Plum/Oakmont

Need to find something to do in Plum and Oakmont this week? Here are some suggestions:Riverview High School band boosters will host their annual Pie Night starting at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Riverside Park. Pies will be served next to the concession stands at the field. Cost is $3 per...

Single-lane restrictions are expected to take place along Hulton Road in Oakmont the next few months. PennDOT officials said M&B Services will install Americans with Disabilities Act compliant curb cut ramps on the state road between Allegheny Avenue and Twelfth Street in the borough Monday through late October. Work will...

A new website, app, police officer, facilities director and assistant superintendent are just some of the new additions at Plum School District. Officials also rolled out a digital backpack complete with 2019-20 school year welcome letters and related information from administrators of each school. “We warmly encourage each of our...

Riverview School District officials have placed an emphasis on professional development to go along with student achievement this coming school year. High schoolers and Oakmont and Verona elementary students will enter their respective schools Aug. 27. A new collective bargaining agreement with the Riverview Education Association extended the working calendar...

Cleanup efforts continue in Plum after several July storms left feet of water in residents homes and washed away vehicles. “I’m physically, mentally and emotionally exhausted from all of this,” resident Linda Garlitz said Monday. “I had four feet of water in house.” The U.S. Small Business Administration declared a...

Plum Area Youth Soccer Club’s massive Kick-Off Classic soccer tournament is expected to go on as planned despite several storms flooding the fields. This year marks its 22nd annual installment with 210 teams from across Western Pennsylvania and parts of West Virginia registered to play Aug. 23-25. The main fields...

A road that bisects a section of Boyce Park in Plum will be closed for three weeks for “emergency drainage repairs,” Allegheny County Department of Public Works said Tuesday. Spring Miller Road will close from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays between Pierson Run and Old Frankstown roads. Traffic is...

The Riverview School District is finishing up projects as it prepares for the first day of school on Aug. 27. “As the district strives to use preventative maintenance, protect our investment, gain efficiency and meet safety needs, we’ve been working hard this summer to complete necessary and important capital improvement...

The U.S. Small Business Administration has helped dozens of Allegheny County residents seeking flood relief, and applications still are available. The SBA declared the county a disaster area after communities were hit with flooding on July 21 and 22. Rainstorms were reported to have dumped an average of 3 inches...