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Programs at Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh get federal funding
The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh’s Family Self Sufficiency Program was one of several funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which awarded Pittsburgh $350,339 this year. It’s a renewal grant, but there are no guarantees that each year’s funding will be approved, according to...
Girl Scout project benefits McCandless K9 officer, Peebles Fire Dept.
For Anna Arlet, Eva Betz and Natalie Marquiss, earning their Girl Scout Silver Award was filled with joy. The girls spent nearly a year researching, fundraising and executing projects to help the McCandless Police Department’s K9 officer, Joy, and securing pet CPR masks for the Peebles Volunteer Fire Department. “All...
Windmont public hearing in Hampton Township extended to March
Despite the approximately three hours of public testimony regarding a proposed Windmont Farms Preliminary Planned Residential Development in Hampton Township, council approved to extend the public hearing to March 13 to accommodate additional discussion. All seats were filled and other attendees had to stand in the hallway at the Feb....
On ‘This Day in History’ 100 years ago
I’m a big fan of “This Day in History,” so I decided to try my hand at it and see what was going on in Bridgeville and the Pittsburgh area exactly one century ago. A quick look at available newspaper archives confirmed my suspicions that this would be an excellent...
Norwin OKs $6.4 million bond issue; restructures administration
Norwin stands to save about $300,000 over the next 11 years by refinancing a $6.6 million debt this month. The Norwin School Board Monday authorized the refinancing of the debt from a 2011 bond issue, a move that will save the district the money because interest rates will be lower...
Former NFL player to speak at Catholic men’s conference
Mike McCoy, an all-pro defensive tackle for the Green Bay Packers in the 1970s and the product of a Catholic education in Erie, will be the featured speaker for the first-ever Diocese of Greensburg Catholic men’s conference on March 30. “The Well: Come and Be Renewed” men’s conference will explore...
A.W. Beattie open house Feb. 28
Any Hampton high school student and parent interested in learning more about career technology education can attend the A.W. Beattie Career Center Open House on Feb. 28. The event will be held from 5:15 to 8:15 p.m. at the school located on 9600 Babcock Blvd. in Allison Park, according to...
Delmont Farmer’s Market will return to the borough this summer
After spending a summer next door in Salem Township, the Delmont Farmer’s Market is coming back to the borough in 2019. Vendor Amanda Bank told borough council members she and market patron Alice Heasley plan to organize the market in its original location, the Rose Wigfield Parklet on Greensburg Street....
Porn video mirroring alleged attack can’t be used at Istanbul Sofra owner’s trial, judge rules
A pornographic video found on the phone of man accused of stalking and sexually assaulting a Pittsburgh woman last year cannot be used in his trial next week, a judge ruled Tuesday. Adnan Pehlivan, who owned Regent Square’s now-shuttered Istanbul Sofra restaurant, is accused of following the woman home from...
Westmoreland happenings: Feb. 20 and beyond
Fundraisers • A Mardi Gras party is planned 6-10 p.m March 2 in Level Green Fire Hall, Route 130, Penn Township. There will be dinner, dancing, games, bead and tarot card contests and cash bar. Cost: $30 includes food and beer. Must be 21. Proceeds benefit community projects and charities...
Franklin Regional delays contracts on elementary consolidation project
Franklin Regional school board members did not award contracts Monday for the estimated $54 million construction project to consolidate its elementary schools onto one campus. The agenda for the board’s committee-of-the-whole meeting Feb. 4 listed “awarding of prime contracts for the Sloan Elementary Additions & Alterations Project and the New...
Forecast: Storm could blanket Western Pa. with 4 inches of snow by Wednesday
A storm expected to strike Tuesday night could blanket parts of Western Pennsylvania and neighboring states with more than 4 inches of snow by Wednesday, forecasters said. Snow and ice accumulation could cause dangerous travel conditions from Oklahoma to the Northeast — including Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and Maryland —...
Franklin Regional will replace turf, track for 2019-20 school year
Franklin Regional students will have a freshly-turfed field next school year as part of a $1.78 million district capital improvement plan approved for 2019-20. The $1.2 million project, which includes the football field as well as resurfacing the surrounding track, accounts for the bulk of next year’s capital improvement plan....
Wilkinsburg conference to focus on solar energy in Pa.
Solar power supporters will come together Sunday in Wilkinsburg for a free public conference on the state of solar energy in the commonwealth. The Pennsylvania Solar Congress conference is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Community Forge, a community center located at the former Johnston Elementary School, 1256...
Seeking exceptions gives Highlands ‘options’ for budget, business manager says
The Highlands School District is simply keeping its options open as it begins work on the 2019-20 spending plan, the district’s business manager told residents at a school board meeting Monday night. Although the district intends to seek permission from the state to increase taxes by more than its limit...
Murrysville Woman’s Club plans fashion-show fundraiser for April
The annual Murrysville Woman’s Club Spring Fashion Show fundraiser will take place April 13 at the Lamplighter Restaurant. It will begin at 10 a.m., with a breakfast buffet and fashions from Chico’s in Monroeville, modeled by members of the club. There will also be a wine basket raffle and a...
Highlands to offer superintendent job to assistant, substitute Mawhinney
The Highlands School District will not be conducting a search for a new superintendent and will be offering the job to its current substitute superintendent, Monique Mawhinney, school board President Debbie Beale announced Monday. Mawhinney, who started as assistant superintendent in April 2018, has been serving as substitute superintendent in...
Ligonier chamber seeks volunters to help with expanding events
The Ligonier Valley Chamber of Commerce is looking for community volunteers to help lend their skills to more than a dozen annual events it organizes. Those interested in finding out more about the events and how they can get involved are invited to attend one of two volunteer open houses,...
Kindergartner brings loaded gun to Pittsburgh elementary school
A kindergarten student brought a loaded gun to Pittsburgh Faison K-5 elementary school in the city’s Homewood neighborhood on Monday, officials said. On the child’s afternoon bus ride home, another student told the bus driver about the gun, prompting the driver to search the kindergartner’s backpack and confiscate the weapon,...
State police responding to Fawn burglary taser, arrest man
State police said they used a Taser gun to subdue a man suspected of burglarizing a Fawn home last week. Justin Donald Ohler, 31, of Natrona Heights, faces charges of trespassing, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct following the incident around 7:30 a.m. Wednesday. State police said troopers went to a...
Afrofuturism Network founder will speak at Pitt-Greensburg this week
“Afrofuturism” may have been coined as a term in the mid-1990s, but its mark can be seen across the spectrum of black culture over the years. Loosely defined as the intersection of African diaspora culture with modern technology, it could be glimpsed in the out-there jazz and space-age costumes employed...
Pittsburgh Hays bald eagles deliver 3rd egg
The Pittsburgh Hays eagles now have three eggs. The Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania and CSE of Murrysville confirmed the egg was visible Monday around 5:15 p.m. The first egg was laid Feb. 12 and the second on Friday. After 35 days of incubation, the eggs are expected to hatch...
Mark Madden to host Penguins-Devils watch party in New Kensington
Sports broadcast personality Mark Madden is heading to New Kensington to host a watch party Tuesday night as the Pittsburgh Penguins face off against the New Jersey Devils. Madden invited fans and the general public via Twitter to join him at the event at Leo’s Sport Page at The Quality...
Cheswick looks to fill vacant positions
Cheswick Council is expected to fill two vacant borough positions on Tuesday. The openings include a council seat left vacant after Cathy Crail resigned in late December and the borough secretary position left open when Joseph Puet resigned in January after just a couple of months on the job. Councilman...
Palate Partners to celebrate wine as part of Black History MonthVideo
Wine should be inclusive, a connoisseur says. “It needs to be accessible to everyone,” said Adam Knoerzer, a wine expert at Palate Partners, located inside Dreadnought Wines, in Lawrenceville. “Wine is considered a luxury good in the U.S., but really, it’s just a drink. I don’t think the subject of...
