Valley News Dispatch category, Page 63

Demolition of the former power plant in Springdale is nearing its end — and residents will have a chance to learn more about those plans during a public meeting Monday. Springdale Police, property owner Charah Solutions and demolition contractor B&B Wrecking will host a community meeting at 5 p.m. Monday...

Burrell School District administrators intend to revisit a scheduling plan at Bon Air Elementary as the school prepares to house an additional grade next year. The Bon Air Task Force – composed of about 20 staff members and parents charged with reviewing the school’s building plans and schedules prior to...

A section of Milltown Road in Penn Hills closed since early December is expected to reopen on Friday, a PennDOT spokeswoman said. PennDOT closed Milltown between Newfield Drive, not far from Community Market, and Hulton Road, near JD Auto Body, on Dec. 3 while crews repaired two slides. The two-lane...

It turns out even Starbucks couldn’t wait for its New Kensington cafe to open. After first saying the store built in Riverview Plaza on Tarentum Bridge Road would open Feb. 25, it actually opened Friday — Valentine’s Day. ”The anticipated opening date for this location was Feb. 25; however, the...

Fox Chapel Area High School junior Kelly Dayton doesn’t fancy herself a chef, but she never misses the chance to help prep a meal at Roots of Faith in Sharpsburg. The 17-year-old pencils in one Thursday each month to plate home-cooked dinners and serve them to dozens of people who...

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If the longstanding Heights Plaza Shopping Center in Harrison is going to survive, it has to change with the times. At least that’s how the plaza’s owner, New York-based Benbrooke Realty Investment Co., sees it as it plans to demolish part of the almost 70-year-old shopping center to make room...

A Westmoreland County judge told an Arnold teen he should look to new Vice President JD Vance for inspiration. Common Pleas Judge Christopher Feliciani said Vance’s story portrayed in his book, “Hillbilly Elegy,” and a subsequent movie adaptation showing the vice president’s difficult upbringing was something Ikquan Hassain Amid Lynn,...

Cleanup continued Tuesday at the site of a hydraulic fluid spill into the Allegheny River in Lower Burrell. The state Department of Environmental Protection is overseeing work at the Braeburn Alloy Steel facility, where the fluid leaked from a containment area at the plant and into the river Monday afternoon....

Just when Burrell School District officials thought they had a building plan at Huston Middle School to accommodate an additional grade level there next year, a dry run two weeks ago led them to reconsider. A maintenance issue at Stewart Elementary School on Jan. 23 had its fifth graders spend...

Steve Senjan and his wife, Jamie, never really liked Valentine’s Day. “You shouldn’t need a special day to show someone you love them or do something nice for them,” Senjan said. “You should be doing it a little more often than that.” Then it’s no surprise that, after opening the...

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Hydraulic fluid was released into the Allegheny River from Braeburn Alloy Steel in Lower Burrell on Monday afternoon, prompting warnings to downriver water suppliers, according to emergency officials. Two passersby reported seeing the sheen along the Westmoreland shore of the river, and Lower Burrell firefighters responded around 3 p.m., fire...

An Arnold teenager who has been in jail for the past three years as he awaited trial for the attempted murder of five people in 2021 pleaded guilty Monday to lesser charges. Ikquan Hassain Amid Lynn, 18, told a Westmoreland County judge it was in his best interest to admit...

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The message at Sunday’s annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. memorial service was a lesson of loving one another, and living into one’s faith and in the present. “We are called to help the poor in financial resources, as well as the poor in spirit,” said guest speaker The Rev....

Here is a weekly look at recent images captured throughout the Alle-Kiski Valley. From major news events to routine gatherings, TribLive’s “Scenes from the Valley” photo package brings to life activities and moments happening in your backyard. To have a photo considered as a “Scenes from the Valley” candidate, please...

A miniature world revolves around 12-year-old Tristan Eberle in the basement of his grandparents’ Harrison home. His train display fills up half the room, and even then, it’s only just enough space for several circular railways, a turntable and dozens of buildings. The citizens of this shrunken town have access...

Mardelle Kopnicky remembers a time years ago that she and her husband, Patrick, were at Harrison Hills Park when a young boy asked them an interesting question. He asked if the couple — who, over the years, advocated for and spearheaded improvements at the 500-acre park in Harrison — if...

Armstrong County Senior Centers Apollo Monday: 10 a.m., cards. Wednesday: noon, site council meeting. Thursday: 10 a.m., free bingo. Friday: 10 a.m., Outdoor Discovery program. Hours: 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. weekdays. Details: Charlotte at 800-368-1066 or Amy at 724-478-1410. The center is at 707A N. Fifth St., Apollo. Freeport...

The Schiano di Cola family wants to give back to the school and community that’s meant so much to them. The family is establishing a scholarship in the late Domenico Schiano di Cola’s memory that will run in perpetuity at St. Joseph High School in Harrison. It’s his alma mater...

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The Allegheny Valley Regional Police Department’s budget increased by 5% this year — but it still costs its member communities less than what they were paying for their individual departments years ago. Cheswick, East Deer and Springdale Township each will pay about $272,000 toward the regional police force this year....

Sharpsburg will be adding new parking enforcement tools for the police department this year. Council unanimously voted on Jan. 23 to approve the purchase of two handheld devices from T2 Services Inc. The devices will electronically populate information by scanning a license plate and printing out waterproof tickets. Those tickets...