Dillon Carr stories, Page 15
Tanisha Long is building a Black Lives Matter movement for all of Southwestern Pa.
Tanisha Long’s voice was still hoarse two days after leading and organizing a peaceful Black Lives Matter rally at Point State Park on June 7. “It’s my protesty voice. Just part of it, I guess,” she said. She then moved on to the topic of the day: how and why...
Portion of Aber Road in Penn Hills closed due to water main break
Officials closed a residential road in Penn Hills on Thursday morning after a water main broke and caused damage to the street and a house, according to a tweet from Allegheny County. Aber Road remains closed from Harvest Drive to Grove Road. The road is located within the municipality’s Nadine...
Black Lives Matter protest scheduled in Monroeville
A Black Lives Matter protest has been scheduled along William Penn Highway in Monroeville. According to a photo of a flyer with details about the protest, it will occur from 1 to 6 p.m. Tuesday “in the streets between Chick-fil-A and Chipotle.” “Bring signs and your voice! It’s our weapon....
Residents at Seneca Manor offer advice to the Penn Hills class of 2020
When a handful of elderly residents living at a Penn Hills assisted living facility heard about local high school seniors’ troubles brought on by covid-19, they decided to offer some encouragement through the lens of decades of experience. “I think it’s making them realize that life is hard right now...
Why I protest: Pittsburgh-area residents who march for racial justice explain why
George Floyd was killed Memorial Day after a confrontation with a Minneapolis police officer. Floyd was black. The police officer, Derek Chauvin, is white. His death prompted large protests in cities of all sizes across the country, including in Pittsburgh and Greensburg. Thousands of residents from Western Pennsylvania have joined...
Several malls, like Pittsburgh Mills, open Friday, but Westmoreland, Monroeville waiting until Tuesday
Several malls in the region, including the Pittsburgh Mills mall in Frazer, reopened their doors to shoppers on Friday, but two malls have decided to delay reopening for four days. Westmoreland Mall in Hempfield and Monroeville mall, both owned by CBL Properties, are scheduled to reopen Tuesday, a spokeswoman said....
‘Running slowly:’ June council meeting in Penn Hills canceled
A Penn Hills council meeting originally scheduled for June 15 has been canceled. Mayor Pauline Calabrese said canceling meetings during the summer months is common, when agendas are light and there are no ordinances up for a vote. “There’s just not a lot of issues and items,” she said. “And...
Pittsburgh police seek public’s help in identifying 2nd riot suspect
The Pittsburgh Bureau of Police said they are looking to identify another man shown in social media destroying a police car during protests outside of PPG Paints Arena on Saturday. Police did not characterize the unidentified man’s involvement in destroying the police SUV. “Police want to speak to him regarding...
Video of unity during East Liberty protest goes viralVideo
It was 5 p.m. on the dot Monday. Up ahead was a Home Depot store and a Goodyear mechanics shop with masked customers coming in and out. Behind was Eastminster Presbyterian Church. All around were hundreds of protesters taking a knee, raising their fists. Clear, blue skies. Birds chirped. Helicopters...
Gateway’s 2020 grads mark their day in Monroeville Mall parking lotVideo
Gateway High School graduates made history Wednesday as they graduated from a mall parking lot during a “hybrid commencement ceremony,” as the school’s principal put it. Traditionally, the high school graduation ceremony marks finality – a last hurrah before parting ways. But this year their last day was effectively March...
Gym patrons ‘not worried,’ flock to open Penn Hills gym
Build it and they will come. Fortunately for patrons using Webb’s World of Fitness in Penn Hills, the gym is already built. All its owners had to do was open its doors. Earlier in May, that’s what owners Linda and Monty Webb did. And their members, and more, came. “I’m...
Penn Hills Arts Council collecting supplies for Sojourner House
The Penn Hills Arts Council is looking for art supplies to donate to an organization that helps women recover from addiction. Catherine Meara, director of Penn Hills Arts Council, said she has already received donated supplies like coloring pencils, crayons, coloring books for children and adults, markers and paper. But...
Monroeville residents can now address council during voting meetings
Monroeville’s “Citizens’ Night” will no longer be held the Thursday before council’s monthly voting meeting. Instead, residents can voice concerns and grievances, and pose questions, during the monthly council meeting, according to the municipality’s website. Since April, council has combined its virtual voting meetings with the Citizens’ Night meeting. Questions,...
AHN Jefferson’s new ‘Connection Rounding’ comforts patients, staff
Visitor restrictions at hospitals during the covid-19 pandemic have caused a lot of angst, said a nurse at Jefferson Hospital. “Family is a person’s support system,” said Irma D’Antonio, manager of nursing quality and patient experience at Allegheny Health Network’s Jefferson Hospital. That’s why she and her colleagues created “Connection...
CVS expands covid-19 testing to 7 Allegheny County sites
The health care and pharmacy company CVS Health will expand its covid-19 testing in Pennsylvania, adding 27 additional sites to pharmacies across the state and seven in Allegheny County, the company announced Thursday. CVS began testing for the new coronavirus on May 15 at drive-thru sites in Pennsylvania. The expansion,...
Penn Hills gets Department of Justice grant
Penn Hills is slated to receive a $51,000 grant through a federal Department of Justice coronavirus emergency supplemental fund, announced U.S. Attorney Scott Brady’s office Wednesday. The DOJ funded its Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding program with $850 million in early April, shortly after President Trump signed a $2 trillion stimulus...
In the market for a spaceship or jungle? Quirky Plum home for saleVideo
Strange noises are the first thing you notice when walking into Epoc I, the name of a Plum house that has been getting a lot of attention as of late. Not just regular noises, like a creaking door or the shuffling of feet or the pleasantries exchanged between host and...
Gateway seniors to graduate in Monroeville Mall parking lot
Gateway seniors will cap their high school experience in a parking lot at the Monroeville Mall. Justin Stephens, the high school’s principal, said in a letter to parents last week that graduating seniors will have a commencement ceremony that adheres to distancing guidelines. “In cooperation with Macy’s and the Monroeville...
During shutdown, new U.S. citizens celebrate alone
Four new U.S. citizens were welcomed Tuesday morning in a large, mostly empty room on the sixth floor of a building in Wilkins Township. The newly minted citizens all wore face masks. They sat in chairs spaced six feet apart. There were no friends. There were no families. After taking...
Gateway faces $3.6 million deficit, plus pandemic losses
The Gateway Board of School Directors is faced with a deficit of approximately $3.6 million as they work on the district’s 2020-21 budget — but that’s before projected losses expected because of the coronavirus pandemic. The school district’s business manager, Paul Schott, said during the board’s virtual May 12 study...
Monroeville furloughs 12 full-time employees
Monroeville council unanimously ratified a resolution to furlough 12 full-time employees during its meeting Tuesday. There were 10 library workers and two senior center workers included in the layoffs. The move represented a change from the April action in which council voted against a motion to furlough 17 full-time employees....
Allegheny County-run pools, spray parks to remain closed for summer
Allegheny County announced Friday that its pools and spray parks will be closed this summer. The Allegheny County Parks Department blamed ongoing restrictions regarding mass gatherings under the covid-19 pandemic for the closures. The following sites will be closed through the summer: • Boyce Park Wave Pool • Deer Lakes...
Monroeville moves on paving projects
Monroeville council unanimously approved contracts to move ahead with the summer’s road paving project. The $1.3 million project includes paving, sealcoat, crackseal and fog seal on 62 municipal roads and two parking lots, totaling 24 miles. The total miles being paved this year is around four miles, according to a...
Rosedale Beach Club, Blackridge Swim Club postponing season openings
Two private pools in Penn Hills plan on opening – but not this month. Rosedale Beach Club, at 5407 Third St. in Verona, originally scheduled opening over Memorial Day weekend. That date has been pushed to a tentative nonspecific date in June, said Dani Scott, the club’s secretary. If that...
Details emerge of how police charged Fox Chapel man with 2nd homicide in 3 months
Lured to his friend’s house to play video games and smoke marijuana, Christian Moore-Rouse didn’t even make it up the long driveway leading to Adam Rosenberg’s place in Fox Chapel. Instead, he was shot in the back of his head and dragged into a ditch, lifeless — and left to...
