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Monroeville Mall, Gateway among those appealing new fee
Many Monroeville property owners are fighting a yearly fee they were assessed recently for the municipality’s new Pollution Control and Flood Reduction, or MS4, program. The deadline to appeal those assessments with Monroeville was Feb. 15. As of Feb. 20, council has not appointed members of a three-person appeals board,...
Twin Lakes nature center getting upgrade for Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival
Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival officials hope to have a newly-renovated hub at Twin Lakes Park this summer to use during their annual event. Bids for improvements at the county’s John F. Laudadio Sr. Environmental and Nature Center are due March 12. Festival officials use the small building on the...
Video captures Pittsburgh bald eagle shaking off snow while incubating eggs
The bald eagles in Pittsburgh’s Hays neighborhoods became “snowbirds” Wednesday morning. Not missing a beat, even when covered in the snow, the birds continued to incubate their three eggs, with the female covered in snow early in the morning. The mother eagle was mostly buried in snow, but she stood...
2 men accused of multiple burglaries in Bell Township
Kiski Valley state police arrested two men this week in connection with a series of burglaries in which a utility vehicle, go-carts, cans of fuel, tools and auto parts that were reported stolen in December in Bell Township. Michael Lint, 36, of Armstrong County and David “Ziggy” Ziegenhagen, 36, an...
Oakmont council sets oil and gas well restrictions for the borough
Oakmont council adopted an ordinance with more stringent regulations than the state when it comes to oil and gas wells. State regulations for wells require a 500-foot minimum setback from protected structures, such as an occupied home or school, and a 300-foot setback from the Allegheny River. Oakmont’s ordinance, which...
Photo Gallery: Maker Mondays at Sharpsburg Community LibraryVideo
STEAM education coordinator Alison Babusci instructs students on Maker Monday at the Sharpsburg Community Library. To celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year, they made good luck dragons attached to bamboo sticks to take home....
Westmoreland firefighters to distribute 9-volt batteries to communities
About 50 Westmoreland County fire departments will give out 9-volt batteries to households as part of a grant from Westmoreland Cleanways and Recycling. The organization got 18,480 batteries through a 2018 Duracell/Keep America Beautiful grant. The departments will each get a case of batteries to distribute around daylight savings time...
Morning snow turns to rain across Pittsburgh region, prompting flood watchVideo
Snow has turned to rain across much of the region, leading the National Weather Service to change its morning winter weather advisory to a flood watch until midnight. Rain will continue through the night and is expected to taper off by Thursday morning, with temperatures staying above freezing, said meteorologist...
North Hills Middle School site of Attorney General’s anti-bullying tour
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro held an hour-long forum at North Hills Middle School on Feb. 14 as part of his new state-wide anti-bullying listening tour. Throughout the coming year, he will visit five different schools across the Commonwealth to hear about students’ experiences with bullying and listen to their...
Innovation shines during Pine-Richland’s inaugural hackathon
Pine-Richland High School students organized and led the school’s first-ever hackathon called “Hack the Ram” on Feb. 9. Seniors Arjan Guglan, Lauren Juncal and Justin Waltrip, and junior Daniel Krill developed, organized and launched the event. Teacher Val Klosky served as the sponsoring teacher. In all 80 students participated in...
Jewish Community Center celebrates 20 years in Scott
Last month, the Jewish Community Center (JCC) celebrated its 20th “birthday” in the South Hills with a free open house for the community offering cupcakes and snacks, an open fitness center, family and kid crafts and open gymnasium and swim sessions. The first JCC was opened in Squirrel Hill. Starting...
Sahara Restaurant & Grill set to open soon under new ownership from previous Istanbul Sofra
Sahara Restaurant & Grill should open within the next week in Regent Square, replacing the controversial Istanbul Sofra, the new owner told the Tribune-Review on Tuesday. Istanbul Sofra began faltering after its previous owner, Adnan Hilton Pehlivan, was arrested on rape and stalking charges. “I was a little nervous about...
Shaler Area Middle School student purchases candygrams for the entire school
Shaler Area Middle School eighth-grader Allison Ai has been planning this surprise for a year. During the week leading up to Valentine’s Day, the middle school student council sells candygrams — a Hershey’s kiss with a personal note attached — to be delivered on Valentine’s Day. After last year’s drive,...
Kennywood, Sandcastle and Idlewild looking for 2,700 summer workers
The dead of winter is upon us, but here’s a reason to think about sun, swimming and roller coasters. Kennywood, Sandcastle Waterpark and Idlewild & SoakZone, family fun attractions in Western Pennsylvania, are accepting applications for the summer operating season. They’re looking to fill 2,700 jobs. The new employees could...
Murrysville council will consider backing FTMSA’s $12 million bond
Murrysville council on Wednesday night will discuss backing the Franklin Township Municipal Sanitary Authority’s $12 million bond issue and accept easements from two local property owners for storm water improvements. FTMSA officials are asking council to back the bond issue, $10 million of which will be used to tackle ongoing...
Pittsburgh man pleading guilty to cocaine sales in federal case
A Pittsburgh man pleaded guilty in federal court in Wednesday to conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Lawrence Morrison, 36, entered the plea before Senior U.S. District Judge Arthur J. Schwab in Pittsburgh. According to prosecutors, the FBI and the Drug Enforcement Administration started a wiretap investigation, primarily targeting the GBK street...
10 people displaced by 4-alarm fire in McKees Rocks
Ten people were displaced after a four-alarm fire damaged three houses along the 200 block of Munson Avenue in McKees Rocks on Wednesday night. Allegheny County dispatchers said the call for the fire came in around 7:25 p.m. The fire began in one house and spread to two neighboring properties...
Boy, 15, charged as adult in North Braddock drive-by shooting
Police on Tuesday charged a 15-year-old boy as an adult in a drive-by shooting that critically injured a man in North Braddock. Corey Mickens, who turned 15 less than two months ago, is accused of shooting a 21-year-old man at least twice on Saturday night, a criminal complaint filed by...
Ligonier endowment grants boost festival, fort, fitness programs
The Ligonier Valley Endowment has awarded four grants totaling $33,250 for the first quarter of 2019, including money to help mark the anniversary of the annual Fort Ligonier Days festival next fall. A $25,000 grant will help Fort Ligonier Days Inc. prepare a special project to celebrate the 60th anniversary...
AHN postpones ceremonial ‘topping off’ of new Hempfield hospital
Construction crews at Allegheny Health Network’s Hempfield hospital postponed a “topping off” ceremony Wednesday because of the snowy weather, so the lifting of the final steel beam at the site of the almost 79,000-square-foot hospital along Route 30 west of Greensburg will have to wait. AHN Hempfild-Neighborhood Hospital is expected...
Riverview junior proposes solution to combat parking woes near Oakmont Bakery
Riverview High School junior Molly Collins wants to make sure her fellow students have a place to park while Oakmont Bakery officials work out some traffic issues. She launched an online petition to have about 30 spaces at Riverside Park, next to the high school, be designated student parking from...
Penn Hills in line to hike taxes more than 6 percent
Penn Hills School District officials moved one step closer to raising real estate taxes by more than 6 percent and becoming one of the highest taxing districts in Allegheny County. Board members Tuesday approved their 2019-20 preliminary budget and authorized the district to seek pension and special education exceptions to...
Car crashes into McKeesport creek, crews work to rescue 2 trapped inside
Two women were rescued after their car crashed over a hillside into a creek 30 feet below in McKeesport Tuesday night, Trib news partner WPXI reports. Allegheny County officials reported a two-vehicle crash on Long Run Road near Walnut Street about 5:30 p.m. The driver lost control and jumped the...
Hempfield man will attempt to reclaim Recorder of Deeds post
Republican Frank Schiefer will attempt to reclaim the Westmoreland County Recorder of Deeds post, a job he lost in 2015. Schiefer, 38, of Hempfield served as Recorder of Deeds from 2012 through 2015, when he was defeated by the man he originally beat four years earlier to win the office....
Rafferty announces run for Westmoreland judge
Jessica L. Rafferty, a lawyer from Unity, has announced she will be a candidate for one of two vacant seats on the Westmoreland County Court of Common Pleas. Rafferty, 38, works as a lawyer with the Greensburg firm of Quatrini Rafferty and focuses her practice on family law and civil...
