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Sewickley Farmers Market open for business
The Sewickley Farmers Market, held in the St. James Church parking lot, 200 Walnut St., returns, operating from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays through the last Saturday before Thanksgiving. During the green phase of reopening, customers are required to wear masks and asked to stay 6 feet away from...
Franklin Regional passes $61M budget with 2.54-mill tax hike
Franklin Regional school directors voted 6-3 Monday to adopt a 2020-21 budget with a 2.54-mill tax increase. Despite expenditure reductions related to special education funding, fewer commissions on tax collections and no change in insurance premiums, which were expected to rise, the $61.6 million budget stands with the tax hike....
Oakmont agrees to 1-year contract extension for street, sewage plant workers
Oakmont officials approved a one-year extension to a collective bargaining agreement with Teamsters Local 249 for the borough street department and waste water treatment plant workers. The CBA was set to expire at the end of the month. The deal affects six people, three at the treatment plant and three...
Franklin Regional hires new assistant superintendent from Greater Latrobe
Franklin Regional School District will have several new administrators in the 2020-21 school year, including a new assistant superintendent. The school board hired Robin Pynos on Monday. Pynos, a Duquesne University and Indiana University of Pennsylvania alum, comes to Franklin Regional from the Greater Latrobe School District, where she served...
Franklin Regional school board members butt heads over meeting procedures
Franklin Regional Superintendent Gennaro Piraino decided in early June that he’d had enough of school board members arguing and talking over one another in public meetings. “Maybe I’m overstepping my bounds, but I’m a member of this team of 10,” Piraino said. “Right now, what is happening week after week...
Riverview holds the line on taxes, no program or staff cuts in next school year’s budget
Riverview School District officials held the line on real estate taxes without furloughs or programs cuts in next school year’s budget. School directors unanimously adopted the 2020-21 spending plan via Monday night’s virtual meeting. “It’s been very hard work as you can imagine,” said Maureen McClure, board member and finance...
Body of murdered New Castle teen found
New Castle police found the body of missing 19-year-old Amari Wise in a wooded area off of Pennsylvania Avenue, Tribune-Review news partner WPXI reported Monday evening. Both of the men wanted in Wise’s death, a father and his son, are now in custody, New Castle Police said. Todd Henry, 47,...
Rosedale Tech reopens Kennedy Township campus to students
Before Gov. Tom Wolf even made the official announcement about Allegheny County “going green” during the coronavirus pandemic, officials at Rosedale Tech in Kennedy Township were working to ensure they’d be ready to open the doors and resume on-campus classes. The first day back in class for Rosedale students was...
Franklin Regional graduation officially postponed until July
Franklin Regional graduates may have had a chance to do a drive-thru “graduation,” but if the real thing is going to happen, it won’t be until July. School district officials announced over the weekend that plans for a traditional graduation ceremony will be postponed until July 24. “Though we strongly...
Penn State plans reopening to in-person classes during fall semesterVideo
Penn State joined a growing list of colleges and universities across the state planning to reopen in-person classes this fall. In-person classes will begin Aug. 24 as originally planned, according to information posted this week on the school’s website. When classes resume Nov. 30 following the Thanksgiving break, however, they...
T-Mobile users may not be able to reach 911, Allegheny County says
911 calls from T-Mobile cell phone customers may not be able to get through to Allegheny County’s emergency dispatching center due to an outage, the county said Monday afternoon. The outage affecting T-Mobile customers was reported shortly before 5:30 p.m., the county said in an alert. The carrier does not...
Neighborhood Allies providing 1,000 Pittsburgh school students with free internet service
Neighborhood Allies has arranged free high-speed internet access for 1,000 Pittsburgh Public Schools families as part of a program to provide hardware, online access and digital education to people in need. The nonprofit community development organization since early April has raised $400,000 for its PGH Beyond the Laptops Program. The...
Leechburg cancels annual ‘Pink Day’ because of coronavirus
An annual Leechburg event that raises money for breast cancer research will not happen this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. This would have been the ninth year for Leechburg’s Pink Day, which since its inception has raised about $110,000 for The Breast Cancer Research Foundation. “We could take a...
Pittsburgh’s MSA Safety repurposing industrial masks to use against covid-19
Hospitals are struggling with a global shortage of personal protective equipment during the covid-19 pandemic, but one regional company received national acclaim for easing the burden. MSA Safety, founded in 1914 in Pittsburgh and now based in Cranberry, is a global manufacturer of safety equipment for mining, construction, energy and...
Community activists outline demands for police reform in Pittsburgh, Allegheny CountyVideo
African American activists on Monday outlined a dozen police reforms they want to see enacted immediately by Allegheny County and Pittsburgh officials. The group, which calls itself the Allegheny County Black Activist/Organizer Collective, is made up of several black-led organizations and has the support of Allegheny County Councilwoman Olivia Bennett...
Unity eyes playground upgrade, restarts rec programs supervised by Greensburg YMCA
Students at Greater Latrobe School District’s Mountain View Elementary and other children in Unity will benefit if the township lands a grant to update the school’s playground. The township applied for a state grant that would cover 80% of the projected $167,000 cost, according to solicitor Gary Falatovich. He said...
Pittsburgh LGBTQ groups applaud Supreme Court ruling
Western Pennsylvania’s LGBTQ community praised Monday’s Supreme Court decision to protect gay and transgender worker rights. “We are beyond proud to celebrate the U.S. Supreme Court ruling protecting LGBTQ people from workplace discrimination in America. It is long overdue, and it is the result of years of activism and sacrifice...
Somerset man, 80, accused of fatally shooting grandson who came to aid of grandmother
An 80-year-old Somerset County man is being held without bond for allegedly shooting and killing his grandson who was attempting to break up a domestic argument between his grandparents late Sunday. Ray Edward Supanick of Jenner Township was arraigned on charges of criminal homicide, aggravated assault, harassment, possessing instruments of...
Police seek man suspected of striking police horse during Pittsburgh protest
Authorities are asking for the public’s help identifying a man suspected of striking a police horse during a protest in Pittsburgh. The Damage Assessment and Accountability Taskforce said they believe the man struck and pushed a horse from the Pittsburgh Police Mounted Unit during a demonstration that took place Downtown...
Peduto names Pittsburgh’s new director of Permits, Licenses and Inspection Department
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto on Monday promoted Sarah Kinter to director of the Permits, Licenses and Inspections Department. Kinter, 32, of Pittsburgh’s Stanton Heights neighborhood, had served as acting director since November following the resignation of Maura Kennedy, who left to take a job with Amazon in Washington, D.C. The...
What you can expect as gyms reopen in Western Pa.Video
Plexiglass between treadmills. New cleaning machines. Limited occupancy and hours. These are some of the new safety protocols people can expect as gyms reopen during the pandemic. Josh Eller owns Leap Fitness Center in Lower Burrell. When his gym reopened, he had several new safety measures in place. He installed...
Speaker Turzai formally resigns, district office in McCandless to remain open
The district office of state Rep. Mike Turzai, who formally resigned Monday from the House of Representatives, will remain open until a successor is elected in November, according to a top-ranking member of the legislature. Turzai, who served as Speaker of the House, creates a vacancy in the 28th House...
South Fayette cancels summer events
Community events scheduled for summer have been canceled by South Fayette Township. The fireworks scheduled for July 4, Touch-a-Truck scheduled for July 26 and Community Day scheduled for Aug. 22 have all been canceled. According to the municipality’s website, the events were axed because of state requirements, including the 250-person...
Depreciation Lands Museum reopening after pandemic shutdown
Beginning July 12, the Depreciation Lands Museum in Allison Park will once again offer visitors a chance to experience life during the Colonial era. The museum at 4743 South Pioneer Road in Hampton will be open from 1 to 4 p.m. every Sunday through October, with several fall events already...
Youngwood motorcyclist arrested after 100 mph chase in Hempfield, East Huntingdon
A 26-year-old Youngwood man who led state troopers on an 11-mile chase at speeds over 100 mph was arrested Sunday after his motorcycle broke down. William D. Rettinger was riding his motorcycle into oncoming traffic when he passed the intersection of Pine Drive and South Center Avenue in Hempfield at...
