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Voters choose Pauline Calabrese as mayor of Penn Hills
An attorney and former Penn Hills school board member cruised to victory to be the municipality’s new mayor, according to unofficial tallies. Pauline Calabrese earned 67.2% of the votes counted compared with opponent John Petrucci’s 32.6% with all precincts reporting results. Calabrese, a 57-year-old Democrat, will serve a four-year term...
Assault, child endangerment charges filed against Wilkinsburg man in alleged Penn Hills incident
Charges were filed against a Wilkinsburg man who allegedly assaulted a 15-year-old. Henry Yates, 56, was charged Oct. 3 after the girl was brought by her mother to the Penn Hills police station to report an alleged incident that happened at a Penn Hills house. The teen was lying on...
Theft, drug charges among those before Penn Hills magistrate
Penn Hills District Judge Anthony L. DeLuca handled the following cases recently. Defendants will have court dates set in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court. Charges were filed by Penn Hills police unless otherwise noted. Held for court Ricardo Brisky Jr., 31, of Pittsburgh on drug charges related to manufacturing or...
Pivik Elementary School in Plum rallies around classmate, 7, battling cancerVideo
A Plum child got to witness support from his elementary school in regard to his cancer recovery as teachers shaved their heads Friday during an assembly. Joey “JoeNado” Byrnes, 7, was diagnosed with leukemia in September after weeks of mysterious stomachaches, persistent coughing and a low-grade fever. He began chemotherapy...
‘Echoes from the Hollow’ author Don Roberts to hold 2 book discussions
Don Roberts said it was a breath of fresh air to have found a creative outlet such as writing fiction shortly after retiring. The Monroeville resident, 76, had a 35-year career in education with Pittsburgh Public Schools. He concurrently taught at the University of Pittsburgh as a history lecturer. “As...
Hulton Road opening could be delayed
A section on Hulton Road that has been closed since July is expected to reopen as soon as Thanksgiving, but could go into December, according to a PennDOT official. Steve Cowan, a PennDOT spokesman, said some utility relocation work could delay the Thanksgiving goal. He also said crews will need...
Lime Hollow, Verona roads to be repaired with $3M in emergency funding
Two main roads in Penn Hills will be repaired with $3 million in emergency funding, state Rep. Tony DeLuca announced Thursday. Lime Hollow and Verona roads, both victims to flooding over the summer, will get fixed with the money, DeLuca said. Rainstorms in July left Eastern Suburb communities under around...
Monroeville cracking down on those who have not paid their MS4 fees
Monroeville property owners who have not paid the municipality’s Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System, or MS4, fee will get a delinquent letter mailed to them in November, warned officials in an Oct. 8 council meeting. “There will be a delinquent letter going out Nov. 1 to those people who have...
Penn Hills has holiday spirit – and holiday events
With October quickly waning, Penn Hills is preparing for its annual winter and holiday programs. Below is a list of events slated for November and December being organized by Penn Hills Parks and Recreation: Nov. 23: The 22nd Annual Holiday Craft Show will happen from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m....
Allegheny Land Trust nears end of community fundraising for former country club
The future owners of a 150-acre swath of land in Penn Hills and Churchill are $10,000 away from reaching their $100,000 community fundraising goal, according to an organization executive. Sewickley-based Allegheny Land Trust began eyeing the former Churchill Valley Country Club property in May, when it sought out to raise...
Police: Penn Hills social club owner shot in stomach after dispute
The owner of a social club in Penn Hills was shot once in the stomach after he refused to let a nonmember in his establishment, police said Tuesday. Barry White, owner of the White Hawk Cafe along Universal Road, is expected to recover after being transported to a local hospital,...
Riverview schools to open Tuesday after threat deemed not credible
Riverview School District planned to resume classes Tuesday after determining a threat that led to a districtwide closure Monday was not credible. Superintendent Margaret DiNinno said in a prepared statement that the threat, received Sunday afternoon, was a “non-direct, weapon-related threat to the high school.” DiNinno had said Sunday night...
Penn Hills to start collecting yard waste
Penn Hills crews will start collecting leaf and yard waste in November to kick off the year’s leaf and yard waste composting program. Raking leaves, grass clippings and lawn debris onto the street is prohibited by ordinance in Penn Hills. Instead, residents are encouraged to place paper leaf bags at...
Monroeville Foundation donates clothes, activities to Forbes trauma patients
Forbes Hospital’s trauma unit received a $2,500 donation from the Monroeville Foundation on Friday that helped the hospital stock up on new clothes and activities for trauma patients. Jesse Miller, a hospital spokesman, said patients often need new clothes after a visit to the trauma unit. When the Monroeville Foundation...
Monroeville man accused of sexually assaulting a minor
A Monroeville man charged with sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl will have his day in court. Terrill D. Hall, 28, faces six felonies related to multiple incidents between him and a girl, who was 15 when the illicit sexual encounters allegedly began. Police launched an investigation after receiving information in...
Plum park damaged in flood to reopen
A playground located within Boyce Park in Plum is expected to reopen this fall, an Allegheny County parks spokesperson said Thursday. The O’Block Playground, located at 750 Monroeville Trestle Road, has been closed since late July after rain storms pounded the eastern suburbs on July 22. Nearly three inches of...
Order made in Gateway parent’s lawsuit against superintendentVideo
A federal case involving Gateway School District’s superintendent and a former district parent has been settled and closed. Tammy Aikins, 45, who also worked as a teacher’s aide in the district, filed a complaint in January to the Western District of Pennsylvania U.S. District Court against Gateway Superintendent Bill Short....
Penn Hills council approves consent order to upgrade Plum Creek Sewage Plant
Penn Hills needs to make upgrades to its Plum Creek Sewage Treatment Plant that could cost up to $700,000 within the next two years to prevent sewage from leaking into Plum Creek, according to an Allegheny County Health Department consent order. The ACHD worked with Penn Hills to come up...
Penn Hills adopts new, more specific noise ordinance
Penn Hills adopted an ordinance that regulates noise between certain times throughout the municipality. Council voted unanimously on the new rules aimed at limiting excessive noise. Mayor Sara Kuhn and Councilman John Petrucci were absent from the Oct. 21 meeting. The new ordinance replaces an old one that placed vague...
Police: Man dies after being struck by 2 vehicles in North Versailles
A 63-year-old man died after being struck by two vehicles Wednesday in North Versailles. Allegheny County police said the man, later identified by the Medical Examiner’s Office as Ritchie Holmes of North Versailles, was found in the intersection of Taylor Street and Route 30 around 7 a.m. He was taken...
Gateway football standout faces trial in alleged armed robbery
A Gateway football player will face trial after his alleged involvement in an armed robbery. Jaquan Thomas, 18, was arrested in September and charged with six felonies in connection with the Aug. 11 incident. All of the charges filed against him, including robbery, theft and criminal conspiracy, were held in...
Family of boy hit by Monroeville ambulance files suit
A $70,000 civil lawsuit has been filed against a Monroeville volunteer fire department. Kenyatta Mwambu, 17, was hit by a Monroeville Volunteer Fire Company No. 4 ambulance around 3:45 p.m. May 9 while crossing a street, according to a complaint filed Oct. 17 in the Allegheny Court of Common Pleas....
Plum teen writes series of novelsVideo
A Plum teen has written and published two young-adult thrillers and is working on a third in the saga. Bonnie Synclaire Nickles, 17, of Plum began writing at a young age but it wasn’t until recently that she self published her first novel, “Rogue.” The 124-page book was published in...
Donuts with Dads event focuses on fatherly relationshipsVideo
Fatherly relationship was the topic of discussion in a Penn Hills Charter School of Entrepreneurship’s gym Friday as dads, uncles and grandfathers joined their children for some donuts and coffee. “I think this is cool,” said Gavin Bowen as he sat with his 6-year-old son, Mosiah. “It’s just dad being...
Attorney: Monroeville pool sale potentially violated state Sunshine Act, but it’s a moot point
An attorney with expertise in municipal law said Monroeville council’s decision to hire a firm to appraise the municipality’s sole public pool property should have been made in public. The criticism comes after Monroeville council voted unanimously Oct. 8 to sell the Monroeville Community Pool along Abers Creek Road to...
