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Starbucks and Bealls coming to Allegheny Township’s Hyde Park Plaza
The rumors are true: Starbucks and Bealls are moving into Allegheny Township’s Hyde Park Plaza. Jeff Paul, owner of the once-beleaguered shopping center, confirmed the incoming tenants Thursday after months of online speculation. A Starbucks spokesperson, however, said the company has “no store opening plans to announce.” Even so, Paul...
Franchising equal parts rewarding, rigorous for new owners of McDonald’s stores in Penn Hills
Eugenia and Michael Cassidy took over the two McDonald’s stores in Penn Hills last year, and, so far, they’re “lovin’ ” it. But there’s more to getting in on one of the world’s most recognizable brands than just pooling together at least $500,000 in nonborrowed funds, the minimum for prospective...
Repurposed rails from Brilliant Branch to make line running through Penn Hills, Verona quieter
A more than 2-mile stretch of rail line passing through Penn Hills and Verona is set to quiet down. In the coming months, Allegheny Valley Railroad will pull up track from its soon-to-be abandoned Brilliant Branch and use it along part of the Allegheny Subdivision, which follows the south bank...
Kiski Township hires interim manager to keep basic functions afloat as it seeks full-time replacement
Jason Dailey has become the go-to managerial stopgap for municipalities in the Alle-Kiski Valley facing the sudden departure of their chief administrators. He might have his work cut out for him in Kiski Township. The township supervisors hired Dailey this week just days after former Township Secretary Patrick Bono abruptly...
Freeport high school renovations could cost up to $55M, raise taxes for years to come
Proposed renovations at Freeport Area High School would cost between $20 million and $55 million and result in tax increases for years to come, officials said. The $20 million proposal would include upgrades to roofing, lighting, windows and heating and cooling, while the $55 million plan would also include sewage...
Freeport’s new sewage treatment plant to cost $134K more than expected
A new West Penn Power policy will force Freeport to spend an additional $80,000 on electrical work for its new sewage treatment facility. Crews must lay power lines between the perimeter fence and control room underground instead of overhead, leading to the change order requested by Robert Horvat of KLH...
Casino revenues boost long-delayed projects in Alle-Kiski Valley communities
Oklahoma Borough, with a population of 788, doesn’t have hundreds of thousands of local tax dollars laying around to overhaul its community park, let alone pave the parking lot there. “(Officials) have talked about it in the past, and that project was just put on the back burner because of...
Shrinking council could be an option for Freeport amid retention issues
Two members of Freeport’s depleted council have expressed interest in shrinking the body from seven to five members. Council President Rick Fennell and Councilwoman Kimberly Barr mulled the idea during an informal feedback session Tuesday night. “It’s a conversation worth having, is all I’m saying,” Barr said. A voting meeting...
Cleveland-Cliffs still interested in U.S. Steel if pending merger fails
Cleveland-Cliffs CEO Lourenco Goncalves said Monday his company is ready to make another offer for U.S. Steel if its attempted merger with Japan’s Nippon Steel fails for good. “We have an all-American solution,” he said during a fiery news conference at the company’s stainless steel plant in Butler. Details were...
Teacher’s surgery recovery at center of lawsuit between Freeport Area School District and union
Freeport Area School District has sued its teachers union in a bid to overturn an arbitrator’s ruling that an employee was not required to use Family and Medical Leave Act time off. A lawsuit filed last week in Butler County Court against the Freeport Education Association claimed first-grade teacher Claudine...
2050 look-ahead: Same diseases, new approaches mostly ahead for health care sector
Editor’s note: Almost one-fourth of the way through this century, TribLive is looking ahead to the next 25 years, using the events of the past 25 as a road map of what possibly is to come. This installment of the occasional series looks at health. Pam Surano knew it would...
Summer Hill woman dead after Fort Pitt Tunnel crash
A woman from Pittsburgh’s Summer Hill neighborhood died Saturday after a crash that briefly closed the eastbound lanes of the Fort Pitt Tunnel. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office identified the deceased as Marcia Winston, 62. The incident happened around 1:45 p.m., according to the medical examiner’s report. Winston was...
Biden administration delays deadline for U.S. Steel, Nippon Steel to kill merger
The Biden administration has given U.S. Steel and Japan’s Nippon Steel an extra six months to ditch their merger, keeping the deal alive as litigation unfolds over whether a national security panel’s review of it was tainted by political considerations. Under the watch of the Committee on Foreign Investment in...
Building the Valley: Posh Pawws Grooming Services a ‘boujee’ experience for dogs and humans alike
Rosie the Yorkshire Terrier is a far cry from her wild ancestors. She scampers around in her 7-, maybe 8-pound frame, ponytail bouncing with each step. Her favorite trick is to sit pretty. And when it comes to food, if it’s not dehydrated chicken, she doesn’t want it. That makes...
Backyard ice rinks a ‘labor of love’ for handy hockey families
Growing up in Monroeville, Matt Sargo fell in love with ice hockey after his neighbor, a Buffalo, N.Y. transplant on a mission to spread the sport’s good word, built a small rink in his backyard. “He came here with a plan,” said Sargo, a hockey coach who now lives in...
Nepali Asian Restaurant in Carrick ordered to close after inspectors find cockroach infestation
A cockroach infestation, rotten food and raw pork chops dripping onto produce were among the findings Thursday that the Allegheny County Health Department says led it to order Nepali Asian Restaurant to close. The Nepalese restaurant in Pittsburgh’s Carrick neighborhood, which opened in 2018, racked up 22 violations, including six...
Trump might still have sway in U.S. Steel-Nippon deal
President-elect Donald Trump’s comments Tuesday, touting a United Arab Emirates company’s planned $20 billion investment in U.S. data centers, could spark hope for the proposed takeover of U.S. Steel by Japan’s Nippon Steel. Though Trump previously said he was not in favor of a foreign company assuming ownership of the...
Kiski Township passes 32% real estate tax hike
The Kiski Township supervisors have settled on a 32% property tax hike to balance this year’s budget. After a brief negotiation, the board opted for a 1.75-mill increase, raising the millage rate from 5.5 mills to 7.25 mills. The owner of a home assessed at the township’s median value of...
U.S. Steel, Nippon say Biden’s decision to block sale was ‘political’
President Joe Biden on Friday blocked a nearly $15 billion sale of Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel to Japan’s Nippon Steel Corp., throwing the local future of the country’s once-dominant steelmaker into question. In a move signaled months ago, Biden cited national security concerns surrounding the deal despite pledges from Nippon to...
U.S. Steel, Nippon say Biden’s decision to block sale was ‘political’
The U.S. Steel Mon Valley Works Clairton plant in Clairton is shown on Feb. 26, 2024. by JACK TROY...
La Vigneta buys old Cooper Station restaurant for $819,000, scraps farm plans
The former site of Cooper Station Restaurant in Winfield has changed hands again, this time to undergo a coastal Italian makeover and become the new home of La Vigneta Winery. Co-owner Francesca Howden, along with her husband, Bob, bought the property along Route 356 last month for $819,000. The site...
Escalating promises from Nippon not enough for United Steelworkers, Sen. Fetterman says in U.S. Steel deal
The United Steelworkers say they’re unmoved by Nippon Steel’s latest efforts to win their support for the Japanese company’s $15 billion bid to buy U.S. Steel. A source familiar with Nippon’s decision making confirmed the contents of a last-minute proposal sent to the White House and initially reported by the...
Building the Valley: Lojaks Cycle Sales celebrates 50 years of business and its place in off-road racing history
Being in business for 50 years has its perks. For example, Lojaks Cycle Sales has motorcycle parts from the 1970s that can be found at few other retailers. Recently, the shop shipped out a part made in 1972 to a buyer in California. Branded hoodies take up a whole corner...
Duck hunting alive and well for some in Western Pennsylvania
Fat off stale bread and hip to locations of warm sewage outflows, ducks are plentiful on the Allegheny River. “We saw hundreds of ducks today,” said hunter Tyler Bressler of Irwin as he and his family transferred their gear from a jon boat to a pickup at a Harmar boat...
Kiski Township Sewage Authority to dissolve at year’s end
The Kiski Township Sewage Authority was touted upon its creation in 2021 as a move toward the future, one where more residents would have public sewage service than not. Four years later, it’s circling the drain. The authority will effectively dissolve at the end of the year, handing back to...
