Valley News Dispatch category, Page 315
Real estate taxes are rising by 25% in Buffalo Township, average tax bill will increase $30
Real estate taxes are rising by 25% in Buffalo Township for 2023, but officials see that figure as a distortion. Township Manager Rich Hill said that while taxes will be going up from 6 mills this year to 7.5 next, the percentage increase is misleading. When viewing township real estate...
Police: Fawn man who called officers about suspicious noise faces felony gun charge, DUI
A Fawn Township man who called police because he heard a suspicious noise outside his house was accused of drunken driving and illegally carrying a gun after state troopers responded to the scene, according to investigators. Jeremiah David Heller II, 32, of the 200 block of Haas Lane was charged...
The Stroller, Dec. 18, 2022: 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. Blue Christmas service offered for those experiencing loneliness Union Presbyterian Church,...
No tax increase called for in East Deer’s 2023 budget
Not only will there be no tax increase in East Deer’s 2023 budget, but there will be a decrease in total expenditures. The proposed $1.3 million budget marks a 12.5% decrease from this year’s budget, largely because of grants being spent and the township joining the Allegheny Valley Regional Police...
Brian Shaw scholarship winner named during graduation at Allegheny County Police Training Academy
A Lower Burrell man was presented with the Officer Brian Shaw Memorial Scholarship during the graduation ceremony Friday for the largest Allegheny County Police Training Academy cadet class in at least seven years. Colton Moorhead, 22, one of 32 graduating cadets, learned about winning the scholarship shortly before Friday’s ceremony...
Turtle Creek man to serve 40-year prison sentence for sex trafficking of teen
A Turtle Creek man will serve at least 20 years in prison for the sex trafficking of a New Kensington teenager. Davon Allen Fuqua, 36, pleaded guilty in September to four felony offenses including the trafficking of minors, statutory sexual assault of a juvenile, promotion of prostitution of a minor...
The Stroller, Dec. 17, 2022: 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. Apollo Meals on Wheels seeking volunteer help Apollo Area Meals on...
Fox Chapel AAUW to present ‘Healthy Longevity’ on Jan. 10
The Fox Chapel Area Affiliate of the American Association of University Women will host “Healthy Longevity” at 10 a.m. Jan. 10. The program will be at Longwood at Oakmont, 500 Route 909, Plum, in The Commons Ballroom. Guest speaker is Laurie Lesoon, director of lifestyle engagement for independent living residents...
Online fundraiser set up to help 3 young daughters of slain New Kensington man
An online fundraiser has been set up to help the three young daughters of a New Kensington man who was found shot to death in the parking lot of his apartment building. The GoFundMe page was established for the children of James Michael Hayes, 31, who was found shot to...
Apollo police accuse convicted felon of pointing gun at woman, felony charges filed
Apollo police accused a man whose criminal history prohibits him from possessing a gun with pointing a pistol at a woman and threatening her. Roberto J. Santiago-Cruz, 35, of the 300 block of Pennsylvania Avenue was charged with a felony count of illegal possession of a firearm along with reckless...
Tarentum trash collection fee unchanged but will be limited to 1 container
Tarentum residents will pay the same for garbage collection in 2023 but will no longer have unlimited service. Council was notified in October that Waste Management was not able to extend the borough’s current contract that provides unlimited service because of a lack of drivers. The borough advertised for bids...
Police: Apollo man who served prison time for hitting 5-year-old faces felony charges for similar incident
An Apollo man who served four years in state prison for strangling a 5-year-old has been accused of hitting a 10-year-old in the face so hard that bruises were still visible two days later. Leland Joseph Latscha, 31, of Thorn Street was charged with felony counts of endangering the welfare...
The Stroller, Dec. 16, 2022: 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. Lower Burrell American Legion to host free Christmas Day dinner Members...
Lower Valley Community Food Bank holds its Christmas food and gift distribution
Food was laid out waiting to be passed out Thursday during the Lower Valley Community Food Bank’s Christmas food and gift distribution at the Springdale Municipal Building. Food bank volunteers and members of the Springdale High School National Honor Society passed out food, gift certificates and toys for local residents...
Plum’s annual telethon for Make-A-Wish returning after reaching $1M goal in 2021
After shooting for, reaching and exceeding a $1 million lifetime goal last year, Plum School District’s annual telethon for Make-A-Wish is going into its 22nd year without such a milestone in mind. The telethon, started in 1999, was held annually until missing 2020 because of the pandemic. It returned in...
‘The Pittsburgh Novel’ catalogs Western Pennsylvania fiction back to the late 1700s
As a young man in the early 1960s, Peter Oresick stopped at his local library and borrowed a copy of “Request for Sherwood Anderson,” a story collection by fellow Ford City native Frank Brookhouser. In the book, he recognized settings and surnames from his hometown – and that was the...
County housing authority plumber 1 of 2 men charged with assaulting customer at Sheetz in Harrison
A customer at the Sheetz in Harrison suffered broken ribs and a punctured lung when he was attacked by two men while he was waiting for his food order to be filled, according to authorities. One of the two men arrested in the incident, Corey Edmund Borczuch, 30, of the...
Annual student holiday shopping event raises money for Leechburg Area Learning Support Program
The holiday shopping scene was in full force Wednesday at Leechburg Area High School. The annual Holiday Sale welcomed students on Day Two of the three-day event that benefits students enrolled in the district’s Learning Support Program. Coordinator and founder Michelle Ferretti started the shopping fundraiser 23 years ago. That...
The Stroller, Dec. 15, 2022: 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. Food bank accepting donations for prepared baskets Allegheny Valley Association of...
Weather cancels Tarentum Night Market finale
Mother Nature is doing a number on Tarentum’s Night Market finale. Organizers canceled Friday’s outdoor event because of the wintry weather expected. An Ice Storm Warning has been issued for portions of western PA and northern WV for tonight and tomorrow. ????The higher elevations of the Allegheny Front from northern...
Santa pays his pre-Christmas visit to Arnold neighborhoods — with help from Fire Company No. 2
Volunteers with Arnold Volunteer Fire Company No. 2 walk through the city’s neighborhoods delivering goodies to kids and families while Santa Claus rides behind in his sleigh Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. Fire Company No. 2 has been helping bring Santa to visit locals around the neighborhoods since the 1960s. With...
Former Lt. Gov. candidate Carrie Lewis DelRosso won’t run for late state Rep. Tony DeLuca’s seat
Carrie Lewis DelRosso will not seek the Republican nomination for representative of the state House’s 32nd District. The former Oakmont councilwoman and most recently lieutenant governor candidate made her announcement Wednesday. “After much consideration and many discussions with my family and colleagues, I have decided not to be a candidate...
Tarentum residents will pay the same in real estate, earned income taxes next year
Tarentum Council approved the borough’s final 2023 budget, which holds property taxes at 5.48 mills. Owners of a home assessed at $100,000 will again pay $548 to the borough. Council also agreed to maintain the earned income tax rate of 0.5%, withdrawing a proposal to raise it to 1%. Borough...
National Audubon photo contest exhibit at Buffalo Creek Nature Park
A traveling exhibit of the 2022 Audubon Photography Awards winners will be on display at Buffalo Creek Nature Park until Sunday. The local Audubon Society chapter has hosted the exhibit before, and visitors have been “amazed at the ‘wow-ness’ of many of the images,” said Rachel Handel, spokeswoman for the...
Harmar won’t raise taxes for small spending increase in 2023 budget
Harmar will not raise taxes in 2023, and its expenditures include a minuscule increase over the current year’s, according to its budget to be voted on this week. The $3 million budget marks a 2.2% increase over this year’s $2.95 million , with little changes to how the township plans...
