Valley News Dispatch category, Page 680
Bell Township woman will come to your house to groom, pamper your petVideo
A new dog and cat mobile grooming service offers pet pampering from the comfort of your home. Shampoodles Mobile Grooming, based in Bell Township, opened in April and provides full-service grooming options that include doggie facials. You heard that right — doggie facials. “I make my own homemade and natural...
Plum gas drilling meeting opened to public after brief protest
A private meeting between officials from local municipalities, the state Department of Environmental Protection and the oil and gas industry was made public after a protest. Members of Citizens 4 Plum and Protect PT (Penn-Trafford) rallied for a short time outside the Plum municipal building along New Texas Road Tuesday...
Construction on $18.2M Wesley Family Services complex starts in New KensingtonVideo
Site preparation work has started on the Pioneer Apartments complex being built by Wesley Family Services in a former parking lot between 10th and 11th streets and Fourth Avenue and Cherry Alley in New Kensington. The four-story, 36-unit building is expected to cost $18.2 million. Construction is expected to be...
CCAC inks agreement with Ohio University’s bachelor of science program in nursing
Students who graduate with an associate’s degree in nursing from the Community College of Allegheny County will have a new online option to pursue a bachelor of science degree in the future. CCAC officials and administrators from Ohio University are scheduled to sign an articulation agreement Thursday that would formalize...
Brackenridge decides to pave 3 streets this year
Brackenridge will try to pave three streets this summer with one being done in-house by borough workers. Paving projects for Sixth Avenue and Ohio Street will be advertised for bids using the borough’s liquid fuels money, according to a decision by council Thursday. Councilman John Stanzione, a member of the...
Allegheny Township ready to move ahead on municipal building renovations
Allegheny Township is ready to start improving and updating its municipal and public works buildings. A $2.4 million bond issue will be obtained, but the township can get the project started with up to $60,000 from its general fund. The money will be returned to the general fund once the...
Busy New Kensington intersection blocked after truck takes down pole, wires
Motorists ran into a rush-hour nightmare on Tarentum Bridge, Leechburg and Freeport roads Tuesday afternoon after a tractor-trailer knocked down power lines and a utility pole at the busy intersection of the roads in New Kensington. Police and emergency responders were redirecting traffic as far away as the Tarentum side...
Arnold mayor fined $10,000 for state ethics violations
Outgoing Arnold Mayor Karen Peconi has been fined $10,000 by the State Ethics Commission for violations of ethics laws during her time as a city official. The Ethics Commission ruled that Peconi violated state ethics laws when she intervened in her son’s application to the city’s police department and failed...
Allegheny Health Network to relocate urgent care services in New Kensington
Those needing medical care that doesn’t require a trip to a hospital emergency room will have a new option come July 1 in New Kensington. Allegheny Health Network will open an Express Care clinic at the United Physicians practice at 305 7th St., just across the street from the main...
Cash 5 ticket sold at New Kensington gas station splits $1.4 million jackpot
The good news: Someone who played the Pennsylvania Lottery Cash 5 at a New Kensington gas station matched all five balls drawn Monday. The bad news: Someone else did too. Two winners will split a $1.4 million jackpot after two tickets matched all five balls — 3-10-18-34-39. Each winner will...
Pair of crashes snarl morning commute on Route 28
Two crashes Tuesday along Route 28 slowed traffic in and out of Pittsburgh during the morning commute. Three vehicles crashed on Route 28 northbound in the area of the Highland Park Bridge about 8:45 a.m., according to officials. That crash caused some traffic delays. No one was injured, and the...
Community yard sale scheduled in Tarentum
Fans of flea markets have yet another reason to get up early in Tarentum. A new community yard sale is scheduled for 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 22 in Riverview Memorial Park. The first-time event is being sponsored by the borough’s Special Events Committee, according to council President Erika...
Longtime cake decorator a lovable staple at Lower Burrell’s Community SupermarketVideo
Editor’s note: Building the Valley tells stories of businesses big and small and the employees who make them special. If you know of any standout employees, bosses or companies with a great story to tell, contact reporter Madasyn Czebiniak at mczebiniak@tribweb.com. Brandy Tresco was studying to be a medical assistant...
Tarentum Bridge continues to attract peregrine falcons
It’s been said before, but something continues to be mighty attractive about the Tarentum Bridge to the peregrine falcon. The current pair is raising three young falcons in a special nest box under the bridge deck. This is the fourth time that the once endangered raptor has successfully raised young...
Judge denies accused cop killer Rahmael Holt’s request for outside jury
Jury selection in the capital murder trial of Rahmael Sal Holt will begin in Westmoreland County, but could be moved to another county if finding impartial jurors proves to be too difficult, a judge ruled Monday. Westmoreland County Common Pleas Court Judge Rita Hathaway rejected a defense request to move...
Vandergrift stuck with sunken sewer line repair
A large section of relatively new sewer line in Vandergrift sank, leaving the borough to pay for an unexpected and costly repair. Borough Engineer Lucien Bove told council last week the sewer line along Whittier Street in the Heights section of the borough apparently sank. Borough Manager Steve DelleDonne said...
Residents of 3 A-K Valley areas brainstorm for future
Hundreds of people have weighed in so far with ideas for a shared plan to improve neighboring Brackenridge, Tarentum and Harrison, according to municipal officials. The three communities in February began an anticipated $90,000 project to develop a joint comprehensive plan that spells out long-term goals and strategies for improving...
Fox Chapel Area congratulates the Class of 2019
Here is the Fox Chapel Area High School Class of 2019: Rudi Adamiak, Vaishavi Agrawal, Mattias Ahlers, Ujala Ahmad, Sara Alexander, Neriah Allison-Wood, Eli Amshel, Damien Anderson, Morgan Anderson, Daniel Andrud Elyse Armstrong, Margaret Aupke, James Avila, Abigail Baird, Ronald Baird, Catherine Balanquet, Jonathan Balanquet, Abigail Baldauf, Alec Becher, Nicholas...
Fox Chapel holds 58th annual commencement
The Fox Chapel Area School District held its 58th annual commencement Sunday at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall in Oakland. The Fox Chapel Area High School Class of 2019: Rudi Adamiak, Vaishavi Agrawal, Mattias Ahlers, Ujala Ahmad, Sara Alexander, Neriah Allison-Wood, Eli Amshel, Damien Anderson, Morgan Anderson, Daniel Andrud Elyse...
Jury selection begins in Armstrong sex abuse case involving former fire chief
Jury selection was scheduled to start Monday in an Armstrong County courtroom for one of the men accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old mentally disabled boy in 2016. Mark Alan Feeney, 56, who was a former chief of the East Franklin Volunteer Fire Department, is accused of statutory sexual assault,...
Shooting fireworks in Tarentum still a no-no despite new law, police chief says
Despite Pennsylvania’s new fireworks law, shooting them within Tarentum remains illegal, according to police Chief William Vakulick. Since October 2017, residents age 18 and over can buy, possess and use consumer fireworks. State lawmakers changed the law to raise more money for the state. But because of its building density,...
World War II fighter pilot, retired Leechburg eye doctor promotes recycling, renewable energyVideo
Editor’s note: This is part of an occasional series that features Alle-Kiski Valley residents and the notable things that they do. Dr. Arthur Duppstadt owes most of his life to the French. The now-retired optometrist from Leechburg was 20 when his P-51 Mustang, a single-seat fighter plane, was shot down...
Experts: Allegheny Township fracking case highlights importance of local elections
In Pennsylvania, if a local government decides to open up Marcellus shale drilling throughout a community, even a residential area, it might not be challenged in court because of a recent, precedent-setting case in Allegheny Township. The courts didn’t buy the role of local governments as environmental stewards when it...
Tarentum plans 4 more ‘Trash to Treasure’ markets
More trash, more treasure. Tarentum’s first “Trash to Treasure” flea market was so successful that the borough’s Recreation Board has scheduled four more for this year. The markets will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 21, Aug. 18, Sept. 15 and Oct. 20 in the parking lots...
Alle-Kiski Valley Catholics take proposed change to Lord’s Prayer in strideVideo
While Pope Francis has proposed changes to the Lord’s Prayer, it’s going to be a while before parishioners in the Alle-Kiski Valley change the words they recite. A new translation endorsed by Francis changes the penultimate petition in the Lord’s Prayer — “and lead us not into temptation” — to...
