Western PA Local News category, Page 1991
In brief: Service of Lament, Carnegie Crawl and more in Carnegie, South Fayette
Lament service Join Carnegie United Methodist Church at 3:30 p.m. June 13 to speak, pray, and sing our lament to God. The service with Bill Davidson on piano and vocalist Sarah Richards is open to the public. As we begin to move into an unknown future, we look back and...
The Stroller, May 31, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your club meetings, events and fundraisers for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Memorial Day A time of remembrance. A time of prayer. Take a moment today to show respect and give thanks to those...
South Buffalo VFD to host benefit tractor pull for Freeport Middle School girl with rare condition
South Buffalo Volunteer Fire Department’s third annual tractor pull will benefit a local 12-year-old who was diagnosed with a rare form of epilepsy. The fire department accepted about a dozen nominations for local families in need who could be helped by the event. Erin Pflueger, a member of the fire...
Lower-flying Blue Angels jets end Westmoreland airshow on high noteVideo
Two days of poor weather prevented organizers from including a planned Navy Leap Frogs parachute jump and a multi-aircraft, cross-county flyover at the 2021 Shop ’n Save Westmoreland County Airshow. But conditions improved enough Sunday to permit a low- altitude show by several other acts that had been scratched Saturday, including...
Port Authority to begin lifting capacity limits on Monday
The Port Authority of Allegheny County will begin lifting capacity limits Monday before returning to full capacity in mid-June. Beginning Monday, the Port Authority will increase capacity limits on 35-foot buses from 10 riders to 15. Capacity on 40-foot buses will rise from 15 riders to 25. On 60-foot, articulated...
Special events planned as Latrobe Farmers Market season begins
Latrobe Farmers Market opens for a new season Tuesday, with some new vendors on board and plans ahead for special activities. The market will be open — rain or shine — from noon until 4 p.m., through Oct. 12 near the wooden playground at Legion Keener Park. It’s open to...
Derry Township man dies in ATV accident
Authorities identified a 25-year-old Derry Township man who died Sunday in an ATV accident. Joshua P. Shugars was pronounced dead at 11 a.m. Sunday at the scene along Piper Road, the Westmoreland County Coroner’s Office reported. The wreck was reported about 9:45 a.m. Shugars was riding alone and without a...
Pine, Richland real estate transactions for the week of May 30, 2021
Pine Harry Rattay sold property at 130 Brookfield Estates Drive to Joseph English III and Michelle English for $540,000. NVR Inc. sold property at 525 Cambridge Court to Benjamin and Monica Matta for $820,175. Cavalier Land Partn. L.P. sold property at 2010 Cherry Road to Robert and Gaillard Long for...
Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of May 30, 2021
Delmont Estate of Evelyn Grubich sold property at 216 Freeport St. to Glenn and Linda Jobe for $19,500. Forest Hills James Conte sold property at 202 Glasgow Road to Michael Gasior for $100,000. Monroeville Frances Mitchell sold property at 1354 Foxboro Drive to Kyle Reese for $175,000. Stephanie Sapp sold...
A final goodbye: Veterans remembered on Memorial Day, funeral with military honorsVideo
Volleys of gunfire. The sounding of taps. The folding of the American flag. These three moments are part of a final farewell for those who served their country. They are accolades reserved for veterans — military honors presented at a cemetery or memorial service. The honors are extended to anyone...
The Herald area real estate transactions for the week of May 30, 2021
Fox Chapel Janice Rosen sold property at 143 Old Mill Road to John Thomas Dick III and Tara Branstad for $850,000. Harmar Travis Edward Kilpatrick sold property at 19 Highbury Road to Nicholas Paolino for $185,000. Indiana Richmont Estates L.P. sold property at 1016 Danason Drive to NVR Inc. for...
Hampton area real estate transactions for the week of May 30, 2021
Hampton DeCarlo Development LLC sold property at 4125 Lee Manor Drive to Tyler Fannie and Makbule Hazal Erkale for $399,900. James Blakley sold property at 4640 Route 8 to PA 15 RE Investments LLC for $12,000. Montgomery & Rust Inc. sold property at 2951 Woodland Court to Foxlane Homes At...
Pittsburgh police probe Allentown shooting early Sunday
Pittsburgh police are investigating a shooting in the city’s Allentown neighborhood that wounded a male victim. Police said the victim, who was shot in the leg, was in stable condition when he arrived at a hospital by private means just before 3:45 a.m. Officers later discovered the crime scene outside...
3 males shot early Sunday on East Carson Street in Pittsburgh
Three male victims were reported in stable condition after being shot early Sunday in Pittsburgh’s South Side. City police found one of the victims, who had been shot multiple times in a leg, when they responded just after 2:30 a.m. to the 1700 block of East Carson Street. Officers applied...
South Fayette, Scott area real estate transactions for the week of May 30, 2021
Bridgeville Anne Fitzgibbon Wrightman sold property at 1495 Critchfield Drive to Aaron and David Graham for $226,000. Carnegie Sayed Abouabdalla sold property at 554 Boquet St. to Manal Shouman for $20,000. James Kuntz sold property at 245 Mountain Drive to Chelsea Rice for $209,900. Jason Tremblay sold property at 419...
South Hills real estate transactions for the week of May 30, 2021
Baldwin Borough Beech Charles Properties 100 LLC sold property at 1713 Elderslee Road to Kelaen Welch for $148,000. Estate of Bernard Seiler sold property at 207 Revo Road to Rino and Christine Delbianco for $120,000. Baldwin Township Joshua Oswald sold property at 636 Highview Road to William Putnam et al....
Sewickley area real estate transactions for the week of May 30, 2021
Aleppo Ferndale Development Group LLC sold property at 103 Ferndale Ave. to David and Michael Ann Cerniglia for $375,000. Allen Uhrine sold property at 1306 Merriman Road to Masonic Villages Grand Lodge PA for $176,000. Edgeworth Thomas Schlosser sold property at 411 Woodland Road to James and Amy Dantonio for...
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of May 30, 2021
Bellevue SIH Projects LLC sold property at Unknown Address to Ciccarelli & Sons LLC for $175,000. TKJ Properties LLC sold property at 115 Cedar Ave. to Grand Old Properties LLC for $50,000. Garin Linell Lee sold property at 149 N Sprague Ave. to Kenneth and Sara Draim for $289,900. WJK...
Bethel Park real estate transactions for the week of May 30, 2021
Jeffrey David Houghtelling sold property at 2710 Bethel Crest Drive to Gregg and Lois Kretchun for $415,000. David Fournier sold property at 5489 California Ave. to Mark Babic and Dena Mastromatteo for $260,000. CY Fortune Realty LLC sold property at 214 Cambridge Road to David Seymour and Jennie August for...
The Stroller, May 30, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your club meetings, events and fundraisers for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Summer day camp planned at NK Salvation Army The New Kensington Salvation Army will host a summer day camp June 15 to...
Motorcyclists rally outside Arnold teen’s death bed vigil; parents cherish boy’s enduring spirit
As their son clung to life from a hospital bed, Seth Fiedor’s parents felt the walls begin to rumble. The loud vibrations reverberating from outside UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh were familiar to Craig Fiedor, a motorcyclist who had put the word out seeking riders interested in showing up for...
Ligonier boutique hotel Thistledown at Seger House for sale at $1.795 millionVideo
If you dream of owning a historic small-town inn (and have a few dollars in your pocket), there’s a Ligonier property waiting for you. Thistledown at Seger House, just two blocks from the Diamond, is on the market for $1.795 million. There are eight bedrooms and eight bathrooms in the...
2.4% tax hike proposed for Apollo-Ridge School District’s Armstrong residents
Apollo-Ridge School Board has passed a preliminary budget for next school year that proposes a 2.4% real estate tax hike for its Armstrong County communities and a 7.9% decrease in Indiana County. The proposed $26.8 million budget for 2021-22 is 1.7% higher than this school year’s. The district covers the...
A year after George Floyd’s death, protesters reflect on what’s changed in Western Pennsylvania
The year since George Floyd was killed by a former Minneapolis police officer has brought with it protests, anguish and, perhaps louder than anything, calls for change. The year also has been one of realization for some. “A lot of people are aware of something they weren’t aware of before,”...
N.J. brothers traveling cross country by foot to aid restaurant workers step through Pittsburgh
Aiden and Louis Ardine have been walking an average of 25 miles a day. They plan to reach their destination in five months. Yes. Five. Months. The Red Bank, N.J. brothers are on a 3,000-plus mile trek across the U.S. What’s fueling their journey is food — literally and figuratively....
