Michael DiVittorio stories, Page 85

A Collier nonprofit has crafted an 18th-century barn on its national historic landmark site. Neville House Associates plans to use the structure, crafted with wood from an 1810 Belgium barn found at the Steranko Farm in Latrobe, to provide more authentic experiences at the Woodville Plantation. “It fits in with...

All seven Penn Hills school board primary candidates seeking party nods for four seats will be on the November ballot. Some will be on either the Democratic or Republican side while one will be on both, according to complete but unofficial returns from the Allegheny County Elections Division. Incumbent Marisa...

Two Verona council incumbents and two others appear to have earned Democratic nods for four seats while one incumbent might not have made the cut. Incumbent Raymon Suchevich would need all 18 write-in votes in order to edge out fellow council member Nancy Carpenter for the party nomination for four...

Organizers of Steel City Con, a pop culture convention at the Monroeville Convention Center, announced new celebrity guests and artists for its upcoming show. Hollywood legend William Shatner tops the list of more than 25 guests scheduled for June 11-13 at 209 Mall Plaza Blvd. The Emmy award-winning actor, writer...

Sewickley Council has fired borough manager Marla Marcinko. However, officials remain mum on their reasoning for the termination via a split vote earlier this month. “The elected officials voted to make a change in the manager’s position,” council President Jeff Neff said when questioned about the move. He said he...

Bethel Park police recently partnered with a Pittsburgh nonprofit to collect socks for the city’s homeless and raise awareness of the department’s K-9 unit. Officers were able to obtain 3,464 pairs of socks from three collection sites and two community events. They were donated to Socks with a Mission, a...

A new splash pad, playground and pavilions are among the plans for a park along Park Avenue in Bethel Park. Council president Tim Moury said everything is still in the design phase. Contract bids for project specifications will be sought in late fall and construction is planned for early next...

Two incumbents and several newcomers out of 12 candidates seeking Democratic and Republican nods for four Plum School Board seats were each successful in getting single party nominations, according to complete but unofficial returns from the Allegheny County Elections Division. Board member Joe Tommarello was among four candidates selected on...

Two Jefferson Hills council members have nearly completed firefighter training through the Allegheny County Fire Academy. Council president Karen Bucy, a retired eighth-grade teacher, and Melissa Steffey, a real estate agent, have spent more than a dozen Saturdays at the training facility in Allison Park learning what many men and...

Voting took place for the May 18 primary election. Polls in Plum opened at 7 a.m. closed at 8 p.m. Anyone in line at 8 p.m. was allowed to vote. Masks were required. The Advance Leader will update readers on election results throughout the day and coming days as voting...

Voting took place for the May 18 primary election. Polls in Monroeville opened at 7 a.m. closed at 8 p.m. Anyone in line at 8 p.m. was allowed to vote. Masks were required. The Times Express will update readers on election results throughout the day and coming days as voting...

Andrew Reilly Memorial Park in Jefferson Hills will soon be bustling with businesses and folks eager to stimulate the economy through a new borough event. The Jefferson Hills Recreation Initiative’s inaugural Night Markets kicks off Thursday, May 27. It’s scheduled every Thursday from 5-8 p.m. through July 29 at the...

Giant Eagle will not require fully vaccinated shoppers or workers to wear masks at its supermarkets and GetGo locations starting Monday, company officials announced. Company spokesman Dick Roberts explained the move via press release Tuesday evening. “Throughout the covid-19 pandemic, we have taken every opportunity to safeguard the health and...

Oakmont has become the most recent Allegheny County community to frown on the use of coal tar. Citing health concerns, council unanimously voted to adopt a resolution banning the use of coal tar, a material linked to stomach and bladder cancer. “Coal tar has a very high concentration of what...

A man was shot multiple times along a Stowe Township street Monday night. Allegheny County police said they were dispatched for a shooting around 9:20 p.m. along the 600 block of Woodward Avenue. Officers found a man with multiple injuries and other evidence of a shooting, according to a county...

Investigators are trying to determine the cause of a three-alarm fire that heavily damaged an apartment building in Bloomfield on Monday night. The fire was reported shortly before 9:45 p.m. in the 4100 block of Main Street, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety officials. The fire quickly was raised to three...

A group of volunteers spent a day restoring a sign and did some landscaping at Laird Cemetery in Plum, the final resting place of some of the borough’s first families. Resident Jennifer Zafris said she would pass the site at New Texas and Saltsburg roads often and wanted to do...

Phyllis Timbario remembered what it was like entering her senior year at Carlynton High School some 50 years ago. She was from Carnegie and part of the first graduating class of the new school formed from the merger of Carnegie and Crafton school districts. “One on hand we were getting...

State police are investigating a four-car crash on the Parkway West inbound near the building that houses WDVE on Friday afternoon. An Allegheny County emergency dispatcher said the crash took place around 4:50 p.m. by the Green Tree/Crafton exit. No injuries were reported. Traffic was backed up to the For...

Flood mitigation projects designed to help the Oakmont Commons housing development and nearby parts of the borough are closer to fruition due to grant funding. Oakmont officials announced they recently obtained a little less than $290,000 from the state Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) to address the flooding...

Allegheny County Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the cause of a fire in South Park Township. County dispatchers said a fire started around 8:50 p.m. Thursday at a structure along the 900 block of Horning Road. No injuries were reported. Crews were still on scene as of 9:30 p.m....

State police are investigating a crash Thursday night along the Route 28 overpass near the Pittsburgh Mills mall. Troopers said the two-vehicle crash occurred shortly after 9 p.m. and both vehicles had to be towed from the scene. No injuries were reported. The crash remains under investigation....

A group of Bethel Park plumbers started their workday on April 29 by rescuing a resident who fell into Piney Fork Creek. “I was reading blueprints for a job we were going on,” said John Oakes, owner of All Pro Plumbing. “Everyone meets in the shop in the morning around...