Western PA Local News category, Page 957
Sewickley area real estate transactions, week of Sept. 3, 2023
Aleppo Benjamin Mehl sold property at 501 Sewickley Heights Drive to Marc Carson and Laura Hulett for $283,500. Franklin Park Shaung Wu sold property at 2001 Connecticut Ln to Veera Chandra Sekhar Kovelakuntla and Sandhya Kovelakuntla for $482,000. Maronda Homes LLC sold property at 1119 Deerfield Drive to Raed Saed...
Fox Chapel area real estate transactions, week of Sept. 3, 2023
Fox Chapel David Vincent Lu sold property at 809 Fairview Road to Benjmain Lee Finan and Diana Khoi Nguyen for $656,000. Harmar Jill Sandra Lashway sold property at 714 Beech Ct to Henry and Linda Pool for $672,500. Paul Camerota sold property at 39 Deborah Lynn Ct to David Mollura...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of Sept. 3, 2023
Chalfant Gregory Ventrice sold property at 318-320 North Ave. to Susan Repon for $50,000. Edgewood Patrick Russell sold property at 253 Maple Ave. to Justin Seaman and Kristen Kamp for $317,500. Monroeville Edmund Haberle trustee sold property at 2635 Third St. to Slatehouse Group LLC for $145,000. Jeet Shah sold...
North Hills area real estate transactions, week of Sept. 3, 2023
Bellevue Keith Edwin Thomas sold property at 198-200 Brighton Road to Phoebe Weina He trustee for $80,000. Brandon Ambrose sold property at 689 Shade Ave. to Steven Walker for $206,550. Bradford Woods Donald Tacznosky sold property at 38 Seldom Seen Road to Nouvealutions LLC for $385,000. Franklin Park Shaung Wu...
Check it out: Westmoreland County libraries offer 3 free museum passes
Libraries have always offered adventure in the form of books, movies and special programs. Now, the Westmoreland Library Network is offering a way for patrons to find adventure outside library walls and around the county. Libraries in the system are offering free admission passes to the Lincoln Highway Experience in...
Amazon challenge: Finding workers to fill hundreds of jobsVideo
When Amazon casts a net for workers to receive and distribute consumer goods at its new 1-million-square-foot warehouse in New Stanton, it will be doing so in a tight labor market. “That is one of the big challenges,” because of the loss of workers in Southwestern Pennsylvania, said James Futrell,...
Longtime activist Carl Redwood looking for a spot on Allegheny County Council
Carl Redwood has organized collective action around civil rights, tenant protections, and workers protection for decades in Pittsburgh, and now he’s hoping that experience will propel him to a seat on Allegheny County Council. Redwood, 70, of the Hill District, said he is running for Allegheny County Council’s 10th District...
East Allegheny is latest school district to install cameras to catch bus safety violatorsVideo
East Allegheny School District officials say they are tired of motorists ignoring state law prohibiting them from passing stopped school buses. Through a partnership with local law enforcement and the safety company BusPatrol, the district now has measures in place to identify the license plates of drivers who put students...
The Stroller, Sept. 3, 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. Summit Hose Company to sponsor annual fall festival The Summit Hose...
Liquor Control Board sets hearing for noise exemption in East Deer
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board will hold a hearing next week on a proposal that, if approved, would allow East Deer to enforce its own noise regulations, and not the state’s. The Wednesday hearing before the LCB will give the public a chance to comment on a proposal from East...
Southwest Greensburg hits home run with rec donations to teams in Dominican Republic
Christa Stedeford, a first-grade teacher at Hutchinson Elementary in Southwest Greensburg, spent part of her summer vacation in the Dominican Republic. In addition to her personal gear, she prepared for the trip by packing baseball shirts, gloves, balls and batting helmets that were purchased for youth teams in Southwest Greensburg...
‘Teach to Remember 9/11’ virtual education program to offer new resources for educators
The Friends of Flight 93 National Memorial will offer a free, virtual education program this September for the National Day of Learning — “Teach to Remember 9/11.” The program is being offered for the first time as part of the evolving 9/11 ceremony at the memorial honoring the 40 passengers...
Manor Community Day revives community tradition, engages all ages
Lois Gongaware was 5 when she first began volunteering with Manor’s Labor Day carnival. Saturday, she made the Manor Fire Department’s “famous fried dough” for Manor’s first Labor Day celebration in 21 years — and her son and grandson were there to help. The fire department hosted the Labor Day...
Seton Hill’s Harlan Gallery extends entries for women’s juried exhibition
Seton Hill University’s Harlan Gallery extended entries for its Women Artists 2023 juried exhibition to Wednesday. The exhibition for women artists in all media will run from Oct. 19 until Nov. 17 in the Seton Hill Arts Building. Interested artists can submit up to three works digitally and the entry...
Out & About: Bryce Glass collectors display treasures at Ligonier museum
Two collectors of Bryce Glass Co. tableware and novelties have pooled their resources for the aptly named exhibit, “The Art and Novelty of Bryce Glass,” on display through Nov. 5 at the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Ligonier Valley. Harley Trice of Shadyside comes by his interest in Bryce...
Export native retires after Naval Air Force Atlantic command
During his time commanding the Naval Air Force Atlantic, Export native Rear Adm. John Meier helped to ensure the highest state of readiness in the U.S. Navy. Meier graduated from the U.S. Navy Academy in 1986, and was winged as a naval aviator in 1988. According to his official biography,...
New Kensington man dies at scene of Route 28 crash in Fawn
A New Kensington man died at the scene of a crash at the Tarentum interchange on Route 28 early Saturday, according to state police. State police identified the driver as Dominic E. Montemurro, 28. According to state police, the single-vehicle crash happened shortly after 4 a.m. on the southbound Route...
‘More than just a woman’s fight’: Stories of the Equal Pay Act
It was pretty obvious there was something wrong with the newspaper job listings. The postings were separated between men and women — the latter often advertising lower-paid gigs. It was a common practice until a 1973 U.S. Supreme Court ruling said job listings could no longer be segregated. “I learned...
Equal Pay Act turns 60, but wage gaps remain between men and women
Phylliss Ewell was a home health aide who loved caring for people in need. She was a single mother who worked two, sometimes three, jobs to support herself and two children she raised in Duquesne in the 1970s. Despite Ewell’s multiple jobs, the family still qualified for programs such as...
Volunteers show up in Pine Township to help veterans
Nathan Mallory says his organization, the Veterans Leadership Program, meets veterans “where they are.” On Saturday, that happened to be at the Wood for Warriors event on Spruce Haven Road in Pine Township. It’s an area where several downed trees were cut into firewood that can be used for heating....
Plum fire trucks among vehicles at food truck rally, touch-a-truck event benefiting Rustic Ridge
Three of the Plum fire trucks that responded to the Rustic Ridge house explosion Aug. 12 were out in the community for a different, but related, reason on Saturday. Ladder trucks from the Holiday Park and Unity fire departments and an engine from the Renton company were among the vehicles...
2 dogs make it out from Leechburg kitchen fire
A fire that broke out Saturday morning at a home along Beale Avenue in Leechburg was contained to the kitchen, a fire official said. No one was home shortly before 9 a.m. Saturday at 260 Beale Ave., according to Jacob Lantz, Leechburg Volunteer Fire Company first assistant chief. He said...
Futules’ Harmar House gives update on Facebook
Nick Futules Jr. offered thanks to various people Saturday and gave an update on the aftermath of a fire Wednesday, Aug. 30 that destroyed Futules’ Harmar House banquet hall and downstairs lounge and apartments. In a Facebook post, Nick Futules Jr. began by thanking everyone who offered their condolences and...
New Kensington woman, homeowner face drug charges after, authorities say, agents find coke and pot during raid
A New Kensington woman and the man who owns the house where she lives were arrested on drug charges after agents raided the home and allegedly found cocaine, marijuana and evidence that they are dealers. Janet Lea Glubish, 55, of the 1000 block of Edgewood Road was charged with a...
Bethlehem Project to celebrate 25th anniversary with gala
The Bethlehem Project will celebrate its 25th anniversary of fighting homelessness in central Westmoreland County during a gala on Sept. 20 at Rizzo’s Malabar Inn in Crabtree. The last day to purchase tickets is Wednesday. The project is a nonprofit housing ministry of Blessed Sacrament Cathedral Parish in Greensburg that...
