The Stroller, Jan. 6, 2025: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
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‘I just like the nature of it’: Bushy Run volunteer of the year says of site
Melissa Fligger looks fondly on her childhood days spent walking Bushy Run Battlefield’s 218 acres of woods, trails and open fields. She and her father often took the two-minute walk from their Penn Township home to the state historical site of the 1763 clash between the British and Native Americans...
Homicides, shootings down in ’24 in Pittsburgh, reflecting nationwide trends, data shows
Like many U.S. cities, Pittsburgh saw homicide and nonfatal shooting rates drop in 2024 to pre-pandemic levels. That trend did not play out, however, in the suburbs ringing the city in both Allegheny and Westmoreland counties, data shows. “America’s crime trends in 2024 were remarkably positive with an enormous decline...
Craft breweries adjust to industry change as closings outpace openings for 1st time in 20 years
Thirty years ago, if someone said, “I’m going out to grab a craft beer,” the person they were talking to might not have known what that meant, let alone where they would go to get it. Today, in Greensburg alone, it could mean eight different taprooms, and that’s not counting...
Longtime Pittsburgh-area architect, artist Syl Damianos gifts last large-scale work to Longwood at Oakmont
A large sculpture adorning the wall of a dining room at Longwood at Oakmont is something of a penance for its creator, Sylvester “Syl” Damianos. Damianos, 91, and his wife of 67 years, Eva Lu, moved from their home of 53 years in Edgewood to a country home at the...
Farmers market to join shuttle service in increasing access to food in New Kensington
A new farmers market could join an existing shuttle service as an additional option to provide access to food for people in New Kensington. The New Ken Downtown Partnership plans for the weekly market to be held from 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays from April 19 to Oct. 25 at...
In brief: Herald area events for the week of Jan. 6, 2025
Free talk to spotlight Hello Neighbor, an outreach for refugees The Fox Chapel Area affiliate of the American Association of University Women will host a free program on Jan. 14 titled “Hello Neighbor: Welcome to Pittsburgh.” The event starts at 10 a.m. and is open to the public. It will...
Scenes from the Valley: Images captured in the Alle-Kiski Valley from Dec. 25, 2024-Jan. 1, 2025
Here is a weekly look at recent images captured throughout the Alle-Kiski Valley. From major news events to routine gatherings, TribLive’s “Scenes from the Valley” photo package brings to life activities and moments happening in your backyard. To have a photo considered as a “Scenes from the Valley” candidate, please...
Police investigate 2 overnight shootings in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh police are investigating two shootings that happened overnight Saturday — one in East Liberty and the other downtown. At 10:30 p.m. Saturday, police were called to a residence in the 6200 block of East Liberty, where a male believed to be in his early teens was found with a...
Police: Man found dead on Wilkinsburg sidewalk was shot once in torso
Allegheny County Police are investigating the shooting of a man they found dead Saturday night in Wilkinsburg. Police were dispatched at 8:25 p.m. to the 1000 block of Ross Avenue, where the unidentified man was found dead on the sidewalk, county police said. The man had suffered a single gunshot...
Building the Valley: From play time to real time, Nicole Vigilante marks 5 years running Trovo in New Kensington
When playing with her younger brother and sister as a child, Nicole Vigilante remembers them all pretending to run a store in their father’s basement workshop. The trio imagined they were working in a hardware store, answering calls and taking orders for nuts, bolts and washers. “I can remember the...
New Kensington’s Fridays on Fifth, Voodoo Brewing gearing up for 5th anniversaries
A pair of fifth anniversaries will be marked on New Kensington’s Fifth Avenue this year. Fridays on Fifth, the monthly food truck event that took many by surprise when it debuted in 2021, is preparing for its fifth season. It will be held on the fourth Friday of each month...
Acrisure Stadium employee arrested for threatening co-workers with kitchen knife
An Acrisure Stadium employee was arrested Saturday before the Pittsburgh Steelers game — after threatening fellow employees with a kitchen knife. Just before 4 p.m., Pittsburgh police responded to reports of a “disorderly employee” working in an Acrisure kitchen area. The employee was a male, who has not been identified,...
Westmoreland happenings: Fellowship evening, senior citizen news, more
Church News • Greensburg Church of the Brethren hosts a night of fun and fellowship for individuals and groups with developmental disabilities from 5 to 7 p.m. Mondays at the church, 554 Stanton St., Southwest Greensburg. Dinner is included. Participants must be accompanied by a family member or caregiver. Donations...
Western Pa. snowstorm will impact Monday morning commute
A snowstorm coming into Western Pennsylvania starting Sunday evening will likely impact the Monday morning commute. Allegheny County will see between 3-6 inches of snow, and Westmoreland County will see between 3-10 inches, according to Andrew Kienzle, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Moon. Pittsburgh is expected to...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of Jan. 5, 2025
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Churchill Martha Mazerov sold property at 128 Thornberry Drive to Maximilian and Daniella Staudacher for $315,000. Michael Rucker sold property at 1632 Jamestown Pl to FES Property LLC for $274,900. Edgewood Georgianne Arnold sold property at 121 W Hutchinson Ave. to Bret Sheeley and Carmen Claesson for $426,000....
Norwin school director plans to refile lawsuit after judge dismisses his 1st amendment rights violation claim
A judge has dismissed a Norwin school director’s lawsuit claiming the school district and a former superintendent violated his First Amendment rights. But the judge gave Norwin School Director Alex Detschelt a chance to file an amended complaint if he does so soon, and Detschelt said he plans to take...
The Stroller, Jan. 5, 2025: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Follow the Stroller on X at @VNDStroller. Teen opinions welcome to...
Deputy Mayor Jake Pawlak quietly steers Pittsburgh through high-stakes decisions
In late December, Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey mugged for the cameras Downtown and pumped the hands of City Council members as he basked in the passage of his 2025 budget. Hanging back in the mayor’s shadow, avoiding reporters and seeking no credit, stood the man most responsible for engineering the...
‘Steel is all around us:’ Despite uncertain future locally, U.S. Steel’s connection to this region and its people endures
President Joe Biden’s decision to thwart a Japanese firm from buying U.S. Steel doesn’t pen an obituary for the Pittsburgh-based industrial titan whose decades-long fall from grace has been inextricably linked to the city where it was born. But it does portend an uncertain future for an industry that built...
Retired Seton Hill organist, instructor gets honorary degree from university
Edgar Highberger’s lifelong love of the organ continues to bring him joy in listening to the playing of many of the former students he guided as an associate professor of music at Seton Hill University. That legacy, along with his contributions in his hometown of Greensburg and in Westmoreland County...
Meteorologists: snow to start falling after 10 p.m. Sunday in Pittsburgh, with heaviest snow hitting Monday commute
Some school districts began canceling Monday classes and the Pennsylvania Turnpike began travel restrictions as storm-watchers tried to get ahead of an impending snowstorm. Snow was expected to begin falling in Pittsburgh as early as 10 p.m. Sunday, and the heaviest accumulations could fall during the Monday morning commute, meteorologists...
‘It’s really cold’: Westmoreland County residents polar plunge into 2025
For Craig Shevchik, polar plunging into Keystone Lake at the beginning of January is tantamount to spending time in the freezer. “I’m cold,” was his first reaction after emerging from the lake on Saturday morning. Shevchik, 52, of Greensburg, led the charge into the freezing cold water for the fourth...
Pa. environmental board to review Penn Twp. fracking gas well permit renewals
Nearly a year-and-a-half after an environmental nonprofit appealed the Department of Environmental Protection’s renewal of permits for two Penn Township gas wells, the case will be reviewed by the state Environmental Hearing Board. Environmental advocacy organization Protect PT, based along Route 130 in Penn Township, appealed permit renewals for unconventional...
‘Look Forward’ tells Ruby Bridges’ story of school integration
Saniya Lavelle has been acting for the past three years. But up to now, the 13-year-old Pittsburgh resident has only portrayed fictional characters. Later this month, she’ll play the lead in “Look Forward,” the story of Ruby Bridges, the first Black student to integrate the Louisiana school system in 1960....
