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Year in review: A look back at the stories that shaped Monroeville in 2020
Monroeville participated in some of the world’s largest and most impactful stories in 2020. Here’s a look back on how the municipality fit into some of the top stories that defined the year. The covid-19 pandemic It’s the story that, unfortunately, won’t go away. Covid-19 rapidly spread through every fabric...
Year in review: A look back at some of the top stories that shaped Penn Hills in 2020
Penn Hills, like just about every other town in the world, was touched by one of the largest and most impactful stories in 2020 — the covid-19 pandemic. But that wasn’t all that happened in the municipality over the past year. Here’s a look back at some of the top...
Allegheny County ends year with over 53,000 covid-19 cases, 955 deaths
Allegheny County ended the year with a total of 53,809 coronavirus cases and 955 deaths. The county on Thursday reported 811 additional coronavirus cases and added 10 deaths to the total. The case numbers have been trending down this week after higher totals were reported in the beginning of the...
Pork, sauerkraut and other traditions to ring in a prosperous new year
After a tumultuous 2022, we could all use a little luck next year. Here are some traditions to ring in 2023: Eating pork and sauerkraut The New Year’s Day meal, popular in Western Pennsylvania, comes from the Pennsylvania Dutch, who brought the Germanic tradition of eating pork and sauerkraut with...
Quaker Valley teacher Amanda Madden named as finalist in 2020 Champions of Learning Awards
An elementary school teacher in the Quaker Valley School District was among three finalists for the 2020 Champions of Learning Awards. Amanda Madden, 32, of Ross was named among three other educators in the K-6 Educators award category. The award went to Jerone Morris of Pittsburgh Public Schools. Madden has...
Monroeville family has warm Christmas after receiving free furnace
It was a warm Christmas for Doug Gaworski of Monroeville, his wife and nearly 2-year-old daughter. The Gaworski family received a free furnace from a Plum heating and cooling company just two days before Christmas. Gaworski, 29, said the family moved to the house in 2017. The move meant inheriting...
Penn-Trafford students nominated for National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences awardVideo
Last spring, two groups of Penn-Trafford High School video production students tied for first place in the National Academy of Television Arts & Science regional competition. Now, one of those groups will compete for a national NATAS Student Production Award. Junior Emily Coles and 2020 graduate Madison Pleins’ news segment,...
Weather advisory issued as freezing rain expected on New Year’s Day
The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory for Southwestern Pennsylvania on Friday morning, with freezing rain in the forecast. The advisory is in effect from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., and the region could receive .10 inches of freezing rain, coating roads and sidewalks, according to the weather...
Other matters that made news in 2020 in Westmoreland County
The year 2020 was dominated by coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, the presidential election and demonstrations calling for racial justice and equality. Other news also happened. Here are a few stories of note from Westmoreland County. Deadly turnpike, interstate crashes on same day Five people died and another 60 were...
Year in Review 2020: The top stories in the Alle-Kiski Valley
The Alle-Kiski Valley faced an unprecedented year marked by a global pandemic and a historic presidential election. Although life went on in the Valley, the year was tumultuous from start to finish. We look back at some of the most memorable stories of 2020. Coronavirus hits the Valley The pandemic...
Here’s what else made news in 2020: Stories you might have forgottenVideo
Despite what you might remember, 2020 was not all about the coronavirus, presidential election and racial unrest. In Western Pennsylvania alone, we were struck by natural disaster and a disaster on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. We looked on with envy as our neighbors in Harrison and Leechburg became millionaires and cheered...
Pregnant during the pandemic: How a Gilpin family copedVideo
Editor’s note: This is the final story in a series highlighting five people whose lives were reshaped by the coronavirus pandemic. When Shera Rugh-Arner and her husband, Jason, found out she was pregnant, they were a bit concerned. The January news was exciting because they were welcoming a new child...
Westmoreland County Year in Pictures
Here is a look at some of the top photos of the year taken in Westmoreland County by Tribune-Review staff, capturing both the heartbreaking and heartwarming — as well as moments in between....
Westmoreland notable deaths in 2020
Here are a few of the notable people who lived, served and loved Westmoreland County who were lost in 2020. Donald A. Bailey The former Westmoreland County congressman and Pennsylvania auditor general died March 9 at 74. A Greensburg Salem graduate, Bailey was a high school and college...
The Stroller, Dec. 31, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s fundraiser or community event in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Cash bash to benefit North Apollo fire department North Apollo Volunteer Fire Department will sponsor a virtual cash bash at noon Jan.16 live on...
Nemacolin resort closes for holidays, plans to reopen next week when covid restrictions lift
If you’d hoped to usher out 2020 at the posh Nemacolin resort in Fayette County, you are out of luck. Nemacolin closed Dec. 22 in an effort to do its part to help prevent the spread of coronavirus. The luxury retreat does not plan to reopen until Monday. The closure...
Murrysville-area news and events, Dec. 31 and beyond
Here are some news items and event listings for the Star’s coverage area. Submit an event or local news by emailing staff writer Patrick Varine at pvarine@triblive.com. Rotary president will serve as District Governor Murrysville-Export Rotary President John Hartman was chosen by the nominating committee of Rotary District 7305 to...
Leechburg Area School Board seeks resident to fill vacancy as Monday deadline looms
The Leechburg Area School Board is searching for a new school director, and the deadline to apply is noon Monday. Board president Neill Brady confirmed the board accepted Lisa Gregory’s letter of resignation during the Dec. 9 reorganization meeting. Attempts to reach Gregory for comment were unsuccessful. Gregory was elected...
Youngstown’s Tin Lizzy continues to defy covid orders as late bartender memorialized
For the second time this year, the Tin Lizzy Tap Room and Restaurant in Youngstown has run afoul of state officials for violating Gov. Tom Wolf’s temporary restrictions meant to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. But despite the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture ordering the business to close this...
Allegheny County ‘getting faster’ at distributing covid-19 vaccines, health director says
Allegheny County Health Director Dr. Debra Bogen pledged that the region’s vaccine distribution is on track to ramp up as 2021 begins. “We’ve now got a rhythm and we’re getting faster,” Bogen said during a virtual news conference Wednesday afternoon. Bogen shrugged off criticism over the local pace of administering...
Southbound Route 356 reopens following crash near Allegheny Township shopping plaza
The southbound side of Route 356 reopened around 6:30 p.m. after a two-vehicle crash that overturned a trailer Wednesday afternoon, Westmoreland County emergency officials said. The crash was reported shortly after 4:30 p.m. along Route 356 near Towne Center Drive. The driver of an SUV struck a pick-up truck hauling...
Buffalo Township approves budget with no tax increase
Buffalo Township residents won’t be paying more in taxes in 2021 after the township adopted a new budget. “There was no tax increase, just the usual expenses,” Secretary Treasurer Janice Zubrin said. “We have a balanced budget.” The final budget for the new year amounts to $2.6 million — an...
Casino at Westmoreland Mall set to reopen Monday as emergency covid restrictions end
The sound of jackpots will once again fill the air as Live! Casino Pittsburgh at Westmoreland Mall is set to reopen Monday at 8:01 a.m. — one minute after state-mandated restrictions to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic expire. That means a lot of people will be getting back...
Harmar adopts $2.7M budget that includes property tax cut
The Harmar Supervisors voted unanimously Wednesday to adopt a $2.7 million budget for next year that cuts the township’s property tax rate by more than a half-mill. The move decreases the tax rate from 3.45 mills to 2.9 mills. At that rate, the owner of a property assessed at $100,000...
Volunteers gathering at Bradford Woods Reserve for Audubon’s annual bird count
For the seventh consecutive year, the Bradford Woods Conservancy is seeking nature lovers interested in participating in the Audubon Society’s annual Christmas Bird Count on Jan. 2. A small team of conservancy members and volunteers is scheduled to be in the Bradford Woods Reserve at 10 a.m. “looking, listening and...
