Valley News Dispatch category, Page 114
The Stroller, Nov. 11, 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. Happy Veterans Day to...
Receding from view: Aging veterans organizations struggle to draw fresh recruits
U.S. Army Reserve veteran Jim Reesman practically grew up around the American Legion post in Brackenridge. His grandfather was a sailor, his father a Marine. His grandmother and aunt were bartenders. Reesman, who lives in Tarentum, enlisted in 2012, did a tour in Iraq in 2017-18, and got out in...
Rate hikes, but no tax increases proposed for Freeport’s 2025 budget
Monthly charges for sewage and trash collection would go up for Freeport residents next year, but the property tax rate would stay the same, under the borough’s proposed $2.5 million budget. Sewage ratepayers could expect a $7 increase per bill, bringing the debt service surcharge to $47. That’s a hike...
Scenes from the Valley: Images captured in the Alle-Kiski Valley from Oct. 31-Nov. 6, 2024
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...
Nonprofit serving adults with mental disabilities to hold open house at new job training center in Leechburg
The Progressive Workshop of Armstrong County wants to get to know the Leechburg community. The nonprofit is planning an open house at Thursday, at its new Adult Achievement Center on Market Street. Founded in 1968, the workshop provides services and programming for adults with mental disabilities. The company’s Adult Achievement...
‘The general wants to be heard:’ Restoration eyed for tomb of Samuel McCartney Jackson, Apollo’s most famous citizen
The open archway into Gen. Samuel McCartney Jackson’s mausoleum stares blankly over the hillside at Old Apollo Cemetery, battered by years of crude graffiti and neglect but still structurally sound. Only a few stones have fallen, including one with the Civil War hero’s year of death: 1907. “It still has...
The Stroller, Nov. 10, 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. Holiday program welcoming sponsorships,...
Upper Burrell looking into 3rd full-time police officer position
Upper Burrell is putting out “feelers” for a third full-time officer in its police department, Chief Ken Pate said. Township officials have said they are refocusing efforts to bolster their own force. Upper Burrell currently has two full-time officers, including the chief. To add a third full-timer, Supervisors Chairman Ross...
East Deer brush fire, due to terrain, takes more than 2 hours to extinguish
Fire crews in the lower Allegheny Valley put out a brush fire Saturday afternoon in an East Deer field rife with fields, woods, hills and power lines. Crews were dispatched just before 1 p.m. to the area of Cambria Hill Drive for the brush fire, said Jack Bailie, chief of...
3rd Tarentum pit bull mauling victim says ‘it was instinct’ to jump in to try to stop attack on Halloween
It was nothing but “instinct” for a 33-year-old Tarentum man who jumped in to try to stop a pit bull attack in the borough on Halloween. Shawn Flynn Jr. was visiting his friend at her East Seventh Avenue home on Halloween when he looked out the window and saw three...
Nonprofit serving adults with mental disabilities to hold open house at new job training center in Leechburg
The Progressive Workshop of Armstrong County wants to get to know the Leechburg community. The nonprofit is planning an open house at 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14 at its new Adult Achievement Center on Market Street. Founded in 1968, the workshop provides services and programming for adults with mental disabilities....
The Stroller, Nov. 9, 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. Job fair planned at...
Tarentum man faces multiple charges in connection with Halloween dog attacks
A Tarentum man is facing multiple charges for allegedly allowing his dogs to run loose and attack people on Halloween. Brandon Jerome Baynes, 36, is charged with three counts each of several charges, including animal neglect, and most of which are summary offenses. One of the charges, recklessly endangering another...
Deer Lakes High School tutors go old-school with 1-to-1, ‘paper-and-pencil’ tutoring
The struggle is real for some elementary children. A fledgling tutoring program, organized by Deer Lakes School District students and open to people across the Alle-Kiski Valley, aims to help with classroom challenges. KFIVE is an initiative for children in kindergarten through fifth grade. Services are free and offered from...
Elderly pedestrian identified who was struck and killed in Harrison
A Harrison man is dead after he was struck Friday evening by a vehicle near the Sheetz convenience store in Harrison. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim as Gary Rhebb, 74, of Harrison’s Natrona Heights neighborhood. Harrison Police Sgt. Justin Bouch said the victim was struck by...
Students at East Union Intermediate Center in West Deer honor veterans with a day of service
Military veterans and student at East Union Intermediate Center gathered items Friday to pack into gift bags that will be delivered to a veterans home in Butler. The event was part of a day of service to thank local veterans held in the Deer Lakes School District. There were 14...
West Deer supervisors seek resident to fill vacancy in District 1
West Deer residents hoping to get involved with local government have their chance. Supervisor Vernon Frey resigned from District 1, creating a vacancy to be filled this month. Frey remains in the township but is building a home in another district. His resignation was effective Tuesday. Frey could not be...
Blight study meeting on tap for Lower Burrell
Results of a blight study in Lower Burrell might be eye-opening to some, city Manager Greg Primm said. The public and elected officials will have a chance to review those findings at a meeting Wednesday afternoon in Fisher Hall at Burrell Lake Park. Primm said the city passed on participating...
2024 Veterans Day events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Celebrate Veterans Day Monday is Veterans Day. Each and every one of us knows someone who served or is serving in our armed forces. According to Military.com, there are several ways to recognize those who gave of themselves to keep us safe and able to live our lives the way...
The Stroller, Nov. 8, 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. Relaxing afternoon planned for...
‘Third time’s a charm’ as Sharpsburg 19-year-old becomes new borough councilman
Third time was the charm for a Sharpsburg teen seeking a seat on borough council. Roman Mason, 19, was appointed to fill the unexpired term of Kacie Cope, who resigned in late September. “It makes me feel good,” Mason said sitting in his new seat after the Oct. 24 council...
Cleanup of Parks Township nuclear waste dump to begin next summer, Army Corps details the plan
The Army Corps of Engineers and its contractors are less than a year out from starting to remove, process and package radioactive materials from the Parks Township nuclear waste dump. Remediation will start in August on 10 shallow trenches of highly enriched uranium and other hazardous materials buried at the...
Date set on Springdale trestle bridge demolition
Overnight work to dismantle the trestle bridge over Pittsburgh Street in Springdale will begin Wednesday and last about five days, officials told residents during a town hall meeting Thursday. Chief Derek Dayoub said the work will close Pittsburgh Street between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. each night. During that time, crews...
Man accused of shooting Mogie’s Lower Burrell pub owner remains hospitalized, criminal case on hold
The prosecution of a man accused in the fatal shooting last year of the owner of Mogie’s Irish Pub in Lower Burrell has again been delayed. Nathan Salem, 45, has been in custody without bond since Dec. 21 after he was charged with criminal homicide and first-degree murder in the...
Bob Bordonaro Sr., longtime owner of Hillcrest Volkswagen and Gunny’s Lounge, remembered as ‘personable guy’
At first, Bob Bordonaro Sr. wasn’t too sure about getting into the car business. It was 1962 when he tagged along with a friend buying a car at Hillcrest Motors in Lower Burrell when the owner at the time encouraged him to work there. “Meanwhile, he was only 19, just...
