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Tree of Life synagogue hosting virtual interfaith covid memorial service
Jewish, Christian and Islamic leaders from across Pittsburgh will participate in an interfaith service March 18, one year to the day after the first covid death in Pennsylvania. The Tree of Life Congregation will host the service to memorialize the more than 525,000 lives lost across the country since the...
Covid cases tick up slightly in Pennsylvania, deaths trend downward
Pennsylvania recorded a slight increase in covid-19 cases but is seeing a downward trend in covid-related deaths and a drop in hospitalizations. Pennsylvania The state on Friday added 3,074 new covid cases, the most in a single day this month, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. The seven-day average...
Unity expects bond issue to raise $8M for paving, public works equipment, playgrounds
Supervisors in Unity have authorized the township’s first-ever bond issue to help fund a variety of planned improvements and purchases, and they say the resulting debt service will be covered without raising taxes. The supervisors on Thursday authorized a maximum bond issue of about $10.7 million but said they don’t...
O’Hara resident, Allegheny County assistant district attorney, seeking Magistrate position
Running on a platform of experience and commitment, Allegheny County Assistant District Attorney Megan Sasinoski is seeking election for Magisterial District Judge in Sharpsburg. The first-time candidate is a lifelong O’Hara resident who hopes to bring her courtroom experience to the job. “I have done literally thousands of cases in...
Heinz History Center’s new exhibition looks at ‘American Democracy’Video
In one of its most ambitious projects to date, the Senator John Heinz History Center takes on the complex essence of the nation with its new exhibition, “American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith,” opening Saturday. It looks not just at the system of democracy and how the Founding Fathers...
Sewickley Academy to host first-ever online fundraiser
Sewickley Academy will host its first-ever virtual fundraiser next month. The event, in its 34th year, will include an auction of more than 80 items with bidding that starts April 5 and closes April 10. The online event will start at 5:45 p.m. on April 10. Kaitlin Busch, a spokeswoman...
Allegheny Valley schools focus on mental health as in-person learning ramps upVideo
This week has marked the return of students to in-person classroom learning four days a week in the Allegheny Valley School District. Superintendent Patrick Graczyk was made aware of something he hadn’t heard about in a while. “While we were in our hybrid phase, it was quiet here. (Monday) was...
From masks to social distancing, pandemic habits are here to stay, experts say
Decades ago, not everyone wore a seat belt. Today, it’s become a habit for most people when they get in a vehicle. The same can be said for some of the habits acquired over a year of living under the covid-19 pandemic, said Jessica Everly, a behavior analyst and associate...
7 displaced after house fire in Hazelwood
Seven people were displaced after a fire broke out in a Hazelwood home Thursday afternoon. Crews with the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire responded to row houses on the 200 block of Glenwood Avenune around 1:40 p.m. where they were able to quickly extinguish a two-alarm fire, according to Pittsburgh Public...
The Stroller, March 12, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
The Valley News Dispatch will publish a list of community Easter egg hunts and activities. To have an event listed online and in the print edition, send the information as soon as possible to The Stroller, Valley News Dispatch, 210 Fourth Ave., Tarentum PA 15084 or email Carol Pinto-Smith; email...
Easter activities in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Community Easter events are planned in the Allegheny-Kiski Valley include: Apollo • Apollo Assembly of God Church will host an egg hunt April 3 in Owens Grove Park for children 12 and younger. Registration will begin at 2 p.m. Children should bring a basket. Brackenridge • Generations House of Worship...
Riverview High School music department’s drive-thru pasta dinner fundraiser set
Riverview High School music department’s annual pasta fundraiser will be a little different this year due to covid-19 restrictions. A drive-thru event is set for Sunday, March 28 from 3:30 p.m. until the food runs out at the high school, 100 Hulton Road. The Easter bunny will be on hand...
William Shatner to headline Monroeville’s Steel City Con in June
Organizers of Steel City Con, the largest pop culture gathering at the Monroeville Convention Center, have announced a new special guest headliner. Hollywood icon William Shatner is scheduled to attend the first two days of the convention set for June 11-13. The Emmy award-winning Canadian-born actor, writer, producer/director is best...
Sewickley Township mobile home destroyed by explosion, no injuries reported
A state police fire marshal is investigating the cause of an explosion that destroyed a mobile home near Sutersville on Thursday night, a Sewickley Township fire official said. The man who lived at the mobile home on Sutersville Road, in the village of Gratztown along the Youghiogheny River, was not...
Vaccination of Alle-Kiski school employees moves forward
Alle-Kiski Valley school employees began receiving Johnson & Johnson vaccinations for covid-19 Thursday along with school workers across the region and state. Gov. Tom Wolf announced last week that school workers would receive priority for the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine in an effort to get children back in schools...
Fingerprint leads to homicide charges against 2nd suspect in North Braddock slaying
A pinky fingerprint led Allegheny County detectives to a second suspect in a botched November burglary that ended with a North Braddock man shot to death in front of his 6-year-old son, according to police. Juwaun Austin, 17, is charged with homicide in connection with the Nov. 7 death of...
Westmoreland County preps for expected $107 million stimulus windfall
Westmoreland County could receive about $107.1 million from the federal American Rescue Plan to bolster its budget and fund projects to help recover from the coronavirus pandemic. The allocation is part of the $13.7 billion awarded to Pennsylvania and includes funding for county and local governments, according to a report...
Mt. Pleasant Township man charged with threatening troopers with knife
A Mt. Pleasant Township man is in the county jail on $10,000 bond because he was charged with threatening to stab two state troopers, according to court records. Chad E. Heiser, 42, of Hecla was arraigned on charges of aggravated assault, harassment, simple assault and terroristic threats in connection with...
In-person visits at Westmoreland Manor expected to resume soon
Westmoreland Manor could begin in-person visits with residents within weeks even as coronavirus cases continue to pop up among residents and staff at the county-owned nursing home in Hempfield. Officials said Thursday that one additional case was reported and there are three active coronavirus infections among residents at the 403-bed...
Norwin-area happenings, March 18, 2021, and beyond
Norwin library to feature author on women in WW II The Norwin Public Library is sponsoring a virtual program at 6 p.m. March 22 about women who were involved in the military during World War II. Author Kayleen Reusser, who has interviewed about 250 men and women while writing seven...
Man gets life in prison for 2017 North Side killing
An East Allegheny man will spend the rest of his life in prison after being sentenced for first-degree murder on Thursday in a 2017 shooting death. Justin Parrotte, 32, was found guilty by Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey A. Manning in a nonjury trial in February 2020 of killing...
Youngwood man to serve nearly 2 decades on parole for child endangerment, corruption of minors
A Youngwood man will serve 19 years on probation after he pleaded guilty Thursday to two felony counts of child endangerment and two misdemeanor counts of corruption of minors. Jack Bates,, 47, formerly of Greensburg, who originally was charged with rape and sexual assault of two teenage girls, said it...
Man with ties to Western Pa. arrested in connection with Capitol attack
A man who operates a woodworking business in Bentleyville is charged with entering the U.S. Senate floor and reading documents removed from desks there during the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. Dale “DJ” Shalvey, 36, was charged by criminal complaint on Feb. 12 in the District of Columbia. The case remained...
Duff family’s roots extend across Western Pennsylvania
The roots of the Duff family tree extend across much of Western Pennsylvania, including to Murrysville, where the surname should ring a bell as the namesake of the municipality’s first park. Duff Park was acquired by the municipality in 1968, and was originally formed from three parcels totaling about 143...
Ligonier Valley selects high school principal to succeed retiring superintendent
A veteran Ligonier Valley administrator is poised to take on the role of superintendent this summer. The school board this week chose high school Principal Tim Kantor to succeed Superintendent Christine Oldham, who is set to retire June 30. Terms of Kantor’s contract for the top administrative position have yet...
