Valley News Dispatch category, Page 6

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As crews place the finishing touches on Springdale Jr.-Sr. High School’s new artificial turf field, district officials say they’re preparing to manage crowds during the Dynamos’ inaugural football season at the site. According to Allegheny Valley School District spokeswoman Jan Zastawniak, the district will set aside several parking lots around...

Freeport has a new manager — its second in borough history. Tina Ferringer, 56, is set to take on the role Sept. 2. A Buffalo Township resident, Ferringer has spent the last several years working as an administrative assistant at Armstrong School District. Originally from Indiana County, Ferringer is an...

The owners of a defunct steel mill in West Leechburg are hoping to move forward with reusing the property. Though West Leechburg Holdings LLC purchased the former ATI plant on Mill Bridge Road last year, it only got access to the property this summer. Matt Songer, manager of Surplus Asset...

Climbing more than 100 feet in a crane on Sunday, Bishop Larry Kulick offered his blessings on the newly repainted steeple of St. Mary, Mother of God church in Freeport ahead of the parish’s 200th anniversary. Joined by St. Mary’s pastor Rev. Rick Kosisko and painter Dan Thimons, the bishop...

Colton Bureau, the 14-year-old Apollo-Ridge High School student who fell into the Kiski River on Saturday, died Monday morning at UPMC Children’s Hospital, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office announced Monday evening. Colton suffered an unspecified medical emergency before falling into the river. First responders were called about 2:45 p.m....

Fox Chapel financial adviser Mike Dukovich is breathing life into a longtime Aspinwall office building, opening a branch of YTS Wealth Management in the former Bradford building that sits prominently at the town’s entrance. A leading independent wealth management firm, YTS opened at 133 Freeport Road. “The partnership bought the...

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The brightly colored posters, comfortable seats and hands-on science experiments present in Kaylyn Wojnarowski’s Gateway classroom might not exist if the first grade teacher relied solely on the district’s budget for supplies. Wojnarowski welcomed students back to her classroom at Cleveland Steward Jr. Elementary on Thursday — the start of...

A long-running event that has brought music and money to New Kensington’s Memorial Park may have come to its end. As they have for more than a decade, 11 bands donated their time to play half-hour sets on the park’s stage Sunday afternoon for Band Blast. But a lack of...

Betty Beestrice isn’t quite sure why she has a photograph of the Massy Harbison cabin when it was located in Upper Burrell, how she got it or where it may have come from. But the Upper Burrell woman has the evidence that the cabin was located in Upper Burrell sometime...

Safe driving class planned in Washington Township A Seniors for Safe Driving class will be offered from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 10 at Washington Township Volunteer Firehall, 4078 Route 66. Sponsored by Rep. Jill Cooper, the class is PennDOT approved and for drivers who are at least 55....

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All the manpower and equipment at Citizens Hose Fire/Rescue EMS in Harrison couldn’t stifle the heat that was emanating right in front of their station Saturday. It was the fiery spirit of a little more than 200 Western Pennsylvania pro wrestling fans in the lot off Burtner Road cheering and...

Mark Petros of Herminie thought it was odd the way Harrison funeral director Patrick Vereb handled his dog, Bear, in late December after Vereb was contacted to cremate the family’s pet, with the understanding they would receive the remains. “I carried the dog out and placed it in his van,”...

A Harrison homeowner was happy that some long-needed work on her house was being done right. Wilda Chase’s home of nearly 30 years was the beneficiary of “Hands Off Home Maintenance,” or “HOHM,” a collection of contractors who donate their services to someone in need, with a focus on widows,...

A 14-year-old boy was in critical condition after having a medical emergency and falling into the Kiski River Saturday, a Kiski Township police officer said Sunday. The boy, whose name was not released, was being treated at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Patrolman Colton Howard said. First responders were called...

Highlands Elementary School students no longer have to wonder what it’s like to be a police officer, barista or a veterinarian. They’ll get exposure to plenty of real-life careers with hands-on lessons through a mini town called “Ramsville,” which was constructed over the summer at the East Ninth Avenue school....

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Single-lane restrictions along the Tarentum Bridge are planned for next week as part of inspection activities, PennDOT officials announced. Restrictions in each direction of the bridge that connects Tarentum and New Kensington will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, weather permitting. Officials said traffic will...

A Valley High School football player was released from a Pittsburgh hospital Saturday morning after being treated for a severe concussion he suffered in the team’s game Friday night, the player’s mother said. Josh Dunlap, a senior defensive back, was sore but not experiencing any concussion symptoms Saturday morning, said...

Bishop Larry Kulick said he has blessed many things since being installed as the high priest of the Diocese of Greensburg in 2021. A 110-foot-high church steeple will receive his next blessing Sunday. Kulick is set to mount a crane after Mass on Sunday morning to ask for God’s favor...

Highlands School District will all but eliminate an electric bill for its greenhouse with the installation of solar panels. The move could mean savings of up to $70,000 over the next 25 years, according to experts at PA Solar Center, a Pittsburgh-based advisory group that facilitated the initiative. “Electricity rates...

Portions of Harrison are without power after two utility poles were hit in a single-vehicle crash Friday morning. Harrison police posted to its social media, saying a large truck knocked over two poles and several wires on Saxonburg Road between Olive Avenue and Village Green apartments. Saxonburg Road is temporarily...