In brief: Monroeville area happenings, week of Oct. 30, 2023
Council schedule change Because of the general election, the next Monroeville Citizen Night and Council Work Session is changed from its regularly scheduled Tuesday to 7 p.m. Nov. 9. Citizen Night is for public questions and comments, and council’s monthly agenda-setting meeting follows. Council’s regular monthly meeting is at 7...
The Stroller, Oct. 30, 2023: 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. Gingerbread house contest on tap at Leechburg Public Library Leechburg Public...
As election nears, Westmoreland commissioner candidates look to the future
Westmoreland County’s board of commissioners already has seen change. It came in August when Democrat Ted Kopas was appointed to the board to replace Commissioner Gina Cerilli Thrasher, who resigned to take a job as a worker’s compensation judge. Kopas joined first-term Republicans Sean Kertes and Doug Chew as the...
Pitt-Greensburg professor’s latest book shares musings during breast cancer battle
When Lori Jakiela saw a scanned image of the cancer growing in her breast, it looked like tiny grains of white rice. “They were lining up in a particular way that made the doctor very concerned,” she said. That was four years ago. But, the rice association stuck in her...
Multimillion-dollar anonymous donation benefits Catholic high school students in Greensburg and Pittsburgh dioceses
The generosity of an anonymous donor is helping to bridge the financial gap faced by some Catholic school students as they seek to continue their Catholic education into high school. The same donor has contributed nearly $7.5 million to the St. Pope John Paul Tuition Opportunity Partnership over the past...
Woman shot in Homewood
A woman was found on a sidewalk in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood with a single gunshot wound to her hand on Sunday evening. Pittsburgh Police responded to reports of multiple shots fired at Felicia Way at around 5:30 p.m., said Pittsburgh Department of Public Safety. When police arrived, they found the...
Plum artist takes us ‘Down the Rabbit Hole’ in Etna show
From the 19th-century writings of Lewis Carroll to the 20th-century lyrics of Grace Slick, rabbits white and otherwise have come to symbolize departures from the ordinary. Plum resident Bob Freyer continues the tradition with his latest art exhibit. “It’s really just taking me away from all the stress and aggravation...
Frick Pittsburgh museum quietly postpones Islamic art exhibition as Israel-Hamas war continues
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated with reaction from the Pittsburgh chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. A scheduled Islamic art exhibition was quietly postponed at The Frick Pittsburgh in Point Breeze early this month, and museum director Elizabeth Barker said the decision was because of concerns it...
Norvelt opens new, spacious fire hall
It was moving day Sunday for the Norvelt Volunteer Fire Department, which transferred its firetrucks and equipment across Mt. Pleasant Road to the firefighters’ new $1 million home with room enough for all of its vehicles. “We outgrew (the old fire hall),” said Norvelt fire Chief Matt Zelenak at the...
Man killed in Armstrong County crash
A man was ejected from a car and killed during a Sunday morning crash in Armstrong County. The crash occurred around 8:36 a.m. in East Franklin Township, when a man driving a 2016 Ford Fiesta careened off the shoulder of Tarrtown Road, according to Pennsylvania State Police. The car then...
Scenes from the Valley: Images captured in the Alle-Kiski Valley from Oct. 19-25, 2023
Here is a weekly look at recent images captured throughout the Alle-Kiski Valley. From major news events to routine gatherings, the Tribune-Review’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,...
Remember When: Hauntings and strange happenings of the A-K Valley
Halloween is just a couple of days away, which makes it the perfect time to scour the local history centers and newspaper archives, searching for stories of hauntings, paranormal activities and strange happenings that have occurred over the years across the Alle-Kiski Valley. Here are some of the stories that...
Faces of the Valley: Tarentum’s Carrie Fox stepping back from politics after 16 years but won’t forgo volunteerism
Carrie Fox hasn’t had time in decades to focus on her passions — cooking, ceramics and crafts. The Tarentum native and councilwoman has spent more than half her life behind the scenes of local government, school-related issues and the borough’s busy slate of social activities. “I love Tarentum,” Fox said....
Vehicle overturns in New Kensington
A vehicle overtuned along Leishman Avenue in New Kensington early Sunday morning, a Westmoreland County Public Safety supervisor said. There were no reported injuries in the accident, which occurred around 1:50 a.m., the supervisor said. Initial reports said there was entrapment. New Kensington Co. No. 3 responded to the crash....
Families, kids and pets enjoy Halloween-themed fall fest in Oakmont
There were kids in costumes, adults in costumes and pets in costumes at a Halloween-themed fall festival Saturday along Allegheny River Boulevard in Oakmont. The street was jammed with visitors from around the area who enjoyed a morning parade, food booths, pumpkin decorating, train rides for kids, a DJ and...
Snowflakes may fall on Halloween trick-or-treaters
The ghosts and goblins walking around Halloween night to trick-or-treat in Western Pennsylvania could have a coating of white on their costumes. The National Weather Service in Moon is forecasting a slight chance of rain mixed with snow Tuesday night before 11 p.m., then a chance of just snow. The...
Man robbed, pistol-whipped in Shadyside
A man was robbed at gunpoint and pistol-whipped over the head early Sunday morning in Pittsburgh’s Shadyside neighborhood, Pittsburgh police said. The victim, in his early 20s, was robbed in the 300 block of Morewood Avenue, while walking home around 12:45 a.m., by a man who approached him and demanded...
1 dead, 3 injured in Pittsburgh crash
A Pittsburgh man was killed and three others injured Saturday night in Pittsburgh in a two-vehicle collision along Mifflin Road, Pittsburgh police said. Keith Walker, 55,was traveling southbound on Mifflin Road and crossed the center line near the intersection with Lebanon Road, colliding with a northbound sport utility vehicle shortly...
4 people shot in apparent gun battle in Carrick
Two men were wounded in an apparent exchange of gunfire early Sunday morning along Brownsville Road in Carrick, Pittsburgh police said. One of the men, who was shot multiple times in his chest and trunk, was reported in critical condition at at a local hospital. The other man, shot in...
Toe bones and porcupine quills: Library patrons create spooky-season ‘nature vials’
Toe bones, moss and quill of porcupine — it sounds like the ingredients in a witch’s cauldron. That means spooky season is the perfect time of year for Britney Jones to present a workshop featuring some of the items from her shop, Mz. Jones’ Curio, in Greensburg. The Bovard resident...
Latrobe trust will honor Southern Alleghenies Museum during annual gala
This year’s Art Gala hosted by the Greater Latrobe School District Art Conservation Trust will honor the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art in Ligonier Township. The annual event supports the trust’s work to oversee and care for Greater Latrobe’s art collections, which were generated by two teachers: James Beatty and...
Fox Chapel area real estate transactions, week of Oct. 29, 2023
Aspinwall Gary Bergstein sold property at 701 Freeport Road to Ballymore Properties LLC for $450,000. Blawnox Tague Properties LLC sold property at 4 Riverside Ct to LLSM Properties LLC for $35,000.
Fox Chapel James Murphy sold property at 104 Spring Forest Drive to Joanna Doven for $939,300. Harmar Ray Stoner...
Sewickley area real estate transactions, week of Oct. 29, 2023
Aleppo Lyudmila Hyman sold property at 801 Timber Ln to Peter and Bianca Christof for $325,000. Edgeworth John Lehman sold property at 521 Chestnut Road to Erik Interval and Rory ONeill for $1,000,000. Franklin Park Rajesh Patwari sold property at 1911 Kimberly Ct to Cartus Financial Corp. for $855,100. Cartus...
North Hills area real estate transactions, week of Oct. 29, 2023
Franklin Park Rajesh Patwari sold property at 1911 Kimberly Ct to Cartus Financial Corp. for $855,100. Cartus Financial Corp. sold property at 1911 Kimberly Ct to Rajil and Sonali Mehta for $855,100. David Lee sold property at 3730 Lyndell St. to Infinium Investments LLC for $150,000 (state deed transfer stamps...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of Oct. 29, 2023
Churchill Andrew Michael Bell sold property at 1912 Garrick Drive to Hiral Patel for $420,000. Estate of Leonard Hornak sold property at 2525 Greensburg Pike Apt 201 to Francis Tomasic for $192,500. Edgewood Dominic Rugani sold property at 149-151 Race St. to ODUWA Realty LLC for $297,500. Forest Hills Eponymous...
