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Rostraver house damaged by fire
The cause of a fire that damaged a vacant house in Rostraver early Saturday morning is under investigation, Rostraver firefighters said. The one-story house in the 200 block of Sylvan Drive was fully involved in fire when they arrived on the scene, Rostraver Central firefighters said on a Facebook post....
Burrell School District to appeal $53,000 reduction in Siemens real estate taxes
The Burrell School District plans to appeal a Westmoreland County assessment ruling that reduced the real estate tax assessment of Siemens Industry Inc. With the lower assessment, the school district stands to lose $53,000 this year. The tax challenge adds to another legal action Burrell, along with Upper Burrell Township,...
New, growing businesses moving into Tarentum’s renovated Murphy Building
Four local businesses are starting or expanding their operations in the former G.C. Murphy Building in Tarentum. Allegheny Educational Systems, based in Tarentum for nearly 40 years, is keeping its primary location on Third Avenue but needed showroom space for its growing business, building owner Dave Rankin said. Chuck Conto...
Penn State New Ken’s start of new semester, enrollment event virtual this week
Penn State New Kensington will start back for the spring semester on Tuesday with all virtual classes. But the remote operations of the campus won’t stop enrollment with the “Virtual Application Days,” on Monday. If potential students and parents attend Virtual Application Days on Monday from 1 p.m. to 2...
Boy shot in back in Pittsburgh’s Beechview neighborhood
A Pittsburgh boy was shot in his back early Sunday morning in the city’s Beechview neighborhood, Pittsburgh police said. City police received a report at about 2:50 a.m. of the shooting in the 1100 block of Shadycrest Drive. The boy was conscious and talking. He was transported to a local...
Monroeville man killed in Penn Hills shooting
A Monroeville man died early Sunday morning after being shot numerous times in Penn Hills, according to Allegheny County police. The man, Jamal D. Pamplin, 32, was pronounced dead at about 12:25 a.m. at Allegheny Health Network Forbes Hospital in Monroeville, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner said. Police said they...
Kiski Area officials: State Education Department contradicts themselves with new school guidelines
As the district prepares to enter its second semester, Kiski Area is one of few that has offered in-person and hybrid instruction all school year, Superintendent Tim Scott said — staying consistent amid shifting guidelines from the state Department of Education. During a Wednesday evening school board meeting, Scott and...
Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of Jan. 17
Churchill Donald Chapman sold property at 2512 Hollywood Drive to David Miguel Molina and Dorothy Lynn Knight for $191,000. Matthew Nichols sold property at 2 Stevens Lane to David Ecker for $270,000. Gladiator Arms Assoc. sold property at 405 Woodland Hills Drive to Michelle Gaydos trustee for $153,900. Export John...
Shaler area real estate transactions for the week of Jan. 17
Millvale Allegheny County Redevelopment Authority sold property at 309 William St. to Lambo Properties LLC for $6,800. Shaler Kit Jurena Ward sold property at 172 Grant Ave. to Tyler Naill and Shaina Ott for $177,000. Victor Graff Jr. sold property at 3220 Laurel Drive to Thomas and Tiffany Miller for...
Hampton area real estate transactions for the week of Jan. 17
Hampton Louis Diesel sold property at 2311 Saddle Drive to Kyle Smith for $260,000. Estate of Matilda Flannery sold property at 2739 Shadowrock Court to Daniel and Susan Malady for $387,000. Joseph Battaglia sold property at 4353 Winchester Drive to Benjamin Laurence Krouse and Nicole Deluca for $340,500. McCandless Darin...
The Herald area real estate transactions for the week of Jan. 17
Blawnox Vasantha Pillai sold property at 1011 Woodland Road to Sarah Roberts Casey for $177,000. Fox Chapel Brian Halloran sold property at 220 Hillcrest Road to Matthew Glunt and Katherine Rush for $1,050,000. Harmar Steven Budz sold property at 109 Herron Ave. to Cameron Williams and Amanda Obrien for $144,000....
One man’s mission to overhaul downtown New Kensington opening doors for new business ownersVideo
Amy Johnson’s earliest memories of downtown New Kensington include her grandfather, a doctor whose office was in the Shepherd Building on Fifth Avenue. “I remember walking down from my home in Parnassus to his office,” said Johnson, 47. “My great aunt worked at the Harts building. We’d walk to Harts,...
Jim Brewster looks forward after tight, tense Pa. Senate race: ‘At the end of the day, you’re supposed to shake hands’Video
State Sen. Jim Brewster knew the initial Jan. 5 swearing-in for members of his chamber could get dicey. He had been declared the winner of the 45th District race by the Pennsylvania secretary of State, and a legal ruling from the state Supreme Court concurred. But his Republican opponent, Nicole...
The Stroller, Jan. 17, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
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Western Pa. hospitals struggle to minimize waste of covid vaccine doses
As they refine a complicated distribution strategy, health care workers in Western Pennsylvania have been forced to give covid vaccine doses to people who are not in top priority groups to avoid wasting precious leftover shots. After long days of vaccinating front-line health care workers, nurses have described calling friends...
Lower Burrell American Legion to hold Mexican dinner fundraiser next Saturday
Lucy Peters of West Leechburg is sharing her love of authentic Mexican cooking with another love — service. Peters, 38, an Army veteran and member of American Legion Post 868 in Lower Burrell, will serve as chef, cooking hundreds of flautas and tamales for a Mexican-themed fundraiser hosted by the...
2 Greensburg organizations receive $20,000 grants for building renovations
The Greensburg Community Development Corporation is giving two local organizations $20,000 each to support renovations of two city buildings. McDowell Associates Insurance and the Westmoreland Bar Association both recently restored vacant buildings to be their new headquarters. They are the second and third recipients of the corporation’s “G-Fund” grant program,...
Pandemic exposes weakness in Pa. counties without health departments, like Westmoreland
When Kim Ward was sworn in as a Westmoreland County commissioner in 2008, one of her first questions was: Who oversees the county’s health department? The former respiratory therapist was stunned to learn there wasn’t one. Westmoreland, like 61 of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties, leaves the issue of public health to...
Former Best Buy store in Frazer renovated, has 2 new tenantsVideo
Two stores have moved in and are open for business at the site of the former Best Buy at the Village At Pittsburgh Mills in Frazer. Township Zoning Officer/Building Inspector Edward Crates said the former consumer electronics store that closed in 2018 was renovated to accommodate multiple tenants, two of...
Not in my nest: Bald eagle pounces on intruder at Pittsburgh Hays aerieVideo
An immature bald eagle rooting around the Pittsburgh bald eagle’s nest was quickly shoved out by the resident male, which pounced on the intruder and chased the young bird away. A live webcam sponsored by PixCams and the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania caught all the action on Jan. 9....
Diamond Theatre of Ligonier presents its postponed play ‘The Christmas Eve Diner Dilemma’
After being postponed for about a month, Diamond Theatre of Ligonier is presenting its original play “The Christmas Eve Diner Dilemma” this weekend. The show, written and directed by Leigh Ann McCulty and her son, Lanigan, is set in the 1950s. It follows Louise, Al, and their two young daughters...
Forbes Road residents shocked gobbler ‘Butterball’ shot by game wardenVideo
Forbes Road residents remained stunned this weekend after a state game warden gunned down Butterball, a free-roaming, friendly turkey that some had come to consider the unofficial mascot of this Salem Township village. “People are in shock. It was a pet,” Josh Nuttall, 35, said Saturday of the dark-feathered turkey...
Jamison Farm to close, ending 35-year run of supplying lamb to top restaurantsVideo
John and Sukey Jamison are bidding farewell to the business they’ve enjoyed for 35 years at their farm in Unity. The couple is phasing out their highly regarded Jamison Farm line of grass-fed lamb products, a decision prompted in part by the covid-19 pandemic. “We had been thinking about retirement...
Snow band moves through Pittsburgh area; mid-30 degrees expected Sunday
While a snow band racked up an inch or two in the Pittsburgh area by early afternoon and up to four inches on the ridges, the region is forecast to be done with any substantial snowfall this weekend. Expect the same old winter gray days for Saturday afternoon into Sunday...
Westmoreland County posts 173 covid-19 cases, 3 new deaths
The Pennsylvania Department of Health on Saturday reported 173 new cases of the coronavirus in Westmoreland County, as hospitalizations and case counts decline in the area. The county’s total cases are at 23,039, which is an increase of more than 1,400 cases from last week’s 21,622. The week before had...
