Valley News Dispatch category, Page 505
Leechburg Area school Superintendent Tiffany Nix gets 5-year contract
Leechburg Area School Board has renewed the contract of Superintendent Tiffany Nix for another five years. “Really, in a small school, the superintendent does more jobs than what they do in a large school,” board president Neill Brady said. “She wears a lot more hats than the other superintendents do...
Dollar General development in Upper Burrell faces snag with faulty stormwater drain
Upper Burrell and area environmental officials discovered a faulty PennDOT storm drain that could adversely affect drainage at the proposed Dollar General development at Route 780 and Dewey Drive. The proposed Dollar General is on commercially zoned land. When the store was first proposed, township officials didn’t expect many obstacles...
Deer Lakes Middle School to sell Easter-themed bags to raise money for activities
Deer Lakes Middle School Student Council will hold an Easter Pop Up Shop fundraiser on Saturday afternoon. Student council members will be selling decorative Easter bags filled with candy and a scented pencil at the front entrance of Deer Lakes Middle School on East Union Road from 1 to 3...
Food truck sets up semi-permanent location in Lower Burrell
You can get a taste of Southern California in the parking lot of a Lower Burrell car dealership, where a city native has been serving beach-style Mexican food out of a food truck four days a week for the past two months. The Gripz food truck parks at Forza Motorcars...
Audubon’s Babcock Nature Center to open in Buffalo Township June 12
The Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania will hold a grand opening June 12 for the Babcock Nature Center in Buffalo Township, along the Butler-Freeport Community Trail. The new 2,500-square-foot center with a 1,200-square-foot pavilion is situated in the six-acre Buffalo Creek Nature Park, located off of Monroe Road next to...
Police: Drugs found in Harrison home within reach of children
Harrison police said they found drugs within reach of children Thursday while serving a search warrant at a home near the municipal building and police department. Police charged Garrick Marshman, 26, of Donora, with drug offenses including possession and possession with intent to deliver, child endangerment, firearms violations and conspiracy....
United Steelworkers announces strike date at ATI facilities
The United Steelworkers union announced Friday it will start a strike at Allegheny Technologies Inc. next week. The union said it informed ATI it will strike over what it calls unfair labor practices beginning at 7 a.m. Tuesday. “We have provided the notice to ATI to ensure an orderly and...
Greensburg Diocese to broadcast Easter Sunday Mass, livestream Holy Week
The Diocese of Greensburg will broadcast and livestream its Easter Sunday Mass and will stream Holy Week liturgies for those unable to attend due to physical limitations, age and illness. Easter Mass will be at 10 a.m. April 4, broadcast on the Pittsburgh CW (check local listings) and on 106.7...
The Stroller, March 26, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s meetings, events and fundraisers in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Collection to benefit Allegheny Valley Association of Churches Women of the Alle-Kiski Engaging, a division of the Alle Kiski Strong Chamber of Commerce, is...
GQT Movies set to open cinema at Mills mall
The movies are returning to the Pittsburgh Mills mall in Frazer. The mall’s theater will reopen under new management Wednesday. GQT Movies is replacing Cinemark, which closed the theater nearly a year ago. Six of the theater’s 18 screens will be up and running on opening day, while another three...
3 candidates receive nominations in special election race to replace state Rep. Jeff Pyle
Three nominees to replace former state Rep. Jeff Pyle have been chosen by their respective parties to run in a special election to represent parts of Armstrong, Indiana and Butler counties. A longtime Republican lawmaker from Ford City, Pyle retired suddenly because of health issues this month. He had just...
Anonymous Vandergrift donor offers $100 prize to person who picks up most trash in cleanup event
A Vandergrift resident who wishes to remain anonymous is offering a $100 cash prize to the person who picks up the most trash during the Earth Day 2021 Cleanup Challenge With Vandergrift event starting Saturday, according to Vandergrift Community Watch. Vandergrift Community Watch normally hosts an annual Earth Day cleanup...
Alabama air filter maker says new plant in Arnold will create at least 120 full-time jobs
An Alabama-based air filter manufacturer has chosen Arnold as the location for its first facility in the northeastern United States, and the operation is expected to employ more than 100 people. Filterbuy will lease 137,000 square feet of production and distribution space in New Kensington Advanced Manufacturing Park from the...
New Kensington police accuse Jeannette man of sexually assaulting girl, who became pregnant
New Kensington police have charged a Jeannette man with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl, who became pregnant. Police said they began investigating last September after getting a report that a teen had given birth to a son in November 2019 at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital in Pittsburgh. The father was identified...
Tree planting begins in Harrison, BrackenridgeVideo
Staff with the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy started planting nearly 70 trees in Harrison and Brackenridge on Wednesday. Of the 67 trees, about 50 are going in the public right of way along Broadview Boulevard in Harrison. The rest are in a few other locations throughout Brackenridge, including in Memorial Park,...
The Stroller, March 25, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s meetings, events and fundraisers in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Easter Bunny to visit East Deer on Saturday The Easter Bunny will ride through East Deer with the township volunteer Fire Department and Recreation...
Incumbent Vandergrift mayor to face primary challenge from councilman
Democrat Barbara Turiak has competition from a familiar face in her bid for a second term as Vandergrift’s mayor. Councilman Lenny Collini, also a Democrat, announced his candidacy for mayor after serving 12 years on council. Pennsylvania’s primary is May 18. Both candidates said they are friends and there’s not...
Covid vaccine recipients celebrate getting 2nd doses in New KensingtonVideo
Marian Cowan of New Kensington had one word for how getting her second covid vaccination shot feels: “Awesome.” “I don’t have to worry anymore,” said Cowan, 74. “I can see my great-granddaughter, who is coming for Easter.” Cowan and her father, Daniel Hawkins, 97, also of New Kensington, both got...
The Stroller, March 24, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s meetings, events and fundraisers in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Redemption Church to deliver free food for Easter dinner Redemption Church in Lower Burrell will deliver free food that can be cooked for Easter...
Fundraising effort underway for Springdale father and son left homeless after house fire
A GoFundMe page has been set up to help a Springdale family recover from a house fire. Firefighters from multiple departments responded to the two-alarm blaze around 2:30 p.m. Friday in the 300 block of Orchard Street. Robert Collier and his son, Kendall, lost a lot to the flames including...
Armstrong County commissioner throws hat in the ring for former state Rep. Pyle’s seat
Armstrong County Commissioners Chairman Don Myers is the second candidate to seek the Republican Party nomination to fill the seat of state Rep. Jeff Pyle. Pyle cited health reasons in announcing his retirement last week. Pyle was in his ninth term representing the 60th District, which includes parts of Armstrong,...
Aspinwall, Shaler police urge people to lock doors after recent thefts
A rash of thefts from cars and homes has local police urging people to lock their doors. It’s a reminder that’s issued often and is a frustrating problem because it is easily preventable, officers said. In Aspinwall, police responded to two incidents Monday, one a theft from a home and...
New Kensington-Arnold to offer students 4 days of in-person instruction
New Kensington-Arnold School District will extend in-person instruction to four days beginning April 6, according to a letter to district families from acting Superintendent Jon Banko. Banko said the decision to expand face-to-face instruction is supported by the school board, but he did not specify how that was done. “I...
Highlands closes Tarentum elementary school because of covid cases
Highlands School District has closed its elementary school in Tarentum because of covid cases. The district said in a notice on its website that positive cases at Highlands Elementary School “have resulted in a significant number of required quarantines.” District spokeswoman Jennifer Goldberg said there were three positive cases at...
Allegheny Township man to remain in jail pending trial on charges of multiple sexual assaults
An Allegheny Township man awaiting trial on charges he sexually assaulted five people will remain in jail after a Westmoreland County judge ruled Monday he was a potential danger to the community. Westmoreland County Common Pleas Court Judge Meagan Bilik DeFazio rejected a bond modification request from Eric Alan Wright...
