Valley News Dispatch category, Page 543
Tarentum renews contract with Waste Management for 1 year
Tarentum residents won’t pay more for garbage collection next year, although the borough will. Council voted 5-0 Thursday to approve a one-year contract extension with its current hauler, Waste Management, for 2021. Council members Adam Blythe and Erika Josefoski were absent. Borough Manager Michael Nestico said the per-ton cost to...
Veterans Day events planned in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Veterans Day events are planned in the Alle-Kiski Valley. They include: Leechburg A brief ceremony to dedicate the veterans’ banners in the borough will be at noon Thursday at Freedom Square along Market Street. The Rev. Gary Lyon will be the speaker, and the Leechburg High School Band will perform...
Women of Alle Kiski Engaging collecting donations for women in need
When most people have a headache, they go into a medicine cabinet and open a bottle of pain reliever. But what if you don’t have a medicine cabinet or a bottle of pain reliever? For women escaping domestic violence or an abusive relationship, they may only have the clothes on...
The Stroller, Nov. 6, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Is your church or organization going to host a food drive or free Thanksgiving Dinner? Send information to The Stroller as soon as possible to vndnews@tribweb.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Drive-thru food drive to benefit Freeport Food Bank Freeport Area High School Key Club will sponsor a drive-thru...
Kiski Area veterans celebration goes virtual
Kiski Area School District’s annual Veterans Day celebration will go on despite covid-19 and public health restrictions. This year, though, it will take place online. “It’s too important not to do,” said Dan Smith, assistant principal at Kiski Area Upper Elementary School. Smith said the district knew about four or...
Men to stand trial on drug, assault charges in connection with Frazer incident
The commonwealth has dimissed a felony aggravated assault charge filed against a Wilkinsburg man accused of beating up a woman in a Frazer hotel room last month, according to online court records. Michael Joseph Battaglia, 44, was ordered to stand trial on felony and misdemeanor drug charges and misdemeanor charges...
Highlands High School students to return to building next week, superintendent says
Highlands School District plans to have students return to its high school for classes on Monday, Superintendent Monique Mawhinney said Thursday. The district closed the high school and canceled all after-school activities this week after a covid-19 case resulted in a significant number of required quarantines. Greensburg Salem Superintendent Gary...
Leechburg’s Pink Day raises $27K for breast cancer research despite cancellation of major fundraiser
The founder of a Leechburg fundraiser for breast cancer research managed to raise nearly as much money this year as she did last year, despite having to cancel this year’s major fundraising event because of the covid-19 pandemic. Leechburg’s Sherry Price, the founder and organizer of Pink Day, recently donated...
MAWC’s Avonmore plant upgrades are final step to address DEP corrective action plan
The Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County secured a $1.2 million loan and $1.8 million grant from the federal government that will allow it to upgrade its Avonmore plant at no cost to customers. The $3.1 million project, funded through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Services, includes the construction...
The Stroller, Nov. 5, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Is your church or organization going to host a food drive or free Thanksgiving Dinner? Send information to The Stroller as soon as possible to vndnews@tribweb.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Harrison church to offer holiday grief support session Christ Our Hope Anglican Church, Harrison, will offer, “Surviving the...
Plum School District approves new deal with its food services department
Plum School District officials recently inked a new three-year deal with their food service workers. The previous contract expired in June. The new deals runs through this school year and the next two. District Business Manager John Zahorchak said the five cook managers and 25 other food service workers will...
Oakmont’s Carrie DelRosso holds small lead over House Minority Leader Frank Dermody
A first-term Republican councilwoman from Oakmont held a small lead Friday over House Minority Leader Frank Dermody with thousands of votes yet to be counted in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties. The state’s unofficial election results on Thursday showed Carrie DelRosso’s early lead tighten to a margin of just 4 percentage...
New Kensington-Arnold students will return to schools next week, superintendent says
New Kensington-Arnold School District will resume in-person instruction for students on Monday, Acting Superintendent Jon Banko said Wednesday. The district moved all students to remote instruction for the week of Nov. 2 on the advice of state officials citing Westmoreland County as having a substantial rate of community coronavirus spread....
New Kensington man reported missing at Slippery Rock University
A New Kensington man has been reported missing in Butler County. Gregory Jones, 21, is a junior computing major at Slippery Rock University, university spokesman Robb King said. Jones was last seen on campus Oct. 25. He was driving a dark purple 2004 Lexus; King did not know the exact...
Aspinwall awarded $537,000 from ALCOSAN for Western Avenue sewer project
The Western Avenue sewer project in Aspinwall will be paid in large part with money from the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority (ALCOSAN). The borough has been awarded $537,199 through ALCOSAN’s GROW program, marking the third time the authority has prioritized stormwater overflow projects in Aspinwall. Work is expected to start...
Tarentum mom delivers baby — and votes from hospital
Megan Walker gave birth to a son on Monday. On Tuesday, Walker told her medical team at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital in Oakland that she needed to be released in time to vote. She didn’t have to worry about making it to her polling place in Tarentum. The ballot was delivered...
The Stroller, Nov. 4, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Is your church or organization going to host a food drive or free Thanksgiving Dinner? Send information to The Stroller as soon as possible to vndnews@tribweb.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Christopher’s Light seeking coat donations Christopher’s Light children’s charity is collecting new and gently-used coats for local children....
Republican challenger leads longtime incumbent state Rep. Joe Petrarca
Republican challenger Jason Silvis maintained a 6-point lead over 13-term incumbent state Rep. Joe Petrarca on Thursday morning in Pennsylvania’s 55th state House District, according to unofficial and incomplete returns. Silvis, a film stuntman, has collected 53.1% of the votes counted compared with Petrarca’s 46.9%, a margin of about 1,800...
Fire displaces 5 Harmar residents
The Allegheny County Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating a blaze that displaced five Harmar residents. Flames erupted in a garage at 241 Sweet Gum Road shorty after 9 p.m. Tuesday. Firefighters from several nearby communities were able to knock it down in about an hour and limit the damage to...
Ziccarelli holds slight lead in attempt to unseat Pa. Sen. Jim Brewster in race for 45th District
Republican challenger Nicole Ziccarelli maintained a slim lead over incumbent state Sen. Jim Brewster in a race for Pennsylvania’s 45th State Senate District, according to incomplete and unofficial election results. Ziccarelli had received 50.67% of the 124,396 votes counted, leading Brewster by 1,658 votes. Early election returns Tuesday night showed...
Incumbent state Sen. Joe Pittman overwhelms Democratic challenger Tony DeLoreto
State Sen. Joe Pittman, R-Indiana, collected three times as many votes as his Democratic challenger in his bid for reelection, according to unofficial returns Wednesday. To make matters worse for challenger Tony DeLoreto, the Indiana restaurateur was recently diagnosed with covid-19 and could not go to the polls or conduct...
Lower Burrell considering tax hike in early budget talks
After two budget workshops, Lower Burrell officials are looking at a possible real estate tax increase for the coming year. Specifics are not yet available as city council continues to work through city departmental budgets looking for places to cut, said Chris Fabry, the city councilman who head ups the...
Lower Burrell wants to raise property taxes by 8.7%
Lower Burrell Council wants to raise real estate taxes by 8.7% in its 2021 budget. Council will vote on the preliminary budget at its meeting Monday, Nov. 9. The city’s proposed 2-mill real estate tax hike would translate into a nearly $40 annual increase for the average home, which is...
Route 28 shoulder closures in effect through Thursday in O’Hara, Harmar
PennDOT announced Tuesday that drilling operations on Route 28 in O’Hara and Harmar have begun and will continue through Thursday, weather permitting. During the drilling operations, shoulder restrictions will occur in both directions of Route 28. Crews from Armstrong Drilling will conduct the work from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m....
The Stroller, Nov. 3, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Is your church or organization going to host a food drive or free Thanksgiving Dinner? Send information to The Stroller as soon as possible to vndnews@tribweb.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Clothing, household collection to benefit women in need Women of Alle-Kiski Engaging, a division of the Alle Kiski...
