Valley News Dispatch category, Page 13
Brackenridge to consider $1.2 million bond for public works project
Brackenridge Council will have a special meeting Wednesday to consider a $1.2 million bond to pay for a new public works building. The meeting will be at 3 p.m. in the borough building on Brackenridge Avenue. The borough last year applied for a preliminary land development application to replace the...
Winning Pa. Lottery ticket sold in New Kensington
A progressive top prize-winning ticket worth $180,566 for the Suite Winnings game from the Pennsylvania Lottery was sold Wednesday the Giant Eagle on Tarentum Bridge Road, New Kensington. Suite Winnings is $10 Fast Play game that offers progressive top prizes starting at $125,000. Fast Play games print on-demand from a...
Democrat Carrie Fox wins return to Tarentum council
Tarentum council will have a least one change come January when a familiar face returns. Democrat Carrie Fox won Tuesday’s election for a four-year term representing the borough’s 3rd Ward. She unseated Republican Brian Nolan by a vote of 164 to 76, according to unofficial results from Allegheny County. “Thank...
Conflicting meetings center on Springdale data center proposal
Springdale residents interested in the proposed data center project might have to choose which meeting on the proposal to attend next week. After several official meetings before various Springdale bodies, community members are planning to take things into their own hands. Locals will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12...
Race for East Deer commissioner is a tie — for now
The race for the 2nd Ward East Deer commissioner is a tie, so far. According to unofficial results from the Allegheny County Elections Division, incumbent Democrat Ed Kissel and newcomer Republican Alexander Gigler, each got 131 (49.8%) votes. The two candidates had similar reactions of frustration to the uncommon outcome....
After more than a dozen years, Lower Burrell consignment shop expands
The idea of Tammy Eshbaugh owning a retail business was somewhat of a joke 13 years ago. The Lower Burrell woman and her husband, Brian, decided to buy a few items at an online auction of a closing country club. “We didn’t realize how much we bought until we picked...
2025 Veterans Day Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Celebrate Veterans Day Tuesday is Veterans Day. Each and every one of us knows someone who served or is serving in our armed forces. One way to show your thanks is to attend a Veterans Day event in your community. Here is a list of events in the Alle-Kiski Valley...
The Stroller, Nov. 6, 2025: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Follow the Stroller on X at @VNDStroller. Seminar to discuss dementia,...
Cheswick sees slate of incumbents hold council seats
Four incumbents on Cheswick Council seeking reelection held onto their seats in Tuesday’s election. The election saw two races — one with five candidates seeking four four-year terms and another with two candidates seeking two two-year terms. Nicholas Pollino earned the most votes in both races but said he’d likely...
Remediation efforts to begin this winter at nuclear waste dump in Parks Township
Remediation efforts at the Parks Township nuclear waste dump will begin this winter. The announcement was part of an informational session hosted by officials from the Army Corps of Engineers’ Buffalo and Pittsburgh districts at the township’s fire hall Wednesday. A precise start date has yet to be determined. An...
West Deer voters retain 2 supervisors, chose a well-known, experienced newcomer
A busy night of races in West Deer resulted in two incumbents getting reelected and one newcomer being named supervisor-at-large. Republican Vince Mercuri, 68, earned 2,237 (50.1%) votes, securing him the supervisor at-large position. He beat Mark B. Schmidt, 70, a Democrat who earned 2,203 (49.4%) votes. “We’re very excited,...
Democrats win all 4 seats on Plum Council
Democrats carried the day in Plum, unseating incumbent Republicans to claim four seats on borough council. Unofficial results show Ryan Delaney as the top voter-getter with 14.5%, followed by James McBride with 13.9%, Raymond Rall with 13.2% and Phoebus Apollo with 12.8%. The Democratic sweep renders incumbents Paul Dern, Steve...
Toney, DiCarolis victors in New Kensington Council election
Democrats Phillip Toney and Nicholas DiCarolis won two seats on New Kensington Council, according to unofficial results from the Westmoreland County Elections Bureau. In the three-candidate race for two seats, Toney had collected 1,800 votes, DiCarolis 1,534. Republican Chase Balla had 1,238. Toney, 70, and DiCarolis, 37, will take the...
Unofficial results show incumbent Springdale mayor winning by 1 vote
Unofficial election results show incumbent Springdale Mayor Joel Anderson ahead of his Democratic challenger by just a single vote. Allegheny County tabulations from Tuesday night’s election have Anderson, a Republican, with 517 votes and John Murray with 516. Among the 13 write-in votes, none listed either candidate. Anderson won an...
Whitehall dad’s front yard food pantry goes viral after surprise cash donationVideo
AJ Owen just wanted to help hungry neighbors with a front yard food pantry — he didn’t expect internet fame to show up, too. The Whitehall resident created the pantry to help people in fear of losing support from the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). After the 36-year-old single...
New faces to dot Verona Council landscape
Verona Council will be adding some new faces next year. According to unoffical results from the Allegheny County Office of Elections in the Nov. 4 race, cross-filed candidates Kelli Rodriguez, Curtis Spurling and incumbent Trish Hredzak will join Democrat incumbent John Gemellas on Verona Council. Gemellas, 54, was the top...
Riverview School Board race sees a sweep by Democrats
Four Democrats won their bids, from a six-candidate pool, to serve on Riverview School Board. According to Allegheny County Office of Elections unofficial results, Chistopher Conard, 44; Adeshewa Metzger, 44; Bridget Seery, 46; and Michael Smales, 41, will serve four-year terms. Seery, an incumbent on the Democrat ballot, was top...
Democrats complete clean sweep of Oakmont Council race
James “Jim” Parsons, Amanda Pagnotta, Isaiah Wilson and Charles F. Fox — all Democrats — have been elected to serve four-year terms on Oakmont Council, according to unoffical results from the Allegheny County Office of Elections. The other two candidates on the ballot, Republicans John Arnold, 81, an incumbent, and...
New Kensington hikes skill game license fee 150%
Skill game vendors will pony up some more cash to license their devices in New Kensington. Council gave final approval to increase annual license fees for mechanical skill games to $750, up 150% from its current $300, said Clerk John Zavadak. The new fee becomes effective next year. Zavadak predicts...
Democratic slate sweeps Republican incumbents on Plum Council
Democrats carried the day in Plum, unseating incumbent Republicans to claim four seats on borough council. Unofficial results show Ryan Delaney as the top voter-getter with 14.5%, followed by James McBride with 13.9%, Raymond Rall with 13.2% and Phoebus Apollo with 12.8%. The Democratic sweep renders incumbents Paul Dern, Steve...
Water main break in Lower Burrell impacts school district
A water main break in Lower Burrell on Wednesday morning left some without water. Water was restored just before noon. “We have a leak on a 12-inch main line on a right of way in Lower Burrell,” said Ed Saliba Jr., general manager of the New Kensington Municipal Authority. “The...
Community Roundtable hopes to help people struggling with SNAP, LIHEAP benefits
Michael Eckert knows the struggle of relying on government assistance to stay warm and fed. The East Deer resident received benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) in previous years. “These programs didn’t just help my wife and I survive,”...
The Stroller, Nov. 5, 2025: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
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Leechburg Area School Board retains 2 incumbents, adds two new members
The Leechburg Area School Board will be a mix of new and familiar faces this coming year. According to unofficial results from the election bureaus in Armstrong and Westmoreland counties, Darius Lovelace, 73, Candi Stewart, 68, Danielle Reinke, 44, and Janie Borsh Symons, 66, will be sworn in for four...
Deer Lakes School Board will have familiar, new faces come December
The Deer Lakes School Board will be a mix of familiar and new faces this December. According to Allegheny County Elections Division unofficial election results, incumbents Jeremy Love, 49, and Kristi Minnick, 55, both cross-filed, and Jonathan Majernik, 46, Democrat ballot, will be sworn back in this December. Newcomer Darlene...
