Valley News Dispatch category, Page 18

Board members of the Leechburg Area Pool have gotten their money’s worth out of the pool’s filtration system. Constructed in 1962, the community attraction still utilizes its original 1960s-era filtration system. According to pool board treasurer Steve Senjan, the equipment just isn’t cutting it anymore. “Everything in there is rotted...

All centers are closed Monday for Labor Day. Apollo Armstrong County Senior Centers Wednesday: noon, Site Council. Wednesday and Thursday: bingo. 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: health program about...

Brett Luedde says he’s in the business of happiness. The Highland Park native and his wife, Tera, have taken the reins at Clark Candies, a Tarentum institution churning out chocolates since 1937. The East First Avenue factory was founded by Tera’s grandfather and great- uncles, and run for many years by...

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A former Pittsburgh man twice convicted of a 1999 murder outside a New Kensington bar claims he was the victim of a systematic effort by Westmoreland County prosecutors to subvert and hide evidence. During a hearing Tuesday, lawyers for Denard Galloway, 59, argued the county district attorney’s office withheld key...

Some area leaders are invited to a meeting Wednesday afternoon with Penn State officials to discuss the future of the Penn State New Kensington campus in Upper Burrell, when it closes in two years. State Rep. Jill Cooper, R-Murrysville, and New Kensington Mayor Thomas Guzzo, both of whom were invited,...

A Gilpin woman riding an e-bike was airlifted to a hospital after being hit by a car in the township Tuesday. Armstrong County 911 said emergency services reported to the 600 block of Route 66 just after 3 p.m. after receiving reports of an accident involving a vehicle and an...

Colton Bureau found a love of fishing in the last year or two. Living along the Kiski River in Apollo, the 14-year-old boy often walked down to the water with his pole to make a few casts. It didn’t matter what type of fish he caught, as long as something...

An overnight fire in Arnold may have been started by squatters, according to the city’s fire chief. Crews were dispatched at 12:27 a.m. Tuesday to the 1600 block of Kenneth Avenue for a report of smoke in the structure, said Arnold Fire Chief Eric Gartley. Neighbors told firefighters the building...

As Allegheny Valley School District adds lights to the Springdale Dynamos’ new football field, Riverview is left as the last public school in the WPIAL without a lighted field. Saturday afternoon football is a staple in Oakmont’s Riverside Park. While conversations between district and borough leaders have taken place over...

Harrison Commissioners are seeking $1.4 million in funding through Allegheny County for sewer upgrades and other township projects. The board approved four grant applications. They include: • About $330,000 for the Oak Manor sanitary sewer realignment. • About $314,400 for the Olive Avenue storm sewer upgrade. • About $499, 700...

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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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