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Volunteers in Sewickley area stock 5 mini food pantriesVideo
A group of volunteers in the Sewickley area have come together to make sure people have exactly what they need as temperatures drop and a growing number of people grapple with difficulties brought on by the covid-19 pandemic. Anyone can go to the Free Mini Food Pantries — installed by...
Baldwin-Whitehall 5th-graders operating virtual business to showcase products at Handmade Arcade
A group of fifth-graders at Baldwin-Whitehall School District is moving its business online this year just in time for the holidays. BW Creations, a business selling gifts such as no-contact keychains, clip-on hand sanitizer cases, phone grips and other small items, will make their products available through the twice-yearly Handmade...
Forbes Road tech students build unorthodox snowmen for inaugural contest
How many different ways can you build a snowman? Students at Forbes Road Career and Technology Center have pushed the envelope on what defines a snowman in the school’s inaugural “Snowman Snow Down” competition. Each program’s students had the opportunity to compete in the schoolwide contest for the most Facebook...
Revamped Gateway Middle School on the horizon, but no date set for construction
Gateway School District is moving along on a multimillion-dollar renovation project that is expected to lead to a hike in property taxes. Plans aimed at addressing an ever-decreasing student enrollment have for years landed the administration on two buildings: Gateway Middle School and Moss Side Middle School. Ideas have included...
Trespassing, DUIs, drug charges among those recently handled by Judge 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 • Joseph M. Hart, 37, of Monroeville on charges of receiving stolen property, unauthorized...
Police log: Monroeville police charges filed on Nov. 10, 17
Monroeville police filed the following charges Nov. 10 and 17 with District Judge Jeffrey L. Herbst. Charges were filed by Monroeville police unless otherwise noted: • Austin Hopkins, 24, of Saltsburg with possession of heroin and possession of drug paraphernalia. Charges were filed Nov. 10 in connection with an incident...
Sewickley businesses hoping for big holiday shopping to make up for 2020 losses
The business community in Sewickley is pleading with residents: “Shop here so we can stay here.” “It’s the truth,” said Alexis Comunale, vice president of the Sewickley Chamber of Commerce and owner of Jewel Thief jewelry store. The chamber launched a capital campaign in October to raise money to spend...
Week in Review: Top stories from the Penn Hills area for the week of Nov. 16Video
Here’s a quick look into the news that happened in Penn Hills and Verona from Nov. 16 to 20. • A Penn Hills Council meeting was hijacked by callers spewing racial slurs and vulgarity on Nov. 16. The municipality’s IT director had to kick off more than five callers in...
Fox Chapel’s Adam Rosenberg pleads not guilty to killing Christian Moore-Rouse in preliminary hearing
A Fox Chapel man accused of killing a Verona man will stand trial after pleading not guilty in a preliminary hearing Friday at Pittsburgh Municipal Court. Adam Rosenberg, 22, was charged in May with criminal homicide, robbery, abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence in connection to the killing...
Penn Hills meeting hijacked briefly by callers using racial slurs, profanity
Multiple people who have yet to be identified hijacked a virtual Penn Hills Council meeting Monday, interjecting loudly with racial slurs and profanity. The comments came at a point in the meeting when Scott Andrejchak, the municipality’s manager, began presenting to council and the public his proposed budget for 2021....
Penn Hills holds first public hearing on 2021 budget
It looks like no changes are coming to Penn Hills’ proposed spending plan for 2021 after the municipality held its first public hearing Nov. 16. The proposed budget was published on the municipality’s website Oct. 29. Manager Scott Andrejchak kicked off the hearing, which was held virtually, by presenting the...
Sewickley garden club proposes making Wolcott Park smoke-free
A Sewickley garden club that has been active since 1960 is trying to get Wolcott Park to be smoke-free. Linda Pell, chairwoman of Trowell & Error Garden Club, addressed council Nov. 10 with the idea, which involves utilizing the state Department of Health’s Young Lungs at Play program. It’s designed...
Bridgeville Rehabilitation and Care Center reports sharp rise in covid-19 cases, 2 deaths
Editor’s note: This story was updated at 12:23 Nov. 17 with the latest numbers from Bridgeville Rehabilitation and Care Center. A long-term care facility in South Fayette has seen a substantial increase in covid-19 cases among staff and residents since Nov. 4. Bridgeville Rehabilitation and Care Center reported Tuesday that...
Week in review: Top stories from around the Monroeville area for the week of Nov. 9Video
Here’s a brief summary of some of the top stories from around the Monroeville area this past week. • Steel City Con has been postponed a third time amid concerns over the covid-19 pandemic. The rescheduled convention, which is one of the largest in the country and exclusive to the...
Charity ride through Frick Park raises money for family of mountain biker who died in May
The untimely death of a mountain biker from Pittsburgh hit close to home for Dave Brown. Brown, 47, of Plum started coaching on the Pittsburgh East Composite Mountain Bike Team earlier this year when his 12-year-old son joined the team. The biking team comprises around 40 athletes from school districts...
Penn Hills senior living facility residents enjoy own version of ‘The Masters’
As golfers teed off Thursday to begin the days-long Masters tournament in Georgia, a senior living facility in Penn Hills held their own version. The 30 residents at Allegheny Place participated in the facility’s inaugural “The Masters at Allegheny Place” to compete for donated prizes and enjoy a change of...
No property tax increase in Penn Hills’ proposed municipal budget
The Penn Hills manager has proposed a 2021 budget without a property tax hike, according to a draft published on the municipality’s website. For the second straight year, Scott Andrejchak, the municipal manager, has proposed using $3 million from the budget’s carryover funds to balance the $34 million spending plan....
Brentwood School District remains open; 5 TB cases are latent
Brentwood Borough School District will remain open as officials there and at the Allegheny County Health Department continue to investigate the presence of tuberculosis in a student and five employees. Amy Burch, the school district’s superintendent, said an informational meeting with staff Nov. 9 went “extremely well.” The meeting came...
Gunman in April 2019 Monroeville Mall shooting pleads guilty to aggravated assault
A McKeesport man who was arrested and charged for spraying bullets into the doors of a Monroeville Mall entrance last year pleaded guilty Tuesday before an Allegheny County judge. Brandon Noel, 23, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault in connection with a fight that broke out between two McKeesport gangs at...
News briefs: Penn Hills Holiday Light Cruise set for Dec. 3 to replace Holiday Light Festival
Penn Hills has canceled the municipality’s annual Holiday Light Festival because of the coronavirus pandemic restrictions. In its place, the municipality will host a Penn Hills Holiday Light Cruise. The event is scheduled from 7 to 9 p.m. Dec. 3 at the government center parking lot, 102 Duff Road. People...
Pittsburgh Good Deeds owner makes free desks for students in need
The founder of a local nonprofit has been making desks for students learning from home, and business has been booming, he said. Jon Potter, 30, of Shaler said his nonprofit, Pittsburgh Good Deeds, has made nearly 50 wooden school desks since September. He and some volunteers have built them out...
Sewickley Valley Community Fund awarded record $40K in grants during pandemic
The Sewickley Valley Community Fund awarded a record number of grants this year to local organizations in need during the coronavirus pandemic and is now trying to raise funds to continue its work. John Poister, secretary for the SVCF, said the nonprofit was able to award more than $40,000 to...
Oakmont’s Carrie DelRosso holds small lead over House Minority Leader Frank Dermody
A first-term Republican councilwoman from Oakmont held a small lead Friday over House Minority Leader Frank Dermody with thousands of votes yet to be counted in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties. The state’s unofficial election results on Thursday showed Carrie DelRosso’s early lead tighten to a margin of just 4 percentage...
No tax hike proposed in Bridgeville 2021 budget
Bridgeville council members are considering a balanced budget for 2021 that does not propose raising property taxes. Council heard from Joe Kauer, the borough’s newly-hired manager, during a budget hearing on Nov. 2. The meeting did not include any voting items and came one week before the Nov. 9 meeting,...
Penn Hills Community Garden’s success prompts record donations to food banks
A garden that some call Penn Hills’ best-kept secret donated a record amount of produce to local food banks this season. The Penn Hills Community Garden, located on roughly five acres along Jefferson Road, donated 1,500 pounds of produce to food banks such as 412 Food Rescue and the Penn...
