Western Pa. superintendents say test scores are climbing in contrast to Nation’s Report Card results
Math and reading scores among America’s 13-year-olds fell to their lowest levels in decades, with math scores plunging by the largest margin ever recorded, according to the results of a federal test known as the Nation’s Report Card. The results are the latest measure of deep learning setbacks in the...
North Belle Vernon hosts music performances
North Belle Vernon’s Community Bank Park will offer free performances by barbershop and polka music groups in the third week of July. The Belle Vernon Public Library will host 3Rivers4, a barbershop-style acapella harmony group, at 6:30 p.m. on July 20. The group will perform a variety of selections, including...
Protect PT seeks support for proposed gas well ordinance
Protect PT, an environmental nonprofit located in Penn Township, will host a meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday to gather support for a proposed ordinance regarding gas well drilling and development practices. In the proposal, the nonprofit requests that the township: • allow a 2,500-foot buffer between new well pads and...
Cheswick holds make-up Fourth of July parade
Cheswick had to reschedule its Fourth of July parade due to rain last week but despite clouds hovering over the borough Sunday, the storms held off and residents were able to celebrate the nation’s birthday with a small bicycle parade. Early Sunday evening, a group of more than 50 residents,...
Pirates opt for LSU pitcher Paul Skenes over outfielder Dylan Crews with MLB Draft’s top pick
The Pittsburgh Pirates owned the first overall selection in the MLB Draft for the sixth time in franchise history, giving them the rare opportunity to have their pick of baseball’s best prospects. The Pirates took the advice of LSU coach Jay Johnson, who suggested to MLB Network that they pick...
Man living in Harmar garage accused of breaking into construction company, stealing items
Harmar police accused a man who was living with a woman in a garage without plumbing or heat of stealing tools, collectibles and coins from a construction company so they could buy drugs. Michael Daniel Gerhard, 34, told police he was homeless when he was arrested on a felony charge...
New art-focused nonprofit in Armstrong County seeks recruits
A new nonprofit aims to boost the arts scene in Armstrong County. The Armstrong County Arts Council formed in May and held its first meeting in June. The organization is dedicated to advancing the arts in Armstrong County, and its leaders are hoping to recruit more artists from the county...
Scenes from the Valley: Images captured in the Alle-Kiski Valley from June 29-July 5, 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,...
Faces of the Valley: Harrison woman marks 50 years working for ‘the Hut’
When Peggy Morrow began working for Pizza Hut, a small pepperoni pizza at the restaurant cost $1.25. And the minimum wage wasn’t much more than that, said Morrow, who has been working for the company for 50 years. Morrow, 69, of the Natrona Heights section of Harrison, is the general...
Harrison Hi-Rise tenants recount the mayhem of shots being fired into their apartments
A loud boom echoed through the Harrison Hi-Rise building just before 5 a.m. Sunday. Several of its residents, who are all seniors, said they heard at least seven shots fired. Ruth Ann Kilgore, who lives on the eighth floor, heard a loud bang at 4:55 a.m. “I was scared. I...
Man dies in overnight shooting in South Side
A man was fatally shot early Sunday morning in the South Side, according to Pittsburgh police. Devon Alexander, 33, was found about 1 a.m. at the intersection of South 13th and East Carson streets with a gunshot wound to the shoulder. Police used tourniquets to stem the bleeding until medics...
Sewickley area real estate transactions, week of July 9, 2023
Aleppo Patricia Pivaronas sold property at 107 Forest Edge Drive to Misa and Takayuki Tamura for $234,500. Franklin Park Deerfield Estate FP Development LLC sold property at 1321 Adrian Drive to Maronda Homes LLC for $140,300. Scott Pospisil sold property at 2334 Haven Ct to Manuel and Ashley Montero for...
Fox Chapel area real estate transactions, week of July 9, 2023
Aspinwall Allen Bankson sold property at 701 Fourth St. Apt 1 to Amro Elaswalli and Ece Ulus for $145,000. Shlley Jane Novick trustee sold property at 201 Emerson Ave. to Dmytro Bentsionov and Kerri Christine Powers for $376,000. Etna Thomas Lewis sold property at 13 Catherine St. to Nagarika Nellori...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of July 9, 2023
Churchill Gary William Gardiner sold property at 47 Churchill Road to Steven and Suzanne Wray for $354,900. Eric Bram sold property at 2514 Collins Road to Samuel Christopher Jobson and Dierdre Lee McCluskey for $234,000. Richard Fitzgerald sold property at 3204 Nottingham Drive to Mark Koleck for $310,000. Marsha Tharp...
North Hills area real estate transactions, week of July 9, 2023
Bellevue Ingar Lesheim sold property at 510 Dawson Ave. to Derik and Robyn Jones for $120,500. Clifford Polard sold property at 697 Orchard Ave. to Cole Macek for $320,000. Mark Edward Knaiger sold property at 527 Tingley Ave. to Favored H & F LLC for $20,000. Etna Thomas Lewis sold...
The Stroller, July 9, 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. Peoples Library plans annual book sale Peoples Library will have its...
Land trust expands effort at St. Xavier site in Unity
The Westmoreland Land Trust is expanding a preservation project at its St. Xavier site by planting native grasses and wildflowers. Along Route 30 in Unity, the St. Xavier Nature Preserve is part of an ongoing collaboration with Saint Vincent College, which donated cameras and other infrastructure to create livestreams of...
Developer gets OK to tear down Pittsburgh garage where Rolling Rock beer was first sold
Pittsburgh’s Historic Review Commission has approved a plan to preserve an Uptown house once owned by a bootlegger who became the owner of Latrobe Brewing Co., but not a garage that served as the company’s first Pittsburgh beer distributor. Dallas-based Fountain Residential Partners is acquiring the Uptown property that includes...
Former ‘PittGirl’ blogger Virginia Montanez publishes first novel
“Nothing. Everything,” the first published novel by writer Virginia Montanez of North Huntingdon, takes place during the pandemic years. But don’t expect to find masks, covid tests or quarantining among its pages. “I was nervous about not writing the pandemic into this, because it clearly takes place during that time,”...
Priest retires after serving for 35 years at South Greensburg church
The Rev. John Nosal, archpriest of St. Michael’s Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church, thought moving to South Greensburg was too good to be true. “I’ve lived in Greensburg virtually half of my life and when we first moved here, after about a month, I said to myself, ‘now what’s going to...
Extended time proposed for parking at select downtown Greensburg meters
Some visitors to downtown Greensburg could gain a few extra minutes of metered parking without the risk of an overtime ticket, if the city pursues a councilman’s suggestion. Councilman Randy Finfrock on Wednesday, July 5 proposed buying software that would allow the city to add a grace period of a...
5th week of Pittsburgh synagogue attacker’s trial featured dueling testimony from experts
The case against the man convicted of killing 11 people at a Squirrel Hill synagogue will resume Monday with jurors continuing to listen to testimony from mental health experts in the trial’s eligibility phase. Robert Bowers, 50, of Baldwin was found guilty of killing members of the Tree of Life-Or...
North Huntingdon church hosts immigrant families
A North Huntingdon church with a mission to help international families adjust to life in Westmoreland County treated some of those families to an experience as American as a slice of apple pie. Calvary Church took three immigrant families out to the ballgame at PNC Park in Pittsburgh on June...
The Westmoreland’s ‘Block Party’ explores ideas of community, celebration
The current exhibit at The Westmoreland Museum of American Art is titled “Block Party: Community and Celebration in American Art,” but chief curator Jeremiah William McCarthy warns that visitors won’t find a single image specifically depicting that phenomenon. Rather, the works explore themes and emotions that might be tied to...
Out & About: Bootlegger’s Ball benefits 2 area organizations
Guests arriving at the Loyalhanna Watershed barn on June 30 were advised that “iced tea” was being served inside. In the spirit (hint, hint) of the event, it was code for something with a little more kick. No need to alert the feds that it was a Bootlegger’s Ball, said...
