Valley News Dispatch category, Page 436

Applications from those interested in filling a vacancy on the Allegheny Valley School Board are due by Wednesday. The district is looking for a resident to replace board member James Gaschler Jr., who resigned effective Monday. The board approved his resignation Aug. 17. Gaschler resigned because he moved or is...

As Margaret “Peggy” Muriel Drinkwater Clink tried on the dress, she asked her daughter what color it was. “It’s white,” said Kim Griffith. “We want you to wear the white Communion dress you never had.” Clink inquired about the hue because she is blind. “My daughter said, ‘Mom, try this...

In the first week of a state law intended to make government action more transparent, Brackenridge Council had to delay action on two items until next month. Council had hoped to put a police car that soon will be put out of service for sale last week, and the board...

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. Groups welcome to participate in Leechburg parade, memorial ceremony Leechburg Volunteer Fire Company is seeking groups and entries to participate in...

Leechburg Volunteer Fire Company officials are organizing a parade and memorial service on the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. “I think it’s important for the community to keep the first responders and the military in mind and continue to honor and respect their sacrifice,” said Brian Scott,...

PA CareerLink Alle-Kiski said Friday it has received more than 300 job postings in the past month. “Jobs are available from virtually every business sector,” said Phil Grove, account representative for PA CareerLink Alle-Kiski. Jobs range from ones for which applicants need no previous experience to ones requiring advanced degrees,...

As K-12 schools gear up to require masks Tuesday, the day will feel no different for students and teachers in Allegheny Valley School District. They’ve already been wearing masks. Melissa Holler oversees the health and safety plan. Holler said the district has reported three positive covid-19 cases and three people...

“Eat Right. Think Right. Do Right. Live Right.” That’s been Marion Yates’ motto for 100 years. The Upper Burrell resident turned 100 Thursday. A birthday celebration of her 10 decades of life was held Saturday at United Presbyterian Church of New Kensington. It’s the church she has belonged to (including...

Lower Burrell police have charged a city man with illegally entering a city home, sleeping on the couch and then leaving the house wearing a pair of blue athletic shoes owned by one of the residents. Nicholas Sabo, 19, is charged with criminal trespass, loitering and prowling and public drunkenness....

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. Cash bash planned Sept. 18 in East Vandergrift Our Lady Queen of Peace Church in East Vandergrift will host a Cash...

Upper Burrell supervisors have unanimously approved a new Marcellus shale natural gas well. Several residents objected at a hearing Wednesday night to the location of an access road and potential drainage concerns. Olympus Energy LLC, of Canonsburg, requested permission to develop a Marcellus shale well pad at 4806 Seventh Street...

A developer wants to build a grocery store and car wash on the former Kmart site in New Kensington in what would be a $1.8 million project, according to a paperwork submitted to the city. Demolition of the former Kmart store on Tarentum Bridge Road began recently. The store closed...

Cheswick Community Day is returning after being on hiatus since 2014. The Cheswick Recreation Board will be hosting the event on Saturday, Sept. 11, at Rachel Carson Riverfront Park. During the event’s absence, the borough took over the Strawberry Festival in 2013 and last held it in 2019. The festival...

A Lower Burrell man has been sentenced to serve at least 2½ years in prison for the thefts of guns from a city home. Jordan Bradley Keibler, 27, pleaded guilty Wednesday to multiple theft counts and other offenses in connection with incidents Lower Burrell police said occurred in June. According...

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. Northmoreland Park Labor Day party planned The annual Labor United Celebration will be from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday and...

Lisa Sturiale fought back tears Friday morning as she stood steps away from crews battling a fire that destroyed her family’s commercial building in Avonmore. Guy’s Tavern on Westmoreland Avenue erupted in flames around 2 a.m. Sturiale, who lives in Pittsburgh’s North Side, said the building was originally owned by...

The Allegheny Valley Association of Churches in Harrison wants to convert a former personal care home in Brackenridge into a temporary refuge for homeless families. The Association of Church has an agreement to buy the former Applewood Personal Care Home in the 900 block of Morgan Street, said association Director...

Although the reliance on food pantries has lessened for many people who have returned to work during the pandemic, a significant need for food from the pantries still exists, according to an Alle-Kiski Valley food distribution coordinator. “During the pandemic we were assisting about 350 families each week,” said Michelle...

Editor’s note: Neighbor Spotlight is a monthly feature that aims to let our readers learn more about the people in their communities who are working to make them a better place, who have interesting stories to tell or who the community feels deserve “15 minutes of fame.” If you would...

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. Donations welcome for the Friendship Garden Food Pantry Donations for the food pantry in the Tarentum Friendship Garden can be dropped...

Paul Nosek served this nation for more than 27 years in various capacities in the Air Force. The retired colonel from Northern Virginia has a new place to use his leadership skills and military experience: the Plum School District. Nosek, 50, was recently named the district’s Air Force Junior ROTC...

The first day of school for the Burrell School District on Wednesday got off to a soggy start with flash flooding impacting the region. While some buses were rerouted because of flooded intersections, the students still made it to school, Superintendent Shannon Wagner said. “It is amazing to have our...