Valley News Dispatch category, Page 461
Burtner House marks 200th anniversary with free community celebration
Philip Burtner laid the cornerstone for his family homestead in 1818. James Monroe was president. It would be at least two decades before indoor plumbing was invented, and decades more would pass before homes had electricity. The three-story Burtner House in Harrison was completed in 1821 and life continued there...
The Stroller, Sept. 6, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
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. Free concert planned Sunday at Concordia Lutheran Ministries Concordia Lutheran Ministries will present a free concert by the Murphy’s 56 East...
After covid hiatus in 2020, Labor United returns to Northmoreland ParkVideo
The skies were gray and the ground was a bit muddy on Sunday, but the Labor United Celebration is back. After being canceled in 2020 because of the pandemic, the two-day Labor Day festival got underway Sunday at Northmoreland Park in Allegheny Township. It concludes today. The festival features food,...
Allegheny Valley School District seeking to fill school director position
Applications from those interested in filling a vacancy on the Allegheny Valley School Board are due by Wednesday. The district is looking for a resident to replace board member James Gaschler Jr., who resigned effective Monday. The board approved his resignation Aug. 17. Gaschler resigned because he moved or is...
Blind woman, 90, from Fawn receives Communion wearing the white dress she never had as a child
As Margaret “Peggy” Muriel Drinkwater Clink tried on the dress, she asked her daughter what color it was. “It’s white,” said Kim Griffith. “We want you to wear the white Communion dress you never had.” Clink inquired about the hue because she is blind. “My daughter said, ‘Mom, try this...
Brackenridge Council feels growing pains in complying with new Sunshine Law, hears report on community development
In the first week of a state law intended to make government action more transparent, Brackenridge Council had to delay action on two items until next month. Council had hoped to put a police car that soon will be put out of service for sale last week, and the board...
State historical marker acknowledging Leechburg’s Siberian Iron Works unveiledVideo
A new state historical marker unveiled Saturday in Leechburg had been turned down the first time borough historian Larry Boehm asked for it. That was in 2013. He tried again in late 2020 and found out earlier this year that the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission had approved the marker...
The Stroller, Sept. 5, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
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. Groups welcome to participate in Leechburg parade, memorial ceremony Leechburg Volunteer Fire Company is seeking groups and entries to participate in...
Leechburg Volunteer Fire Co. to have parade, memorial service on 20th anniversary of 9/11
Leechburg Volunteer Fire Company officials are organizing a parade and memorial service on the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. “I think it’s important for the community to keep the first responders and the military in mind and continue to honor and respect their sacrifice,” said Brian Scott,...
Alle-Kiski Valley employers across all business sectors looking for workers, employment agency says
PA CareerLink Alle-Kiski said Friday it has received more than 300 job postings in the past month. “Jobs are available from virtually every business sector,” said Phil Grove, account representative for PA CareerLink Alle-Kiski. Jobs range from ones for which applicants need no previous experience to ones requiring advanced degrees,...
Allegheny Valley School District reports 3 covid cases, 3 people who have been in close contact
As K-12 schools gear up to require masks Tuesday, the day will feel no different for students and teachers in Allegheny Valley School District. They’ve already been wearing masks. Melissa Holler oversees the health and safety plan. Holler said the district has reported three positive covid-19 cases and three people...
Centenarian Celebration: Upper Burrell woman’s motto are words to live by
“Eat Right. Think Right. Do Right. Live Right.” That’s been Marion Yates’ motto for 100 years. The Upper Burrell resident turned 100 Thursday. A birthday celebration of her 10 decades of life was held Saturday at United Presbyterian Church of New Kensington. It’s the church she has belonged to (including...
Police: Lower Burrell man enters stranger’s home, sleeps on couch
Lower Burrell police have charged a city man with illegally entering a city home, sleeping on the couch and then leaving the house wearing a pair of blue athletic shoes owned by one of the residents. Nicholas Sabo, 19, is charged with criminal trespass, loitering and prowling and public drunkenness....
The Stroller, Sept. 4, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
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. Cash bash planned Sept. 18 in East Vandergrift Our Lady Queen of Peace Church in East Vandergrift will host a Cash...
Teen accused of shooting 3 in Arnold ordered to stand trial as an adultVideo
Two men testified Friday that they were shot when a 15-year-old Arnold boy opened fire on a group of people with an assault-style rifle following an argument involving the teen’s sister. Ikquan Hassain Amid Lynn was ordered to stand trial on multiple counts of attempted homicide, aggravated assault and simple...
Upper Burrell supervisors approve new Marcellus well; several residents object
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...
Grocery store, car wash proposed for former New Kensington Kmart site
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 returns Sept. 11
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...
Lower Burrell man sentenced to at least 2½ years in prison for guns theft from city home
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...
The Stroller, Sept. 3, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
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...
Fire destroys Guy’s Tavern building in Avonmore
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...
Freeport Area to comply with mask mandate; 18 covid cases and 88 quarantined kids since start of schoolVideo
Freeport Area School District officials will enforce the state’s mask mandate despite outcry from some parents imploring the school board and superintendent to ignore state Department of Health’s orders. “Let it be up to us,” parent Megan Sproat told board members at a committee meeting Thursday night. “Let us have...
Faith-based nonprofit wants to use Brackenridge building to house homeless families
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...
Harmar food pantry still helping hundreds of families a week
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...
Neighbor Spotlight: O’Hara resident Howard Havlicsek is a decades-long Mr. Fix-It for Fox Chapel church
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...
