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Penn Hills Anti-Litter Group offers certificate to those keeping businesses clean, tidy
An anti-litter group in Penn Hills is now handing out certificates to businesses that clean up after themselves and keep things looking neat. Faith Milazzo, founder of Penn Hills Anti-Litter Group, said the Clean Sweep Initiative is a “casual” way of affirming local business owners in the fight against litter....
Carnegie council members appointed to various committees, boards
Carnegie council made some appointments to committees and boards during its Jan. 11 meeting. There were five groups with open positions. Below is a list of groups, along with each appointment. Allegheny County Southwest Collection District: Phil Boyd, council vice president, was appointed as the group’s primary delegate. Councilman Emmett...
Environmental groups call on Gov. Tom Wolf to stop Plum oil and gas disposal well
Environmental groups have called on Gov. Tom Wolf to revoke a state-issued permit that allows an oil and gas company to dispose of fracking fluids at a site in Plum. “We again want to ask the governor of Pennsylvania to uphold our constitutional rights to clean air and pure water...
Bridgeville council considers prohibiting parking along McMillen Street
Bridgeville council wants to prohibit parking along a narrow section of McMillen Street to create an emergency fire lane. The borough’s fire chief, Raymond Costain, said the fire department has recently responded to calls in the 600 block of the brick road, which is near the Goodwill Villa apartment complex,...
Gateway School District approves board member’s resignation, searches for candidates to fill seat
The Gateway school board on Jan. 12 unanimously approved the resignation of a board member who stepped down from his elected position days after a racially charged controversy. The school board did not discuss Paul Caliari’s resignation beyond voting to approve it. Caliari resigned through a letter addressed to board...
Developer gets green light from Penn Hills council to proceed on soccer field project
Soccer teams could have another place to play in Penn Hills. The municipality’s council unanimously approved a resolution Jan. 11 that gave developers the green light to move forward with a project that transforms around 36 acres of vacant land along Hunter Road into a “first class” soccer destination. The...
Bianca Smith, with Sewickley roots, makes history as 1st Black woman to coach pro-level baseball
The first Black woman to coach on a professional baseball team has roots in Sewickley, and her favorite baseball team growing up was the Pittsburgh Pirates. Bianca Smith, 29, was hired Jan. 4 by the Boston Red Sox. Her role is stationed in Fort Myers, Fla., to work as a...
Richland Township appoints Ann Miller to late husband’s supervisor seat
Richland Township supervisors welcomed a new – yet familiar – face to the board when they met earlier this month to reorganize. Ann Miller, 55, of Gibsonia, was sworn in to fill a vacant seat that represents the township’s third and fourth districts. The seat used to belong to her...
Assault, drug charges among those recently handled by Judge Jeffrey Herbst in Monroeville
Monroeville District Court Judge Jeffrey Herbst handled these cases recently. Defendants will have court dates set in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. Charges were filed by Monroeville police unless otherwise noted. Held for court • Markdean Cook, 37, of Wilmerding on charges of making terroristic threats and simple...
Gateway’s federal discrimination lawsuit: A timeline of eventsVideo
This week, a federal lawsuit was filed that exposed an alleged racial slur. The lawsuit sparked outrage in the community and eventually led to a school board member resigning. Below is a video, timeline of events and details about what happens next. Timeline of events Jan. 1: Todd J. Hollis,...
Gateway School Board member mired in racial controversy resigns
A Gateway School Board member wrapped in a racial controversy has resigned. Paul Caliari, 46, of Monroeville submitted a letter announcing his resignation, effective immediately, on Thursday according to an announcement posted on the district’s website. Gateway Superintendent Bill Short wrote in the announcement that he and board president Brian...
Relief, satisfaction from first covid-19 vaccine recipients in Monroeville
Medical workers who received the covid-19 vaccine in Monroeville expressed relief and satisfaction with the process Jan. 6. “I’ve been waiting for this all year,” said Ben Haddis, 23, of Oakland moments after receiving the shot at The DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh-Monroeville Convention Center in Monroeville. Haddis was one...
Monroeville passes 2021 budget without raising taxes, uses $4.2 million from savings
Monroeville Council held the line on property taxes going into 2021. Council approved the $35.7 million budget during a special meeting Dec. 22. When first presented to the public in October, Manager Tim Little recommended council use $5.9 million of the municipality’s fund balance to fill a gap caused by...
State, local NAACP chapters reiterate need for Gateway School Board member to resign
The leader of the local and state NAACP chapters further denounced an alleged racist text from a Gateway School Board member and again called for him to resign during a virtual press conference Wednesday. Kenneth Huston, the Pennsylvania NAACP president, said Gateway school board member Paul Caliari’s text sent in...
Calls for Gateway school board member to resign come after racially charged text message
A Gateway School Board member who is the subject of a federal lawsuit has doubled down on his innocence as calls for his resignation grow louder. Paul Caliari, 46, of Monroeville is currently serving a two-year term on the Gateway School Board. A federal lawsuit filed Jan. 1, which also...
Monroeville water, sewer rates to increase Jan. 10
Monroeville’s water and sewer rates are increasing in 2021. The 7% increase to customers’ sewer bills and the 5% increase to water bills will take effect Jan. 10, according to a news release posted Dec. 28 on the Monroeville Municipal Authority’s website. The current sewer rate is $12.75 per 1,000...
Living out a ‘calling from a distance’: Monroeville religious leaders reflect on 2020 pandemic
Life was full of tests in 2020. There were tests of relationships, tests of finances — tests of faith. The covid-19 pandemic touched nearly all parts of life, including religious faith and worship habits. As state officials brought forth restrictions, church leaders were left largely to make their own calls...
Year in review: A look back at the stories that shaped Monroeville in 2020
Monroeville participated in some of the world’s largest and most impactful stories in 2020. Here’s a look back on how the municipality fit into some of the top stories that defined the year. The covid-19 pandemic It’s the story that, unfortunately, won’t go away. Covid-19 rapidly spread through every fabric...
Year in review: A look back at some of the top stories that shaped Penn Hills in 2020
Penn Hills, like just about every other town in the world, was touched by one of the largest and most impactful stories in 2020 — the covid-19 pandemic. But that wasn’t all that happened in the municipality over the past year. Here’s a look back at some of the top...
Quaker Valley teacher Amanda Madden named as finalist in 2020 Champions of Learning Awards
An elementary school teacher in the Quaker Valley School District was among three finalists for the 2020 Champions of Learning Awards. Amanda Madden, 32, of Ross was named among three other educators in the K-6 Educators award category. The award went to Jerone Morris of Pittsburgh Public Schools. Madden has...
Monroeville family has warm Christmas after receiving free furnace
It was a warm Christmas for Doug Gaworski of Monroeville, his wife and nearly 2-year-old daughter. The Gaworski family received a free furnace from a Plum heating and cooling company just two days before Christmas. Gaworski, 29, said the family moved to the house in 2017. The move meant inheriting...
‘A force for good’: How Black voices say they will carry momentum from 2020
One man was Black, the other was white. One gasped for air as the other man, a uniformed police officer, kneeled down on his neck for nearly nine minutes. The deadly Memorial Day weekend encounter between George Floyd, a Black man, and white Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin became the...
Shaler Area schools extend remote learning for one more week
Shaler Area School District has extended its remote learning model for an additional week. Students will return to a hybrid learning model beginning Jan. 11, according to a letter posted to the district’s website on Dec. 17. “This additional week will provide a natural 10-day quarantine for any coronavirus exposures...
Monroeville WWII veteran dies at 99, remembered as ‘beautiful,’ ‘smart’
Frances Brumback always looked beautiful. When she and her daughter, Carol, would go out together, they would often be mistaken for sisters. “But she never would correct anyone,” said Carol Brumback. “She didn’t want anyone to feel bad. That’s just the way she was.” Frances Brumback, a longtime resident of...
House on Oliver Drive wins grand prize in Monroeville’s 2020 Holiday Light Contest
The Richards household on Oliver Drive brought home the grand prize in Monroeville’s Holiday Light Contest. Bruce Richards, 68, started stringing the lights and decorations the week of Thanksgiving. The yard features all sorts of lights, a lit Nativity scene, two arches, a Nutcraker blowup decoration and three decorated Christmas...
