Valley News Dispatch category, Page 593
Free hotel rooms, boxed lunches, child care money available to hospital workers via St. Margaret Foundation
The foundation that supports UPMC St. Margaret hospital announced Wednesday that it is offering free hotel room stays to workers afraid of spreading covid-19 to their loved ones by bringing the highly contagious disease home. The temporary housing option, now available to certain employees who may have been exposed to...
Harmar company that makes hemp- and algae-based medicines adds hand sanitizerVideo
Another local company has whipped up a new “craft” hand sanitizer in travel-size bottles to donate to the homeless, local police and others. Thar Process follows others including Wigle Whiskey, which has converted production facilities in the Strip District to produce the much in-demand product during the covid-19 pandemic. Thar...
8-year-old girl had a ‘beeping’ good birthday in Leechburg
Annabella Galiber wasn’t able to celebrate her birthday in typical fashion this week. But with a little help from the community, it still was special. A pink sign outside Casey Davis’ Leechburg home asked passing motorists to toot their horns to help Annabella celebrate her eighth birthday on Monday. And...
The Stroller, April 1, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
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The Stroller, March 31, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
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New Kensington’s Animal Protectors works through coronavirus constraintsVideo
Animal Protectors of Allegheny Valley is temporarily off limits to walk-in traffic because of coronavirus concerns, but the New Kensington shelter is continuing to do adoptions by appointment. Construction of the shelter’s nearly completed new home along Church Street, however, has ceased because of the state’s orders to stop nonessential...
Western Pa. clergy send signs of hope to their communitiesVideo
As churches refrain from holding gatherings during this time of coronavirus precautions, we asked clergy for messages they would like to send to their parishioners. Rev. James Arter of First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Leechburg, Msgr. Michael Begolly of Mount Saint Peter in New Kensington and Rev. Greg Spencer of...
The Stroller, March 30, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
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The Stroller, March 29, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
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The Stroller, March 28, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
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Lower Burrell parks closed after public doesn’t adhere to social distancing
Lower Burrell parks are closed until further notice because of coronavirus concerns. City police posted the announcement Friday on the department’s Facebook page. “Due to instances in which individuals utilizing our parks have not been following the (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) social distancing recommended guidelines, we have to...
Woman hospitalized after motorcycle crash in Tarentum
A woman was taken to a local hospital Friday night with a head injury suffered in a motorcycle crash in Tarentum. Police and EMS responded to the single-vehicle crash in the 400 block of East Seventh Avenue shortly after 9:30 p.m. Police said the driver, a black man, fled on...
Family Video in New Kensington to permanently close
Family Video in New Kensington will permanently close shortly after it, and other non-life-sustaining businesses in Pennsylvania, reopen. All Family Video locations companywide were closed Monday due to the coronavirus pandemic. There are about 18 locations in Pennsylvania, four in eastern Ohio and more than 550 in 20 states and...
Adapting: Harrison family livestreams concerts from their living room to cope with pandemic
Editor’s note: Adapting is a regular series spotlighting the ways a global pandemic is changing the everyday lives of people in Western Pennsylvania. Christa Beck could not stop sharing music. It’s what she has always done as an instructor with Kindermusik, a children’s music education program. The covid-19 pandemic and...
Bouquet Park Pool to close for season, perhaps permanently
The board members of Bouquet Park Pool were frantically trying to sell memberships so they could open the pool this year, but the spread of covid-19 will close the pool for the season and perhaps permanently. The private, nonprofit community pool in Springdale Township has operated since 1965. In recent...
2 firefighters injured trying to save West Deer teen from fatal blaze
Two firefighters who responded to a two-alarm house fire Thursday in West Deer suffered minor injuries trying to rescue the teenage girl who was trapped inside, a fire chief said. Dayanna Shaffer, 14, reported the fire by calling 911 from an upstairs bedroom about 9:15 a.m., said Josh Wiegand, fire...
The Stroller, March 27, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
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Upper Burrell and Burrell School District reap more than $460,000 on Arconic deed transfer
The realty transfer tax from the split of Arconic Inc. will result in a $922,000 windfall for the coffers of Upper Burrell, the Burrell School District and the state. Arconic Inc. is planning to separate into two publicly traded companies April 1. As a result, ownership of the company’s property...
Highlands student meals changing to weekly distribution
Highlands School District will start distributing student meals weekly beginning next week, with the Highlands Partnership Network continuing to supplement district efforts. The school district, which had been providing breakfast and lunch daily, will change to a weekly distribution starting Monday and for the remainder of the school closure, the...
Gene Freeman out as Fox Chapel Area superintendent on March 31
Fox Chapel Area Superintendent Gene Freeman will leave his post in five days, ending a relationship that has grown increasingly tenuous in recent months. Freeman reached a mutual separation agreement with the school board which allows him to depart nearly three months ahead of his scheduled resignation on June 12....
Allegheny County orders more portable toilets as park visits soar
Parks across Western Pennsylvania have seen a surge in visitors during the coronavirus pandemic, and at several Allegheny County parks that’s been particularly evident. More people in the parks has translated into a greater need for portable toilets. Allegheny County officials asked vendors to provide more of the toilets and...
14-year-old girl dies in West Deer house fireVideo
Authorities who responded Thursday morning to a two-alarm house fire in West Deer were unable to get inside to rescue a teenage girl because the flames were too intense and part of the building had collapsed, officials said. The girl, identified by her father as 14-year-old Dayanna Shaffer, reported the...
Religion Digest: Online worship services in the Alle-Kiski Valley
The following churches are offering online services. Click on the link to go to the stream. • Allegheny Valley Church of God streams services at 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sundays at facebook.com/carmen.butler3 and on the Cobutler1 channel on YouTube • Christ Lutheran Church of Millvale will have online sermons...
Lower Burrell police seek help identifying persons of interest in recent thefts
Lower Burrell police seek help identifying persons of interest in a series of thefts from unlocked cars. Police said the thefts occurred late Saturday into Sunday, but did not specify on what streets. Surveillance videos posted on the department’s Facebook page show three people walking around pulling on door handles...
Freeport Area reports high school coronavirus case
A member of the Freeport Area High School community has tested positive for infection with the coronavirus, according to the school district. Superintendent Ian Magness reported the case in a letter to district families and residents posted Wednesday on the district website. Magness said that “the person in question was...
