Valley News Dispatch category, Page 460

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. Participants welcome to march in Aug. 7 Westmoreland Co. Firemen’s parade The New Kensington Bureau of Fire will host the 128th...

A volunteer group committed to promoting kindness, safety and positive play among children in Vandergrift area parks is looking to grow its membership. The group, called the Vandergrift OWLS Park Supervisor Program, uses volunteers who are dedicated to making sure borough parks are safe and welcoming for the community. During...

Traffic restrictions scheduled to start on Argonne Drive in Harrison on July 19 are expected to continue until September, Allegheny County Public Works announced Tuesday. Periodic, single-lane closures will occur between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. weekdays between Broadview Boulevard and Elm Street. Nearly 2,000 vehicles travel the road daily,...

The results of a ratification vote by United Steelworkers members at nine Allegheny Technology Inc. facilities are expected to be known by next Tuesday, the union said Tuesday. The union and ATI announced Friday they had reached a tentative agreement on a four-year contract. If approved, the deal would end...

Jody Dojonovic of Plum said her son, Thomas, had a warm smile that could light up a room. She hopes to once again light up a community in his memory. The second annual Thomas Jack Dojonovic Project Spread Positivity lantern release is set for July 21 at Larry Mills Park...

An armed man robbed the Family Dollar store in West Deer’s Russellton area before it opened Monday morning, according to township police. Police Chief Robert Loper said an employee reported being approached from behind by a man with a handgun after arriving at the store around 7:40 a.m. The armed...

A fundraising campaign is underway to help a Harrison family whose home was damaged by fire last week. Jaymian Martinka started a GoFundMe campaign to raise $10,000 for the McDaniel family. As of Tuesday morning, the effort had raised $2,060 from 22 donors. The fundraiser also lists sizes for men’s...

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 paper shredding event planned in Springdale State Rep. Carrie Lewis DelRosso will host a free paper shredding event from 9...

While the owner of the Kiski Junction Railroad is finalizing its closure, a Gilpin supervisor is proposing converting the railroad corridor into a recreational trail. Rosebud Mining, which owns the 165-year-old short line, is closing the railroad for good, according to the company’s president, Jim Barker. The railroad has been...

One man was killed and another seriously hurt in a high-speed crash Monday afternoon on Route 28 in Harrison, according to state police. Robert Mark Walters, 68, of Fawn was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. Walters was a passenger in a Chevrolet...

Kittanning police said a juvenile is in custody and has been charged for allegedly setting a string of fires Monday morning in the borough. Kittanning Hose Company No. 4 Assistant Chief Mike Swartz said about a dozen departments responded to four fires within a four-block radius, with the first call...

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. Avonmore VFD accepting orders for military banners Avonmore Volunteer Fire Department is sponsoring a Hometown Hero Banner program that recognizes veterans...

The fledgling Kiski Township Sewage Authority is seeking $50,000 from the township to help cover start-up costs. The authority formed earlier this year to spearhead a $16 million townshipwide sewerage project. Township officials hope the infrastructure upgrade will spur development and economic growth, especially along the Route 56 corridor. The...

Alle-Kiski Valley residents found all sorts of reasons to get together and celebrate on Sunday, whether for the Independence Day holiday, birthdays, relief from the covid pandemic — or just to enjoy the day. For the small congregation of Vermont Baptist Church in New Kensington, morning services under a pavilion...

Tim Geary is a man on a mission — again. The 77-year-old retired attorney from Aspinwall has resumed his hike on the Appalachian Trail in honor of his late wife, Gillen, who died after a seven-year battle with melanoma last year. Geary, formerly of Vandergrift, began his hike March 17...

The display on the scale read “379.” “I cried when I saw that number,” said Debbie Gerardi of North Apollo, who was in the hospital for back surgery in February of 2018. “I thought to myself, ‘How did I get here?’ I was so big that the nurses had trouble...

Six years after buying a building for her business in Harrison, Kim Ringer can’t use it for the main reason she bought it. Ringer said township zoning officials assured her and her late husband, Bruce, more than once before buying the former home goods store-turned-car dealership at 3041 Freeport Road...

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. Freeport Theatre Festival to open 2021 season The Freeport Theatre Festival will present, “The Rainmaker,” at 7 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and...

A Butler man was killed Saturday afternoon when the motorcycle he was riding collided with a truck on Route 422 in Armstrong County. Coroner Brian K. Myers identified the victim as Kenneth Robert Shaffer, 60, of Butler. According to Myers, Shaffer was traveling east on Route 422 and a Ford...

While the Tarentum Bridge has reopened after a closure in June, ongoing work will require traffic restrictions that could cause backups and delays. Restrictions are scheduled to resume Tuesday and continue through late September, PennDOT announced. Traffic will be restricted to a single lane in each direction as needed between...

Hilltop Hose Fire Chief Mike Krzeminski is usually notified of a fire call with a page. On Friday evening, the alert came in the form of a scream. The fire was in Krzeminski’s own Campton neighborhood in Harrison. “I heard the young man who lived there screaming his house was...

A Fox Chapel photographer documented the first flights of the two young bald eagles from a nest above Route 28 in Harmar this week. The bald eagle couple, which is in its eighth year of nesting on the same hillside, has produced 13 young birds in total that have successfully...