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Monroeville nonprofit hosts open house
A nonprofit that offers services to adults with intellectual disabilities will hold an open house across its three locations in the area in May. Not Forgotten Home and Community Services will open its doors to the public from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 2 at its locations in Bridgeville,...
Murrysville, Delmont farmers markets will start opening in late May
There will be no lack of fresh veggies available this summer, with four farmer’s markets in Murrysville and Delmont open regularly starting in late May. • The Murrysville Farmers Market will be open Thursdays from June through September, 3 to 7 p.m. at the Murrysville Volunteer Fire Company No. 1,...
Monroeville karate student in hall of fameVideo
When Elizabeth Lindsay heard she had been nominated to be placed in a national Black Belt Hall of Fame, she was incredulous – she even hoped she wouldn’t get the honor. “I’m a very young person to receive that award,” Lindsay said. “I always watched people receive it, and they’d...
Murrysville Photo Contest winners to be announced
Winners in the 2018 Murrysville Photo Contest will be announced at an April 30 ceremony at the Murrysville Community Center. The annual contest awards photos from the Murrysville, Export and Delmont areas in a variety of categories. A 6 p.m. reception will take place at the center, 3091 Carson Avenue...
Teen remains critical after McKeesport shooting
A boy remained in critical condition Friday after he was shot in McKeesport the previous night, police said. Police and paramedics responded to Hamilton Street just before 7 p.m. for a report of shots fired and a potentially injured person, said Allegheny County police Lt. Ken Ruckel. First responders found...
Pa. delegation seeks Coast Guard honor for Arnold Palmer
Long before Tiger became the center of the golf universe, there was “the King.” The late Arnold Palmer’s name is attached to a charitable foundation, a Florida hospital, a Unity cancer center, an airport and a soft drink as well as a crew of loyal fans known as Arnie’s Army....
Pleasant Hills resource officer works to combat drug addiction
Pleasant Hills police Officer Ron Porupsky has seen lives destroyed by drug addiction. People become a shell of who they once were. Some don’t survive. Porupsky, school resource officer at Pleasant Hills Middle School, is always looking for ways help students make better life decisions. With the opioid epidemic facing...
Some Whitehall residents trash new garbage bins as being too big
Christie Milano was angry when a 95-gallon garbage can showed up at her home in Whitehall Borough in early February. At 5 feet 2 inches tall, Milano, 58, had to pull the container up the 10 steps from the curb to the front of her home each week for storage....
Baldwin Borough’s new manager no stranger to community
Having lived in the borough for 22 years and worked as director of municipal services in the community for two, Bob Firek knows the ins and outs of Baldwin. “There’s a lot of good that I think the borough has to offer,” he said. On April 1, Firek, 51, took...
Allegheny Valley Hospital plans week-long celebration of 110th anniversary
Allegheny Valley Hospital has a week of events planned to celebrate its 110th anniversary. The events will be held the week of May 6 at the hospital in Harrison. Festivities will include a community night with kids’ activities and a big-band concert, a Stork Club recognition for people who were...
Annual Thomas Jefferson dance event to raise funds for student with rare cancer
This year, when Thomas Jefferson High School students take the stage to dance the jive, Charleston and two-step, they’ll be doing it for something bigger. They’ll be supporting classmate Rachel McGough, a senior who recently was diagnosed was Ewing’s Sarcoma. The school’s annual “Dancing with the Athletes” event has been...
Springdale Township approval finalizes police merger with Cheswick
Springdale Township commissioners have approved merging the township’s police department with Cheswick’s, effectively ensuring the creation of the new Allegheny Valley Regional Police Department. Cheswick Council gave its OK to the proposed merger earlier this month. Township commissioners voted 4-0, with one abstention, to create the new, merged department with...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: April 19-21
Now that the Penguins are out of the playoffs, you’ll need to find other ways to spend your Easter weekend. Sail away Spend your Easter holiday on one of the Gateway Clipper cruises. Leaving the docks on the South Side, the moonlight dance cruise is Friday, the Bunny Fun cruise...
Drive-in theaters get close-ups in Westmoreland society program
If most parents suggested a night at the drive-in this weekend, their children would probably ask why mom and dad wanted to spend the night waiting for chicken nuggets at McDonald’s. Drive-in theaters are rare commodity nowadays, but those who grew up with them have fond remembrances. Phil Pusateri of...
Arrests imminent in Monroeville Mall shooting, police say
Monroeville’s chief of police said detectives were close to making arrests after they say at least one person fired as many as 10 bullets into a mall store entrance. “We have leads, and we’ll most likely make an arrest,” Chief Doug Cole said. “We just need to put some names...
Esports demo offered ahead of Pittsburgh video game tournament
Organizers of Pittsburgh’s first esports competition are looking to educate potential fans. The Pittsburgh Knights, Point Park University’s Rowland School of Business, and AbleGamers are offering a demonstration April 23 of how the esports competition will work for next month’s Steel City Showdown at the Pittsburgh Playhouse. The demo will...
Final phase of former Jeannette Glass site redevelopment to start
Now that the former Jeannette Glass site is cleaned up, a stream running underground at the property will be opened in advance of a planned redevelopment project there. Work will start Monday to “daylight” a portion of Old Bull Run Tunnel, the Westmoreland County Industrial Development Corp. announced. The stream...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for week of April 19, 2019
Aleppo Scott Holquist sold property at 408 Sewickley Heights Drive to Steven Kyle and Elke Peters for $182,000. Leetsdale Bruce Migota sold property at 202 Beaver St. to PNC Bank NA for $1,590. Sewickley Robert Munro sold property at 268 Bank St. to SJ Group for $106,000 (state deed transfer...
Summit firefighters reschedule boot drive that funds Tarentum fireworks
Summit Hose has rescheduled Saturday’s “boot drive” fundraiser that helps pay for Tarentum’s Fourth of July fireworks display. The boot drive now will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 4 at the Tarentum end of the Tarentum Bridge. Chief Joshua Fox said the drive was rescheduled because...
Man flown to hospital after being wounded by gunfire in Uniontown
A man was flown to the hospital by a medical helicopter after being shot early Friday morning in Uniontown. The shooting occurred in the Fayette County city shortly after midnight in the vicinity of DiMarco’s Bistro & Cantina on Morgantown Street, according to Uniontown police Chief Jason Cox. The victim...
2 dogs, 3 cats killed in West Deer house fire
Two people escaped a house fire early Friday along West Deer’s Quigley Road, but five pets died inside, officials said. Homeowner Justin Johoda, 33, was awakened and alerted of the fire shortly after 5 a.m. by a friend who had been sleeping on a couch, according to West Deer police...
Small plane’s around-the-world flight to begin in Pittsburgh
When British-born Ross Edmondson decided to take on the challenge of flying around the world in a single-engine aircraft, he decided the best place to start the journey was Pittsburgh. Edmondson, 35, a natural gas project engineer for Shell Oil Co., moved to Pittsburgh in 2012 when the company transferred...
West Newton woman accused of stealing records from Bethel Park hospice
A West Newton woman is accused by police of taking patients’ health records and proprietary information from a Washington County-based senior living care company, according to court papers. Virginia L. Spano, 56, allegedly took about 700 pages of documents moments after she was fired from her job as a certified...
Highlands seeking bids for Tarentum clock tower restoration
Highlands School District is seeking bids for the restoration of the clock tower on its elementary school in Tarentum. The district decided to repair the clock tower at Highlands Elementary after learning that removing it would cost more than fixing it, according to district officials. The prospect of removing the...
New Bloomfield Groceria fills old space in Pittsburgh’s ‘Little Italy’Video
Visitors will notice the crisp chef hat with the blue stripe. It adorned the head of Bloomfield Groceria owner Rich Trocchio as he created a made-to-order hoagie for a customer Thursday. “You remember Isaly’s?” he asked, referring to one of Pittsburgh iconic family-owned dairies and restaurants. “This is an old...
