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The Valley News Dispatch is compiling a list of autumn events and Halloween parades, parties and trick-or-treat nights. Send information to cpinto-smith@triblive.com. Drive-through food distribution set for Tuesday at Pittsburgh Mills Allegheny Valley Association of Churches and the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank will host a drive-through food distribution for...

Lower Burrell officials want help from a Westmoreland Cares Municipal Grant to pay for covid-19 expenses. Municipalities in Westmoreland County are eligible for the grant, which covers unbudgeted, covid-19-related expenses from March 1 to Oct. 1. The grants are paid for from relief monies from state and federal government agencies....

The Valley News Dispatch is compiling a list of autumn events and Halloween parades, parties and trick-or-treat nights. Send information to cpinto-smith@triblive.com. Turkey Trot to aid youth group The Kiski Valley Turkey Trot 5K Race to benefit Kiski Area Youth Network will be Thanksgiving, Nov. 26 at Kunkle Park, 985...

It’s been just over a year since Springdale Township commissioners approved merging the township’s police department with Cheswick’s to create the Allegheny Valley Regional Police Department. The merger appears to be going smoothly with consolidation bringing more efficient policing. Both municipalities contribute equally to the department’s roughly $450,000 annual budget,...

A New Kensington man accused of selling a dose of fentanyl-laced heroin to a Natrona man who died of an overdose two years ago was acquitted Friday. A Westmoreland County jury deliberated more than three hours before it found Adrian Morris, 23, not guilty of drug delivery resulting in death...

A three-story mural will grace a gateway to New Kensington, and residents have one last chance this weekend to take part in creating it. A third and likely final “paint day” for the community mural will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday outside of Voodoo Brewery, 956...

Mike Polimadei’s newest business venture was all inspired by his Nerf gun loving son. Polimadei said his 12-year-old son Roman was the driving force behind his desire to open Turf Attack, an indoor Nerf gun arena at the Pittsburgh Mills mall in Frazer. “He has a million Nerf guns,” Polimadei...

Freeport Area School District on Thursday voted to allow students in-person instruction four days a week, with Fridays serving as an online instruction day. The plan will go into effect on Oct. 13. Students were previously learning in a hybrid model, in which they could be in-person twice a week....

Millions of dollars soon will be in the coffers of local fire departments, rescue and ambulance services to help offset the negative impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on fundraising. About 90 Westmoreland County fire departments are getting more than $2 million. Fourteen EMS agencies in the county are set to...

Residents along Dewey Drive in Upper Burrell don’t want a proposed Dollar General store at Route 780 and Dewey, although supervisors told upset residents Wednesday night there’s little they can do. The land proposed for the store is in a C-1 district known as a commercial neighborhood service zone, which...

The Valley News Dispatch is compiling a list of autumn events and Halloween parades, parties and trick-or-treat nights. Send information to cpinto-smith@triblive.com. Campfire ghost story events planned in Allegheny County parks Allegheny County Parks Department will host four nights of Campfire Ghost Stories during October. All events begin at 7...

Adult recreational hockey league players and referees said Thursday a player who allegedly assaulted a referee in an adult league game at Pittsburgh Ice Arena in New Kensington should be dealt with harshly. The incident happened Friday at the Craigdell Road arena. Jeremy Gregory Gilbert, 43, of Buffalo Township was...

Summary offenses for three men who West Deer police say damaged sports fields at two township parks last year by driving on them in a pickup were dismissed earlier this week, according to online court records. Court records show criminal mischief charges brought against Ethan Adamiak, 19, Devin Andrew Colucci,...

A former Oklahoma Borough man told a Westmoreland County jury he knew he couldn’t stick around after he and another man left their unconscious friend across the front seats of his pickup parked in the New Kensington Taco Bell parking lot two years ago. Keith Klingensmith testified he didn’t know...

As the pandemic rushed in only a few months ahead of farm market season, Lower Burrell farm market organizers knew it wouldn’t be the same. No more picnic tables for the public to eat homemade pie bought by the slice, all with live music nearby. Bud Myers, a member of...

Oakmont Chamber of Commerce and borough businesses want to do their part to ensure children have a safe and spooky Halloween. The chamber is hosting a trick-or-treat event from 5-7 p.m. Oct. 29 along Allegheny River Boulevard. Many shops from College to Pennsylvania avenues will have candy for children, and...

A Buffalo Township man attacked a hockey referee at Pittsburgh Ice Arena in New Kensington after the referee called a holding penalty against him, police said. New Kensington police charged Jeremy Gregory Gilbert, 43, of Buffalo Township with assault on a sports official, a first-degree misdemeanor, in which they say...

To have your event listed, send information to Carol Pinto-Smith, Valley News Dispatch, 210 Wood St., Tarentum, PA 15084; or email cpinto-smith@triblive.com. Community events Trick-or-treat and events open only to residents of the designated community include: • Allegheny Township: 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 31 • Apollo: Trick-or-treat: 6 to...

The Valley News Dispatch is compiling a list of autumn events and Halloween parades, parties and trick-or-treat nights. Send information to cpinto-smith@triblive.com. Food and fireworks to be featured Saturday in Arnold Arnold Fire Department No. 1 will host a food truck and fireworks event from 4 to 9 p.m. Saturday...

The lawyer for a New Kensington man charged in the sale of a fatal dose of fentanyl-laced heroin attempted Wednesday to shift blame for the overdose that killed a Natrona man who was found a fast-food restaurant parking lot. The man on trial for the death of John Charlton Jr....