Valley News Dispatch category, Page 336
The Stroller, Oct. 8, 2022: 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 a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Tarentum museum displays works of Rudy Tutka The current exhibit at...
New Kensington police accuse Arnold man of sexually assaulting teen in 2020; felony charges filed
New Kensington police charged a man after he was accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old twice in the fall of 2020. Alexander James Moss, 24, of the 1600 block of Kenneth Avenue in Arnold was charged with felony counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, statutory sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault...
Sheldon Park’s first-ever Fall Fest aims to create unity among residents
A pair of relatively new Sheldon Park residents is working to provide year-round activities that create unity in the Harrison neighborhood. Elizabeth Rivera and Monica Squires are organizing a Fall Fest for all ages Oct. 22 that will offer pumpkins, games and maybe even a hayride. “What we’re looking to...
Lower Burrell Farmers Market Harvest Festival to offer magic wands, craft beer and more
Lower Burrell’s Farmers Market will go out with a bang for its final market of the season with its Harvest Festival Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The special themed market will feature about 30 vendors including guest vendors providing more products and more choices, including craft beer from...
Single-lane restrictions begin Monday along Route 28 near Highland Park Bridge
Motorists who travel along northbound Route 28 in O’Hara and Sharpsburg should allow extra time next week. Single-lane restrictions are scheduled to begin Monday, according to PennDOT. Crews from Swank Construction Company will be installing new signs. Work will begin at about 7 a.m., just before rush hour, and will...
Arconic awards $30K grants to Burrell, New Kensington-Arnold school districts
New technologies and equipment will allow Valley High School students to visit places unreachable in the classroom, while Burrell High School students will use them to create products. New Kensington-Arnold will transform its high school’s planetarium into a Think Tank, while Burrell’s “Bucconomics” program will see seniors undertake an economics-based...
New specialty mobile coffee cafe opens in Gilpin
A one-woman barista is stirring up the coffee scene in Gilpin. Gilpin native Damia Lorenz, 29, opened The Caffeinated Co., a mobile coffee cafe, on Aug. 21. On most days, you’ll find the trailer parked and operating from a vacant lot next to Stu’s Truck & Auto at 352 Route...
Events to bring crafts, food and libations to downtown New Kensington
Crafters and artisans will be featured in two separate events Saturday in downtown New Kensington. Knead Community Cafe, 1011 Barnes St., will host its annual fall harvest craft and vendor fair from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. That event will be followed by the city’s Downtown Market, sponsored by the...
Penn Salt Museum will give visitors glimpse into Natrona’s historic significance
Polish immigrants Stanley and Josephine Lapczynski arrived in the Natrona section of Harrison before the turn of the 20th century and settled into a cottage at 34 Federal St. The couple raised six children in the four-room house owned by Penn Salt Manufacturing Co., which abutted the Allegheny River and...
The Stroller, Oct. 7, 2022: 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 a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. NK Salvation Army to offer holiday assistance, coats The New Kensington...
Police accuse East Deer man of dealing heroin after trooper finds stamp bags in traffic stop
An East Deer man was accused of being a drug dealer after a state trooper said he found stamp bags of heroin when he pulled over a pickup for speeding and driving with an expired license. Travis Joseph Black, 44, of the 300 block of Crawford Run Road was charged...
Family, friends hope for news on Tarentum woman missing more than 5 weeks
Family and friends of missing Tarentum woman Tonya Sadecky are holding out hope that she will be found safe after last being seen Aug. 28. “I drive around, up and down the streets just hoping that I’ll see her,” said Sadecky’s mother, Carol Richardson. Allegheny County Police on Thursday issued...
Hyde Park man arrested after data storage firm reports finding child porn on his devices
A Hyde Park man faces multiple felony charges after a state police investigator said child pornography was found on his electronic devices. Joshua Glen Townsend, 33, of the 300 block of First Avenue was arrested on two child pornography charges and three counts of criminal use of a communications facility....
New Kensington-Arnold superintendent receives raise, statewide award
New Kensington-Arnold Superintendent Chris Sefcheck received his first raise the same night it was announced that he won a statewide award. The school board approved a 2.5% pay increase for Sefcheck on Tuesday, shortly after getting word that he had been chosen to receive an Education Innovation Award from the...
3 Florida transplants share their stories of hurricane survival, kindness
Leave it to a guy from New Kensington to turn a hurricane into a tailgate party. That’s just what John Nader did when Hurricane Ian slammed into Sanibel Island, Fla., last week, destroying his home and heavily damaging his bar and restaurant there. After riding out the storm in his...
Man charged by Vandergrift police with child sex assault faces 24 felony charges
Vandergrift police charged a man with two dozen felony counts after, they say, he admitted to repeatedly molesting a 6-year- old over a three-month period. Joshua Michael Irvine, 23, of Horton Way in Brookville, Jefferson County, faces the following felony charges: • 10 counts of indecent assault of a person younger...
Lower Burrell author Tamara Girardi visits Highlands classrooms; Rotary and Lions gift books to students
A Lower Burrell author joined the Tarentum Lions Club and the Highlands Area Rotary on Tuesday to spark a passion for literacy in young students. Kindergartners at Highlands Early Childhood Center were paid a visit by Tamara Girardi, author of “Why, Daddy? Why?,” who read aloud to the youngsters in...
The Stroller, Oct. 6, 2022: 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 a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Burtner House to host annual fall festival The Burtner House Fall...
New Kensington job fair features 12 local employers
CareerLink Alle-Kiski will hold a job fair Thursday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at its New Kensington office, 1150 Fifth Ave. Registration is not required. A dozen local companies will be recruiting at the event, said Phil Grove, account representative for CareerLink in New Kensington, which includes portions of...
Remember When: Plum native William D. Boyce was founder of Boy Scouts of America
William D. Boyce was a school teacher, outdoorsman, lumberjack, coal miner and an enterprising publisher. But he is best known as a founder of the Boy Scouts of America. William Dickson Boyce was born on a farm in the New Texas section of Plum Township — later to become Plum...
New Kensington mourns death of firefighter Chris Ploski
New Kensington is mourning the loss of a respected volunteer firefighter. Chris Ploski was one of the city fire department’s most active members, responding to 200 to 250 calls per year while also working his full-time job, fire Chief Ed Saliba Jr. said. Ploski, who was diagnosed just over a...
Halloween events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Community events To have your event listed, send information to Carol Pinto-Smith, Valley News Dispatch, 210 Wood St., Tarentum, PA 15084; or email cpinto-smith@triblive.com. Trick-or-Treat Residents participating in trick-or-treat should turn on their porch lights. Allegheny Township: 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 31. Apollo: 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 29....
The Stroller, Oct. 5, 2022: 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 a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Parks Township photographs and memorabilia to be displayed Victorian Vandergrift Museum...
New Freeport mayor eager to help residents, local businesses
New Freeport Mayor Zachary Gent greeted business owners and others while strolling through the town in sandals in late September, which is appropriate for this river-loving town. He succeeds longtime Mayor James Swartz Jr., who resigned in June. Borough council had difficulty finding candidates and, several months later, voted unanimously...
New Kensington awards $50K contract to resurface Valley Street
A heavily cracked and patched section of a New Kensington road is set to be resurfaced. City council has accepted a $50,325 bid from Tresco Paving Corp. for Valley Street. Valley Street will be milled and resurfaced between Freeport Road and Caldwell Avenue, city Engineer Tony Males said. That distance...
