Valley News Dispatch category, Page 348

Jean Magness woke up in her North Apollo home Thursday and pondered turning 100 years old by conducting a weather check. “I was hoping it would be a nice day on my birthday,” Magness said. “This day is good. I’m very glad to be here. It looks pretty good. “I...

The slide at Brackenridge Memorial Park will have a softer landing if the state approves a grant to redo the playground surface. Council is seeking nearly $100,000 through the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR). Borough Engineer Gordon Taylor said that money would pay for a soft rubber pad...

Two Romanian nationals accused last month of planting skimming devices at Sam’s Club stores in Allegheny and Butler counties were charged this week with targeting a store in Washington County. South Strabane police filed criminal charges against Colceag Constantin, 41, and Raul-Mihani Cojucaru, 40, after a skimmer was found on...

It’s fair to say that customers were clamoring for the opening of the Tarentum Farm Market on Wednesday. A small crowd gathered mid-morning, browsing fresh-picked strawberries, pepperoni rolls and specialty cupcakes. The parking lot of First United Presbyterian Church of Tarentum was transformed with colorful flower baskets, bright-red tomatoes and...

The New Kensington Salvation Army will use a $250,000 grant to support a youth program aimed at young people who have committed first-time, nonviolent offenses. The Salvation Army announced Wednesday it will use the grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation for its Bridging the Gap program. “We are grateful...

Publicize your community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15068. Please include a daytime telephone number. Lemonade stand to raise money for Alzheimer’s disease Brody’s Lemonade Stand fundraiser...

Here is the Riverview High School Class of 2022: Xavier M. Bear, Brooke A. Benton, Micah J. Black, Makenna Caroline Cameron, Dean W. Cecere, Alessandra Noelle Ciccone, Julia Gianna Ciorra, Samantha Michele Cooper, Ari Q.H. Crowell, Madeline Steele Deem, Alexander W. Donatelli, Madeline Grace Entwisle, Jordan Alexander Escalera, Silas Wolfe...

Vandergrift residents might soon have fewer options for what trash items they can kick to the curb. Last month, Vandergrift Council unanimously agreed to have borough Solicitor Larry Loperfito draft legal papers to allow for changes to the borough’s trash ordinance. The proposed ordinance was made public during Tuesday’s meeting...

A property tax increase is either long overdue or too much at the wrong time, according to members of the New Kensington-Arnold School Board. The school board voted, 6-2, Tuesday to approve the district’s $48.9 million budget for the 2022-23 school year. It carries a 5% property tax increase, the...

CareerLink Alle-Kiski in New Kensington will hold a job fair open to all residents on Thursday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Westmoreland County Community College. The job market still favors job seekers in many sectors, where openings outpace the number of workers. Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate was down...

Allegheny County Police detectives are investigating a pickup truck rollover crash in Fawn that resulted in four children being taken to the hospital. Fawn police Chief Timothy Mayberry said officers were dispatched at 9:40 p.m. Tuesday to a one-vehicle crash on Route 908 and Lardintown Road. He said six people...

A pair of resignations and the retirement of a longtime officer have left New Kensington’s police force short-staffed. City Council on Monday approved the retirement of Detective Sgt. Dino DiGiacobbe and the resignations of patrol Officers Jose Pantoja and Christian Leonarski. A 1982 graduate of Freeport Area High School, DiGiacobbe,...

The Leechburg Area Community Association is organizing a new monthly communitywide event dubbed Mingle on Market. The event will run every second Thursday along Market Street in Leechburg. It will feature a farmers market from 4 to 8 p.m. and food and live music from 6 to 8 p.m. Businesses...

Publicize your community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15068. Please include a daytime telephone number. Freeport golf outing accepting reservations Freeport College Club will sponsor a golf...

A Turtle Creek man faces charges that he sexually assaulted a child over a period of five years, according to the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office. Police arrested Jose Melendez Jr., 33, on Tuesday in the Sheldon Park public housing plan in Harrison. They had been looking for him since issuing...

On July 2, 1967, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission approved the construction of a new power generating plant for Duquesne Light Co. The Cheswick Generating Station in Springdale included what would be a 763-foot smokestack that became one of the Alle-Kiski Valley’s most recognizable structures when the facility opened in...

Riverview Memorial Park in Tarentum will transform once a week into a beachfront paradise for an outdoor summer reading program sponsored by the Community Library of Allegheny Valley. The program, “Oceans of Possibilities,” will offer a bevy of literacy activities at the Harrison library on Broadview Boulevard and for the...

Recently hired O’Hara Officer Natalie Richards was introduced to the township at a council meeting Tuesday night. The Lower Burrell resident has been on the force for about a month. She previously worked as a police officer for Swissvale and Port Authority of Allegheny County. Richards’ addition brings the O’Hara...

Plum’s Monday Market opened its fifth season with some familiar vendors — but a new time. Jim and Kay Bridge, the husband and wife team behind Bridge’s Farm in Plum, had their tables full of produce and other plants on June 6. Penn Hills-based Pappy’s Gourmet Popcorn, Oakmont Olive Oil...

The deaths of two people in Springdale in April is officially a murder-suicide. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office released the manners of death this week for Morgan Kurpakus, 24, of Springdale and Robert Devaughn Williams, 36, of New Kensington. Both were found dead of gunshot wounds on April 25...

Lower Burrell police want the public to stop by the station to meet the officers and discuss any issues they may have from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday. After a two-year hiatus during the covid-19 pandemic, the third yearly meet-and-greet with city police is back. The event also fills the...

Arnold police accused a woman of spitting at officers and kicking one of them in the groin when they tried to arrest her for allegedly assaulting another woman. Korrina Jolynn Booker, 35, of the 6800 block of Frankstown Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood, was charged with two felony counts of...

A pedestrian was struck and killed Monday by a vehicle traveling along Route 286 in Plum. At 11:18 p.m., county dispatchers were notified of a vehicle-pedestrian crash along the 2200 block of the roadway, in the borough’s Holiday Park section, police said. First responders found a single vehicle had struck...

Publicize your community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15068. Please include a daytime telephone number. Up The River band to be featured in Tarentum concert The Tarentum...

New Kensington will be featured in the 10th season of a PBS series highlighting small businesses across the nation. Gary Bredow, host of “Start Up,” and a small crew were in the city Monday filming an episode focused on Olde Towne Overhaul and its efforts to revitalize downtown New Kensington...