Valley News Dispatch category, Page 507
Kiski police accuse Brackenridge woman of DUI, gun violations and possessing cocaine
A Brackenridge woman is facing charges of driving under the influence, concealing a loaded gun in her car and possessing suspected cocaine after a traffic stop 12:30 a.m. Sunday, Kiski Township police said. Sherry Milanak, 50, was speeding and swerving on Route 56 causing, police said. She was stopped and...
Leechburg students selling handmade soap for scholarship fund
Leechburg Area School District’s “Creation Café” was in operation less than a year before the covid-19 pandemic altered everything. Opened in 2019, the space was designed provide a unique learning opportunity for students enrolled in life skills/learning support classes in the district, serving a variety of hot foods and drinks...
Lower Burrell’s drive-thru hazardous waste recycling set for May 8
After canceling special waste collections during the pandemic last year, Lower Burrell will hold a drive-thru hazardous household waste recycling dropoff in May. Household hazardous wastes include flammable products, paint, pesticides, pool chemicals, drain cleaners, batteries, motor oil and more. The event will be held Saturday, May 8, at Lower...
Coming in July: Vandergrift’s Artfest; artisans, volunteers wanted
Vandergrift’s annual Artfest is back, and organizers are seeking artisans and volunteers. In-person activities resume this year for the popular summer daylong festival scheduled for Sunday, July 25. Last year’s event was held virtually because of the pandemic. This year’s theme is “Art, Heart and Soul.” Art, Heart, and Soul:...
Burrell life skills students publish cookbook: ‘Special Recipes Made by Special Kids’
As the pandemic zapped the usual educational experience for many students, one Lower Burrell family came up with an alternative educational adventure. The Kobelenske family raised money for Burrell School District’s special education life skills students to make their own recipes and pen the cookbook “Special Recipes Made by Special...
‘B’man’ continues to enjoy his honking ‘Beeple,’ but now also volunteers, raises money for charityVideo
After receiving countless beeps and honks from the motoring public, B’man is giving back. Sixteen-year-old Bill Carney, also known as B’man, is a fixture most evenings at what his family dubs his “corner office,” located at the corner of Freeport and Fox Chapel roads in the Fox Chapel Plaza parking...
In Alle-Kiski Valley churches, coping with pandemic will be part of Easter sermon message
Alle-Kiski Valley churches will be filling its pews on Sunday after not being able to hold in-person Easter services last year. Many churches had to resort to online streaming to deliver sermons during the 2020 Easter holiday. This year, church members can be present for Sunday’s worship where many will...
The Stroller, April 4, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your club meetings, events and fundraisers in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Volunteers needed Saturday for cleanup Kiski Watershed Association will hold a cleanup from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday at the West Leechburg Native...
5-year anniversary: Rescued puppies galore at Paws Across Pittsburgh in TarentumVideo
There’s nothing like a parking lot of homeless puppies on a Saturday in Tarentum. But it’s a typical occurrence at Paws Across Pittsburgh, which is celebrating its fifth year of animal rescues, now topping more than 2,000 dogs and 740 cats. Paws Across Pittsburgh is a nonprofit that is a...
Mass covid-19 vaccination clinic set for former Sears at Pittsburgh Mills in FrazerVideo
The Allegheny Health Network is opening a mass covid-19 vaccination clinic in the former Sears Grand store in the Pittsburgh Mills mall in Frazer on April 20. About 6,000 to 6,500 people are expected to receive the first Pfizer vaccine April 20 and the second one May 11, according to...
Trout season gets off to a chilly startVideo
For several of the folks casting lines the first day of trout season Saturday on the chilly shores of the lake at Northmoreland Park, the efficient work of a passing osprey accounted for much of the early morning excitement. “I think that osprey was the only one to catch a...
Pittsburgh man dies after being struck by industrial container at RIDC Park aromatics business
A 43-year-old Pittsburgh man died after being struck by an industrial container full of liquid Friday morning in the RIDC Park in O’Hara, according to county detectives. Allegheny County police said Jason D’Alicandro was working at Alpha Aromatics, on Alpha Drive in the RIDC Park, when he was struck by...
Shopping, food & fun in store as Tarentum Night Markets resume
Tarentum business owners are hoping people are ready to boogie back into the borough for the nightlife. The monthly Tarentum Night Market, launched in September, is set to resume in April. Events are scheduled for the third Thursday of each month — beginning April 15 — and continuing through October...
Vandergrift community garden expands, adds ‘sensory garden’
A community garden in Vandergrift is expanding. It’s the third season for the public garden in Franklin Park along Franklin Avenue. Sponsored by the Vandergrift Parent Project, about five adult volunteers and numerous children from the community help with prepping, planting, weeding, watering and harvesting the bounty. “It was created...
The Stroller, April 3, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your club meetings, events and fundraisers in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Traffic stoppages planned Monday on Tarentum Bridge PennDOT will conduct 15-minute traffic stoppages as needed between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday in each...
U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb visits striking ATI steelworkers, calls for federal health insurance helpVideo
U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb visited Friday morning with striking steelworkers from Allegheny Technologies at their union hall in Brackenridge and on the picket lines in Harrison, then later lobbied to get striking workers health care benefits. The Democrat from Mt. Lebanon said he came to the Alle-Kiski Valley to support...
Greensburg police arrest man for trying to fake drug test
For the second time this week, a Westmoreland County parolee was arrested for trying to fake a court-ordered drug test. Greensburg police charged Robert B. Nix-Williams, 34, of Arnold with a misdemeanor count of furnishing drug-free urine after attempting to falsify a drug test at the state parole office. He...
Leechburg’s former First Commonwealth Bank to become business hub
The ornate building that formerly housed First Commonwealth Bank in Leechburg soon will become a co-working space and business center for area entrepreneurs and individuals who work from home. There are hopes the building, which includes several private offices as well as conference rooms and open tables for collaborative work,...
The Stroller, April 2, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your club meetings, events and fundraisers in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Help with rent, utilities available to those in need The Allegheny County Department of Human Services, Office of Community Services, is offering CARES Act...
Fire engulfs 2 vacant houses in Arnold
State police are investigating the cause of a fire Thursday night that destroyed two neighboring vacant houses in Arnold. Assistant Fire Chief Brian Gouza said flames engulfed a two-story house at 1410 Third Ave. and spread to an adjacent, wood-frame house at 1412 Third Ave. The fire broke out shortly...
Arnold police said man exceeded 90 mph with 2 infants, drugs in his car
Arnold police said a city man was seen driving at speeds of more than 90 mph with two children under 10 months old unrestrained in the back of his car, where police said they found marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Police charged Christian Barr Hawkins, 26, with several felony counts of...
Harrison World War II Marine veteran honored on anniversary of Okinawa invasionVideo
Frank M. Bavetz said being left-handed saved his life. “When I was in boot camp, I told them I was a southpaw (left-handed) and they said I had to learn to shoot right-handed,” the Harrison resident said Thursday as he sat in David’s Diner, commonly known as Dave’s, in Springdale...
For Easter, it’s solid bunnies only at Harvest Moon in TarentumVideo
At Harvest Moon Coffee & Chocolates in Tarentum, all the chocolate Easter bunnies are solid. Hollow bunnies are “a waste,” owner Desiree Singleton said. “It’s deceiving. You’re not getting a solid piece of chocolate,” she said. “It was always so sad when you get something you think is whole and...
Arnold’s Smithfield Foods donates 7,000 pounds of sausage to those in need
Families who went to a food distribution Thursday in Harmar were the first to benefit from a donation of more than 7,000 pounds of sausage from Arnold’s Smithfield Foods. Smithfield donated the first 3,200 pounds of breakfast links to the Compassion Network. A truck from 412 Food Rescue took 80...
How much is your town slated to get from the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan?
The American Rescue Plan, the $1.9 trillion stimulus package signed into law by President Joe Biden on March 11, includes funding for counties and local municipalities. The money, which will be sent in two batches, must be spent by the end of 2024 on projects that include reimbursement and expenses...
