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Pizza shop celebrating new McCandless location, half of grand opening proceeds to benefit breast cancer research
A McCandless pizza shop is celebrating the grand opening of its new location by donating half of its grand opening day proceeds to a local nonprofit supporting breast cancer research. Large Plain Pizza and Pints — formerly known as Large Plain Pizza — is celebrating the opening of its new...
August programs at Northland Library in McCandless
These events are planned at Northland Public Library, 300 Cumberland Road Adult Summer Reading Bookshelf bingo – Now through August 31. Register online at northlandlibrary.beanstack.org/ There are two more chances for registered readers to win a $25 gift card to Target or Trader Joe’s through the biweekly drawing, and each...
Fox Chapel Area meal prices set for 2022-23 school year
A student lunch at Fox Chapel Area High School will cost nearly $3 during the 2022-23 school year, according to prices set by the school board. The price of a daily lunch for secondary students will be $2.95, and elementary students will pay $2.65 daily. This is a 10-cent increase...
Pittsburgh City Council special election to be held in November
A special election to fill a vacancy on Pittsburgh City Council will take place on Nov. 8, the same day as the general election. The election will determine who will replace Corey O’Connor, who stepped down to become Allegheny County Controller. O’Connor — the son of former Pittsburgh Mayor Bob...
Kiski Township supervisors to vote on hiring 2 police officers
The Kiski Township supervisors will vote on hiring two police officers during their meeting Wednesday. Four of the township’s six officers and the police secretary quit last week over claims of harassment and intimidation, former Sgt. Thomas Dessell said. The township supervisors hired a new police chief, Lee Bartolicius, last...
Man hospitalized in Pittsburgh after shooting
A man was hospitalized in stable condition Tuesday night as a result of a being shot in the thigh, Pittsburgh police said. Police in the city’s East End neighborhood said they were notified that the man had been driven to the hospital by a private vehicle at 8:30 p.m. Police...
Pine-Richland’s 2022-23 budget holds property-tax rate 6th consecutive year
Pine-Richland School District’s 2022-23 budget calls for spending to increase by 5.8%, but keeps the property-tax rate at the same level for the sixth consecutive year. The more than $101.35 million budget — up from $95.75 million for the 2021-22 school year — was approved unanimously by the school board...
Greengate Centre Chick-fil-A in Hempfield to close for renovations
Customers who frequent the Chick-fil-A restaurant at Greengate Centre will have to find a new location to get their chicken sandwich and waffle fry fix when the Hempfield location undergoes renovations later this month. The restaurant will close July 28 as a second drive-thru lane with permanent canopies for ordering...
Greensburg man accused of sexual assault of boy
A Greensburg man is accused of sexually assaulting a boy twice in 2007 in exchange for Pokemon cards, according to court papers. Jared C. Painter, 33, was arrested Monday on charges of rape of a child, aggravated indecent assault of a child and indecent assault of a person younger than...
Judge orders forfeiture of 17 guns possessed by Unity man, suspect in disappearance
Seventeen guns belonging to a Unity man suspected in the 2018 disappearance of Cassandra Gross were ordered to be forfeited in an unrelated federal weapons case. Chief U.S. District Judge Mark R. Hornak on Monday granted a preliminary forfeiture order in the case against Thomas G. Stanko, 51. The order...
Pittsburgh man acquitted in death of college friend during 2021 Hawaii vacation
A jury in Hawaii acquitted a Pittsburgh man last week for the death of his friend during a vacation on the Big Island last year. Benjamin Fleming, 39, a Carnegie Mellon graduate, was found not guilty of manslaughter. Fleming and friends Abhishik Gupta of Pittsburgh and Alexander Germany-Wald of Boston,...
Letter to the editor: Raising Penn Hills School District taxes was necessary
As a group of locally elected officials, we wanted to offer a unified response to those who seem quick to criticize without fully understanding our recent decision to raise local real estate taxes for the 2022/23 school year. While some may have forgotten the shame and embarrassment imposed on our...
Pine, Richland area student news for the week of July 12, 2022
Emma Skundrich of Wexford was among 23 students who participated in Baldwin Wallace University’s faculty-led study abroad program in Iceland during the spring 2022 semester. Skundrich, a graduate of Pine-Richland High School, completed a geology seminar and a course titled “Discovering Iceland” before going on the two-week experience led by...
Sewickley area student news for the week of July 12, 2022
Brendan Andrew Grzyb, a health and kinesiology major, was named to the Dean’s List at the University of Utah for the spring 2022 semester. Alaina Giovengo of Sewickley was among 21 students who participated in Baldwin Wallace University’s faculty-led study abroad program in Germany during the spring 2022 semester. Giovengo,...
The Stroller, July 12, 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 15068. Please include a daytime telephone number. Summer festival to begin Wednesday at Guardian Angels Parish The Guardian Angels...
Notes for Hope festival benefiting breast cancer research returns to Hyde Park
A music and food festival benefiting breast cancer research returns this month to Hyde Park. The 2022 Pink Day Notes for Hope Music and Food Festival will host a lineup of seven bands and food trucks from noon to 9 p.m. Saturday, July 16, at the Hyde Park Heritage Pavilion....
Miracle League of Western Pa. president given community service award
As officials at the Miracle League of Western Pennsylvania begin taking registration for the fall 2022 baseball season, they will have an additional $5,000 to put toward expanding team rosters and giving more special-needs individuals a chance to play ball. League founder Rev. Harold Hicks, of Blairsville, recently was presented...
Building the Valley: Harmar candy store to relocate, rebrand in Buffalo Township
After four years, Harmar’s niche candy store Oh How Sweet It Is will be moving and opening at a new home in early September. Owner Robert Wyant announced the move recently in a Facebook post. The candy store will relocate to plaza in South Pike Square in Buffalo Township. Wyant...
Signs on Route 30 in Ligonier Township mark spot Arthur St. Clair lived out his final days
The pair of historical markers might catch some glances as motorists whizz by on Route 30. But there’s no time to take in their significance on a small patch of land in Ligonier Township around a bend in the highway. A yellow and blue marker erected by the Pennsylvania Historical...
North Huntingdon native new Allegheny County Bar president, seeks to restore community faith in the legal system
To her roles as wife, mother to two young daughters, attorney for a major Pittsburgh law firm and an avid runner, a North Huntingdon native took on another position as of last week — president of the Allegheny County Bar Association. Erica L. Laughlin, 42, of Pine, a shareholder at...
2 hurt in Derry Township crash
Two people were injured in a crash involving a motorcycle and a vehicle in Derry Township Monday, according to Westmoreland 911. The crash along Pizza Barn Road was reported at about 4 p.m., a Westmoreland 911 supervisor said. Two people were flown by medical helicopter to hospitals, according to Tribune-Review...
Hill District fire leaves Pittsburgh woman in critical condition
A woman was hospitalized in critical condition after a house fire Monday in Pittsburgh’s Hill District, city police said. The woman was found in a third-floor bedroom of the home in the 1700 block of Cliff Street, and was helped to safety by another resident in the house, police said....
Teen shot in Pittsburgh’s Elliott neighborhood
A Pittsburgh teenager was shot in the hand Monday afternoon while leaning out of the window of his Elliott home, city police said. The 16-year-old boy was shot in the 700 block of Lorenz Avenue around 5:25 p.m., police said. Police said the boy was conscious and alert and was...
Criminal charges, firing spark protest at Fawn Personal Care Home
A worker at a personal care home in Fawn was arrested after, police say, he injured an elderly patient Sunday. Luke Bondra, 43, of Arnold is charged with neglect of care of a dependent person, simple assault and harassment. The charges stem from an incident at Fawn Personal Care Home,...
Officials hold meeting to discuss status of Cheswick railroad crossing, safety measures
Officials from Cheswick, PennDOT, Norfolk Southern and the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission met Friday, July 8, to reexamine the status of a railroad crossing that is at the center of a lawsuit. Cheswick Councilman Michael Girardi said the meeting focused on whether the railroad crossing — at Pittsburgh and Blockdale...
