Valley News Dispatch category, Page 617

The mother of a child killed in the 2012 mass shooting at Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Elementary School is returning to Burrell School District in December to talk about her story and a social emotional learning program she started. Scarlett Lewis’ 6-year-old son Jesse was one of 26 people killed at...

Moms4Moms group to host free night out Harvest Community Church will host a free Moms4Moms night out from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Nov. 6 at the church, 143 Reed Road, East Franklin. There will be a catered dinner and prizes. Amy Conaway will be the guest speaker and free childcare...

The principal of Highlands Early Childhood Center abruptly stepped down Monday afternoon without a clear explanation, district officials said. Highlands School Board accepted the resignation of Heather Bigney during a public voting meeting Monday night, just a few hours after Bigney submitted her resignation around 4 p.m., according to board...

Back in the 1960s, it was enough for Apollo Area Lions Club members to take their own lawnmowers to cut the grass at the old Apollo Cemetery. But not anymore. Old trees have been uprooting some tombstones and threatening to swallow up the ownerless but historic cemetery in Kiski Township....

The Deer Lakes School Board has scheduled a special meeting for Wednesday to discuss advanced refunding of the bond issue. The school board had hoped to formulate a resolution for advance refunding of its bond Tuesday night, but bond counsel Anthony Ditka of Dinsmore & Shohl erroneously submitted an old...

The bright lights of Hollywood will come to North Apollo in November, closing a nearly 1-mile stretch of Route 66 for a film shoot. Amazon Studios is scheduled to use the borough as a rural backdrop Nov. 6 and 7. PennDOT officials said three-quarters of a mile of Route 66...

Sewage customers will be getting a one-year reprieve from the Kiski Valley Water Pollution Control Authority’s move toward revaluation of dwelling units. The authority said last week that proper calculation of how much sewerage the average household or business produces will be put off until January 2021. The authority board...

Highlands High School to present Fall Follies The Highlands High School Fall Follies Talent Show will be at 7 p.m. Thursday in the high school auditorium, Harrison. The show will feature the high school honors choir, Variations Show Choir and selected auditioned acts. Admission is $2. Evening of beer and...

Three people were hurt in a police chase Sunday that started along Route 28 in South Buffalo and ended when the vehicle crashed into a concrete bridge abutment at the Tarentum exit. State police said the vehicle contained Derik Carothers, 24, of Washington; Isiaha Anthony Waulk , 23, of Johnstown;...

Editor’s note: This is part of an occasional series that features Alle-Kiski Valley residents and the notable things that they do. Audrey Sagan knew she wanted to be a nun when she was young. She credits her teachers — nuns — at St. Alphonsus School in Springdale for inspiring her...

Dinner to benefit Children’s Hospital The annual Chow-Chow Dinner to benefit the Children’s Hospital Free Care Fund will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Springdale Veterans Association, 1151 Pittsburgh St. Sponsored by the Allegheny Valley office of Howard Hanna, tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at...

Springdale’s water system renovation project could be completed as soon as next month. Project engineer Kevin Szakelyhidi of Bankson Engineers that the $7.4 million project is 85% completed, based on payouts to contractors. Szakelyhidi said he hopes the project can be completed within the next month or so. In providing...

West Deer and Deer Lakes School District officials are exploring a joint effort to jump-start development and increase the tax base. Township Supervisor Arlind Karpuzi and school board president William Lupone discussed the matter at last week’s supervisors meeting. Karpuzi wants to focus on doing something that would benefit current...

The Alle-Kiski Pavilion, a halfway house along Fourth Avenue in Arnold, has closed because of budget cuts at the state Department of Corrections. As a result, 35 inmates have been relocated to other facilities. Alle-Kiski Pavilion, owned by the GEO Group Inc. of Boca Raton, Fla., serves as a halfway...

After a failed sealed-bid auction to sell Oak Lake Golf Course in Upper Burrell last year, the owners will close the 18-hole course Thursday, Oct. 24 and hold a public auction two days later. All of Oak Lake’s assets will be for sale at the Saturday auction, including the land,...

A Shaler man agreed Tuesday to stand trial for having about six bricks of suspected heroin when he was pulled over last month along Route 28 in South Buffalo. Anthony Donell Rue, 40, of Center Street, waived charges to court in the courtroom of District Judge J. Gary Decomo. He...

Alle-Kiski HOPE Center seeks donations The Alle-Kiski Area HOPE Center, Tarentum, is in need of household and personal items for the clients that it serves. Items needed include hair products, regular-size conditioner, make-up for all skin colors, new infant rattles, teething toys and pacifiers; and new brooms, mops and dust...

Lower Burrell residents who want to dispose of leaves and limbs behind City Hall will be able to do so only on weekends because a renovation project has closed some areas of the City Hall campus along Schreiber Street. Nita Serene, a city secretary, said the restriction will be in...

A Westmoreland County judge ruled Thursday that the father of accused cop killer Rahmael Sal Holt will remain in jail on $100,000 bond until after his son’s capital murder trial next month. Gregory Baucum Jr., 48, of Pittsburgh has been in jail since March after he was arrested and charged...