Valley News Dispatch category, Page 465

Publicize your club meetings, 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. Boaters bash planned July 10 in New Kensington Lighthouse Marina, New Kensington, will host a Rockin’ For Lockin’ Boaters Bash from 1...

Harmar police are warning residents not to try to take photos or videos with black bears after a rash of sightings in the township. “We are asking that you enjoy viewing the bear from a safe distance. So that means please do not attempt to take a selfie with the...

Motorists who use the Tarentum Bridge will need to find another way across the Allegheny River for roughly half of June. PennDOT said a 16-day closure of the bridge will begin at 7 a.m. June 9 and continue until late in the day June 25. About 30,000 vehicles use the...

State police provided no updates Monday on the disappearance of a Punxsutawney man who was last seen swimming in the Allegheny River in Gilpin over the weekend. Nathan “Nate” Lauer, 38, was last seen around 7:30 a.m. Saturday, according to one witness’ statement to police. That witness, identified only by...

The Allegheny County Health Department shut down the Dunkin’ on East 10th Avenue in Tarentum after inspectors discovered what they said was sewage leaking from a grease trap and covering part of the floor. The May 21 inspection led inspectors to deem the coffee and doughnut shop an “imminent hazard,”...

A team of Fox Chapel Area High School students earned top honors in the eighth annual Governor’s STEM Competition for their occupancy tracking system that revolutionizes social distancing practices. “CITISYNC” was devised by junior Janise Kim and sophomores Arvind Seshan and Prajval Sreenivas. It tracks the number of people in...

Publicize your club meetings, 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. Advice available for those with financial troubles Allegheny Valley Association of Churches has free support services available for anyone who is having...

They stand in a group mingling with horses of various colors and personalities. They are people coping with anxiety, depression and trauma. And on this warm Friday evening, they’ve come for the kind of healing that animals, particularly horses, can provide. They spoke to the Tribune-Review on the condition only...

A search for a missing man along the Allegheny River near several campsites in Gilpin ended with no results Sunday. Multiple organizations including state police Kittanning barracks, police and firefighters from Gilpin, firefighters from Leechburg, Vandergrift and North Apollo along with Greensburg bloodhounds were out from 1 p.m. to 7:30...

Publicize your club meetings, 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. Lower Burrell PD to host Coffee with a Cop “Coffee with a Cop” will be sponsored by the Lower Burrell Police Department...

It’s been six months since an 18-year-old from Arnold died after being shot in an alley on Tarentum’s west side. The case remains open and unsolved, and no arrests have been made, according to Alle­gheny County Police. Syncere Lee Spruill was shot shortly before midnight Nov. 22 in the 200...

Publicize your club meetings, 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. GriefShare program offered in Leechburg First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Leechburg, will host a 13-week GriefShare support group from 6 to 8 p.m....

A New Kensington woman was arrested and jailed after her 2-year-old daughter tested positive for cocaine, according to city police. Police charged Brooke Nicolette Damore, 28, of McCargo Street, with endangering the welfare of children and recklessly endangering another person. In a criminal complaint, police said Damore, the child’s primary...

An anti-President Biden flag with an obscenity on it is flying from the top of a house in Leechburg and is visible from a nearby preschool, church and daycare. Mayor Wayne Dobos said he has fielded several complaints from residents, including a grandmother who reported that her young grandchild, just...

Fox Chapel Area School District will offer a covid-19 vaccination clinic May 24. The Pfizer vaccine will be available to people ages 12 and older, school leaders said. Sponsored by Rite-Aid, the clinic will be from 4 to 8:15 p.m. at O’Hara Elementary School, 115 Cabin Lane. A clinic for...

A federal mediator is getting involved in contract negotiations between Allegheny Technologies Inc. and the striking United Steelworkers. Negotiators for the company and union met Friday, their first meeting since May 6. The union asked for a mediator from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to be present. ATI spokeswoman...

Kayaking enthusiasts might be disappointed to learn rentals will no longer be available at Aspinwall Riverfront Park. After five years at the site off Freeport Road, Kayak Pittsburgh will not return this summer, officials said. “It was a beautiful space but we weren’t getting enough traffic,” said Ebony Montgomery, director...

Leechburg Council’s meeting Tuesday began differently than normal — with a moment of silence for former council president and active community member Anthony J. Defilippi. Defilippi died Sunday, May 16 at 79. “He was my mentor when I came on council,” said Tom Foster, the current council president. Defilippi spent...

The PA CareerLink Alle-Kiski reported an uptick this week in job openings, with a four-week rolling average of 225 openings in the Alle-Kiski Valley. “Virtually all of the businesses and organizations that we have contact with are looking to add workers now,” said Phil Grove, account representative with PA CareerLink...

Publicize your club meetings, 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 food distribution set Saturday in Lower Burrell Burrell Community Church, Lower Burrell, will host a free drive-thru food distribution from 10...

A two-week closure of a 1-mile section of Coxcomb Hill Road in Plum will begin at about noon Monday, weather permitting, PennDOT announced Thursday. Coxcomb will be closed between Kerr and Logans Ferry roads through June 7 while crews work on drainage improvements and shoulder reconstruction. Through traffic will be...

All three cross-filed candidates for Kiski Area School Board’s two Region I seats will appear on the November ballot, if the unofficial vote count from Tuesday’s primary holds up. Two nominations were up for grabs in both the Republican and Democratic primary races. In the GOP race, incumbent Kathleen Snyder...