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Derry music students, parents urge district to replace retiring choral teacher
Derry Area School Board members are considering raising taxes by 2.8 mills in the district’s pending 2019-20 budget, but not for money to replace two retiring music and English teachers or to fill a part-time art position. Eight music students and a few adults voiced their opposition at Thursday’s school...
1891 German biography of Saint Vincent founder finally translated into English
In an 1854 letter to the archbishop of Munich, the Rev. Boniface Wimmer said the monastery that he had founded near Latrobe eight years earlier sometimes felt like Noah’s ark. “All sorts of creatures from everywhere gather under our roof,” he wrote. “Often, too, useless guests come, who disappear after...
Andora’s head chef Matthew Goebert celebrates history of former Cross Keys
Matthew Goebert has admired the Cross Keys building along Dorseyville Road since he worked at the restaurant about a decade ago. He returned this winter to the historic building as the head chef at Andora, the Indiana Township eatery serving American fare and offering outdoor seating overlooking a wooded backdrop....
Offering STEAM to students with special needs should be a priority, Mon Valley educators say
Robert DeFillippo challenged his geometry students at Mon Valley School in Jefferson Hills to create a code that would guide a robot through blobs of paint spread across a large canvas. He then asked them to again use coding to make the robot splatter the paint around. Their efforts resulted...
Tarentum forced to buy tons of road salt by start of summer
At this time of year, salt is more likely to be used for french fries or margaritas than for melting snow and ice. But Tarentum will buy nearly 300 tons of road salt by the end of June — because a contract says it has to. And, worse, there’s no...
Celebration of missing Unity woman Cassandra Gross’ life planned in Crabtree
Friends, relatives and family friends of missing Unity woman Cassandra Gross are invited to a celebration of her life Saturday in Crabtree. Several people are expected to share memories of Gross, who has been missing since April 7, 2018, starting at 1 p.m. at Marian Hall, said her mother Kathe...
Tarentum forgives $83K in delinquent property taxes
With a vote Thursday, Tarentum Council wiped its books clean of property taxes that had not been paid for more than 14 years and likely never would be paid. Others who owe but have not gotten on payment plans will find their names posted to the borough’s website Friday, borough...
Whitehall golf prodigy got into the swing of things in Augusta
Michael Quallich was headed home to Whitehall after a whirlwind weekend at the Drive, Chip and Putt contest in Augusta, Ga., in early April when he got a very important phone call. On the other end of the line was PGA pro John Daly, calling to compliment him on his...
Mon Incline’s reopening stalled by brief power outage
Power was restored to the Mon Incline just before 9 a.m. Friday. The incline had shut down around 6:35 a.m. due to a power failure, according to Port Authority of Allegheny County spokesman Adam Brandolph. The Monongahela Incline had been shut down for more than three months for repairs. It...
Wetlands event series kicks off Memorial Day weekend at Murrysville park
Events centered around the wetlands area at Murrysville Community Park will kick off during Memorial Day weekend and continue through late July. The summer program series will begin May 25, as naturalist Susan Miller of Plum leads participants on a walk to check nests and eggs at purple martin houses...
Anytime Fitness in Oakmont named top club in Pennsylvania
Anytime Fitness in Oakmont was recently named the top club in the state by company officials. There are more than 70 clubs in Pennsylvania and 2,466 in the United States. The 24-hour gym at 111 Allegheny Ave. had ranked in the top 20 nationally since March 2018 and reached No....
Elizabeth Warren bringing opioids message to hard-hit W.Va., Ohio
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Elizabeth Warren is set to visit a state that hasn’t been friendly to Democrats lately to pitch her plan to combat the opioid addiction crisis by boosting taxes on the wealthy. The Massachusetts senator and Democratic presidential candidate will travel to Kermit, West Virginia, on Friday before...
State, local officials practice emergency response at Indiana County school
State and local officials participated in an emergency exercise Friday morning at an Indiana County school. There was an increased police presence at United Junior-Senior High School in East Wheatfield Township, state police said. Those involved responded to a simulated critical incident to practice emergency response, lockdown procedures and communication...
Riverview students give back to Verona, Oakmont
Riverview School District students in every grade did their part to better Oakmont and Verona earlier this month as part of the district’s third annual Give Back Day. High school students assisted the Verona Garden Club with beautification efforts. They also lent a hand to Riverview Children’s Center, Verona United...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: May 10-12
Mother’s Day is Sunday. So celebrate the woman who gave you life with one of these events this weekend. More than a race The 27th annual Komen Pittsburgh Race for the Cure begins at 6:30 a.m. Sunday. There is a Kids Dash and a 5K Run and Walk. The race...
Police: Vehicle hits Carrick house after drive-by shooting
A chain-reaction crash that sent a vehicle into the side of a Carrick house Thursday was spurred by a drive-by shooting, Pittsburgh police say. The shooting was reported just after 5:50 p.m. in the 100 block of East Meyers Street. Officers responded to reports of shots fired. When they arrived...
Tarentum girl, 2, helps honor first responders who saved her life
In March, Tarentum police and Eureka paramedics responded to a true life-or-death call. Life won. Isabella Nulph, 2, nearly drowned in a pool in the backyard of her family’s Fifth Avenue home March 14. The first responders who helped save her life — two Tarentum police officers and five crew...
Scott Police looking for man who snatched purse from elderly woman
Scott Township Police are looking for a man who snatched a purse from an elderly woman in front of a grocery store earlier this week. The snatching occurred at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday in front of the Shop ‘n Save in Raceway Plaza. The victim is 84 years old. Police say...
Sewickley area real estate listings for the week of May 10, 2019
Aleppo Yasmin Purohit sold property at 505 Sewickley Heights Drive to Kelly Jones for $174,000. Edgeworth Clyde Imhof sold property at 219 Meadow Lane to Andrew and Alison Rae Kappes Metz for $540,000. Haysville Curtis Schurman sold property at 1 Ohio River Blvd. to ESS Properties LLC for $165,000. Leetsdale...
Slide closes North Huntingdon road
A landslide has closed a section of Guffey Road in North Huntingdon and may remain closed for two weeks, depending on the weather, PennDOT said. The slide occurred Wednesday on Guffey Road between Turner Valley and Mickanin roads, the state said. Motorists traveling that section of Guffey Road from Irwin...
2 Westmoreland apartment complexes named in lawsuit over disability access
Ann Sloan was surprised to learn that the owner of the Hempfield apartment complex where she lives is being sued by the federal government for discriminating against disabled renters by building units that have “significant accessibility barriers.” “Everything is fine for me,” said Sloan, who uses a walker to get...
Monroeville Mall shooting suspects identified, DA says
Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. said last week that police have identified suspects in last month’s shooting at the Monroeville Mall and arrests are imminent. Zappala said investigators used surveillance cameras and license plate recognition software to identify the suspects in the April 12 shooting at a...
Ex-doctor gets jail term on drug distribution conviction
A former Pittsburgh radiologist convicted of unlawfully distributing a prescription painkiller and health care fraud has been sentenced to two years in federal prison and fined $15,000. Omar A. Almusa, 46, was sentenced Thursday by U.S. Judge Arthur Schwab in Pittsburgh. Almusa was a radiologist with the University of Pittsburgh...
WCCC honors grad who directed police response at Parkland school shooting
It was Valentine’s Day, and Clyde Parry was sitting in his police chief’s office in Coral Springs, Fla. An officer breathlessly announced he’d heard an active shooter was at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Suddenly, phone lines blew up at the department as desperate calls went out for help. Within...
Guns, theft cases recently handled by Judge Herbst in Monroeville
Monroeville District Court Judge Jeffrey Herbst handled these cases recently. Defendants will have court dates set in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. Charges were filed by Monroeville police unless otherwise noted. Held for courtPaul Kulasa, 52, of Belle Vernon on charges of retail theft. Charges were filed March...
