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News briefs: Local students earn college dean’s list honors, libraries offer pickup services and more
Dean’s list students recognized Several Westminster College students from Plum were among the 462 students on the dean’s list for the fall 2020 semester. Students include Allyson Drake in pschology and sociology, Noah Sofran in accounting, Abbegail Froehlich in early childhood and special educaiton and Katherine Mozelewski in neuroscience. Westminster...
News briefs: Fish fries on tap at neighboring Monroeville church
The Church of the Resurrection at 455 Center Road in Monroeville will host Lenten fish fries on Feb. 19, 26, March 5, 12, 19 and 26. It is drive-thru only with a single menu item, a fish dinner with a sandwich, fries and coleslaw. The cost is $10. Hours of...
News briefs: Youth Legion tryouts slated for Monroeville, Pitcairn baseball players
The Monroeville Baseball Association will hold tryouts for its Youth Legion team for any Monroeville or Pitcairn resident born between 2005 and 2008 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on March 6 and 13 at the Gateway High School gymnasium, 3000 Gateway Campus Blvd. Questions can be forwarded to Coach Matt...
News briefs: Story walk, brush collection, book club and more on tap
The Cooper-Siegel Community Library will host a story walk Feb. 15 that celebrates Black History Month. It will be during daylight hours in the library’s Welcome Garden. Guests can take a self-guided walk that features Kwame Alexander and Kadir Nelson’s award-winning book “The Undefeated.” No registration is necessary but guests...
News briefs: Scholarships, Valentine’s Day dinners, free tax prep, student news and more
Scholarship applications are available from the Glenshaw Century Club for Shaler Area High School seniors. Applications are available in the guidance office or by sending an email to glenshawcenturyclubinc@gmail.com. Applications are due by March 19. Drive-thru fundraiser dinner planned Shaler Garden Club is hosting a Valentine’s Day drive-thru dinner fundraiser...
Pa. Lt. Gov. John Fetterman makes U.S. Senate run official
Pennsylvania Democratic Lt. Gov. John Fetterman officially launched his campaign for U.S. Senate on Monday. “Now, it’s my turn,” Fetterman said on Twitter early Monday morning. “Let’s get to work.” “This will be the most important Senate race in 2022, so we need to build as much early momentum as...
Accumulating snow ends in Western Pa.; PennDOT lifts speed restrictions
PennDOT reduced speed limits on several roads in the Pittsburgh region and urged residents to avoid unnecessary travel as snow made roads slick and treacherous Tuesday morning. PennDOT lifted speed limit restrictions shortly before 11 a.m. Speed limits had been reduced to 45 mph on all interstates and several other...
The Stroller, Feb. 8, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
The Stroller is compiling a list of fish fries taking place Ash Wednesday and/or Fridays during Lent. To your non-profit’s fish fry listed in the paper and online, send complete information in writing to Carol Pinto-Smith, Valley News Dispatch, 210 Wood St., Tarentum, PA 15084 or email cpinto-smith@triblive.com. Knead Community...
The Westmoreland Museum of American Art reopens with new exhibits, precautions in place
Voices and inquisitive eyes are filling the galleries once again at The Westmoreland Museum of American Art after a two-month closure. With timed tickets and plenty of space, it’s like visitors have the Greensburg museum all to themselves, said Barbara Jones, chief curator. “It’s a great opportunity to come inside...
In brief: Sewickley seeks code enforcement officer, career news and more
Sewickley seeks code enforcement and zoning officer The Borough of Sewickley is seeking candidates for the position of code enforcement and zoning officer. The code enforcement and zoning officer performs a variety of routine and complex professional and technical work in the application and enforcement of various property and land...
In Brief: Winter art show, ashes to go and more in Pine, Richland
Winter Show The annual Winter Show at the North Hills Art Center runs through Feb. 26 and will include a virtual display of pieces for people who want to avoid in-person gatherings. The show, titled “Where Love Dwells,” benefits the nonprofit group Hello Neighbor, which helps refugee families with children...
In Brief: Winter art show, Valentine’s food drive and more in the North Hills
Winter Show The annual Winter Show at the North Hills Art Center runs through Feb. 26 and will include a virtual display of pieces for people who want to avoid in-person gatherings. The show, titled “Where Love Dwells,” benefits the non-profit group Hello Neighbor, which helps refugee families with children...
In brief: Lacross registration open, comedy night fundraiser and more in South Fayette, Carnegie
Youth lacrosse registration open The South Fayette Lacrosse Association has opened registration for new and returning members for the Spring 2021 season. Sign up by Feb. 28 at www.southfayettelacrosse.com. The community athletic program serves boys in kindergarten to eighth grade and girls from third to eighth grade. (For information about...
New Westmoreland-Fayette Boy Scout executive faces challengesVideo
The new leader of the Westmoreland-Fayette Council Boy Scouts of America is taking over during unprecedented times — in the midst of a pandemic, the national organization’s bankruptcy resulting from costly lawsuits over allegations of boys being abused, and the Girls Scouts claiming in a federal court the Boy Scouts...
West Newton Lions Club partners with faith-based organizations for food giveaway
The Lions Club in West Newton will give out boxes of food to anyone who asks while supplies last Tuesday, part of a regional initiative that will see thousands of pounds of food distributed weekly across Westmoreland County. “People are hungry, and we’re trying to fill the gap,” said the...
Leechburg Area High students combine efforts to create art aimed at encouraging kindnessVideo
A collaborative art project at Leechburg Area High School is promoting kindness. “Kindness Comes in Every Color” will showcase the works of advanced art students with 20 individually painted jigsaw puzzle pieces assembled into one large display. “In a time of crisis like a pandemic, these art projects are especially...
Pittsburgh’s Jimmy Sapienza, front-man of Five Guys Named Moe, dies at 71
Pittsburgh singer Jimmy Sapienza – front-man of Jimmy Sapienza and Five Guys Named Moe – died Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021. He was 71. “It is with the deepest regret to share with all of you that my husband Jimmy Sapienza unexpectedly passed away this afternoon with immediate family,” his wife,...
Westmoreland Museum gets grant for 2022 exhibition ‘Stephen Towns: Declaration and Resistance’
The Westmoreland Museum of American Art has received an $8,000 grant to help support an exhibition opening next January that explores American history and the experiences of Black Americans over the past 300 years. The Homestead-based Rivers of Steel grant will help the Greensburg museum present Stephen Towns’ solo exhibition,...
Chicago fugitive arrested in Pittsburgh drug bust
A man once called one of Chicago’s “most wanted” alleged criminals was arrested Saturday in Pittsburgh’s Highland Park neighborhood with, among other things, a trash bag of alleged heroin. Randall Langston, 26, of Bellwood, Ill., was arrested as part of a drug bust at an apartment complex, according to Tribune-Review...
Lower Burrell Councilman Rob Hamilton will not seek reelection but promises to return
Lower Burrell Councilman Rob Hamilton will not seek reelection later this year in order to pursue a doctorate. Hamilton, 32, a veteran, has a full plate with a young family and a new position as executive director of Veterans Place of Washington Boulevard in East Liberty. Hamilton is in the...
Vandergrift ArtFest approved for July, hopes high for in-person event
Vandergrift’s Artfest will return to the streets this year. Lisa Dormire, chairwoman of the Artfest committee for the Vandergrift Improvement Program (VIP), pitched a date for the 2021 Artfest at Monday’s council meeting. Vandergrift Council approved the event for July 25. The tentative date and plans for an in-person event...
National Bird Feeding Month: Sales soar, as do views on Western Pa. feeder camsVideo
It’s not just that February is National Bird Feeding Month. Every month since the beginning of the pandemic last year has seemed like a bird feeding month. Sales of feeders, seed and most anything to do with birds have skyrocketed as people have flocked to the avian world — a...
New Kensington moving on new playgrounds in downtown, Mount Vernon
Plans for a new playground and basketball courts in downtown New Kensington are again moving forward, while residents are being asked for what colors they prefer on new play equipment at another neighborhood park. Council has authorized the city’s engineer to select a contractor from a state cooperative purchasing program...
Rescue dog lifts Harrison cancer survivor’s spirits, saves home from fireVideo
A rescued dog that Harrison’s Michael Groce took in last May wound up becoming his rescuer. After going through three bouts of cancer, through which he lost a kidney and parts of a lung, Groce, 53, found himself permanently disabled and unable to work. His husband of six years, Ron...
CMU study shows racial disparities in vaccine distribution, acceptance
Surveys from Carnegie Mellon University researchers show vaccine distribution is lower among Black and Hispanic Americans than white people across the U.S. Carnegie Mellon’s Delphi Research Group began surveying Facebook users nationwide about covid-19 symptoms in April 2020 and throughout the pandemic has released analyses on a variety of covid-related...
