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Plum should have more than enough money for old borough building demolition, bids show
Plum is expecting its old borough building to be torn down by the end of the year as it continues to work on redevelopment plans for the site. The borough received six bids for the demolition, which were opened Thursday. Council may award a contract during its meeting Monday. Bids...
Morning Roundup: Police seek Duquesne Club burglars; Allentown fire sends man to hospital
Here are some news items for Friday, Sept. 6: Police seek Duquesne Club burglars Pittsburgh police are seeking information on two men who attempted to burglarize the Duquesne Club on Aug. 27. Police said two suspects entered through an open window shortly before midnight Aug. 27, after gaining access from...
Alle-Kiski High School Reunion News — Sept. 6, 2024
• Freeport High School Class of 1955 will get together at 1 p.m. Sept. 25 at River Forest Country Club, 130 Club House Drive, Allegheny Township. Classmates and spouses welcome. • Ken-Hi Class of 1958 will have a reunion Sept. 19 at Hill Crest Country Club, Lower Burrell. Classmates who...
The Stroller, Sept. 6, 2024: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
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Western Pa. districts split on students’ cellphones as schools across the country add device policies
When backpack-clad students returned to Allegheny Valley School District classrooms, many had cellphones in hand. That did not last for long. The district that once allowed teachers to determine how to handle cellphones in class cracked down at a board meeting earlier this month, requiring students to put their devices...
PennDOT reminds motorists of Route 28 lane restrictions from East Deer to O’Hara
PennDOT is reminding motorists of single-lane restrictions on Route 28 in O’Hara, Harmar, Springdale, Frazer and East Deer will continue Friday, weather permitting. Single-lane restrictions will continue in both directions on mainline Route 28: • Northbound: Restrictions from the RIDC Park (Exit 10) interchange to the Russellton/Creighton (Exit 13) interchange...
West Deer No. 3’s fire hall renovations include indoor training, decontamination room
This time next year, West Deer Volunteer Fire Company No. 3 firefighters will be able to practice rappelling and rescue techniques without leaving the fire hall on Gibsonia Road. An indoor training space is among the highlights of ongoing renovations at the hall, which is a transformed commercial building that...
Sprankle’s Octoberfest on tap Friday through Sunday at Lernerville Speedway
For the first and possibly only time, Lernerville Speedway in Buffalo Township has transformed into a miniature Munich ahead of the sixth annual Sprankle’s Octoberfest. Organizers expect this iteration of the German-themed festival on Friday, Saturday and Sunday to be bigger and better than ever. “The whole aim of this...
Upper Burrell officials planning to appraise, sell 3 acres off Milligantown Road
Vacant property owned by Upper Burrell off Milligantown Road soon will be up for sale. On Wednesday, the township supervisors directed Jim Collodi, a Lower Burrell real estate agent, to appraise the property of just under 3 acres. It’s across the road from Jack’s Backyard Bar and Grill. “It’s a...
Allegheny Valley Hospital unveils $12 million imaging upgrade to cut patient wait times
Several times each week, a box truck arrives at Allegheny Valley Hospital in Harrison to potentially save lives. A new mobile imaging pad outside the hospital on Carlisle Street allows rotating MRI and PET CT capabilities, opening 40 more appointments a week. The truck travels throughout the region, pulling up...
Through the Years: 50 years ago, Freeport spoiled a Deer Lakes housewarming party
Each week throughout the high school football season, the Valley News Dispatch will take a look at the players, coaches and events that shaped our scholastic legacy. After five seasons at West Deer’s Braves Stadium, Deer Lakes opened Lancers Stadium only to sustain a 30-7 loss against Freeport on Sept....
Fire destroys maintenance building at River Forest Country Club
Gary Miller spent Thursday morning tallying losses — expected to be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars — caused by a fire that ravaged River Forest Country Club’s maintenance building before dawn. Items lost included 24 golf carts, at least two lawn mowers and an array of handheld maintenance...
The Stroller, Sept. 5, 2024: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
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Sculpture acknowledging indigenous land planned for James Sharp Landing in Sharpsburg
An Etna man who grew up skateboarding and kayaking at James Sharp Landing in Sharpsburg soon will have a work of art installed at the renowned Allegheny River launch site. Found and Forged owner Jimmy Olson is working on a metal sculpture as part of a community project to acknowledge...
Police: Pittsburgh man nabbed with gun stolen from Lower Burrell owner
A Pittsburgh man who ran from police after allegedly threatening another man with a gun in downtown Pittsburgh, was found to have a gun that was stolen in Lower Burrell, Pittsburgh police said. Tymozh Toles, 18, of Pittsburgh’s Greenfield neighborhood, is accused of having a loaded gun in a backpack...
Blind, hearing-impaired Zach Grabowski shines with Three Rivers Rowing
Zach Grabowski doesn’t let his lifelong disabilities define him. Instead, the 32-year-old avid competitive rower works a part-time job at a pizza shop in West Deer, earning money to support his rowing endeavors with the adaptive team of Three Rivers Rowing Association in Pittsburgh. Grabowski was born blind, hearing impaired...
Gov. Josh Shapiro: Increased funding for public education ‘a giant lift’ for districts like Highlands
Highlands High School senior Gus Narang moved to the district from India in 2017 with dreams of an American education. “I left my family and everything I knew,” said Narang, a member of the school’s National Honor Society and the marching band’s drum major. “I knew nothing about this way...
Work restricting traffic on Route 910 bridge in West Deer
Traffic will be restricted on part of Route 910 in West Deer through early October, PennDOT announced Wednesday. The restrictions on the Route 910 (Gibsonia Road) bridge over Deer Creek were scheduled to begin Wednesday. Traffic will be restricted to a single, alternating lane on the recently replaced bridge between...
31 ears and counting: Kiski Township cornstalk vies for Guinness world record
For most of the summer, Julie Gerano didn’t think much of the cornstalk growing in the flower bed of her backyard garden in Kiski Township. Now, however, Gerano, 51, is looking at a potential world record with her stalk sporting 31 ears of corn. She filled out an application to...
Short on space, Simply Sisters prepares for move to downtown Vandergrift
Simply Sisters Bakery is on the move to a bigger and more convenient location in downtown Vandergrift. Five months ago, sisters Karen Johnston and Paula Cunningham started serving doughnuts, cookies, soups and more out of an old beauty shop on Emerson Street. As soon as Oct 1., the sisters will...
Fire destroys Lower Burrell home, family left homeless
A Lower Burrell family was left homeless after fire gutted their home Wednesday. Scott Gloer, deputy chief of Lower Burrell Volunteer Fire Company No. 3, said most of the family was out of the house at 235 Michigan Ave. when the fire started. He said there was one child still...
New program to help Springdale students in career studies
Springdale Jr.-Sr. High School officials hope a new career-readiness framework for eighth grade students will get them more prepared for and exposed to future careers. High school staff debuted the “World of Work” program when students returned to classes last week. Principal Andrew Leviski said it aims to provide early...
The Stroller, Sept. 4, 2024: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
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Road reopened after crash in Fawn
Bull Creek Road has reopened after emergency services cleared a two car crash. Fawn Police Sgt. Kerry Myers said the two-vehicle crash happened occurred just before 4:30 p.m. on Bull Creek Road near Ross Welding Supplies in Fawn. He said one driver was taken to an nearby hospital, and another...
Hearing set for renewal of East Deer noise exemption Wednesday
East Deer is requesting a renewal of its noise exemption from the state’s Liquor Control Board. The meeting, at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, is to allow public comment on the township’s exemption from the state’s Liquor Control Board rules on noise, said Shawn Kelly, LCB spokesman. The request, if approved, would...
