Valley News Dispatch category, Page 443

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Plum School District has nearly 100 Oblock Junior High School students quarantined due to covid exposure less than two weeks into the new school year. The district’s covid-19 count was included on the school district website, which was updated Tuesday. First day of classes was Aug. 19. The district reports...

More Westmoreland County and Alle-Kiski Valley content. That’s the goal behind two initiatives the Trib is launching this week. The two new features are: • Trib Extra Subscribers will get access to a special section on TribLIVE.com where they can find expanded news coverage, from regional and national news to...

North Apollo representatives will go door-to-door Wednesday and Thursday to ask residents who live on two streets in the borough to fill out a survey on household information for a grant application for a proposed storm sewer project. Residents will be given the confidential surveys on North Ridge Drive and...

The Springdale Township Municipal Building is closed to in-person visits as a result of the recent increase in covid-19 cases. Anyone needing to drop off or pick up documents at the facility can still do so but no one other than employees is allowed inside. Other business can be conducted...

Most students in the New Kensington-Arnold School District returned to classes on Tuesday. The district’s kindergarten students at Martin Elementary are scheduled to start on Sept. 7. Screenings are being done by appointment only until Friday. The district had already decided on its own, before Gov. Tom Wolf’s announced mask...

A hearing on the demotion of a Highlands School District administrator got underway Monday night, with the administration publicly beginning to lay out its case for demoting former principal Samantha Perlik to kindergarten teacher. Perlik had asked for the hearing be held publicly instead of behind closed doors. The school...

Aspinwall police have found themselves in the unique situation of investigating a taxidermy rhinoceros head that was found on a borough sidewalk. The animal was found at about 9 p.m. on Aug. 28. A person walking his dog came across the unusual find at Freeport Road and Western Avenue. Deputy...

Developers Robert and Kim Bartolacci are breathing new life into a prominent Indiana Township building approaching its centennial milestone. A 96-year-old former elementary school along Saxonburg Boulevard will become Principal Place on Saxonburg, housed on two acres and intended as a community-centered commercial hub. “Our plan is to convert the...

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. Cat food, litter needed at Animal Protectors Animal Protectors of Allegheny Valley, New Kensington, needs wet and dry cat food and...

Motorists in Allegheny Township will face another extended closure of a portion of Route 356 starting Wednesday. PennDOT said Route 356 will be closed between Pleasant Hill and Piper roads. The section, used by about 10,000 motorists a day, is scheduled to reopen Sept. 30. Signs will be posted to...

Adam Garvin found the greatest pleasures in life from simple things — spending time with family and friends, exploring nature and listening to and playing music. But when it was time to get away from it all, he loved nothing more than the simple joy of riding the open road...

Aspinwall is drafting a Human Rights ordinance to help thwart discrimination in the borough. On the heels of Etna and Sharpsburg approving similar bills, Aspinwall junior councilperson Lydia Turnquist is helping to compose the ordinance to protect against bias based on race, color, religion, marital status, disability and other identifiers....

From history to cooking to technology, Fox Chapel Area Adult Education (FCAAE) is back with a slate of courses that appeal to all ages and aspiring talents. The program, in its 59th year, is offering nearly three dozen enrichment classes to keep locals up to date on the latest trends...

Freeport Area School District has reported a dozen covid-19 cases among students less than a week after the start of the academic year. The district listed 12 total cases — eight of which were active — on its online covid-19 dashboard Monday morning. According to the dashboard, seven cases were...

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. Performers needed for annual Casino Theater Christmas show The Casino Theater in Vandergrift is looking for singers, dancers and actors for...

A 20-year-old Plum man who died in a motorcycle crash Saturday in Lower Burrell has been identified. Westmoreland County Coroner Kenneth Bacha said Sunday the man’s name is Adam J. Garvin. He was driving a 2015 Yamaha motorcycle, going east on Route 366, when a 2007 Ford Fusion pulled out...

A rare church-municipal partnership is brewing in Apollo. Borough council Thursday night gave the OK to a resolution in which First Evangelical Lutheran Church of North Third Street will provide $33,000 in matching funds to a project where the street and church parking lot will be expanded on Lutheran Church...

Olympus Energy LLC will present its plans for a new Marcellus shale gas well in Upper Burrell township during a hearing before the township supervisors on Wednesday. Drilling a Marcellus shale gas well requires a controversial natural gas extraction process known as fracking. Arconic owns the property, at 4806 Seventh...

Businesses that have grappled with labor shortages during the covid-19 pandemic are hiring younger workers than ever before. The businesses have lowered their minimum hiring age from 16 to 14 in an effort to meet staffing needs and keep their businesses afloat. “I wouldn’t be open without my teen employees,”...

The Apollo Area Historical Society will celebrate its “50th + 1” anniversary in September with a dinner and presentation on some of the society’s efforts over the years. The pandemic canceled its plans a 50th-anniversary celebration last year. The event Sept. 18 is open to the public. Tickets are $25....

Tarentum received bids from five contractors to tear down three vacant and abandoned residential properties in the borough. The buildings are a duplex at 243-245 W. Seventh Ave. and single-family homes at 339 W. 11th Ave. and 532 E. Third Ave. They had appeared on previous lists to be torn...

To the readers of the Tribune-Review: Our readers tell us that they want more: more stories, more news, more of everything that makes the Tribune-Review the best overall newspaper in Pennsylvania. Today, I am pleased to announce that soon, you will be getting more. Starting Wednesday, subscribers to the print...

Acting on a tip, Kiski Township police found an Apollo woman Tuesday who is accused of not showing up for her court sentencing in a case in which she pleaded guilty to burning a child with a cigarette in 2020. Lisa Marie Culp, 47, of Apollo was taken to Armstrong...

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. Casino Theater looking for volunteers The Casino Theater in Vandergrift is seeking volunteers to check in ticketed guests for productions. Volunteers...