on a variety of covid-related...
2 Good Samaritans hurt in I-70 crash on Belle Vernon-Speers Bridge
Two Good Samaritans attempting to help a motorist whose vehicle had become disabled on the Belle Vernon-Speers Bridge Saturday were hit by another vehicle and hospitalized, according to Trooper Robert Broadwater. Neither suffered life threatening injuries in the 6:45 a.m. crash on Interstate 70, he said. One of them was...
Westmoreland prosecutor makes 2nd bid for Derry district judge seat
A two-decade veteran of the Westmoreland County District Attorney’s office has announced a second campaign for the district judge seat in Derry. Kelly Tua Hammers, 49, a Democrat from Derry Township, said she will run to replace retiring District Judge Mark Bilik. He announced last month his planned retirement in...
1 killed, 1 hurt in crash on Saw Mill Run Boulevard
A 26-year-old woman was killed late Saturday in a one-vehicle crash on Saw Mill Run Boulevard, according to Pittsburgh police. Katherine Lynn Barvilchak of Pittsburgh was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner. Emergency responders were called to the crash into a utility pole around...
Harrison approves demolition contract, awaits officers’ vote on police pact
The Harrison commissioners have approved a contract for building demolitions, as well as a new agreement with the union representing the township’s police officers. A house at 998 Ivanhoe St. heavily damaged by fire in December 2016 is among the three included in the demolition contract. “It will be good...
Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 7, 2021
Churchill Charles Cathey sold property at 1 Rose Drive to Stephen and Genevieve Klump for $499,900. Delmont Robert Kudray sold property at 117 Barrington Rdg to Bruce and Denise Swarner for $246,000. Daniel Lew sold property at 213 Valley Stream Drive to Rose Marcus for $125,000. Forest Hills Estate of...
Hampton area real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 7, 2021
Hampton George Hagerty sold property at 2579 Wickline Road to Steven Denham and William Stock for $220,000. McCandless Milton Napper sold property at 609 Calais Drive to Brian Bence for $110,000. Judy McGinnis sold property at 8838 Memorial Drive to Regis Wiktorzewski for $245,500. Harry Sawyer sold property at 308...
Shaler area real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 7, 2021
Fox Chapel Henry Watson IV sold property at 126 Riding Trail Lane to Eric and Tiffany Kay Romantino for $1,250,000. Harmar Estate of John Walls sold property at 200 Orchard Ave. to Susanna Fraley for $124,600. Shaler Amanda Calhoun sold property at 228 Lehr Ave. to Bennett Altmeyer for $225,000....
The Herald area real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 7, 2021
Fox Chapel Henry Watson IV sold property at 126 Riding Trail Lane to Eric and Tiffany Kay Romantino for $1,250,000. Harmar Estate of John Walls sold property at 200 Orchard Ave. to Susanna Fraley for $124,600. Shaler Amanda Calhoun sold property at 228 Lehr Ave. to Bennett Altmeyer for $225,000....
Remembering Martin Delany, Pittsburgh’s abolitionist trailblazer
Martin Delany could have described himself by many titles: doctor, publisher, activist and diplomat, to name a few. But when he was being feted by British society at an 1860 event featuring many of the nation’s top scientists, he kept his introduction simple. “I am a man,” he said. The...
IUP alums dig deep as the university works to remake itself
Fighting an uphill battle to cut costs and end declining enrollment, Indiana University of Pennsylvania raked in record levels of financial support and set a new record among state-owned schools in a recently completed fundraising campaign. The 30-month comprehensive fundraising campaign, dubbed Imagine Unlimited, recently ended six months early with...
Property tax assessment cut of 28% eyed in proposed Unity Plaza settlement
Greater Latrobe School Board is considering a settlement that would reduce the property tax assessment for Unity Plaza. The settlement would cut the proposed tax assessment for the retail center by 28%, from $600,000 to $432,000, for 2020 and 2021. The plaza, located at routes 30 and 981 in Unity,...
Volunteer ‘snugglers’ sought as Latrobe-based organization emerges from pandemicVideo
Before the coronavirus pandemic, Angel Arms, a free Westmoreland County family support service, provided short-term care for infants and young children for 25 to 30 guardians and parents on a regular basis so they could attend counseling or court-ordered addiction recovery programs. The small, Latrobe-based human service program is seeking...
The Stroller, Feb. 7, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
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. Allegheny Valley...
Unity teens 1st area females to attain Eagle Scout rank
Two members of a Ligonier-based Boy Scout troop have just become Eagle Scouts, continuing a family tradition that started with their brother, who achieved the honor in 2018. What makes these two so different from others who have earned the highest rank in Scouting is that these 18-year-old college freshmen...
Export distiller partners with Penn Township company for ’boutique bourbon’ run
There is a lot of alliteration involving the letter “B” flying around White Valley Distilling in Export: things like “boutique bourbon” and “bloody butcher.” One is the special bourbon order that owners Jim Battaglia and Will Ramaley are making in partnership with Ventana Windows in nearby Penn Township. The other...
Carnegie, South Fayette real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 7
Bridgeville Gene Kruluts sold property at 1001 Grandview Ave. Unit 901 to Constantine Pikras for $65,000. Carnegie Estate of Morgan Allen Kelly sold property at 415 Fifth Ave. to Home Buying Solutions Inc. for $65,000. David Coley sold property at 510 Sixth Ave. to B & B Capital LLC for...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 7
Aleppo Raymond Sisak sold property at 1012 Sewickley Heights Drive to Joseph and Marianne Cibulas for $218,750. Bell Acres David Hoyer Anderson trustee sold property at 115 Grouse Lane to Joy Johnson for $480,000. Edgeworth Eric Pogue sold property at 505 Maple Lane to Ian and Jennifer Miller for $925,000....
Pine, Richland real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 7
Pine Cavalier Land Partn. L.P. sold property at Unknown Address to NVR Inc. for $289,920. Christopher Mannozzi sold property at 10715 Babcock Blvd. to Michael John Imbornone for $430,000. Brian Bolt sold property at 602 Broadmore Ln to Justin Meenan and Carolyn Wastchak for $338,000. Andrew Schurman sold property at...
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 7
Bellevue Jane Holland sold property at 501 Forest Ave. to Brandon and Krissie Reed for $210,000. Longshore Places LLC sold property at 65 N Jackson St. to SFR3 LLC for $72,900. Bradford Woods Curtis Roger Mcintyre trustee sold property at 504 Delmar Road to Cynthia Lotzmann for $450,000. Eric Tola...
