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Murrysville library will host speed-dating event… for books??
Murrysville library officials are hoping that patrons might be willing to take a stranger home, possibly even to bed — that is, if you enjoy reading before you fall asleep. The library will host “Speed Dating with a Book” on Feb. 9, where local officials will act as “matchmakers,” pitching...
Vehicle and school bus with no students collide in Plum
Plum police are investigating a crash between a car and a school bus. Police Chief Jeff Armstrong said the incident occurred Tuesday afternoon along Route 286 between Holiday Park and Presque Isle drives. He said the driver of the car was transported to a local hospital with minor injuries. The...
Challenge to Murrysville fracking ordinance will continue Thursday
The citizens’ group challenging the validity of Murrysville’s fracking ordinance will be back before the municipality’s zoning hearing board on Thursday. The resident committee outlined its challenge before the board on Nov. 29. Murrysville council members voted 6-1 last year to approve their fracking ordinance, which they fine-tuned, re-examined and...
Mother of Sorrows will host open house to kick off Catholic Schools Week
To mark Catholic Schools Week in 2019, Mother of Sorrows School in Murrysville will host an open house that includes a preview of their spring musical, “Beauty & the Beast.” The open house will be from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Jan. 27 at the school, 3264 Evergreen Drive in...
Murrysville library to host local, county chess tournaments
Children in kindergarten through eighth grade are invited to compete in the 2019 Murrysville Community Library chess tournament March 2. The top winners won’t have to travel far, because the library at 4130 Sardis Road, will also play host to this year’s countywide finals. All tournaments are split into junior...
Ross holding public hearing on smoking, vaping ban in 23 parks
Ross commissioners are planning to hold a public hearing on Feb. 11 to take comment from residents about a proposal to outlaw the use of all tobacco and vaping products in township parks. The measure proposed earlier this month by Commissioner Jason Pirring would make cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco, e-cigarettes...
Riverview School District to start elementary computer science program through state grant
Riverview School District officials plan to use a state grant to implement a new computer science program at Verner and Tenth Street elementary schools. The district was one of 16 Allegheny County education entities, including charter schools, to be awarded a $35,000 portion of $560,000 targeted grants provided through Gov....
Rigorous state standards force change in Dorseyville Middle School schedules
Rising eighth graders at Fox Chapel Area School District will be able this spring to build schedules by choosing electives like foreign languages, art and band. The input comes as restructured class schedules at Dorseyville Middle School move forward, focusing increased class time on core classes. The changes came about...
Heating fix at Penn Hills High School could cost up to $300,000
Penn Hills officials plan to reopen the district’s high school Wednesday but with a crippled heating system. Superintendent Nancy Hines said heat in the building was spotty Tuesday morning after walking through the entire high school. The district closed its high school Tuesday after learning Monday night that two of...
Aspinwall VFD kicks off St. Patrick’s Day fundraiser
Aspinwall Volunteer Fire Department is taking orders for its fourth annual St. Patrick’s Day T-shirt fundraiser. The bright green long-sleeved shirts are emblazoned with the department’s call number, 102, on the front and a saw-wielding leprechaun on the back. Written in Gaelic is the phrase “Running through the flames.” “It...
Young skaters brave single-digit temps at North Park
Temperatures in the single-digits didn’t scare off these children who showed up at North Park Ice Rink on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, Jan. 21. The bone-chilling conditions didn’t seem to phase these young skaters who made the most of a day off from school....
McCandless police chief suspended without pay
McCandless council has suspended police Chief David DiSanti without pay until a corrective action plan can be developed to address accusations that he engaged in inappropriate behavior toward a female officer. DiSanti was placed on paid administrative leave on Oct. 29 after the female officer accused him of treating her...
Judge declares missing Unity woman Cassandra Gross legally dead
Cassandra Gross hasn’t used her credit card since April. There have been no withdrawals in the last nine months from the Unity woman’s bank account other than automatic transactions. Her 401k account has remained untouched. “There’s no doubt in your mind, sir, that your mother’s subject to peril?” Westmoreland County...
Jury for Michael Rosfeld, charged in killing of Antwon Rose, to come from Dauphin County
A jury will be chosen from Dauphin County in the homicide case against former East Pittsburgh police officer Michael Rosfeld, charged in the 2018 killing of Antwon Rose II, the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office said Tuesday. The DA’s office tweeted Tuesday that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ordered that Dauphin...
‘Mary Poppins Jr.’ debuts at North Hills Middle School
Audiences’ favorite nanny will take center stage in the North Hills Drama Club’s supercalifragilisticexpialidocious musical, “Mary Poppins Jr.,” on Jan. 31 through Feb. 2 in the North Hills Middle School auditorium. The 70-minute, one-act middle school production is based on the Broadway musical and one of the most popular Disney...
Family history turns Frittata into special meal
Alicia Blair — owner of Alicia and Scott Jewelry Store on Warrendale Road, has the best of both worlds. She sees beautiful diamonds every day, but her real jewels are her family. Her shining diamond was her 100-year-old grandfather, Gabriel Veltri, who was always in the kitchen making something fresh...
George Washington’s 1770 expedition to the Ohio country
This month, the Bridgeville Area Historical Society’s workshop series on George Washington’s impact on Western Pennsylvania focused on his 1770 expedition to the Ohio country. Now 38 years old and a highly successful Virginia country gentleman, he had been appointed to administer the disposition of 200,000 acres of land “on...
Mizgorski appointed to fill Shaler Board of Commissioners vacancy
The Shaler Commissioners appointed David Mizgorski on Jan. 8 to fill a vacancy on the board due to his wife, Lori’s, resignation from the board to serve as state representative for the 30th Legislative District. Magisterial District Judge Daniel Konieczka administered the oath of office to Mizgorski, a Republican, representing...
Ross commissioners fill vacancies on advisory boards
Ross Township commissioners on Monday voted to appoint the following people to various volunteer boards, commissions and advisory groups: • Zoning Hearing Board (one position, five-year term): Ronald Zangaro. • Planning Commission (three positions, four-year terms): James Wigal, John Sample and Bridget Watson O’Brien. • Vacancy Board (one position, one-year...
Penn Hills High School closed Tuesday due to heating issue
Penn Hills High School is closed Tuesday due to a malfunctioning boiler and no heat available in the building, school district officials announced late Monday. Teachers are to report to Linton Middle School. The middle and elementary schools still are on two-hour delays Tuesday due to freezing temperatures. An alert...
Activities in Plum and Oakmont this week – Jan. 21, 2019
Looking for something to do in Plum or Oakmont? Here are some suggestions: Plum Community Library at 449 Center New Texas Road Blvd. hosts Toddler Tales, a storytime for children ages 2-3 and a caregiver, 11-11:45 a.m. and Story Time Live, a storytime for children ages 4-5, from 1-1:45 p.m....
Plum school board postpones real estate tax-related vote
Plum School District officials postponed a vote on whether the district will limit any tax increase next year to the state’s Act 1 index. Board members were to approve at the Jan. 22 regular meeting a resolution to stay within the Act 1 index — a state formula restricting real...
Fourth annual Monroeville Home Show set for this weekend at the Monroeville Convention Center
People looking to start housing projects or want to talk with experts about home improvement can find all they need and more at the Monroeville Convention Center this weekend. Simon Event Management of Greensburg presents the fourth annual Monroeville Home Show Jan. 25-27 at 209 Mall Blvd. “Every year it...
Ross/West View EMS board seeks applicants to fill vacancy
Applicants are being accepted for an opening on the Ross/West View EMS Authority board. The board’s primary responsibility is to oversee business aspects of the Authority’s operations and provide ideas, direction and recommendations on its finances and administration. The person selected for the volunteer position will serve a 5-year term....
Franklin Park considering new rules to reduce the impact of fracking
The next step in Franklin Park’s effort to place restrictions Marcellus Shale gas drilling in the borough will be revising the borough’s zoning ordinance with rules designed to limit the impact fracking has on the community and environment. Because oil and gas drilling is regulated by the state Department of...
