Valley News Dispatch category, Page 82
The Stroller, March 17, 2025: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Follow the Stroller on X at @VNDStroller. Happy St. Patrick’s Day!...
Free stores ‘believe in people’ to provide for others, keep afloat
Sarah Daugherty thinks she would have struggled to provide for her family had it not been for Poppin’ Tags Free Store in West Deer. Daugherty, of Leechburg, said she learned of the store on Facebook years ago and has been able to use it to pick up clothes for her...
Scenes from the Valley: Images captured in the Alle-Kiski Valley from March 6-12, 2025
Here is a weekly look at recent images captured throughout the Alle-Kiski Valley. From major news events to routine gatherings, TribLive’s “Scenes from the Valley” photo package brings to life activities and moments happening in your backyard. To have a photo considered as a “Scenes from the Valley” candidate, please...
At 89, Lower Burrell woman still thrives on reading and learning
There’s a method to the madness in Jacqueline Kowalik’s Lower Burrell basement. Akin to a small bookstore or library, the basement holds four towering bookshelves in the back corner. The reason? Kowalik, 89, says she just can’t stop reading. “I can’t say I never met a book I didn’t like,...
Alle-Kiski Valley Senior Citizen Centers calendar: March 9, 2025
Armstrong County Senior Centers Apollo Wednesday: bingo. Thursday: 10 a.m., free bingo; blood pressure clinic and nutrition program. Hours: 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. weekdays. Details: Charlotte at 800-368-1066 or Amy at 724-478-1410. The center is at 707A N. Fifth St., Apollo. Freeport Tuesday and Thursday: bingo. The center is...
The Stroller, March 16, 2025: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Follow the Stroller on X at @VNDStroller. Kiski Area HS musical...
Revelers pack Pittsburgh Brewing Co. in East Deer for St. Patrick’s Day celebration
Around 2,500 people spent their Saturday enjoying live music, food trucks and countless cups of green beer at the Pittsburgh Brewing Co. complex in East Deer, making it far and away the largest St. Patrick’s Day festival in the Alle-Kiski Valley. The event, dubbed the Irish City Celebration, lasted from...
Lower Burrell goes green for 5th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade
This year’s Lower Burrell St. Patrick’s Day Parade had more participants, more candy and, toward the tail end, more rain than ever before. But gloomy skies didn’t keep hundreds of spectators clad in green from lining Leechburg Road for the city’s fifth annual St. Patrick’s Day celebration. The parade kicked...
Diversity on display at Fox Chapel Area Multicultural Night
An event that started two decades ago at Fox Chapel Area High School to showcase Indian culture has evolved into a way to embrace the diversity of all district students. Born from the DESI Club’s early 2000’s event featuring Indian dance, food and music, Multicultural Night is an annual celebration...
Portion of Rachel Carson Trail, amid Indiana Township watershed, nearing preservation status
When Mark Eyerman started walking on the Rachel Carson Trail through Indiana Township in the 1990s, it wasn’t uncommon to be alone in the woods. “It was at least two or three years before I saw another person on my walks,” said Eyerman, who today is the trail manager for...
The Stroller, March 15, 2025: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
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Brush fire season comes in like a lion
Josh Wiegand already has had enough of Pennsylvania’s early wildfire season — and it’s only beginning. As chief of West Deer Volunteer Fire Company No. 3, he has responded to five large brush fires in just the past week, with this week’s warmup creating conditions ripe for wildfires. “There is...
Brackenridge’s garbage collection bill to increase 7.7%, with another hike anticipated next year
Brackenridge residents are going to be paying more for garbage collection. Council is increasing the fee by $5, to $70 per quarter. That’s about a 7.7% hike. Borough officials said the increase isn’t due to any unforeseen change in the contract with Adamik Refuse, its trash contractor. But they said...
New Kensington man accused of assaulting another man with a baseball bat
A New Kensington man remains behind bars after, police say, he beat another man with a baseball bat, sending him to the intensive care unit. Brian Douglas Mikesell, 50, was charged with two counts of felony aggravated assault and a misdemeanor count of possessing an instrument of crime. Mikesell was...
2 plead guilty to Arnold drive-by shooting, high-speed police chase through several A-K Valley towns
Two Pittsburgh residents pleaded guilty Friday to their role in a drive-by shooting more than two years ago in Arnold. The incident ended with a high-speed chase through part of the Alle-Kiski Valley and a collision with a police vehicle. Tishan Lowe Jr., 33 and Imani Patterson, 27, were charged...
Mall walking group fills need for activity, camaraderie for Alle-Kiski Valley seniors
Joy Gezo has been walking at the Pittsburgh Mills mall since it opened 20 years ago. Over the years, she and her husband, Larry, have developed friendships and relationships with other mall walkers who otherwise might be complete strangers. The group has grown to about 25 retirees in their 60s,...
Fuel cleanup continues at Sycamore Run in O’Hara
Cleanup continues at an O’Hara stream after a fuel leak early Friday. Fire crews were called at 6:45 a.m. to Fox Chapel Road for the odor of gas near the BP station, just outside Fox Chapel Plaza. Blawnox and Pleasant Valley volunteer fire companies deployed booms into Sycamore Run, which...
Girls flag football, middle school girls wrestling pitched for Burrell School District
Girls in the Burrell School District could have two additional athletic opportunities if plans are approved by the school board on Tuesday. The school directors will consider adding high school girls flag football as a sport this spring and a middle school girls wrestling team this winter. The PIAA adopted...
Aspinwall officials warn residents of a scam soliciting money for police via mail
Mailers soliciting money for the Aspinwall Police Department are a scam and should be thrown away, according to borough officials. Council President Jeff Harris said residents, including his family, recently received letters asking for money for police. There is also a mailer that reads, “Aspinwall City Council Members need to...
The Stroller, March 14, 2025: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Follow the Stroller on X at @VNDStroller. Prom gown giveaway planned...
Burrell School District reconfiguration plans final; building renovations up next
After three months and more than a dozen meetings, the plans to reconfigure Burrell School District buildings are final. “They actually listened to the public, the stakeholders and the staff,” said school board President Rick Kaczor. “There was nobody in the room that had anything negative to say about the...
Plum School District eyeing 2.5% property tax increase as district moves to annual changes
A 2.5% property tax increase is included in the working draft of the Plum School District’s 2025-26 school year budget, Business Manager Ryan Manzer told the board Tuesday. That’s less than half of the 6.2% increase that district property owners were hit with for the current school year, and reflects...
Indiana Township mayor inducted into state association Hall of Fame
Indiana Township Mayor Darrin Krally can add another accomplishment to his public service resume: Hall of Famer. Krally was recently inducted into the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors’ Hall of Fame for his 20 years of service on his town’s board of supervisors. The nonprofit, nonpartisan member service organization...
Historic Hotel Saxonburg could be purchased within weeks, borough manager says
The Hotel Saxonburg’s unceremonious goodbye is looking more like a “see you soon.” Saxonburg Borough Manager Steven May told TribLive he expects Butler County’s oldest operating hotel, bar and restaurant to be on the market in a matter of weeks — “if it makes it that long.” He said at...
Work begins on West Deer housing plan on former church land
A housing plan is being built in West Deer on land that had been owned by the East Union Presbyterian Church, and its pastor hopes that the people who move in will take advantage of services the church has to offer. The Rev. James Ramsey is welcoming the church’s eventual...
