Tony LaRussa stories, Page 57

The owner of a Ross Township hairstyling studio has received the Citizen of the Year Award for his contribution to the community. Dan Burda, owner of the Studio Raw Elite salon on Babcock Boulevard, is this year’s recipient of the Durachko-Gottfried Ross Township Citizen of the Year Award. The award...

Members of the Pine-Richland School Board showed their ongoing support for the board’s leadership by voting to reappoint the president and vice president during the Dec. 7 reorganization meeting. The board voted unanimously to reappoint board president Peter Lyons and vice president Christine Misback to their fourth consecutive, one-year term...

Pine officials have approved a budget for 2021 that curbs spending and uses money left over from this year to avoid a tax hike. The nearly $12.19 million general fund budget unanimously approved by supervisors Dec. 7 allocates 7.13% less money than this year’s spending plan to reflect an anticipated...

The North Hills School District has eight new cases of covid-19, including one that forced a shutdown of the boys varsity basketball program for a two-week period that began on Dec. 5, officials announced. The basketball players began experiencing symptoms on Friday afternoon after practice and tested positive for the...

Allegheny County is playing host to a drive-in style laser light show synchronized to holiday music at North Park to help get families into the holiday spirit. The 45-minute show will be held nightly between Dec. 10 and 20 in the swimming pool parking lot. Performances will be held nightly...

Trib scholarships Trib Total Media is accepting applications for both the Scholarship for Diversity in Media and the Jim Borden Memorial Scholarship. The Scholarship for Diversity in Media is open to high school seniors who are culturally, ethnically or racially diverse and are planning to study journalism, communication or English...

Trib Total Media is now accepting applications for both the Scholarship for Diversity in Media and the Jim Borden Memorial Scholarship. The Scholarship for Diversity in Media is open to high school seniors who are culturally, ethnically or racially diverse and are planning to study journalism, communication or English writing...

Hampton Township’s preliminary budget for 2021 features few surprises — the tax rate for property owners will remain the same and no significant spending cuts are planned. In addition to maintaining services, the township plans to “be aggressive” with its road paving program by spending about $1 million to resurface...

McCandless has unveiled a preliminary budget that holds the line on property taxes by cutting spending to make up for an expected drop in revenue because of the coronavirus pandemic. The proposed $16.3 million general fund budget for 2021 anticipates even less revenue than was anticipated in May, when this...

The coronavirus pandemic has forced communities to abandon traditional public events such as tree lighting ceremonies and concerts for the holidays. But communities in the North Hills are still working to spread a little holiday cheer with safe activities for families. McCandless is hosting a two-part event dubbed “Make McCandless...

Three public libraries serving the North Hills are temporarily suspending in-person services in response to the county health department’s stay-at-home advisory to help reduce the spread of coronavirus. A third library plans to close for two weeks starting Dec. 24. Allegheny County has been experiencing a sharp increase in the...

Seneca Valley School District students in kindergarten through sixth grade will switch to online-only instruction on Tuesday and continue with remote learning until at least Jan. 4 to help tamp down the increase in covid-19 cases the region is experiencing. The southern Butler County school district previously announced that students...

Mayté Losada has always had a dark side yearning to break free from the confines of life in the modern world. Enthralled as a child by the vivid “other” worlds depicted in Greek mythology, the Harry Potter novels and later, Hunger Games and Game of Thrones, the Hampton Township woman...

A state lawmaker has introduced a measure to rename an interchange along the Parkway North in honor of a man who was struck and killed in 2017 by a distracted driver as he was changing a tire. “Three years ago, Scott Hirsh did everything he was supposed to when tending...

Members of the public are invited to summon their artistic creativity to help adorn the new hospital Allegheny Health Network is building in Pine by submitting artwork for a mosaic mural dubbed “Caring for the Community.” “Since announcing our plans to build a hospital in Wexford, the community has welcomed...

The Hampton Township School District will shift to remote learning for 10 days to address concerns raised by health officials that people traveling during the Thanksgiving break could cause covid cases to spike. Students will return to online instruction from Dec. 1 to 10, school officials announced in a letter...

The annual Community of Music event sponsored by North Hills Cares will be switched to a virtual performance this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. The live streamed concert from the Block Northway in Ross will be performed from 7:30 to 10 p.m. on Dec. 4. The concert will feature...

Families can have a personalized letter sent to their children from Santa at a cost of $5 with proceeds benefiting the Operation Santa Claus charity. The letters feature a child’s name, references to items they put on their Christmas wish list and a special “PS” from Santa. The letter will...

Families can have a personalized letter sent to their children from Santa Claus at a cost of $5 with proceeds benefiting the Operation Santa Clause charity. The letters feature a child’s name, references to items they put on their Christmas wish list and a special “PS” from Santa. The letter...

The North Hills School District is closing all of its buildings for the remainder of the month in response to the stay-at-home advisory issued this week by Allegheny County health officials. All district buildings will be shut down today at 4 p.m. and will remain closed until at least Nov....

Students in the Pine-Richland School District will return to online learning until after the New Year’s Day holiday to help slow the spread of coronavirus cases, which are increasing countywide, district officials announced. “We have prepared for this transition,” school officials said in a notice posted Thursday on the district...

The Carlynton School District is temporarily moving to full-remote learning in response to the increase in covid cases and new restriction issued by the state. The change to online-only instruction begins Nov. 23. Students are scheduled to return to a blend of in-person and remote learning Dec. 7. Under the...