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Carnegie passes 2021 budget without raising taxes

Carnegie held the line on property taxes heading into 2021. The borough’s council unanimously approved the $6.8 million budget during a Dec. 28 meeting. Council president Sue Demko was absent. The budget represents a 2.9 increase in spending compared to 2020’s plan. Still, the borough expects to net a little...
Gateway officials extend online learning for another 2 weeks

Gateway schools will remain in remote learning through Jan. 15. The announcement came through a letter to district parents authored by Superintendent Bill Short. It was posted to the district’s website Dec. 24. “Based on the metrics and data associated with significant increases in covid-19 cases and positivity percentages, Allegheny...
Penn Hills council approves 2021 spending plan with no tax hike

Penn Hills Council adopted a spending plan for the upcoming year without raising property taxes and, officials were quick to emphasize, with a surplus in leftover funds. The $34 million budget, a 6% increase from the previous year, was balanced by using $3 million in carryover funds – an identical...
Restaurant and bar owners decry Gov. Tom Wolf’s orders, encourage others to openVideo

“Just open.” The words, spoken by Joe Tambellini, resonated with dozens of restaurant and tavern owners who gathered in a parking lot outside of Al’s Cafe, a restaurant in Bethel Park, on Monday. They were there for a “Rights for Restaurants” rally organized by the restaurant’s owner, Rod Ambrogi, and...
Family, friends honor Jafar Brooks with balloon release, memorial

In Arabic, the name Jafar means “rain or water that comes from heaven.” The words came from Khalid Samad, an activist from Cleveland who came to Homewood on Friday to pay his respects during a dedication to the young Jafar Brooks, who died Dec. 15 after being gunned down in...
Bridgeville adopts final 2021 budget with no property tax hikes

Bridgeville council ratified the borough’s spending plan that did not raise property taxes for the next year during its meeting Monday. Council voted unanimously to adopt the $3.3 million budget, which includes 2.5% salary raises for police and public works employees. Other expenses for the police department – which has...
Family, coaches have ‘no words’ to describe pain of losing Jafar Brooks

Those who knew Jafar Brooks were lost for words in the days following the teenager’s untimely death. “There are no words, you can’t describe this feeling. When you love someone, ain’t no words to make them feel better,” said Rashad Byrdsong, grandfather of the Churchill teen who was fatally shot...
Brentwood sells its sanitary sewer system for $19.2 million to PA American Water

Brentwood Borough officials wrapped up a yearlong deal Dec. 7 when they sold its sanitary sewer system for $19.2 million to a separate utility company. Brentwood’s roughly 4,500 customers will now be served by Pennsylvania America Water. The sewer authority, which only owns the pipes that carry the sewage to...
Leetsdale holds line on taxes in 2021 spending plan

Leetsdale council held the line on property taxes and reduced another tax when it ratified the borough’s spending plan for 2021. The borough projects its revenue to come in at $2.6 million, a surplus of $126,000 when compared to its $2.4 million projection in expenditures. Council president Wesley James said...
‘For Genevieve:’ Edgeworth father revives daughter’s old playhouse into greenhouse, meditation space

Roughly 19 years ago, a dad wrote a message on a wooden stud of his toddler’s playhouse he had built just for her in the backyard. “For Genevieve’s third birthday,” it read. He then signed his name. A few weeks later, the surprise playhouse was complete. Ron Carlson, 62, of...
Retired Air Force B-52 navigator honored for decades of service to veterans

It all started by glancing up for Richard Narushoff. Narushoff, 75, of Monroeville remembers being 3 years old when he saw his first airplane flying through the sky. “I figured I’d fly someday,” he said. “I guess it’s always been in my mind.” Those memories came back recently after he...
Busy Frankstown Road intersection in Penn Hills to get facelift using more than $300K grant

A busy intersection along Frankstown Road in Penn Hills will get a facelift soon thanks to a recently issued state grant. Penn Hills received a $328,803 grant from PennDOT’s Automated Red Light Enforcement (ARLE) program to modernize traffic and pedestrian lights at the intersection of Frankstown Road, Spring Grove Road...
Hundreds of toys gathered at Plum’s sixth Stuff-A-Bus eventVideo

Awesome. It was the only word Shari Klein could find as she participated in Plum Borough School District’s sixth annual Stuff-A-Bus event Dec. 9. “There’s no other word for it, except awesome,” she said. She was one of several teachers and staff who helped transfer the donated toys from vehicles...
Church members, community contribute to Plum Food Pantry with ‘Christmas bags’

The covid-19 pandemic has altered traditions, but in some cases, perhaps it has created new ones. Plum Creek Presbyterian Church had to change plans for its 17th annual Christmas nativity walk-through event. Initially the event was changed to a drive-thru but Gaye Mallisee, a congregant and member of the church’s...
Brentwood passes 2021 budget with no property tax hike

Brentwood council approved its 2021 spending plan without raising property taxes during its meeting Monday. Council unanimously approved the $9.9 million budget, which represents a 12% increase from the 2020 spending plan. Like many municipal budgets, Brentwood experienced some shortfalls in tax revenue, based largely on the effects from the...
Riverview School Board reelects Ashbaugh as president, Schaaf as vice president

The Riverview Board of School Directors maintained the status quo when it reelected its president and vice president to the same roles Monday. Lisa Ashbaugh, 53, of Verona will begin her second year as president of the nine-member board. Janine Hurt-Robinson, first appointed to the board in 2016, retained her...

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