Valley News Dispatch category, Page 623

After Allegheny Township decided to hire an attorney to go after the Kiski Valley Water Pollution Control Authority for billing issues, the authority issued a statement accusing the township of attempting to “thwart the legislative process” of the 13-member community authority. In response to Allegheny Township’s allegations of being remiss...

Double the vendors, double the entertainment and double the attendance meant double the fun at the second annual Alle Kiski Strong Chamber of Commerce Wine and Beer Fest in New Kensington. “We have more community involvement this year,” Chamber Executive Director Lynda Pozzuto said. “I think the people of New...

The Fawn supervisors are asking residents to tell them if they own surveillance cameras. The idea is to capture images of people dumping garbage or committing crime in the township, Township Secretary Pam Ponsart said. Supervisors are asking camera owners to voluntarily register with the township by contacting Ponsart at...

It doesn’t take long looking at Tiffany Miller’s well-kept grave at Union Cemetery in Arnold to realize her death was a tragedy. Tiffany was 5 years old when she died 40 years ago in 1979. She might have said she was almost 6, her birthday coming in December. While her...

Along with produce and the deli bar, Fuel Perks and meat sales, Giant Eagle pharmacies across the region distributed millions of opioid painkillers as the epidemic ballooned and morphed, according to a Drug Enforcement Administration database. At the Brentwood Towne Square store, 3.4 million opioid pain pills were distributed over...

Nick Futules of Oakmont is being considered for reappointment to the Allegheny County Sports and Exhibition Authority. County Executive Rich Fitzgerald has submitted Futules for reappointment. Allegheny County Council must approve the move. Futules is county council vice president serves on numerous committees. He is co-owner of Futules Harmar House,...

A Butler County woman is accused of trying to hide a pill bottle containing suspected narcotics down her pants. Harrison police said they found the bottle on Crystal Rachele Pakutz, 26, after an officer pulled over a SUV she was in the parking lot of Bird Dog’s Sports Bar and...

Developer Brian Palumbo is hoping Harmar area residents will be “all washed up.” Palumbo was given unanimous support by supervisors Thursday for his plans to open the All Washed Up Auto Spa on Freeport Road near the Advance Auto Parts and Auto Zone sites. Supervisors gave Palumbo the OK about...

The Burrell School District on Nov. 11 will bring back Scarlett Lewis, the mother of a 6-year-old son who was one of 26 people killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., in 2012. Lewis will give a presentation open to the public about her story and Choose Love...

Crews with Greensburg-based Allegheny Restoration completed masonry work this week on the veterans’ Honor Roll memorial at Freeport and Springhill roads in Harrison. Over three days, the company removed mortar between the limestone memorial’s stones, repointed it, pressure washed it, replaced broken stone, applied caulking on its cap stones, and...

Highlands School District’s business manager has received a $3,000 performance bonus. The school board approved the payment to Lori Byron this week. School board President Debbie Beale said Superintendent Monique Mawhinney recommended the bonus for Byron. Mawhinney did not respond to request for comment through district spokeswoman Jennifer Goldberg. Beale...

Two men have been ordered to stand trial on charges of sexually assaulting a woman outside the Leechburg Elks this summer. District Judge James Andring dismissed an attempted rape charge against Justin James Beattie, 30, of Leechburg and Ethan Dempsey, 23, now of Greensburg However, Andring ordered the men to...

After a strong showing by parents last week, urging the school board to reverse its vote to renovate the Burrell High School stadium field with natural grass, the board Tuesday night agreed to seek contract bids for artificial turf as well. The decision is part of a renovation project at...

Harmar officials have received a state grant to help remove sediment from it streams as part of complying with its state-mandated Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) plan. The township received nearly $157,000 in state Watershed Restoration and Protection Program funding for stream bank restoration along Little Deer Creek. “We...

No children were hurt when a Highlands School District bus was involved in a crash on Freeport Road Wednesday afternoon, according to the district and Harrison police. The crash happened around 3:15 p.m. near Montana Avenue, police Chief Mike Klein said. Montana Avenue goes back to the district’s high school....