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Crawford Pool in Glenshaw to open June 13, with restrictions
Crawford Pool in Glenshaw will open at 11 a.m. June 13, according to a post on Shaler Township’s website. Just last month, Shaler commissioners decided to refund residents who had purchased season passes because they didn’t know when the area would go green. At that time, the commissioners said that...
Quaker Valley virtual commencement available online
Quaker Valley will hold a virtual graduation ceremony at 7 p.m. today, Thursday. It will be available for viewing on the district’s YouTube channel. Seniors were encouraged to wear graduation caps and gowns. The names of every senior will be announced and Superintendent Dr. Tammy Andreyko will pronounce them graduates....
Allegheny County reports 13 more coronavirus cases, 13 more deaths
As Allegheny County prepares to enter the least restrictive phase of Gov. Tom Wolf’s reopening plan, county health department officials reported 13 additional covid-19 cases and 13 new deaths Thursday. The county enters the green phase of the state’s reopening plan Friday. That leaves the total number of deaths countywide...
Pittsburgh leaders call for police reform after East Liberty protest melee
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto during a call for police reform Thursday morning said there are indications that police commanders did not give the go-ahead for using tear gas to disperse protesters during a Monday night protest in East Liberty. The hourslong march for racial justice began to break up around...
Hampton in brief: plant sale, student accolades and more
Plant sale The Ingomar Garden Club will hold its annual fundraiser plant sale 10 a.m.-2 p.m. June 13 at the corner of Route 19 and Ingomar Road in front of Bruster’s Real Ice Cream in McCandless. A wide variety of perennials from members’ gardens, as well as garden-related crafts and...
Sylvan Park pool set to open this weekend in Harrison
The Sylvan Park swimming pool in Harrison will open Saturday, said Patrick Bundy, president of the pool’s board of directors. That’s almost two weeks later than the pool normally would have opened. “I’m ready for a little bit of normalcy, especially for the kids,” Bundy said. “I think they need...
Robert Morris furloughs staff, cuts budget by $3M
Robert Morris University is scrambling to make up for an estimated $10 million loss from the covid-19 shutdown. Officials at the private university in Moon said they have furloughed staff, including unnamed coaches and members of the athletic department, reduced the budget by $3 million and frozen wages that are...
Hanna’s Town education center, historic site welcome back public; antiques market slated
The Westmoreland Historical Society is reopening its education center Friday, with new health safeguards in place. Guided tours are set to resume Saturday at the society-operated Historic Hanna’s Town site — a re-creation of the county’s first seat of government and court proceedings, dating from 1773. The popular antiques and...
Hempfield schools hoping to reopen in fall, officials discussing classroom changes
The Hempfield Area School District is hoping to reopen schools to in-person learning this fall, but classrooms would look far different because of the coronavirus pandemic. District officials discussed opening schools to small, in-person classes, activities and events that limits interactions with different teachers and students, based on guidelines from...
Beth Samuel in Ambridge continues virtual programs
Beth Samuel Jewish Center, 810 Kennedy Drive, Ambridge, will continue to hold all programs through Zoom until further notice. • 7 p.m. June 11 – Sisterhood Book Club “Gateway to the Moon” by Mary Morris. • 8:45 a.m. June 20 – Torah Yoga Email BethSamuelOffice@comcast.net for more information or for...
Baldwin-Whitehall Hall of Fame Gala to be held virtually tonight
The Baldwin-Whitehall Educational Foundation is making the best of a bad situation. After the Baldwin-Whitehall Educational Foundation 80th Anniversary Gala was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic earlier this year, the BWEF decided to switch the gala to a virtual format, which will take place Thursday via a YouTube video...
$50 million in grant funding to be available for Pa. fire, EMS companies
Millions of dollars in grants are on the way for Pennsylvania’s fire departments and ambulance agencies struggling through the coronavirus pandemic. Social distancing guidelines meant to slow the virus’ spread have had a negative impact on the fundraisers fire departments rely on annually. Departments lost tens of thousands of dollars...
Counterfeit Roku remotes, Apple AirPods seized by customs officials
Pittsburgh Customs and Border Protection officers on Sunday confiscated more than 4,000 counterfeit items mimicking Roku remotes and Apple AirPods that, if authentic, would be worth almost $112,000, officials said. Officers seized over 4,700 streaming system remote controllers — 4,212 fake Roku remotes and 500 fake Hisense remotes — along...
No injuries reported in Springdale manufacturing plant fire
There were no injuries by a small but smoky fire that broke out at TeckLane Manufacturing in Springdale just before 7 a.m. Thursday. Firefighters quickly knocked down the fire, according to Bruno Moretti, emergency management coordinator for Allegheny Valley Regional Emergency Management Agency. The fire occurred at 930 Railroad St.,...
ATI removes ‘priceless’ stainless steel cars from Harrison plant, plans to auction them
Stainless steel may be resistant to rust and the ravages of time, but the tangible history of Allegheny Ludlum may not be as resilient. That’s the fear of longtime employee Todd Barbiaux. He worries the company’s legacy, and a source of community pride, will fade with the loss of four...
The Stroller, June 4, 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@tribweb.com or The Stroller, Valley News Dispatch, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Parade to honor Highlands High School seniors A parade...
Racial injustice protest planned in Irwin ParkVideo
A protest against racial injustice is planned this weekend in Irwin — which would be at least the third such event in Westmoreland County in response to the death of George Floyd. “We had seen the other protests and we thought the community needed this event to raise awareness” about...
Police: Brentwood homeowner killed intruder during burglary
A Brentwood homeowner shot and killed a burglar Wednesday night, Allegheny County Police said. Mitch W. Verheyen, 38, of Brentwood, was shot by the owner during a burglary in the 100 block of Bellcrest Avenue, police said. Verheyen was pronounced dead at the scene as a result of the shooting,...
Saint Vincent camp cancellation a blow for local members of Steelers NationVideo
Disappointment, anger and understanding. Local Steelers fans expressed a range of emotions after learning the Steelers won’t hold training camp at Saint Vincent College this summer because of new NFL guidelines prompted by the covid-19 pandemic. Ron Monack, 25, is a 2017 alumnus of the college in Unity and a...
Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf adjusts to online learningVideo
Students at the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf are adjusting to online learning during the coronavirus pandemic. “The first few weeks were really tough,” Maureen Reilly-Price, a classroom teacher at Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf in Edgewood, said, “but now you can see it’s become more and more...
North Braddock shooting leaves 1 dead, 1 wounded
A 19-year-old man was shot to death Wednesday afternoon in North Braddock and another man wounded, Allegheny County Police said. Demond Terrell Scott, 19, of Duquesne was transported to Forbes Regional Hospital where he died, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner. Scott and another man, a 20-year-old who was...
Injuries reported in quad head-on collision in Mt. Pleasant Township
Fire departments and emergency medical personnel were dispatched to a collision of two quad all-terrain vehicles Wednesday night near the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Mt. Pleasant Township, the Westmoreland County Department of Public Safety said. The crash on Turnpike Road was reported at about 7:25 p.m. when one quad t-boned the...
Eastern Swim Association cancels summer schedule
Add the Eastern Swim Association (ESA) to the long list of sports organizations deciding to cancel summer events in the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. The ESA decided Monday in a Zoom meeting of the 11 member clubs to call off the dual-meet schedule, set to start June 16, as...
At 40% participation, Tuesday’s primary turnout exceeded Allegheny County’s expectations
Forty percent of Allegheny County’s registered Democrats and Republicans voted in Tuesday’s primary election, one of the highest turnouts for a primary in recent years and one that exceeded county expectations, officials said Wednesday. A little more than 311,000 of Allegheny County’s 770,000 registered Democrats and Republicans voted, according to...
Casey, Toomey weigh in as Trump threatens military force
Pennsylvania’s U.S. senators are weighing in on President Trump’s threat to invoke the Insurrection Act in response to protests following the death of George Floyd. On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Scranton, joined 20 other senators in sending a letter to Defense Secretary Mark Esper urging him to refrain from...
