Valley News Dispatch category, Page 3

Burrell High School girls’ soccer fans can send the team off in style Friday morning as they head to play in the state championship game. “We are over the moon here,” said Chelsey McMahon, president of the Burrell Girls Soccer boosters. “We are trying to get as many people as...

The latest data center discussions in Spring­dale may have raised more questions than they answered Wednesday night. Local people gathered at From Italy Pizza for a packed open forum with environmental groups to organize the community, while developers fielded questions and revealed new details a half-mile away in the Springdale...

Portions of Harmar, Indiana Township, Fox Chapel and O’Hara are without water after two major line breaks late Wednesday. Residents in impacted areas should boil water as a precaution, according to the Fox Chapel Authority. As a result, Fairview Elementary School in the Fox Chapel Area School District is closed...

Lower Burrell property owners won’t see an increase in their real estate taxes next year but they will likely have an increase in their recycling and sewage bills. Council this week approved a budget plan for 2026 that holds the millage rate at 24.75 mills. A home at Lower Burrell’s...

Springdale police have filed charges against the woman who crashed her SUV into a Springdale townhouse and sheared a gas meter Saturday. Kellie McCalmont, 56, of Springdale is charged with felony causing or risking a catastrophe and misdemeanor DUI. Court filings also show her charged with leaving an unattended child...

An Arnold woman faces charges after, police say, two 9-year-olds fell from her car’s hood as she was driving, injuring both children. New Kensington Police this week charged Kaitlin Ann Golding, 28, with aggravated assault by motor vehicle, simple assault, reckless endangerment, endangering the welfare of children and several traffic...

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What started in 2011 as a small-scale winemaking operation in the basement of Francesca Howden’s home is now a 175-seat upscale restaurant in Winfield. La Vigneta Winery reopened in late October at the former site of the Cooper Station Restaurant on North Pike Road (Route 356). The winemaker previously operated...

Their instruments might have looked unfamiliar, but the message by a group of Fox Chapel Area students on Nov. 4 was loud and clear. Play for the Vote, a non-partisan group that mobilizes musical performances at polling places, was on a mission to amplify voter turnout and civic engagement. “Our...

A Scott Township man is in custody after a series of road rage incidents in the Oakmont area. Vishavdeep Singh, 22, is facing felony charges after he allegedly threatened multiple drivers with what was thought to be a shotgun. Oakmont police were contacted on Nov 6 by two drivers who...

Tarentum residents who are experiencing financial difficulties will get a slight reprieve from the borough this month. Council voted to temporarily suspend electric shutoffs for November because of the ongoing federal government shutdown and state budget impasse. Both government bodies have signaled the stalemates could end as soon as this...

Lower Burrell emergency crews rescued a man after his car went over a hillside off Glenmore Street at around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. The white sedan went about 100 feet down the hillside. “I was working on my (Christmas ) lights and this car came down at a high rate of...

“Parallax,” an Apple TV+ series, filmed a scene Wednesday at Allegheny Terminal off Industrial Boulevard in New Kensington. Shelly Williams, Apple TV publicist, confirmed crews were “shooting in and around New Kensington” for “Parallax” on Wednesday but declined to disclose other information. Film equipment could also be seen Wednesday at...

East Deer is getting festive early this holiday season. The township’s third annual Light Up Night is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 29 at 4 p.m. in East Deer Memorial Park, said Township Secretary Chrystal Carmen. Crafts will be available for children, as well as a writing station for kids to...

Upper Burrell’s proposed budget for next year does not include a property tax increase. The proposed budget totals almost $1.3 million, according to Township Secretary Melissa Cortileso. “It’s great. There’s no increase in taxes,” said supervisors Chairman Ross G. Walker III. “Taxes remain low. We’re doing our fiscal responsibility.” The...

Details of a proposed multi-municipal EMS authority will be shared during a public meeting at Highlands High School. It’s the first time residents will hear about the paid service meant to resolve struggles with call volumes, costs and staffing problems at Eureka Community Ambulance in Tarentum and Citizens Hose EMS...

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New residential and commercial development options are now available at the RIDC Park in O’Hara. Township officials unanimously voted Tuesday to amend their zoning ordinance to create a mixed-use overlay district in the suburban manufacturing district. Barbershops, nail salons, other personal service shops, restaurants, gas stations, low-rise and garden apartments,...

Fox Chapel Area School District officials have selected an administrator from another school district as their next business manager. Ryan Manzer was hired to be the next financial leader of the Foxes at a special meeting on Oct. 28. His start date was not determined as of press time. Manzer,...

Snow flurried and the temperature lingered around the freezing mark at 11 a.m. Tuesday but that didn’t stop veterans, first responders, local residents and students from marching down Leechburg Road in Lower Burrell’s annual Veterans Day Parade. A brief Veterans Day ceremony, complete with rifle salute from a seven-man honor...

A building once occupied by Burger King in Plum has been demolished as the property owners search for a new occupant for the lot. Located at the corner of Golden Mile Highway and New Texas Road, the building had been home to the Burger King for decades until the restaurant...

Mary Lee Gannon finds peace in gardening. As president of the nonprofit St. Margaret Foundation, Gannon spearheaded a $364,000 fundraising campaign to add a colorful plot of perennials, a fountain, rocking chairs and a swing on the campus of UPMC St. Margaret near Aspinwall. “I was comforted to know we...

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Brackenridge resident Heather Artman wants more bite, less bark from council regarding code violations across the borough. The Horner Street resident questioned why some residents appear to get away with letting their grass grow too high or leaving their trash cans out 24/7. “It might seem like a minor issue,...

Oakmont police are asking residents to be on alert after a series of road rage incidents. According to a news release and a post to the borough’s Facebook page, a 2021 gray Honda HRV with a Pennsylvania license plate was involved in several road rage incidents in the Oakmont area...