Valley News Dispatch category, Page 513
The Stroller, Feb. 25, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s meetings, Easter events and fundraisers 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 in Leechburg A free drive-thru food distribution will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Leechburg Fire Hall grounds,...
Lower Burrell community group planning short St. Patrick’s Day parade March 6
In a time when pandemic restrictions have canceled numerous parades and events, a Lower Burrell community group looking to spread a little cheer is planning a St. Patrick’s Day parade March 6. Featuring fire trucks and community groups, the parade route is less than a mile long. The stripped-down event,...
Apollo to hold in-person council meeting at new location; vacancy ordinance to be considered
Apollo Council will hold its first in-person public meeting in months on Thursday, and one of the issues to be discussed will be a proposed vacancy ordinance. Mayor Cindee Virostek is among the happiest of meeting attendees at the new location, the spacious Apollo Volunteer Fire Company No. 2 Fire...
AHN covid vaccination clinic targets marginalized patients in New KensingtonVideo
Getting a needle stuck in her arm felt like normalcy coming back for Doris Hardy. Hardy, 69, of New Kensington was one of about 350 people who received their first dose of the Moderna covid-19 vaccine during a clinic Wednesday at Allegheny Valley Hospital’s outpatient center in New Kensington, the...
Tarentum body, motorcycle builder takes on New Kensington gymVideo
A Tarentum man couldn’t let the gym he loves go away, so he bought it. Men and women, young and old; those who lift weights or just walk the indoor track have been coming back since Billy Cheesman fixed up the gym in the upper level of the Pittsburgh Ice...
New Kensington man accused of hitting woman, officer breaking up fight
A New Kensington man is charged with striking a police officer who was trying to break up a fight Monday night. New Kensington police charged Lawrence Eugene Meyer Jr., 58, with aggravated assault, simple assault and resisting arrest. According to a criminal complaint against Meyer, police went to the 400...
Arnold felon charged with pointing gun at woman over argument about $60
An Arnold man, who is prohibited from having a gun because of his criminal record, is charged with pointing a gun at a woman and choking her. Arnold police charged Michael Guin, 23, on Tuesday with aggravated assault, strangulation and simple assault. The victim and a state probation officer reported...
The Stroller, Feb. 24, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s meetings, fundraisers and community events in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Canned food drive to benefit food bank Tarentum Recreation Board and Allegheny Valley Association of Churches is conducting a canned food drive through...
Kiski Township police: Men charged after showing up at station drunk to discuss earlier incident
Police in Kiski Township say two men were drunk and upset when they showed up at the police station Sunday morning to discuss an earlier incident involving them in which police had not filed charges. Charges were filed against both men, however, in connection with the visit to the police...
Murder charge upheld in Arnold shooting case
A Westmoreland County judge rejected a defense request to dismiss second-degree murder and robbery charges against a Butler woman implicated in the 2019 shooting death of an Armstrong County man in Arnold. Common Pleas Court Judge Christopher Feliciani ruled prosecutors have presented enough evidence to allow the murder case against...
Kiski Township man charged with strangulation, assault
A Kiski Township man is charged with assaulting a woman in her bed. Joshua Reilly, 36, faces a felony strangulation charge and misdemeanor charges of simple assault and reckless endangerment stemming from an incident Sunday evening. In court papers, Kiski Township Officer Daniel Clark Jr. said he responded to a...
ATI, Steelworkers continue talks as extended contract’s end nears
A one-year contract extension for Allegheny Technologies Inc.’s 1,300 United Steelworkers members expires Sunday, but there has been no talk of a strike or lockout, according to the union local president representing workers at ATI’s Brackenridge facility in Harrison. “We all want to get this wrapped up,” said Todd Barbiaux,...
The Stroller, Feb. 23, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s meetings, fundraisers and community events in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Highlands plans annual Early Childhood Fair Highlands School District will host the annual Kindergarten and Pre-K Counts Registration and Early Childhood Fair March...
Plum Rotary partners with Pittsburgh area charity to collect socks for the homeless
Plum Rotary partnered with a Pittsburgh nonprofit to procure new socks for the city’s homeless population. The borough’s inaugural sock drive is slated for March 1 through April 5. It is in support of Socks with a Mission (SWAM), a charity founded last February by Amy Wetterau and her daughter,...
People turned away from Leechburg food distribution because delivery truck a no-show
More than 50 people who lined up Saturday to receive free food in Leechburg went home empty-handed. A drive-thru food distribution, sponsored by Kiski Valley Community Church in partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farmers to Families Food Box program and the nonprofit Convoy of Hope, was canceled this...
O’Hara seeking $770,000 from Allegheny County for stormwater upgrades
O’Hara council is seeking more than $770,000 in Allegheny County grants for stormwater projects across the township. Council green-lighted three applications to the county’s Community Infrastructure and Tourism Fund. They include: • $250,000 for the Greenwood Cemetery stormwater project. • $250,000 for the Epsilon Drive work. • $220,000 for a...
Countdown is on: 3 days until Chick-fil-A opens in O’Hara
Major buzz is surrounding the opening of Chick-fil-A in O’Hara this week, with hordes of hungry customers clamoring for waffle fries while others are voicing concern about traffic tangles from the fast food hot spot along Freeport Road. The nation’s top-rated food chain is set to open Thursday in a...
The Stroller, Feb. 22, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s meetings, fundraisers and community events in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Knead Community Café accepting donations Knead Community Café, New Kensington, welcomes donations to help with the daily operation of the café, 1011 Barnes...
Leechburg Area School District’s covid-19 cases continue to decline
Active covid-19 cases continue to decrease in the Leechburg Area School District. Superintendent Tiffany Nix said there have been no active cases reported since Feb. 12. The district added a covid tracker to its website earlier this month that displays the latest, year-to-date and inactive positive covid-19 cases for the...
Need eggs? New delivery service caters to Leechburg-area residentsVideo
A new local egg delivery service is available for Leechburg area residents. Kira Karpinski, 38, of Gilpin recently started a subscription egg home delivery service. She said she has a surplus of eggs from more than 20 varieties of hens on her farm and she was inspired to offer the...
Students design cardboard pig that can eat and more in new robotics class at Apollo-RidgeVideo
Apollo-Ridge student Amber Earnest’s drawing titled “Petting Zoo Pig” on cardboard is no ordinary swine. She devised a way to make its mouth move with the help of grant-supported equipment for the first robotics class at the high school. ABC Create, a regional collaboration of educators devoted to student technological...
Leechburg students learn about their emotions and how to handle themVideo
It’s been an emotional six weeks for some students at David Leech Elementary School in Leechburg. And that’s a good thing, said Erin Hettrich, elementary art teacher and co-organizer of Color Monster, a new collaborative student program spotlighting emotional and mental health. “This has been a difficult school year full...
VALarena rolls on with nearly $5,250 raised by community so it can reopen Friday
After an 11-month closure, the VALarena skating rink in North Apollo will reopen Friday, aided by nearly $5,250 raised by the community. A local institution for 70 years, the VALarena, which stands for Vandergrift, Apollo and Leechburg arena, shut down at the beginning of the covid-19 pandemic early last year...
The Stroller, Feb. 21, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s meetings, fundraisers and community events in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. East Vandergrift parish conducting raffle for beef, gift cards, freezer Our Lady, Queen of Peace Parish is selling raffle tickets for a Half...
Kiski Township man charged with stealing ATVs, other off-road vehicles from several locations
A Kiski Township man is charged with stealing multiple all-terrain and recreational vehicles and a truck from his former employer. Dominic Albert Hayward, 24, was arraigned Friday on felony charges including burglary, theft, and receiving stolen property in Kiski Township as well as on Butler, Westmoreland and Armstrong counties and...
