Valley News Dispatch category, Page 475
The Stroller, Aug. 30, 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. Performers needed for annual Casino Theater Christmas show The Casino Theater in Vandergrift is looking for singers, dancers and actors for...
Man who died in Lower Burrell motorcycle crash identified
A 20-year-old Plum man who died in a motorcycle crash Saturday in Lower Burrell has been identified. Westmoreland County Coroner Kenneth Bacha said Sunday the man’s name is Adam J. Garvin. He was driving a 2015 Yamaha motorcycle, going east on Route 366, when a 2007 Ford Fusion pulled out...
Apollo church agrees to chip in $33,000 for sidewalk curb cut and ramp project
A rare church-municipal partnership is brewing in Apollo. Borough council Thursday night gave the OK to a resolution in which First Evangelical Lutheran Church of North Third Street will provide $33,000 in matching funds to a project where the street and church parking lot will be expanded on Lutheran Church...
Marcellus shale well proposed on Arconic property in Upper Burrell
Olympus Energy LLC will present its plans for a new Marcellus shale gas well in Upper Burrell township during a hearing before the township supervisors on Wednesday. Drilling a Marcellus shale gas well requires a controversial natural gas extraction process known as fracking. Arconic owns the property, at 4806 Seventh...
Some businesses are hiring 14- and 15-year-olds to address staffing shortages
Businesses that have grappled with labor shortages during the covid-19 pandemic are hiring younger workers than ever before. The businesses have lowered their minimum hiring age from 16 to 14 in an effort to meet staffing needs and keep their businesses afloat. “I wouldn’t be open without my teen employees,”...
Apollo Area Historical Society to celebrate ’50th + 1′ anniversary
The Apollo Area Historical Society will celebrate its “50th + 1” anniversary in September with a dinner and presentation on some of the society’s efforts over the years. The pandemic canceled its plans a 50th-anniversary celebration last year. The event Sept. 18 is open to the public. Tickets are $25....
Tarentum reviewing bids to tear down 3 buildings
Tarentum received bids from five contractors to tear down three vacant and abandoned residential properties in the borough. The buildings are a duplex at 243-245 W. Seventh Ave. and single-family homes at 339 W. 11th Ave. and 532 E. Third Ave. They had appeared on previous lists to be torn...
A letter to readers of the Tribune-Review
To the readers of the Tribune-Review: Our readers tell us that they want more: more stories, more news, more of everything that makes the Tribune-Review the best overall newspaper in Pennsylvania. Today, I am pleased to announce that soon, you will be getting more. Starting Wednesday, subscribers to the print...
Police find Apollo woman who skipped sentencing for case of burning a child with a cigarette
Acting on a tip, Kiski Township police found an Apollo woman Tuesday who is accused of not showing up for her court sentencing in a case in which she pleaded guilty to burning a child with a cigarette in 2020. Lisa Marie Culp, 47, of Apollo was taken to Armstrong...
The Stroller, Aug. 29, 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. Casino Theater looking for volunteers The Casino Theater in Vandergrift is seeking volunteers to check in ticketed guests for productions. Volunteers...
Tarentum holds 1st craft beer festival to benefit fire and ambulance crews
Judging from the crowd enjoying the beer, bands, food and the arts at Dreshar Stadium, the first Tarentum Borough craft beer festival was a success. The festival, benefiting Tarentum’s three volunteer fire departments, was scheduled to run from 3 to 10 p.m. As of 7 p.m., an estimated 300 to...
Hill Crest Country Club hosts 10th and, possibly, last Derek Kotecki memorial scholarship golf outing
If this is to be the last K-9 Officer Derek Kotecki golf outing and craft show, the event certainly went out strong on Saturday afternoon at Hill Crest Country Club. Kotecki was a Lower Burrell patrolman and K-9 officer who was ambushed and murdered by a fugitive in 2011. Since...
Longtime community leader Hank Commodore coordinates event to honor others — only to receive surprise honor
Hank Commodore was too busy focusing on the police, firefighters, other first responders and educators he was honoring at a community event at Arnold’s Roosevelt Park to notice he was being honored as well. To his surprise, Commodore, a longtime New Ken-Arnold basketball coach, teacher and guidance counselor, was presented...
Westmoreland coroner: Plum motorcycle rider, 20, dies in Lower Burrell crash
A 20-year-old Plum man died at the scene of a motorcycle vehicle crash Saturday in Lower Burrell, according to Westmoreland County Coroner Ken Bacha. Bacha did not have the victim’s name Saturday night. According to a 911 dispatch supervisor, the collision between the motorcyclist and an unspecified vehicle occurred at...
Norman Nardini and Curtis & the Shakerz to play at first responders concert at Shrine Center
A Tribute to First Responders concert will feature Curtis and the Shakerz and Norman Nardini on Saturday, Sept. 11 at the Pittsburgh Shrine Center pavilion in Harmar. The show will pay tribute to local first responders and offer the public live entertainment, food and a cash bar. Admission is $5....
The Stroller, Aug. 28, 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. Allegheny Valley Association of Churches accepting donations for food bank Donations are welcome for the Allegheny Valley Association of Churches food...
Leechburg Area to look at whether teacher contract should be amended because of pandemic
Leechburg Area School Board plans to enter into discussions with the teachers union to determine how much additional work the pandemic has created for teachers and whether they deserve more pay. The board unanimously approved an agreement this week that clears the way for those discussions to begin with the...
Crowds flock to New Kensington for monthly Fridays on Fifth
Throngs of people made their way to downtown New Kensington on Friday evening for the city’s second Fridays on Fifth event. Once devoid of cars and people, Fifth Avenue was closed to traffic and instead filled with people from curb-to-curb, from Ninth Street to 11th Street, and on 10th Street...
The dangerous life of young bald eagles: McKeesport bird electrocuted, Harmar bird injury healsVideo
Young bald eagles live dangerously with different outcomes — a Harmar bald eagle’s leg healed recently while a young eagle was electrocuted on a power pole near McKeesport. Although bald eagles continue to thrive in the region, young eagles throughout the state lead perilous lives. Only about 50% of them...
Police charge Lower Burrell man with threatening woman, baby with knife
Police have charged a Lower Burrell man with threatening a woman, a man and a baby with a 4-inch knife. Christian J. Duvall, 25, of Lower Burrell is charged with endangering the welfare of children, aggravated assault of a victim less than 13 years old, attempt to cause bodily injury...
Police: West Deer woman hit man with car during argument in driveway
West Deer police say a township woman tried to drive away from a house in the township with a man on the hood of her SUV Thursday morning after hitting him with it. Police Chief Robert Loper said Pamela Wagner, 58, fled the scene of the incident in the 100...
The Stroller, Aug. 27, 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. Salvation Army seeking help at food pantry The New Kensington Salvation Army, 255 Third St., is looking for volunteers to assist...
Oakmont Carnegie Library requiring visitors to wear masks
People wanting to visit the Oakmont Carnegie Library must mask up before entering. Library officials made the announcement Aug. 26 via Facebook. “This is non-negotiable,” the post read. It also indicated the move was in conjunction with Riverview School District’s health and safety plan to mandate masks for everyone to...
Deer Lakes School District excited to be back in-person for the school year
Deer Lakes students returning to school will be recognized in a big way this school year when they walk in the school’s entrance. A new “High Honors” display wall will be used to highlight students’ accomplishments including student of the month, athlete of the month, honor students and other accolades....
Kiski Area begins school year with dual focus on academics, building relationships
Kiski Area High School math teacher Zach Jankowski said teachers took a different approach Thursday on the district’s first day of classes. “We did not talk about math, English and science. We worked on building relationships with our students to make them feel loved and welcomed back into the building,”...
