Valley News Dispatch category, Page 439

Upper Burrell supervisors have unanimously approved a new Marcellus shale natural gas well. Several residents objected at a hearing Wednesday night to the location of an access road and potential drainage concerns. Olympus Energy LLC, of Canonsburg, requested permission to develop a Marcellus shale well pad at 4806 Seventh Street...

A developer wants to build a grocery store and car wash on the former Kmart site in New Kensington in what would be a $1.8 million project, according to a paperwork submitted to the city. Demolition of the former Kmart store on Tarentum Bridge Road began recently. The store closed...

Cheswick Community Day is returning after being on hiatus since 2014. The Cheswick Recreation Board will be hosting the event on Saturday, Sept. 11, at Rachel Carson Riverfront Park. During the event’s absence, the borough took over the Strawberry Festival in 2013 and last held it in 2019. The festival...

A Lower Burrell man has been sentenced to serve at least 2½ years in prison for the thefts of guns from a city home. Jordan Bradley Keibler, 27, pleaded guilty Wednesday to multiple theft counts and other offenses in connection with incidents Lower Burrell police said occurred in June. According...

Publicize your club meetings, community events and fundraisers for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Northmoreland Park Labor Day party planned The annual Labor United Celebration will be from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday and...

Lisa Sturiale fought back tears Friday morning as she stood steps away from crews battling a fire that destroyed her family’s commercial building in Avonmore. Guy’s Tavern on Westmoreland Avenue erupted in flames around 2 a.m. Sturiale, who lives in Pittsburgh’s North Side, said the building was originally owned by...

The Allegheny Valley Association of Churches in Harrison wants to convert a former personal care home in Brackenridge into a temporary refuge for homeless families. The Association of Church has an agreement to buy the former Applewood Personal Care Home in the 900 block of Morgan Street, said association Director...

Although the reliance on food pantries has lessened for many people who have returned to work during the pandemic, a significant need for food from the pantries still exists, according to an Alle-Kiski Valley food distribution coordinator. “During the pandemic we were assisting about 350 families each week,” said Michelle...

Editor’s note: Neighbor Spotlight is a monthly feature that aims to let our readers learn more about the people in their communities who are working to make them a better place, who have interesting stories to tell or who the community feels deserve “15 minutes of fame.” If you would...

Publicize your club meetings, community events and fundraisers for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Donations welcome for the Friendship Garden Food Pantry Donations for the food pantry in the Tarentum Friendship Garden can be dropped...

Paul Nosek served this nation for more than 27 years in various capacities in the Air Force. The retired colonel from Northern Virginia has a new place to use his leadership skills and military experience: the Plum School District. Nosek, 50, was recently named the district’s Air Force Junior ROTC...

The first day of school for the Burrell School District on Wednesday got off to a soggy start with flash flooding impacting the region. While some buses were rerouted because of flooded intersections, the students still made it to school, Superintendent Shannon Wagner said. “It is amazing to have our...

Deer Lakes School District has reported a dozen covid-19 cases and 123 people in quarantine since its first day of school, Aug. 25. The district is monitoring cases on its website with a tracker showing where each case is throughout the buildings. The tracker shows 10 cases reported in August...

A portion of Burtner Road in Harrison has closed so crews can repair a slide in the area, PennDOT said Wednesday. Burtner Road is expected to be closed to traffic around the clock between Buchanan Street and Karns Road through late October, PennDOT said. The work was planned and is...

Authorities closed a portion of Route 356 in Allegheny Township late Wednesday morning because of flash flooding from the remnants of Hurricane Ida. The closure began around 11:30 a.m. between LaBelle Vue Road and Park Road, by Northmoreland Park. PennDOT spokesman Jay Ofsanik said he expected to road to remain...

First responders pulled the body of a man from the Allegheny River in Plum on Wednesday morning, according to Allegheny County Police. Police said they responded to the 100 block of Coxcomb Hill Road shortly after 10:15 a.m. after someone called 911 to report a body floating in the river....

Bull Creek in Fawn Township swelled and rushed along its banks early Wednesday, but no flooding was reported before 10:45 a.m., officials said. “We’re watching it, but it’s holding so far,” township Secretary Pamela Ponsart said. Flooding was reported across the region as remnants of Hurricane Ida moved through. The...

Face masks remain optional in Highlands School District through Sept. 7, when a mandate requiring the wearing of masks in schools takes effect, but Superintendent Monique Mawhinney is urging families to have their children begin wearing them now. A message was sent to district families early Wednesday regarding Gov. Tom...

Foxwall EMS has added a third ambulance to its roster and members are touting the vehicle as life-saving for both patients and providers. The $208,000 ambulance is equipped with a battery-operated cot loading system, a feature that will save first responders from heavy lifting. “Once we get the patient on,...

Publicize your club meetings, community events and fundraisers for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. HOPE Center collecting supplies for its SAF-T kennel The Alle-Kiski HOPE Center offers a Sheltering Animals and Families Together (SAF-T) Kennel...

Plum School District has nearly 100 Oblock Junior High School students quarantined due to covid exposure less than two weeks into the new school year. The district’s covid-19 count was included on the school district website, which was updated Tuesday. First day of classes was Aug. 19. The district reports...

More Westmoreland County and Alle-Kiski Valley content. That’s the goal behind two initiatives the Trib is launching this week. The two new features are: • Trib Extra Subscribers will get access to a special section on TribLIVE.com where they can find expanded news coverage, from regional and national news to...

North Apollo representatives will go door-to-door Wednesday and Thursday to ask residents who live on two streets in the borough to fill out a survey on household information for a grant application for a proposed storm sewer project. Residents will be given the confidential surveys on North Ridge Drive and...