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Covid cases rise in Concordia at Cabot
The number of covid-19 infections has risen significantly at Concordia at Cabot, a nursing and personal care facility in Butler County. As of Monday, 25 nursing home residents and 16 skilled nursing employees have tested positive for the virus at Cabot. On the same campus, 55 residents in Lund personal...
Peduto: ‘$600 is not enough’ to help families struggling during pandemic
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto said he is “profoundly disappointed” that funding for cities and states was left out of the $900 billion pandemic relief package Congress passed Monday night. “With the exclusion of cities from this stimulus package, our first responders and front-line essential workers who have worked tirelessly during...
Aquinas’ John Griffith builds Marian grotto to earn Eagle Scout
A wooden Marian grotto now graces the hillside overlooking Dolan Field at Aquinas Academy in Gibsonia. The simple shrine to the Virgin Mary was built by junior John Griffith, 17, who worked for six weeks on the project to earn his rank as Eagle Scout – the highest achievement in...
Will Western Pa. get a white Christmas? Meteorologist weighs in
If you’re dreaming of a white Christmas this year, your dreams will likely come true. Western Pennsylvania residents should expect to wake to new fallen snow on Christmas morning, said Myranda Fullerton, a meteorologist from the National Weather Service in Moon. She said this Christmas will be cold, windy and...
Affordable housing project planned in Polish Hill to help battle gentrification
A plan to build eight new affordable homes in Pittsburgh’s Polish Hill neighborhood received a $750,000 boost in a grant from a government-sponsored bank. The City of Bridges Community Land Trust was awarded the money from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh’s affordable housing program. Each federal home loan...
Penn Hills council approves 2021 spending plan with no tax hike
Penn Hills Council adopted a spending plan for the upcoming year without raising property taxes and, officials were quick to emphasize, with a surplus in leftover funds. The $34 million budget, a 6% increase from the previous year, was balanced by using $3 million in carryover funds – an identical...
2 North Hills school directors reappointed to leadership positions; meeting schedule set
The president and vice president of the North Hill school board have been reappointed for a second term. President Allison Mathis and vice president Helen “Dee” Spade will serve in the leadership positions for a one-year term that runs until December 2021. “I’m grateful for the opportunity to continue to...
Police seek tips in search for missing Brighton Heights man
Pittsburgh police are asking for the public’s help locating a Brighton Heights man who has not been in contact with his family since Dec. 14. Deric Bryan Davis, 53, is bald and has brown eyes, stands 6-feet, 3-inches tall, weighs 200 pounds. Police add “he walks with a gait motion...
The Stroller, Dec. 22, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Is your non-profit organization going to have a fundraiser? Send information to The Stroller at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Santa schedules visits to New Kensington The New Kensington volunteer fire companies got a call from Santa over the weekend to see...
Lower Burrell caregiver, client spread cheer to Alle-Kiski Valley children with letters from SantaVideo
It’s Christmas week, which means Santa Claus is busy making final preparations to deliver presents to all good little girls and boys around the world on Christmas Eve. Most children know of Santa’s elves and reindeer, who help him out in the North Pole. But many might not know about...
Oakmont council holds line on real estate taxes, borough fees in 2021 budget
Oakmont officials held the line on real estate taxes and borough fees in their 2021 budget. Next year’s spending plan was approved via a 6-0 vote Monday night. Councilwoman Sophia Facaros was absent. Several council members participated virtually to help with social distancing and covid safety protocols. It’s been about...
Police: Hill District shooting suspect captured
A Mt. Oliver man wanted on attempted homicide and other charges in connection with a shooting in Pittsburgh’s Hill District has been captured. Renato Shealey, 40, was apprehended Monday evening and taken to the Allegheny County Jail. Pittsburgh police charged him with attempted homicide, aggravated assault, robbery and firearms violations...
Oakmont councilwoman resigns borough post to join state House
Oakmont Councilwoman Carrie Lewis DelRosso resigned from her elected post to step into another one in the new year. DelRosso defeated state House Minority Leader Frank Dermody in the November election. The Republican challenger collected 51.5% of the vote compared with Democrat incumbent Dermody’s 48.5%, a margin of 923 votes,...
Jefferson Hills Police Chief Gene Roach retiring after nearly 40-year career
Jefferson Hills police Chief Gene Roach is calling it a career after nearly 40 years in law enforcement. “It doesn’t seem like that much time has elapsed,” Roach said Monday. “As I look back on it now, 39 years is a long time, more than half of my life. It...
Point State Park gets to keep its Christmas tree
Looks like the Tree of Lights will be in Pittsburgh next year after all. The state decided to continue the Pittsburgh tradition by permitting the picturesque tree to be erected at Point State Park next year. In a reversal of a decision announced last month, the state Department of Conservation...
Retired UPMC executive will lead the board at the United Way of Southwestern PA
The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania will welcome a retired UPMC executive as board chair Jan. 1, while it continues efforts to meet growing needs triggered by the ongoing pandemic. The agency’s board of directors voted Robert DeMichiei, who has been a member of the board for nearly two decades,...
Restaurant and bar owners decry Gov. Tom Wolf’s orders, encourage others to openVideo
“Just open.” The words, spoken by Joe Tambellini, resonated with dozens of restaurant and tavern owners who gathered in a parking lot outside of Al’s Cafe, a restaurant in Bethel Park, on Monday. They were there for a “Rights for Restaurants” rally organized by the restaurant’s owner, Rod Ambrogi, and...
PNC to close Harmar branch
PNC Bank is closing its Harmar branch on March 19. PNC will consolidate that branch on Anchor Road near the Target department store with one less than 4 miles away at 2010 Pittsburgh Mills Blvd. in Frazer. “We constantly evaluate our branches, together with our other available channels of banking,...
Allegheny Valley toy distribution takes on different look this year, but still makes kids smileVideo
An annual Shop with a Cop toy distribution event in the Alle-Kiski Valley took on a different look this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, but still sent children home with a smile. In past years, officers from the Harmar, Springdale Borough and Allegheny Valley police departments would take children...
Westmoreland food bank benefits from annual United Way fundraiserVideo
Rather than mapping out the most efficient route through the East Pittsburgh Street Shop ’n Save in Greensburg on Monday evening, Renee Sasanko spent her time deciding on a nonprofit organization that would benefit from a $750 donation. The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania’s annual fundraiser, which normally sends one...
Overbrook woman announces bid to challenge Anthony Coghill for Pittsburgh council seatVideo
Describing herself as a “public servant and single mom,” Bethani Cameron announced Monday she will challenge Pittsburgh City Councilman Anthony Coghill in the May 2021 Democratic primary for his District 4 council seat. Cameron, 38, of Overbrook, said she has “the experience and grit to fight for South Pittsburgh.” A...
Norwin-area covid cases increase, but at slower pace
The number of new confirmed coronavirus cases in the Norwin area ending the week of Dec. 21 trended below the previous week , the first time since the Thanksgiving holiday , according to the state Department of Health. The number of new covid-19 cases last week increased by 229 to...
Health officials launch online form to speed covid case investigations
Pennsylvania health officials will start conducting covid-19 case investigations digitally for some people, the Department of Health announced Monday. The department unveiled a new “digital case investigation tool” for state residents between the ages of 19 and 64 who live in a county without its own county or municipal health...
No raises in new year for Westmoreland elected officials
Westmoreland County’s elected officials will not get raises in 2021. Annual cost-of-living raises earned by county commissioners and row officers since 1995 have been determined by changes to the consumer price index calculated by the U.S. Department of Labor for Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland. For 2021, that index...
Troopers ask help finding teen runaway from Derry Township group home
State police are asking the public’s help locating a 14-year-old girl who ran away from a Adelphoi group home in Derry Township Sunday. Police reported that Dajah Whetstone ran away from the Susan’s Place group home on the 2800 block of Ligonier Street about 5:30 p.m. Trooper Josh Abernathy reported...
