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Pittsburgh approves free on-street parking through Thanksgiving weekend
Parking at meters and in city-owned metered lots will be free on Thanksgiving through Sunday, Dec. 1, according to the Pittsburgh Parking Authority. The authority’s board of directors Wednesday unanimously agreed to waive meter enforcement for Saturday, Nov. 30, a busy shopping day dubbed Small Business Saturday. Parking at meters...
New Kensington pushes back garbage pickup because of Thanksgiving
Friday garbage pickup in New Kensington has been pushed back a day, according to the city. The city said in a news release that garbage normally scheduled to be picked up on Friday would be picked up on Saturday instead because of the Thanksgiving holiday....
Thousands of miles apart, Oakmont brothers stay close through fishing
Editor’s note: This is part of an occasional series that features Alle-Kiski Valley residents and the notable things they do. A love of fly fishing and a love of helping people thousands of miles away has bonded a pair of Oakmont brothers. Matt Geppert and his older brother, Sam, grew...
Highlands hopes to address deficiencies in grade school English, math and science
Highlands School District appears ready to go to work to remedy deficiencies from a state performance measure. Assistant Superintendent Cathleen Cubelic said the Pennsylvania Future Ready Index showed Highlands students are not meeting state averages in a number of categories. The three testing categories were: state assessment measures, on-track measures...
Allegheny Valley School District considers fortifying wall of Veterans Memorial Stadium
Allegheny Valley School District officials are considering fortifying the Lincoln Avenue wall of Veterans Memorial Stadium in Springdale. “It’s pretty evident that the wall is continuing to move,” Matt Pitsch of Senate Engineering told the school board last week. The large block wall of the stadium where the Springdale Junior- Senior...
Rite Aid gives former pharmacy building to Tarentum church
Cathy Blythe was driving past the shuttered Rite Aid on Corbet Street in Tarentum when, she says, God spoke to her. He told her to call the real estate agent selling the building. Blythe took over as pastor of Abundant Joy Fellowship in Tarentum after her husband, Greg Blythe, died...
John Oyler: Lafayette Street, 1954
My previous column dealing with Lafayette Street in 1939 described a “frontier” neighborhood full of newly constructed houses and numerous vacant lots. This week, I have imported my brother, Joe, and Dale DeBlander to help describe a much more mature neighborhood, 15 years later, in 1954. One of several errors...
Chartiers Valley high-schoolers tutor younger students through TLCV program
Brennan Calloway’s eyes light up and a smile stretches across his face when Paige Banas enters Chartiers Valley Primary School. He and Paige, a Chartiers Valley High School senior, do a secret handshake before starting a lesson together. About 20 students from Chartiers Valley High School venture across the street...
Pittsburgh gas prices rise as national average falls
Gasoline prices in the Pittsburgh area rose over the past week despite falling nationally, according to the price-tracking website GasBuddy.com. In the Pittsburgh area, gas prices went up 7.1 cents per gallon over the past week to an average of $2.86 per gallon, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 731 stations....
Police: Woman stabbed at least 10 times in Monessen
An argument over money led to the early-morning stabbing of a 28-year-old Monessen woman who was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital Monday, police said. Tiffany Grogan, 37, is accused of stabbing Haley Aldrich inside Aldrich’s residence at Highland Manor in the 300 block of 10th Street at 1:42 a.m., according...
Turkey Trot serves as family tradition for Greensburg woman, family
On Thanksgiving morning, Doris Daigle can be found in one place — the intersection of Westminster Avenue and West Pittsburgh Street in Greensburg. She will be looking up the hill through her red-framed eyeglasses at a sea of runners closing in on the finish line of the city’s annual Turkey...
The Stroller, Nov. 25, 2019: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Stuff the Cruiser event set in Saxonburg Saxonburg Police Department will host a Stuff the Cruiser event from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at South Butler County Library, 240 W. Main St., and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Saxonburg Coffee and Tea, 211 W. Main St., in...
Eccentric millionaire’s O’Hara mansion leaves lasting legacy as Bayernhof Music MuseumVideo
This isn’t your typical mansion-turned-museum. On high ground overlooking Sharpsburg and the Allegheny River in O’Hara sits the Bayernhof Music Museum, the former 19,000-square-foot residence of Pittsburgh millionaire Charles Boyd Brown III, known simply as “Chuck” to his friends. Often referred to as one of the area’s best-kept secrets, the...
Western Pa. CEOs commit to ‘sustainability goals’ no matter what Trump says
Companies increasingly are going beyond what federal mandates require when it comes to reducing their negative impact on the environment and quality of life of residents. It’s not because benevolent company leaders want to do charity work, but because their investors, employees and consumers are demanding it, said Jerry MacCleary,...
Last call for electronic, hazardous household waste disposal in Cheswick
Cheswick residents can dispose of their electronic and hazardous household waste in the final of four special collections this year on Dec. 6. Residents have until 5 p.m. Monday to schedule a pickup by calling Vogel Disposal Service at 724-625-1511. Household items being collected include latex paint, automotive products, garden...
Police: 2 shot, killed in Wilkinsburg by passenger in their car
Allegheny County police believe a man and a woman were shot to death Sunday night in Wilkinsburg by a passenger their car. Police found Elarrah Nichole Findley, 18, of Pittsburgh lying in the road in the 700 block of Midland Street after multiple 911 calls were received shortly after 9...
A-K Valley residents fare well at annual karate championship tournament
It was a celebration of martial arts throughout Pennsylvania and beyond as hundreds of competitors from across the state and throughout the country descended on Valley High School earlier this month for the 47th annual Pennsylvania Karate Championships. Frank Caliguri, event co-organizer, said he was pleased with the spirit of...
Norwin hires firm to study facilities
A Mt. Lebanon engineering and architecture firm will study Norwin school facilities and prioritize what needs to be repaired or replaced and how much it would cost. The school board hired VEBH Architects to do the comprehensive facilities master plan for $35,800. The plan is to be finished in March...
Rev. Paul Poole felt the call to ministry as a teenager
As a teenager growing up in the East Huntingdon village of Tarrs in the early 1970s, Paul D. Poole found the path he would follow the rest of his life. “He felt the call to serve in the ministry at age 16. He was influenced by his pastor, Wesley Jantsen,”...
Boulevard of the Allies still closed as water main repairs continue
The Boulevard of the Allies between Market and Wood streets in Downtown Pittsburgh remained closed Monday morning because of a water main break, PennDOT spokesman Steve Cowan said. The waterline failed just before 2 a.m. Saturday morning, said Jeffrey Besong, Point Park University’s chief of police. Besong said the waterline...
2 people recovering after car goes over hillside in Shaler
Two people are recovering at a local hospital after the vehicle they traveled in early Sunday morning toppled over a hill in Shaler, police said. Shaler Police said in an announcement posted via Facebook they responded around 2 a.m. to the crash, which happened along the 300 block of Mt....
Slippery Rock student, 19, dies in Crawford County hunting accident
A sophomore at Slippery Rock University died in a hunting accident Saturday in Crawford County, officials confirmed Sunday. State police in Meadville identified the victim as Jacob Scott Smith, 19, of Linesville, Crawford County. Smith was a safety management major at the university, President William Behre said in a statement....
Police investigating multiple break-ins near the University of Pittsburgh in Oakland
Pittsburgh police are investigating a series of burglaries that took place near the University of Pittsburgh campus this month. None of the victims were home when the burglaries took place, nor was anyone injured in any of the incidents. There is no description given of any possible suspects. And there...
State police seek 2 men accused of dragging trooper fleeing traffic stop in Fayette County
A Pennsylvania state trooper was pulled a short distance and fell to the ground in Uniontown early Sunday when two men drove off during a traffic stop. Police have issued arrest warrants for Michael L. Monroe, 24, the alleged driver of the vehicle, and his passenger, Joshua E. Linnen, 24....
Police: Driver jailed after hitting officer with car on Pittsburgh’s Light Up Night
An Erie man was taken to the Allegheny County Jail on aggravated assault charges after being arrested for striking a police officer with his car Friday during Light Up Night in Downtown Pittsburgh. Adam J. Martin, 31, was charged by the sheriff’s department with aggravated assault, aggravated assault by vehicle...
