Penn Hills Progress category, Page 100
Petrucci says Penn Hills is in ‘financial crisis’
A Penn Hills councilman said the municipality is “hinging on Act 47 financial distress” during council’s second 2020 budget hearing and that proposed wage increases and new hires should be frozen until the budget is ironed out. “I cannot stress enough to the community of Penn Hills the severity of...
Penn Hills council approves Tax Anticipation Note resolution
Council unanimously approved a resolution that allows the manager to take out a $1 million loan from First Commonwealth Bank next year should the municipality need it to pay bills. The loan, known as a Tax Anticipation Note, allows local governments to pay bills during slow tax revenue months. “It’s...
Police: Woman shot on Pittsburgh-Penn Hills border in critical condition
A woman was in critical condition after being shot along the border of Penn Hills and Pittsburgh on Tuesday night. Officers from both municipalities responded around 9:15 p.m. to a report that a woman had been shot multiple times in the 200 block of Eastgate Drive in Penn Hills, according...
Penn Hills Library happenings for the week of Dec. 18
• Children are invited to the library at 6 p.m. Dec. 19 to play with Legos. No need to register. • The library will host a holiday singalong at 7 p.m. Dec. 19 in the Community Room. Contact the library to sign up. • The library’s Gingerbread House Display will...
$100K New Year’s raffle ticket sold in Penn Hills
A winning raffle ticket with a $100,000 prize was sold at Penn Hills Convenience in Penn Hills, the Pennsylvania Lottery announced Monday. The ticket was drawn as the fifth $100,000 Weekly Drawing prize. The weekly drawing is part of the New Year’s Millionaire Raffle, which began in November. The game...
Penn Hills area real estate transactions for the week of Dec. 14
Penn Hills James Roberts sold property at 275 Almar Drive to Andrew Pollock and Londyn Hutson for $119,900. CSMA SFR Holdings 2 LSE LLC sold property at 604 Burton Drive to Siciliano Investments LLC for $42,000. Parkway Assoc. Inc. sold property at 1375 Frey Road to Smith Realty Holding Co....
Christmas Eve Candlelight Service, art show and more around Penn Hills
All are welcome to attend a Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at the Penn Hills Free Methodist Church at 6 p.m. Dec. 24. The church is located at 715 Universal Road in Penn Hills. For more information, please contact the church at 412-793-7263. Art show Allegheny League of Artists is having...
Penn Hills pre-K classrooms have kids excited for schoolVideo
Transitioning into kindergarten can be challenging for young students and their parents. That’s why a local nonprofit recently opened two new classrooms to make those efforts as smooth as possible for Penn Hills families. “Every transition in life has their own anxieties,” said Rene Ozias-Hawthorne, pre-k manager with the Private...
‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’ finally debuts at Penn Hills Cinemas
Moviegoers in Penn Hills told a theater owner “It’s you I like” when they picked his theater to watch the Fred Rogers biopic two weeks after the film’s opening weekend. Paul Looker, owner and manager of Penn Hills Cinemas, said around 200 people came out to his theater over the...
Hulton Road in Penn Hills to remain closed into January
A portion of Hulton Road in Penn Hills, closed since July due to landslide damage, will continue to be closed into next year, Penn Hills announced Dec. 11. The municipality, via its Savvy Citizen app, notified residents that Hulton Road suffered another landslide, causing more work for crews and delaying...
Penn Hills couple loses home, 2 cats to fire
A Penn Hills couple was receiving help from the Red Cross Wednesday after a fire claimed their two cats and Ross Road home. Penn Hills Fire Marshal Chuck Miller said firefighters responded to the blaze at a modular home across from Ross Park around 10:10 a.m. A preliminary investigation indicated...
Penn Hills CDC granted access to tax credits from Allegheny Conference members
The Penn Hills Community Development Corporation now joins 15 others in the Pittsburgh region that are partnered with the Allegheny County Conference on Community Development to get a leg up on receiving state-approved tax credits. “This is really great news,” said Alan Waldron, a newly-elected Penn Hills CDC board member....
Penn Hills Holiday Lights festival a delight to the community
The annual Holiday Lights Festival at the Penn Hills Municipal Complex offered participants light-heartedness during a heavy season of budget talks and political cartoons. “It was great. Wonderful. We had a fun time,” said Shaheeda Wilks, of Penn Hills. She brought her son, Kobe Fisher, to the event filled with...
Christmas barbershop music concert to take place in Verona
The North Hills Harmony Line Chorus will perform a special Christmas barbershop music concert at the Western Pennsylvania Center for the Arts in Verona. Good seats are still available for the show set for 2 p.m. Saturday at 300 James St. Songs will be from different genres and eras. Tickets...
Penn Hills marks 10 years since death of Officer Michael J. Crawshaw
Michael J. Crawshaw, end of watch: Dec. 6, 2009. The words and numbers tell a story many cannot understand, but they are why many gathered at the Penn Hills Municipal Complex exactly 10 years later. To remember. “Although this is just a very emotional, very painful day for us, I...
Penn Hills school board gets new members and vice president, retains current president
Newly elected Penn Hills School Board members were sworn in, and their president and vice president selected at a reorganization meeting Dec. 4. Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Philip Ignelzi administered the oath of office to Rob Marra, Erin Vecchio, Jackie Blakey-Tate, Meryl Thomas and Elizabeth Rosemeyer. They were the...
Penn Hills fire chief proposes fire tax to fund all-volunteer department
A Penn Hills volunteer firefighter said a tax is the only way to keep the municipality’s fire services aflame. Ever-increasing operating expenses, old protective equipment, dwindling manpower and fundraising challenges are all reasons Bill Jeffcoat, fire chief of Station 227, thinks a so-called “fire tax” is the strictly volunteer services’...
Penn Hills man charged in connection to October shooting at White Hawk CafeVideo
A Penn Hills man has been charged in connection to an October shooting that left a bar owner shot in the stomach. Police say Davaughn Jones, 27, shot Barry White in the stomach after White attempted to throw him out of his private social club along Universal Road in Penn...
Penn Hills mayor calls for committee chair’s resignation amid alleged cartoon creation
Penn Hills’ mayor is now calling for the resignation of the municipality’s Economic Development Committee chairman after he allegedly created a political cartoon that used profanity to describe the deputy mayor. “This type of behavior is uncalled for, serves no purpose, it is hurtful and harmful — and cannot be...
Pittsburgh man pleads guilty to hiding drug money in Penn Hills real estate
A Pittsburgh man pleaded guilty to selling more than a pound of cocaine and funneling his profits into real estate purchases as a form of money laundering, federal prosecutors said Monday. Anthony Bentley, 44, who goes by the nickname “Poundcake,” also agreed to forfeit $218,000 in cash that officials seized...
DUI, drug cases among those recently handled in Judge DeLuca’s Penn Hills court – Dec. 2, 2019
Penn Hills District Judge Anthony L. DeLuca handled the following cases recently. Defendants will have court dates set in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court. Charges were filed by Penn Hills police unless otherwise noted. Held for court • John Arble, 31, of Blairsville on charges of possession of controlled substances...
Forgery, drug cases among those recently handled in Judge DeLuca’s Penn Hills court
Penn Hills District Judge Anthony L. DeLuca handled the following cases recently. Defendants will have court dates set in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court. Charges were filed by Penn Hills police unless otherwise noted. Held for court • Sylvester Ward, 44, of Indian Trail, NC on charges of forgery and...
Penn Hills theater owner irked over getting barred from showing Mister Rogers movieVideo
It’s an ugly day in the neighborhood, according to a disgruntled theater owner in Penn Hills. Penn Hills Cinema wasn’t allowed to show “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” the highly anticipated film featuring Tom Hanks as Pittsburgh legend Mister Rogers, during its $14 million opening weekend. “I can be...
Penn Hills road closure extended
Lime Hollow Road in Penn Hills will close during daylight hours through Dec. 2, PennDOT announced Wednesday. The road has been closed from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays since Nov. 7. PennDOT originally said the closures would extend through Nov. 22, but those hours will continue until Dec....
Closed stretch of Nadine Road reopens earlier than expected in Penn Hills
A section of Nadine Road in Penn Hills that has been closed since a collapse in July has reopened to traffic, Allegheny County Public Works announced Wednesday. Nadine between Allegheny River Boulevard and Lincoln Road closed on July 12 after storms caused a retaining wall to fall over and part...
