Nighttime delays extended on I-70 project at Route 51
Motorists traveling Interstate 70 on the eastbound and westbound lanes between the Smithton and Route 51 intersections will face delays from 8 p.m. Sunday to 6 a.m. Monday on as crews continue to demolish the previously-used bridge carrying Route 51 over the interstate, PennDOT said. Golden Triangle Construction must remove...
Building the Valley: Freeport bakery offers taste of the past
School lunches get a bad rap, but something about the buns served on spaghetti days at Freeport Area School District cafeterias enchanted Sarah Vivian. “The lunch ladies would make these big, yeasty rolls, and you could smell it throughout the whole school,” Vivian fondly recalled. Apparently, the buns have stuck...
Westmoreland happenings: Halloween parade, Oktoberfest, fraud prevention seminar, more
Arts • Westmoreland Performing Arts Professional Theatre Company will present “The Rocky Horror Show” at 8 p.m. and midnight Nov. 1 and 2 at the Greensburg Garden Civic Center. Prop bags will be sold in the lobby with rice, cards, noisemakers, flashlights and newspaper. Tickets: 724-836-8000 or thepalacetheatre.org. Farmers Market...
Fox Chapel area real estate transactions, week of Oct. 27, 2024
Aspinwall Kyle Misour sold property at 113 Fourth St. to Alexander Ritov for $388,500. Fox Chapel John Montgomery sold property at 29 Easton Drive to Antonio and Nicole Fratangelo for $761,055. Siegel Cooper Asset Mgmt Inc. sold property at 301 Fairview Road to Peter Santa and Chloe Santa Maria for...
Sewickley area real estate transactions, week of Oct. 27, 2024
Aleppo Estate of Douglas McCombie sold property at 111 Nancy Drive to Philip and Rita Golden for $75,000. Ryan Joseph Moran sold property at 124 Shadowlawn Drive to Jacie Leigh Mangold for $147,000. Edgeworth Jason Rampelt sold property at 437 Maple Ln to Shawn and Kelly Marsh for $2,000,000. Franklin...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of Oct. 27, 2024
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Churchill LSF 9 Master Participation Tr sold property at 2420 Greensburg Pike to AV Restorations LLC for $131,250. Wayne Gregg sold property at 421 Woodland Hills Drive to Woodland Capital LLC for $33,000. Forest Hills Kelsey Kumar Kaifer sold property at 412 Atlantic Ave. to Patricia Sprague for...
North suburban real estate transactions, week of Oct. 31, 2024
Bellevue James Peter Alpern sold property at 541 Forest Ave. to Thomas and Stephanie Trounce for $322,007. Etna Casey Silverman sold property at 320 Poplar St. to 320 Poplar LLC for $1 (state deed transfer stamps indicate a value of $469,000). Franklin Park Maronda Homes LLC sold property at 1316...
Chartiers Valley area real estate transactions, week of Oct. 27, 2024
Bridgeville Estate of William Mills sold property at 1346 Main St. to Gregory and Isabella Brucker for $115,000. Michael Lubitz sold property at 169 Union St. to Miller Property Ventures LLC for $162,000. Andrew Vivirito sold property at 1373 Missouri Ave. to Briana Martino for $205,000. Nancy Frazier sold property...
Oakmont Bakery parking lot moves to next phase for consideration
The Oakmont Bakery’s proposed parking lot is steadily making its way to reality. Oakmont’s planning commission recommended to council that it approve a conditional use of the property at 815 Allegheny Ave. The parking lot plans have been a popular discussion among community members. Borough Manager Scot Fodi said the...
Where are some notable Western Pennsylvanians buried?
Walking among graves on a rainy day, an eerie silence hung, broken only by a steady drip of water on tombstones and mausoleums. Cemeteries dating back hundreds of years are evident by weathered stones with some names illegible. The stories of those laid to rest or entombed invoke vivid memories...
The Stroller, Oct. 27, 2024: 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. Valley HS students to...
In a return to the Lower Valley, Joe Naviglia takes reins of Acmetonia police officer job
It’s a homecoming of sorts for Acmetonia Elementary School’s new police officer. Allegheny Valley School District hired Joe Naviglia, 62, of Lower Burrell in September as Acmetonia’s school police officer. He started last week and will be paid $50,000 annually. “He has a lot of experience from other school districts...
State Sen. Kim Ward, a breast cancer survivor, crusades to get patients treatment they need
Kim Ward didn’t want anyone to know. When the state Senate majority leader from Hempfield was diagnosed with breast cancer in November 2020, she told almost no one. Not her staff. Not her friends. Not even her mom. When she went for chemotherapy at the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center in...
Coverage for breast cancer early detection varies
Nearly 400,000 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed in the United States this year, according to the American Cancer Society, with women at a 1-in-8 risk of developing the disease. Advocacy groups are continuing to push for early detection and treatment, which save lives and money. Experts say...
Historic Hanna’s Town cemeteries: some history revealed, some buried forever
To Madeline Irwin of Acme, the chance to take a cemetery tour Saturday afternoon at Historic Hanna’s Town in Hempfield was an opportunity she did not want to miss, even if it meant pushing her double stroller up hilly terrain through the woods. “It’s such a great family experience. I...
3 people displaced by fire at Taylor Avenue home in Arnold
A basement fire Saturday in a home on Taylor Avenue in Arnold displaced three residents but caused no injuries, Arnold fire Chief Eric Gartley said. Firefighters responded about 12:30 p.m. to a single-family house at 1419 Taylor Ave. when smoke was seen. Alerted to the fire by a neighbor, a...
Mark Cuban stumps for Kamala Harris’ economic agenda, says Trump’s will increase inflation
Billionaire and Pittsburgh native Mark Cuban knows a bit about starting and growing businesses, but he first learned about being broke, eating condiment sandwiches and scraping by to keep a fledgling enterprise going. Speaking to a room of small business owners and entrepreneurs Saturday in East Liberty, Cuban, 66, used...
Biden rallies Pittsburgh’s union base to support Harris
President Joe Biden returned to Pittsburgh on Saturday, rallying and canvassing with building trades workers, selling Vice President Kamala Harris as a continuation of his pro-labor policies and the best hope to improve wages and union rights into the future. Biden rallied Saturday afternoon with about 100 members of the...
Retired Lutheran pastor had passion for her faith, helping others
The Rev. Elaine Marie Hower, who was a pastor at Lutheran churches in Spring Church, Natrona Heights and Lower Burrell for more than 20 years, grew up in the church, had a passion for her faith and a compassion for helping others in need, said one of her three sons....
Pitt graduate student workers to vote next month on whether to unionize
Graduate student workers at the University of Pittsburgh will vote in a state-supervised election next month on whether to join the United Steelworkers, the union already representing faulty and staff there. The election Nov. 18, 19 and 21 involves 2,000 teaching, research and other graduate assistants. It will be overseen...
Lower Burrell to install sewer liners in Kinloch aimed at reducing backups and overflows
New sanitary sewer liners will be installed in the Kinloch section of Lower Burrell by the end of next year. The city will be able to install liners in just about every sewer in Kinloch with the $300,000 in state funding awarded Tuesday and $200,000 in federal American Rescue Plan...
The Stroller, Oct. 26, 2024: 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. Champion’s Crusaiders and Five...
Derry Township couple hopes to expand annual free pumpkin patch for kids
Carter Bollinger and his younger sister, Saddie, don’t see eye-to-eye on what makes a perfect pumpkin. “It’s the size of it,” said 6-year-old Saddie. Her brother, who is 9, begged to differ: “It’s the color of it.” In the end, the pair and two of their Derry Township siblings —...
As walking pneumonia cases rise nationally, how does Western Pa. fare?
With cold and flu season heating up, cases of walking pneumonia are increasing across the United States. But is the illness on the rise in Western Pennsylvania as well? Local health care experts shared mixed thoughts. What is it? Walking pneumonia is a mild lung infection that can be caused...
206-year-old bridge a sight to see for visitors to depleted Yough River Lake
Karen Wolfe did something this week that few others have done over the past 80 years. She walked the main street of Somerfield and its 206-year-old Great Crossings Bridge, landmarks that are normally about 50 feet underwater at Youghiogheny River Lake in southwestern Somerset County. “We had to come up...
