Western PA Local News category, Page 1359
Flight 93 memorial attendees aim to foster knowledge in future generations
Connie Hasenei stood strong under the dark, gray clouds covering Somerset County Sunday morning, her message ringing clear: Keep the memory of Sept. 11, 2001, alive. Hasenei, speaking to a crowd gathered on a rain-soaked field at the Flight 93 National Memorial to honor the 21st anniversary of the terrorist...
Norwin student to be recognized at New York City Down syndrome event
A Norwin High School junior will be recognized in New York City’s Times Square on Sept. 17 as part of an event to kick off Down Syndrome Awareness Month in October. A photo of Eli Passarelli, 17, of North Huntingdon, will be flashed onto a giant screen for about six...
Jeannette’s new curfew ordinance goes into effect Sept. 18
Jeannette’s new curfew ordinance will be enforceable starting Sept. 18 after council updated fines Thursday, solicitor Tim Witt said. The update passed unanimously. The city’s revised curfew ordinance carries fines ranging from $25 to $300 for violations. The fines could be assessed to a minor or parent. The ordinance, which...
History museum celebrates work of late Tarentum artist Rudy Tutka
A late Tarentum artist whose work added flair to the pages of the Valley Daily News in the mid-1900s and later the Valley News Dispatch will be celebrated with an exhibit of his work. Illustrations by Rudy Tutka, who grew up in a home along Ross Street and worked as...
Fox Chapel area real estate transactions for the week of Sept. 11, 2022
Aspinwall Lawrence Shields III sold property at 525 Guyasuta Road to Jonathan Taglianetti and Kayla Crean for $475,000. Blawnox Maria Hazlett sold property at 28 Riverside Court to Cole Kedzierski for $78,000. Etna Shirley Voller sold property at 105 Dewey St. to Talopgh LLC for $35,000. Fox Chapel Estate of...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for the week of Sept. 11, 2022
Franklin Park Neil Michael DiBiase sold property at 1600 Blackburn Heights Drive to James Deily and Amy Nelson for $920,000. Bradley Cook sold property at 1604 Brandtview Drive to Chenghui Li for $330,001. Joshua Olszewski sold property at 1770 Locust Road to Joshua Olszewski for $33,000. Reghu Aravind sold property...
Greensburg VFD T-shirt sales benefit breast cancer patients
Greensburg Volunteer Fire Department is encouraging area residents to add some pink to their wardrobe. The department has fewer than 100 pink — or gray — T-shirts available for purchase in its annual sale supporting Westmoreland County families affected by breast cancer. “Cancer has touched a bunch of our lives,”...
The Stroller, Sept. 11, 2022: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Super bingo planned Oct. 1 in Gilpin Christ the King and St....
1 bridge complete, 3 more to go on Valley High School’s campus
It’s one bridge done and three to go for the crossings over Little Pucketa Creek on the Valley Junior-Senior High School campus. Ed Patton of Patton Engineering told the New Kensington- Arnold School Board last week that the entrance bridge over the creek was completed Tuesday. Now, the planning will turn...
News from North Catholic High School, AARP and more
The North Catholic Cross Country Team will host a car wash from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sept. 18 at the American Natural, 101 Scarberry Lane in Mars. All donations will benefit the North Catholic Cross Country Booster Club. —- AARP Chapter 595 welcomes new members and guests to...
East suburbs real estate transactions for the week of Sept. 11, 2022
Chalfant Karl Kutz sold property at 113 Parkway Ave. to Duque Management Group LLC for $85,000. Edgewood Casey Totten sold property at 1115 E End Ave. to Jeremy and Katherine Hopkins for $495,000. James Michael sold property at 1128 E End Ave. to Thomas Hircock and Trinity Sprague for $394,500....
Vandergrift Public Library’s new director returns to her roots
The Vandergrift Public Library has a new full-time director. Vandergrift resident Sarah Buzzard, 28, began her new role Tuesday. Buzzard holds a master’s degree in information and library sciences from Clarion University. She replaces Vanessa Groholski who served as director for a decade. Groholski’s last day as director was Aug....
5-day Leechburg Carnival fundraiser slated for later this month
The annual Leechburg Carnival returns this year with a new date and a big fundraising goal. Brian Scott, president of the Leechburg Volunteer Fire Company, said the department, with a roster of 32 volunteer firefighters and eight administrative volunteers, has been raising funds for a new pumper truck for a...
Leechburg prepares for 11th annual Pink Day celebration
Leechburg is gearing up for its 11th Pink Day fundraiser to support breast cancer research. “We are happy to be back again,” said event coordinator and resident Sherry Price. “We love holding this event and being in Leechburg.” Leechburg Mayor Tony Roppolo is excited to attend this year’s Pink Day,...
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of Sept. 11, 2022
Bellevue David Binder sold property at 60-62 N Harrison Ave. to Rusty Nut Group LLC for $260,000. Franklin Park Neil Michael DiBiase sold property at 1600 Blackburn Heights Drive to James Deily and Amy Nelson for $920,000. Bradley Cook sold property at 1604 Brandtview Drive to Chenghui Li for $330,001....
Lower Burrell Volunteer Fire Company No. 3 hosts craft-themed fundraiser that serves as community reunion
Lower Burrell Volunteer Fire Company No. 3 hosted its second annual Craft and Vendor Show on Saturday. Company president Mike Ogurchock said the event raised about $17,000 last year and proceeds go to the company’s general fund. “During covid we had a lot of restrictions and we couldn’t hold our...
State police seek suspects who used credit cards from LA Fitness to buy $2,400 in items from Walmart
State police are searching for suspects after officers say debit and credit cards stolen from lockers at LA Fitness in Hempfield were used to purchase $2,400 worth of items from the Hempfield Walmart. On Sept. 2, two lockers were broken into at the LA Fitness near the intersection of Route...
An Italian neighborhood in Latrobe celebrates its heritage
Karen Gross couldn’t contain her excitement as she ambled through Latrobe’s first Italian festival Saturday afternoon, eagerly talking about her family’s roots in the city’s 1st Ward. “My family is from Latrobe,” Gross said. “508 Ligonier St., which is right next to 512, is where my grandparents owned the house;...
Fort Ligonier offers items for bid online and at the Cannon Ball; Forbes Road Rum to be released
A dinner with “George Washington” and a VIP tour of Mount Vernon are among choice items that will be awarded during in-person bidding Friday at Fort Ligonier’s annual Cannon Ball. Dress is “smart casual” for the event, which will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. under tents in the...
Volunteers work to keep the Allegheny’s riverbanks clean in Natrona, Tarentum as part of 3 rivers effort
Tim Negley of Natrona rolled up his sleeves and collected trash for hours Saturday in an effort to clean up the banks of the Allegheny River and in his hometown. “We usually go out on the river and have a good time. I just wanted to volunteer and help,” said...
Greensburg diocese’s Bishop Kulick headed to Rome to meet Pope Francis
Bishop Larry J. Kulick has traveled to Rome before, but an upcoming trip holds extra meaning for the relatively new bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Greensburg. Kulick, a Leechburg native and St. Joseph High School graduate, will once again make the journey today alongside other newly installed bishops. They...
Out & About: Westmoreland Historical Society toasts houses of worship tour
Westmoreland Historical Society traditionally hosts an annual house tour, featuring notable Greensburg-area residences. This year’s tour, scheduled for Sept. 17, features a different sort of dwelling — five historic houses of worship along Main Street in Greensburg. Organizers decided it was too soon, post-pandemic, to ask homeowners to open their...
No-cost pre-K program to accept more children in Greensburg, Mt. Pleasant areas thanks to state funding
Since Frock Childcare Learning Center began offering a free pre-K program, the center has served a “broader range” of local children and families, Frock teacher Lauren Markiewicz said. Two years ago, the Mt. Pleasant center partnered with the Private Industry Council of Westmoreland/Fayette to offer Pre-K Counts, a division of...
Police investigating SWAT incident in Pittsburgh’s Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood
Members of Pittsburgh’s SWAT team were called to a home in the city’s Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood early Saturday morning for reports of a man possibly barricaded inside. Officers responded to Tumbo Street around 3:45 a.m. for a domestic assault. SWAT was called after it was learned the unidentified man, with a...
Pitt looks to recruit Southwestern Pa. families for childhood cancer study
Several thousand parents across eight Southwestern Pennsylvania counties are being asked to participate in a University of Pittsburgh study examining a possible link between fracking — or other environmental risk factors — and childhood cancer. Researchers from Pitt’s Graduate School of Public Health are hoping for a response from more...
