Valley News Dispatch category, Page 427

Motorists who travel along Route 28 should be aware of two traffic shifts today. Construction crews will be working in two separate areas in Harmar and O’Hara, with both projects impacting traffic. From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., bridge work in the southbound lanes will create a single-lane restriction in...

Publicize your club meetings, community events and fundraisers for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Salvation Army seeking participants for annual Angel Tree program The Salvation Army is looking for churches and companies to take part...

A Vandergrift man accused in the attempted rape of an Allegheny Township woman in May claims he was improperly questioned by police when he told them he acted to fulfill his accuser’s “rape fantasy.” Defense attorney Duke George, during a court hearing on Tuesday, argued his client, James Randall DeFilippi,...

Covid vaccine booster shots are available in New Kensington for those who are eligible to receive them. Community Health Clinic, at 943 Fourth Ave., began giving booster shots Monday, clinic executive Director Raji Jayakrishnan said. The clinic has boosters for Moderna and Johnson & Johnson’s vaccines. Pfizer boosters are not...

Allegheny Valley School District will hold a vaccination clinic from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday at Springdale Junior-Senior High School. The clinic is in partnership with UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. It will be open to students and community members looking to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Third-dose Pfizer booster...

Squatters and wildlife in a dozen rundown New Kensington houses may need to find new places to live within a matter of months. City Council, sitting as the Board of Health on Monday, ruled 12 properties to be detrimental to the health, safety and general welfare of the community and...

A Saltsburg man was charged by New Kensington police Monday with kidnapping two girls, ages 6 and 9, early last month and sexually assaulting the older girl. Eddie Leroy Lambert Jr., 58, is being held in the Allegheny County Jail in Pittsburgh after bond was denied at his arraignment Tuesday...

After decades of holding the annual Veterans Day parade in Lower Burrell, the local VFW doesn’t understand why they now have to pay $450 in insurance to stage this year’s parade. “For what we have done for this country, the sacrifice and soldiers risking their lives, and now with a...

Highlands High School could be without its pool for the next several months if leaders greenlight a major renovation to resolve costly leaks. “We’ve had problems for a while, and we’ve spent more than $4,800 so far trying to solve the issue,” said Chris Reiser, the district’s buildings and grounds...

Publicize your club meetings, community events and fundraisers for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Allegheny Valley Association of Churches accepting donations for food bank Donations are welcome for the Allegheny Valley Association of Churches food...

Tarentum Council is expected to rename three alleys in upper East Tarentum to resolve duplication, officials said. Council will consider the move during its Nov. 9 meeting . The alleys are named Cedar, Center and Locust. The problem is the borough also has Cedar, Center and Locust streets. “These alleys...

A New Kensington man was charged with a felony count of strangulation after, police say, he choked a woman during an argument. City police arrested Ralph Earl Scott, 32, of Pine Court, after responding to a 911 call at about 8:45 p.m. Friday in the 400 block of Fourth Avenue,...

The Springdale Township supervisors have decided to go ahead with building a road salt shed on Carson Street. Springdale Township Commissioners President Anthony Rozzano said the board approved the shed around March. The shed would be able to store up to 350 tons of road salt. As it stands now,...

Publicize your club meetings, community events and fundraisers for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Salvation Army seeking help with food pantry distribution The New Kensington Salvation Army, 255 Third St., is looking for volunteers to...

Organizers had expected about 500 residents to participate in the inaugural Greg Wells Memorial Fall Festival on Sunday at Freeport Community Park. That estimate turned out to be a bit low, as more than 2,000 people showed up to honor the late Freeport youth baseball and soccer coach. A Harrison...

A $250,000 grant to the Highlands Family Center in Tarentum will help children who suffer traumatic experiences at home. The program will bridge the gap between the Highlands School District and local police through a Handle with Care Initiative, officials said. “Police will notify the school of any 911 call...

Nancy Hagins does just about everything but write the books at the Freeport Area Library. The head librarian for the past decade prepares financial reports in the mornings, ensures programs are on schedule for the afternoons and evenings, maintains the Dewey Decimal Classification System and prices items in its flea...

Publicize your club meetings, community events and fundraisers for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Free health screenings available at Senior Expo A Senior Expo will be from 9 a.m. to noon Friday at the Lower...

Both candidates vying for Tarentum’s 3rd Ward council seat say they want to help continue the borough’s revitalization. Newcomer Brian Nolan, a Republican, is taking on Democratic incumbent Jim Bonner for the four-year term. Tarentum’s 3rd Ward consists of the borough’s West Tarentum neighborhood. “Truth is, I like (Bonner),” Nolan...

Three incumbents and two newcomers are vying for four four-year seats on Leechburg Council. They are: incumbent Democrats Chuck Pascal and Alan Tarr, incumbent Republican Lorrie Bazella, and Republican newcomer candidate John Mrvan. Newcomer Dustin Waldenville made it on both the Democrat and Republican tickets. Improving community and police department...

Not surprisingly, a 6-foot-long inflatable black cat greeted visitors at Animal Protectors of Allegheny Valley’s Halloween open house Saturday. But it was a real tabby in a frog costume that stole the show at the pet dress-up contest during the afternoon. While Clover didn’t run the catwalk in front of...

Anyone who owes Springdale Township taxes might face having their names made public. The township supervisors voted 3-2 Thursday to post tax delinquents’ names on the township’s website. Commissioners President Anthony Rozzano and supervisors Shirley Redman and Jacqueline Karan voted to publish the names. Supervisors Mariana Burns and Tim Sweet...

Those looking for some exercise on Halloween can participate in a foot race that delivers a free beer for your participation. Springdale’s Leaning Cask Brewing Company will be holding a Boos & Brew Run Day at 11 a.m. Oct. 31. This is the brewery’s first Halloween-themed run. Leaning Cask started...

It’s safer to drive in Fox Chapel thanks to almost three decades of deer management in the borough. The management program, implemented in 1993, reduced the number of deer in the 8 square miles that make up the residential borough in Allegheny County and cut the number of deer-related crashes...