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The Stroller, Jan. 20, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s meetings, fundraisers and community events in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Drive-through food distribution planned Tuesday at Lernerville Speedway Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank will host a drive-through food distribution for anyone in need...
Oakmont Commons flooding solutions dependent upon grant approval
Flood mitigation projects proposed for the Oakmont Commons housing plan are contingent upon grant funding, Oakmont officials said Tuesday. The borough applied for $500,000 through the Commonwealth Financing Authority’s Flood mitigation Program last July. It’s a matching grant with the borough projected to shell out 15%, about $75,000, should it...
Oakmont officials approve plans for proposed housing development near country club
A proposed housing plan near the Oakmont Country Club has cleared a hurdle with borough council. Elected officials unanimously voted Tuesday night to approve the subdivision and land development plans for Oakmont Place, a 12-unit, one-floor patio home development off Hulton Road by Eleventh Street. “We’re very happy,” landscape architect...
Greater Latrobe students to return to classrooms beginning MondayVideo
Greater Latrobe students will be able to return to the classroom beginning Monday, after more than a month of full-time remote learning. The school board voted Tuesday to allow elementary students to return to school five days per week. Students in grades 7-11 may resume a hybrid model, with half...
Back Alley Brewing Co. to be a 1st in Dormont
A group of friends have created a lot of beer behind one of their homes. That location inspired a business. Back Alley Brewing Co. is planned to open in late spring/early summer. It will be the first brewery in Dormont. Four of the five owners live there and a fifth...
Judge: Port Authority cannot ban Black Lives Matter masks
A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that the Port Authority of Allegheny County cannot ban its employees from wearing Black Lives Matters masks, finding that a policy banning political speech was “arbitrary and over broad.” U.S. District Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan said in his 45-page opinion that Port Authority’s argument...
Norwin OKs housing authority deal for payments in lieu of taxes
The Norwin School Board put its stamp of approval on a deal to split about $11,150 a year with the taxing bodies of Irwin and the county for the next 40 years in return for not challenging the non-profit charitable status of the developer of a proposed 50-unit complex for...
State Rep. Ed Gainey to challenge incumbent Bill Peduto in race for Pittsburgh mayor
State Rep. Ed Gainey announced Tuesday he is challenging Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto in the Democratic primary. “I’m running for mayor because I know that the working people of Pittsburgh need opportunities for good union jobs with a living wage and benefits, affordable housing, genuine public safety, and a city...
Pittsburgh-inspired coffee shop returns to the North Side
Yinz drink coffee? A new brew will be available on March 1 when YINZ Coffee opens for business on Pittsburgh’s North Side. Located inside the former Crazy Mocha at the corner of Federal Street and North Avenue, the shop will serve coffee, tea, hot chocolate and pastries. Owner Ken Zeff,...
Western Pa. teachers struggle to get information on vaccine distribution
As the state expands the first priority group for the covid-19 vaccine, educators in Western Pennsylvania are struggling with inadequate and often conflicting messages about when teachers and staff could receive their first doses. Teachers and staff inside school buildings fall into Phase 1B of the federal and state guidelines...
Medical expert approved for New Kensington man’s murder defense
A judge on Tuesday ruled that defense lawyers for a New Kensington man facing a potential death sentence for the death of a 2-year-old can hire a medical expert to evaluate and potentially refute prosecution evidence at his upcoming trial. Keith Dale Lilly Jr., 31, has been in the Westmoreland...
Annual Pittsburgh Racial Justice Summit opens virtually on Friday
Not long after Jonny Gammage died at the hands of police in October 1995, Tim Stevens told Gammage’s parents “never believe that your son’s death was in vain.” Stevens, chairman and CEO of Pittsburgh’s Black Political Empowerment Project, has helped make sure of that. For the last 23 years he...
Ligonier ice carvings prepared ahead of time to cope with pandemicVideo
The sound of chainsaws will be missing from this weekend’s Ligonier Ice Fest, but the carvers are busy working at DiMartino Ice Co. in Jeannette. Ice sculptures typically carved in Ligonier Diamond Park during past events are being prepared ahead of the annual winter festival. Ice carver Jared McAlister said...
New Kensington police seeking information in JJ’s Country Tavern shooting
New Kensington police are asking the public for information about a shooting that happened this month at JJ’s Country Tavern. Detective Sgt. Matt Saxman said the shooting was reported at about 8 p.m. Jan. 13 at the Fifth Avenue bar. Saxman said several cars and a couple of buildings were...
Sharpsburg sewer line work extended through spring
Sewer work along Clay Street in Sharpsburg will extend longer than expected. The $566,000 sewer separation was expected to wrap up by early January but will carry on until spring, ALCOSAN Director of Communications Joseph Vallarian said. He did not offer specifics on what caused the delay. The project shut...
Feds: Oakdale man stormed Capitol with baseball bat, stole chair
An Oakdale man climbed through a broken window of the U.S. Capitol building during a Washington, D.C., riot earlier this month, taking a chair from inside and attempting to smash a window with a baseball bat, according to federal charges filed Tuesday. Jorden Mink, 27, faces a half-dozen charges including...
Pittsburgh Council approves extension of program to require affordable housing in LawrencevilleVideo
A zoning experiment to preserve affordable housing in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood as it continues to grow was given a six-month extension Tuesday. City council members are exploring if the strategy can be used in other neighborhoods. The program started in July 2019. Council created an overlay district in Lawrenceville that...
Ban on no-knock warrants introduced by Pittsburgh City Council
Breonna Taylor’s shooting death last year by police in Louisville, Ky., has inspired cities across the country to enact legislation banning no-knock warrants. Taylor, 26, was shot March 26, 2020, by plainclothes police officers with a no-knock warrant. They entered her boyfriend’s apartment, where she was at the time, and...
Penn-Trafford/Jeannette area logs 63 new covid cases
The Penn-Trafford-Jeannette area had 63 confirmed new covid cases in the last six days, a slight dip from the week prior, according to data from the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Since the pandemic began in March, the six ZIP codes covering most of the three communities have seen a total...
Carnegie Mellon postpones start of in-person instruction, citing covid-19 rates in region
Carnegie Mellon University officials announced Tuesday that the school will delay the start of in-person instruction for the spring semester until Feb. 15. “As part of our continuing (covid-19) mitigation efforts, we have decided to delay the start of in-person instruction by one additional week,” CMU spokesman Jason Maderer said....
Funding to fix flooding, pollution problems a high priority for many communities despite budget concernsVideo
Despite the financial uncertainties municipalities are facing because of the covid pandemic, communities in the North Hills still plan to spend a significant amount of money this year in the battle to keep stormwater from damaging property and polluting waterways. Some of the money budgeted is the result of a...
Mt. Pleasant Township man accused of assault, threatening others at gunpoint
State police arrested a 19-year-old Mt. Pleasant Township man on charges of assaulting a woman and threatening four people with a handgun after they came to his home over the weekend to check on the woman’s welfare. Blade L. Cole is charged with simple assault, making terroristic threats, harassment, illegal...
Hempfield leaders looking at ways for spring musical to go on
The show must go on — at least as much as it can given the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Officials with Hempfield Area School District are considering ways high school students can participate in the spring musical while adhering to social distancing guidelines and ensuring safety is maintained for students and...
Danny Monaco, owner of Hoffstot’s, Chelsea Grille in Oakmont, dies from covid complications
Daniel “Danny” Monaco, owner of Hoffstot’s Cafe Monaco in Oakmont, died Sunday. He was 75. Monaco and his brother, Tom, started the business in 1971, taking over the Oakmont restaurant Hoffstot’s and featuring their grandmother’s Italian recipes. They later opened Cafe Monaco, a smaller restaurant with a different menu, next...
Jeannette woman accused of burning water service crew with sulfuric acid
Police arrested a Jeannette woman Tuesday on charges she poured sulfuric acid drain cleaner in a Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County pipe, burning three workers who were restoring her water service, according to court papers. Deborah Samulski, 61, is charged with weapons of mass destruction, risking a catastrophe, reckless endangerment...
