Valley News Dispatch category, Page 359

A man being sought by U.S. marshals was charged with illegal possession of a handgun after New Kensington police helped take him into custody. In addition to a felony gun charge, Richard Joseph Mautino, 20, of the 500 block of Fourth Avenue was charged with felony flight to avoid apprehension...

A Brackenridge center that offers short-term housing to people in need will celebrate its grand opening in July. Family Promise House, an initiative of the Allegheny Valley Association of Churches, will have an open house July 10. All are welcome to tour the site at 903 Morgan St. “There are...

Two well-known clergy members retired this week from the same church in Leechburg. The Revs. Gary and Lisa Lyon served as co-pastors at Cross Roads Community Presbyterian Church in Leechburg for 34 and 26 years, respectively. “There were a lot of tears and laughter,” said Gary Lyon of their final...

Publicize your 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 15068. Please include a daytime telephone number. Freeport Theatre Festival to open season with comedy The Freeport Theatre Festival...

Many Aspinwall residents are without water Saturday after three waterline breaks, according to borough officials. The public works department responded before 7 a.m. and determined there were breaks in the 700 block of Center Avenue, the first block of Fifth Street, and the intersection of Field Avenue and Second Street....

Publicize your 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 15068. Please include a daytime telephone number. Free lunch programs continue in the A-K Valley There are several free...

For Rita Firestone, growing, harvesting and selling sweet corn has been an integral part of her life ever since she and her late husband started The Original Firestone’s sweet corn stand 52 years ago along Route 30 in Unity. “I do it because I want to do it, not because...

The property tax in the Burrell School District will be increasing by 2.9% for next school year. The Burrell School Board recently passed its $34.7 million budget 7-0 that includes the real estate tax hike. The owner of a home with an average assessed value of $22,900 will see a...

For decades, the Alcoa Technical Center was like a city within a township. Located in rural Upper Burrell, the sprawling research and development complex first developed in 1964 has its own ZIP code, wastewater treatment plant and fire and emergency medical response. About 1,200 people worked there at its peak...

Half of the buildings that make up what had long been the Alcoa Technical Center in Upper Burrell could become home to new businesses. Arconic Corp. is working with JLL, a commercial real estate firm, to place four of the seven buildings it owns at what is now the Arconic...

Thousands of people will be lined up Sunday night on roads, bridges and in parks to watch the annual fireworks display by Summit Hose in Tarentum. The event will begin at 10 p.m. in Dreshar Stadium, along First Avenue. Chief Josh Fox said the show will go on despite a...

An Arnold man was accused of dealing drugs after police said they found nearly 1.5 ounces of crack cocaine, scales, guns and cash when they raided his home. Aaron Robert Hughes Jr., 37, of the 1700 block of Constitution Boulevard was charged with a felony count of possession of drugs...

A young New Kensington girl murdered in 1979 was remembered Saturday with an outpouring of love by family and friends in JFK Playground along Fourth Avenue. A bench in the park was dedicated to the memory of Tiffany Renee Miller, who was 5 years old when she went missing from...

A Butler County company with Roman numerals for a name is putting to rest its link to the periodic table of elements in conjunction with its acquisition of a California firm that II-VI Inc. says holds the promise to boost its hold in the materials, networking and laser markets. II-VI...

Eight-year-old Ayden Sanders didn’t have to look hard to find a book that suited his fancy. He picked several from among hundreds that now line the walls of the basement at BridgePoint Church in Tarentum and plopped down at a pint-sized table to read. “I love it here,” Ayden said....

More than 100 single-family homes and townhouses are coming to the newly renamed RIDC Armstrong Innovation Park in South Buffalo. The project is crucial to making the property a focal point of future economic growth, Armstrong County Commissioners Chairman Don Myers said. It’s being made possible through a partnership with...

Lower Burrell Volunteer Fire Company No. 3 is exploring upgrading its command center after responding to 120 calls in 3.5 hours during the June 22 microburst. Councilwoman Brandy Grieff, who heads up the city’s Public Safety Department, is meeting with the city’s firefighters, police and public works department to review...

A married couple with a passion for gourmet Asian fare are determined to keep their growing mobile food business afloat amid soaring gasoline prices and sky-high food costs. East Vandergrift residents Mark and Jessica Lieu own Wok on Wheels, a family-owned and operated Vandergrift-based food truck serving up authentic Asian-inspired...

A Harmar teen has become one of the largest donors for an effort aimed at raising awareness about a rare brain tumor. Sam Kieffer was 7 when he first became aware of his father’s epidermoid brain tumor. As Kenny Kieffer underwent his second surgery, Sam learned there was no cure...

A facade project will improve access to a downtown New Kensington banquet hall while preserving a piece of the city’s history. Knead Community Cafe plans to begin work this summer on the Fifth Avenue facade of its adjacent banquet hall, Banquet on Barnes. Kevin Bode, who founded Knead with his...

Publicize your 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 15068. Please include a daytime telephone number. Free county concert series to feature Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra The Pittsburgh Symphony...

Opening a chiropractic office right after the covid pandemic started was terrible timing for Erik Beck, but it gave him time to write that book he always wanted to. “Here at the office, where it was pretty much having hours at a time uninterrupted to think, it ended up being...

Kiski Township Police accused a Butler County man of abusing an 11-month-old girl he was babysitting after a doctor reported that the girl had four fractured bones in her neck and bruises on her jaw, chest and nose when she arrived at the hospital by medical helicopter. Jacob Tyler Rupert,...

There will be a professional fireworks display for Independence Day in New Kensington this year, but it won’t be put on by the city. The city will not be launching fireworks because the usual location, the Kensington Plaza Garage on Fourth Avenue, is closed and can’t be used, City Clerk...

After more than two decades of operating the successful VAL- arena in North Apollo, Fred and Debra Knepshield get to finally hang up their roller skates. The skating rink, named after the first letters of Vandergrift, Apollo and Leechburg, has been an entertainment institution in the Alle-Kiski Valley for 73 years....