Valley News Dispatch category, Page 92
Oakmont Council discusses potential food truck, chicken, beekeeping ordinances
A pair of ordinances being considered by Oakmont Council would add some guidelines regarding food trucks, chickens and beekeeping in the borough. The first would allow for food trucks to operate throughout Oakmont, said borough Solicitor Jacob Leyland. The ordinance would permit trucks to be in all zoning districts, but...
Vandergrift weighing $150 increase to rental licensing fee to bolster code enforcement
Vandergrift officials are in near-unanimous agreement that it’s time for a fourfold increase in the local rental licensing fee. Council voted Monday to advertise an ordinance raising the fee, unchanged since its introduction at least a decade ago, from $50 to $200. Landlords are charged for each unit they own....
The Stroller, Feb. 6, 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. Springdale Snow and Property...
Community meeting set on Springdale boiler house demolition
Demolition of the former power plant in Springdale is nearing its end — and residents will have a chance to learn more about those plans during a public meeting Monday. Springdale Police, property owner Charah Solutions and demolition contractor B&B Wrecking will host a community meeting at 5 p.m. Monday...
Proposed schedule at Burrell’s Bon Air Elementary goes back to the drawing board
Burrell School District administrators intend to revisit a scheduling plan at Bon Air Elementary as the school prepares to house an additional grade next year. The Bon Air Task Force – composed of about 20 staff members and parents charged with reviewing the school’s building plans and schedules prior to...
Milltown Road in Penn Hills scheduled to reopen after slide repair
A section of Milltown Road in Penn Hills closed since early December is expected to reopen on Friday, a PennDOT spokeswoman said. PennDOT closed Milltown between Newfield Drive, not far from Community Market, and Hulton Road, near JD Auto Body, on Dec. 3 while crews repaired two slides. The two-lane...
Starbucks opens New Kensington cafe early
It turns out even Starbucks couldn’t wait for its New Kensington cafe to open. After first saying the store built in Riverview Plaza on Tarentum Bridge Road would open Feb. 25, it actually opened Friday — Valentine’s Day. ”The anticipated opening date for this location was Feb. 25; however, the...
Teen volunteerism helping to grow Roots of Faith in Sharpsburg
Fox Chapel Area High School junior Kelly Dayton doesn’t fancy herself a chef, but she never misses the chance to help prep a meal at Roots of Faith in Sharpsburg. The 17-year-old pencils in one Thursday each month to plate home-cooked dinners and serve them to dozens of people who...
The Stroller, Feb. 5, 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. 5K run to benefit...
Heights Plaza owners plan resurgence: ‘Despite challenges, it can still be community center’
If the longstanding Heights Plaza Shopping Center in Harrison is going to survive, it has to change with the times. At least that’s how the plaza’s owner, New York-based Benbrooke Realty Investment Co., sees it as it plans to demolish part of the almost 70-year-old shopping center to make room...
Pittsburgh Brewing Co. goes heavy on ’90s nostalgia with rock triple-headerVideo
If you were watching MTV every day after school in the early 1990s, chances are good you’ll want a ticket to the biggest event the Pittsburgh Brewing Co. will host so far at its East Deer brewery. Tickets go on sale Friday for a July 13 show that will feature...
Judge cites VP Vance as example for Arnold teen shooter
A Westmoreland County judge told an Arnold teen he should look to new Vice President JD Vance for inspiration. Common Pleas Judge Christopher Feliciani said Vance’s story portrayed in his book, “Hillbilly Elegy,” and a subsequent movie adaptation showing the vice president’s difficult upbringing was something Ikquan Hassain Amid Lynn,...
DEP, environmental contractors continue cleanup after Braeburn hydraulic spill
Cleanup continued Tuesday at the site of a hydraulic fluid spill into the Allegheny River in Lower Burrell. The state Department of Environmental Protection is overseeing work at the Braeburn Alloy Steel facility, where the fluid leaked from a containment area at the plant and into the river Monday afternoon....
3rd time’s the charm for future Huston Middle School building plan
Just when Burrell School District officials thought they had a building plan at Huston Middle School to accommodate an additional grade level there next year, a dry run two weeks ago led them to reconsider. A maintenance issue at Stewart Elementary School on Jan. 23 had its fifth graders spend...
Love or not, there’s a pizza for you in Leechburg this Valentine’s Day
Steve Senjan and his wife, Jamie, never really liked Valentine’s Day. “You shouldn’t need a special day to show someone you love them or do something nice for them,” Senjan said. “You should be doing it a little more often than that.” Then it’s no surprise that, after opening the...
The Stroller, Feb. 4, 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. Golf bash fundraiser planned...
Hydraulic fluid leak at Lower Burrell steel plant sends slick down Allegheny River
Hydraulic fluid was released into the Allegheny River from Braeburn Alloy Steel in Lower Burrell on Monday afternoon, prompting warnings to downriver water suppliers, according to emergency officials. Two passersby reported seeing the sheen along the Westmoreland shore of the river, and Lower Burrell firefighters responded around 3 p.m., fire...
Teen pleads guilty in Arnold street shooting
An Arnold teenager who has been in jail for the past three years as he awaited trial for the attempted murder of five people in 2021 pleaded guilty Monday to lesser charges. Ikquan Hassain Amid Lynn, 18, told a Westmoreland County judge it was in his best interest to admit...
The Stroller, Feb. 3, 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. Night at the Races...
MLK service offers lesson in loving one another, living into faith
The message at Sunday’s annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. memorial service was a lesson of loving one another, and living into one’s faith and in the present. “We are called to help the poor in financial resources, as well as the poor in spirit,” said guest speaker The Rev....
Scenes from the Valley: Images captured in the Alle-Kiski Valley from Jan. 23-29, 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...
Faces of the Valley: 12-year-old Harrison boy a model railroad tycoon
A miniature world revolves around 12-year-old Tristan Eberle in the basement of his grandparents’ Harrison home. His train display fills up half the room, and even then, it’s only just enough space for several circular railways, a turntable and dozens of buildings. The citizens of this shrunken town have access...
Patrick Kopnicky, advocate of Harrison Hills Park and Penn State New Kensington, cherished every day
Mardelle Kopnicky remembers a time years ago that she and her husband, Patrick, were at Harrison Hills Park when a young boy asked them an interesting question. He asked if the couple — who, over the years, advocated for and spearheaded improvements at the 500-acre park in Harrison — if...
Alle-Kiski Valley Senior Citizen Center calendar – Feb. 2, 2025
Armstrong County Senior Centers Apollo Monday: 10 a.m., cards. Wednesday: noon, site council meeting. Thursday: 10 a.m., free bingo. Friday: 10 a.m., Outdoor Discovery 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...
Scholarship, memorial to honor Domenico Schiano di Cola’s memory at St. Joseph High School
The Schiano di Cola family wants to give back to the school and community that’s meant so much to them. The family is establishing a scholarship in the late Domenico Schiano di Cola’s memory that will run in perpetuity at St. Joseph High School in Harrison. It’s his alma mater...
