Valley News Dispatch category, Page 3

Lower Burrell’s fire departments will be getting new equipment that, the chiefs say, will improve safety for its volunteers. Interior firefighters in Lower Burrell’s Kinloch fire department will soon have new air packs when they battle blazes, and Lower Burrell Co. 3 will get an exhaust system to eliminate hazardous...

Armstrong County officials say the state’s budget fiasco is forcing furloughs and program cuts that could affect the county’s most vulnerable populations. Beginning Oct. 1, seven out of nine county senior centers will be closed, effectively furloughing eight center employees and eliminating about 500 senior meals. Only the Kittanning and...

Overnight intermittent traffic stops will take place next week on Route 28 between the Harmar and Fox Chapel exits. PennDOT will be testing its wrong-way detection system at the off-ramps from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. weekdays. Vehicles could be stopped for up to 15 minutes at a time. The...

Real estate taxes on the Family Dollar Store in Lower Burrell apparently will be slashed for this year and next. The Burrell School Board approved a real estate assessment appeal settlement with Greensburg Road LLC, et. al., the owner of the property. The settlement would reduce its school taxes by...

• Arnold High School Class of 1964 will get together at 1 p.m. Oct. 18 at the Hunter’s and Fisherman’s Club, 2400 Constitution Blvd., New Kensington. There are no stairs to the back room at the club. Reservations required. Reservations: Glenn, 440-221-5988. • Har-Brack High School Class of 1966 will...

A handful of Fox Chapel teens will have a front row seat to observe how their hometown government works. In an expansion of its junior council program, borough officials welcomed four new members on Sept. 15: Fox Chapel Area High School junior Aiden Drucker, Shady Side Academy juniors Anna Grace...

The state’s nearly three-month budget impasse has cost Pennsylvania school districts almost $4 billion. That’s how much districts, technical schools and intermediate units should have received in state funding since July 1 — the day a new budget was supposed to take effect. Without a budget, the state isn’t making...

West Leechburg officials are exploring a new revenue stream to prop up the borough’s volunteer fire department. A new ordinance establishing a 3-mill fire tax to assist with equipment purchases is being considered. According to a statement on the borough’s social media, the millage rate is the maximum allowed under...

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A New Kensington man was charged Thursday with providing fatal doses of drugs investigators said killed two people two days apart: his girlfriend and a man who was being held at the Westmoreland County Prison. Davi J. Roman, 29, was denied bail. The case was investigated by a grand jury...

Filming has been set back a day in Vandergrift for a new Apple TV+ series, tentatively titled “Parallax.” Crews were originally set to film throughout the borough’s downtown Thursday, but series publicist Shelly Williams said cameras will likely now roll Friday. Williams did not give a reason for the delay,...

The shuttered Rite Aid in Harrison is on the market for $1.75 million. It was among more than 70 Rite Aid pharmacies across the Pittsburgh area to close this summer amid company bankruptcy and restructuring. Other Rite Aid stores that closed locally include one on Oregon Drive in Lower Burrell,...

Many Springdale residents aren’t sold on a massive proposed data center in their borough. Dozens showed up for a standing-room-only planning commission meeting Wednesday to probe developers and express concerns about the project. By the end of the night, the commission decided to delay its decision on whether Springdale Council...

Motorists who travel along Harts Run Road in Indiana Township should plan extra time for their commute the next several weeks. A portion of the road will see temporary restrictions through mid-November, PennDOT announced Thursday. Work is expected to start Friday, with crews working in the area from Route 8...

For Tammy Jones, childhood Fourth of July celebrations were spent watching fireworks at her grandma’s house down the street from Pioneer Hose Company in Brackenridge. She continued the tradition with her own family until this year, when the 60-year pyrotechnic display was canceled after fundraising difficulties. “It was boring without...

West Leechburg travelers can expect to encounter construction in the Hillville area of town. Borough officials announced in a social media post that there will be intermittent road closures and roadwork centered around West Street. The closures will allow Peoples Natural Gas and its contractor to replace natural gas lines...

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It probably won’t knock Guinness off the list of most popular beers in Ireland, but Renegade is giving Dubliners a taste of the Alle-Kiski Valley this week. New Kensington-based Tortured Souls Brewing collaborated with Hope Beer in Dublin to brew Renegade in celebration of the Steelers’ game Sunday against the...

Multiple Fox Chapel Area School District parents and guardians received an erroneous automated message that their child was absent from school Wednesday. Officials posted a message about the error on the district’s website and Facebook page. Several parents/guardians expressed their frustrations and concerns about the incident. One called it a...

Amid a packed room of residents, Springdale’s Planning Commission postponed a vote to recommend borough council approve or deny a developer’s application to build a massive data center. The commission will reconvene on Oct. 8 at 7:30 p.m. to make its final decision. The decision to hold off came after...

Two women face criminal charges following police raids in Lower Burrell and Murrysville as part of a prostitution sting, according to authorities. Murrysville and Lower Burrell police and the Westmoreland County District Attorney’s Office cooperatively investigated Asian Massage in Lower Burrell and Asian Garden Spa in Murrysville. Both parlors are...

Jeffrey Glowatski could face six months in jail for a 2024 crash that took the life of an 11-year-old girl in Harrison’s Natrona section if he is found guilty of misdemeanor DUI. Glowatski, 65, of Harrison is charged with misdemeanor DUI after the vehicle he was driving struck Roxanne Bonnoni...

Members of the Oakmont Recreation Board heard differing opinions from residents on a topic that has been discussed for decades. While most comments were in support of adding lights to the sports fields at Riverside Park, where Riverview High School plays its home games, some folks were hesitant to support...

Closing an Allegheny Health Network primary care office in downtown New Kensington would have a detrimental impact on its more than 3,000 clients and its dozen employees, said Mark Kerr, a member of Teamsters Local 30. “They cannot get to Natrona Heights or Cheswick, where they’re going to send them,”...

An acoustic concert scheduled at the Plum Municipal Center’s amphitheater could be just the first of several shows at the venue. The concert, set for Oct. 2, will feature local quartet Acoustic Union. In addition to serving as a social event for the community, the show also will be a...