Valley News Dispatch category, Page 199
Apollo man accused of selling stolen guitar, biting trooper ordered to stand trial
An Apollo man accused of assaulting a state trooper who arrested him on charges of stealing an electric guitar from a home and selling it to a music shop has been ordered to stand trial. Jack Russell Frain, 34, of the 500 block of Crowe Street was charged with a...
Sharpsburg Councilmembers sworn in; leadership selected
Sharpsburg Council welcomed a few new faces and appointed familiar leaders at its reorganization meeting Jan. 2. Mayor Brittany Reno swore in newcomers Kacie Cope and Corey Egwrube Ochai as well as incumbents Sarah Ishman, Adrianne Laing and Jonathan Jaso to their new seats. Cope, Ishman and Jaso won four-year...
The Stroller, Jan. 3, 2024: 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. Library announces 26th annual Quilt Show Community Library of Allegheny Valley...
Lower Burrell ready to hit the ground running with new council
When Lower Burrell Council meets and reorganizes Wednesday evening, almost everyone behind the dais will have spent fewer than five years in their current roles. But that’s not a cause for concern, says incoming Mayor Chris Fabry. “Thanks to my relationship with (outgoing Mayor John Andrejcik), this administration is going...
Aspinwall Council welcomes new members, appoints new leadership
Aspinwall Council added new members and new leadership to start the new year. Mayor Joseph Noro swore in newcomers Mark Chimel II and Louis Curcio Jr. to their first four-year terms at a reorganization meeting Jan. 2. Incumbent Heth Turnquist was sworn in to his second term on council. He...
Shots fired, no one injured in potential burglary at Kiski Township home
A Kiski Township man fired shots inside his home during a potential burglary, township police reported. Chief Lee Bartolicius said officers responded to the call for a burglary along the 1400 block of Ridge Road around 7:45 p.m. Tuesday. Officers learned the homeowner fired several shots inside, but no one...
Springdale Manor residents return to their apartments after gas leak led to evacuation, no injuries reported
The eight-story Springdale Manor high-rise was evacuated Tuesday night because of a natural gas leak. The incident was reported at 7:43 p.m., and the roughly 90 residents were starting to return to their apartments just before 10 p.m. The leak was in the building’s boiler room, according to police and...
Arnold police chief, 2nd officer leave as new mayor, council seated
Arnold police Chief Eric Doutt quit before the city’s new mayor and council could vote to demote him Tuesday. Another officer, Richard Pechin, is leaving with him. Newly elected Mayor Shannon Santucci had long stated her intent to remove Doutt as the city’s police chief. Santucci, newly elected Councilman Aaron...
Fox Chapel officials hold line on real estate taxes, garbage bills
Fox Chapel property owners will not have to pay more in real estate taxes or for garbage collection in 2024. Council voted 6-0 last month to adopt its 2024 budget and maintain the tax rate at 2.95 mills. Councilman Thomas Karet was absent. The borough has not raised real estate...
East Deer floats idea of amusement tax
East Deer is looking to cash in on future events held at the Pittsburgh Brewing Co. facility. While details are preliminary, the township intends to establish an amusement tax. Generally, amusement taxes are imposed on admission fees to events. They can be either flat fees or percentage-based. Commissioners Chairman Tony...
Crowd control plans in place for Saturday’s celebration of life for David ‘Mogie’ Magill
Lots of traffic and extra police are anticipated Saturday afternoon in Lower Burrell. Hundreds of people are expected to attend a celebration of life for David “Mogie” Magill, a popular Alle-Kiski Valley restaurant owner who was shot and killed two weeks ago. City Councilman Chris Fabry said there won’t be...
Police say man who broke into Washington Township building returned to confess
Washington Township police accused a man of breaking into a building used for storage along Greensburg Road after an employee saw a pickup speed off and then return while police were on the scene investigating. Robert Allen Gill, 39, of the 1200 block of Sixth Avenue in Ford City was...
3 unsafe, eyesore properties to be demolished in Brackenridge
Demolition of three blighted buildings in Brackenridge is expected to pave the way for new development, bolstered tax rolls and better aesthetics. The borough is among 24 municipalities in Allegheny County to receive state Act 152 demolition funding, county Executive Rich Fitzgerald announced. Money comes from county fees collected for...
The Stroller, Jan. 2, 2024: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
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Burrell, Carnegie Mellon team up to establish writing center for high school students
Burrell high schoolers soon will have free access to guidance from students at Carnegie Mellon University. CMU is establishing a writing center at Burrell High School, said Mimi Wertheimer, the director of student instructor development and K-12 community partnership at the university’s Gelfand Center. Details of the program are still...
Mother, daughter accused by Lower Burrell police of filing false auto insurance claim
Lower Burrell police filed felony charges against a woman and her daughter accused of filing a false hit-and-run claim for a vehicle to collect the insurance. Sharon L. Zaborowski, 55, of the 1400 block of Babcock Boulevard in Shaler was charged Dec. 19 with three counts of filing a fraudulent...
The Stroller, Jan. 1, 2024: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
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Top Alle-Kiski Valley news stories for 2023 marked by tragedy, deaths
Tragedy struck in Brackenridge just two days into the new year, setting a tone for more somber and heartbreaking news that eventually followed in the Alle-Kiski Valley. The year also had tense moments, from a messy implosion in Springdale to multiple sightings of alligators in — of all places —...
Faces of the Valley: Tarentum hypnotist puts mind over matter
Step into Jan Lee’s Tarentum office and you may eventually enter a different mental state. But her type of hypnosis isn’t the kind that you’d see at a comedy show. Lee, 62, of Harrison worked as a psychiatric nurse for more than 35 years, which she says was likely what...
Arnold Council reorganization expected to include actions on police chief, city manager
Arnold’s police chief is expected to be out, and its manager is anticipated to return in January. Council is slated to vote on demoting police Chief Eric Doutt to patrolman and rehiring former City Manager Mario Bellavia during its reorganization meeting beginning at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the public safety...
The Stroller, Dec. 31, 2023: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
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Brackenridge remains resilient 1 year after death of Chief Justin McIntire
Brackenridge isn’t the same. It’s still a sleepy, little river town. But there’s no longer a sense of “it can’t happen here.” Residents know it can — because it did a year ago. On Jan. 2, police Chief Justin McIntire, 46, was gunned down in the streets he swore to...
Trial ordered for Vandergrift teen accused of beating 63-year-old man with his own walking stick
A teenager accused of beating a 63-year-old Vandergrift man until he fell to the ground and then continuing the assault by beating the man with his own walking stick was ordered to stand trial. Jackson Mills, 15, of the 200 block of Holmes Street in Vandergrift was charged Oct. 31...
The Stroller, Dec. 30, 2023: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
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Police say wanted men arrested during Verona traffic stop; 1 had 100 heroin stamp bags tucked in his buttocks
One of two men arrested in the parking lot of the Giant Eagle grocery store in Verona last Saturday had 100 stamp bags of heroin tucked in his buttocks, police said. Fred Crawford III, 27, of the 400 block of Penn Street in Verona was charged with a felony count...
