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South Fayette School District reopening plan presented, approval set for next week
South Fayette School District’s health and safety plan for the upcoming school year requires students and staff to wear face coverings and practice social distancing as much as possible when returning to school. It also provides an option for parents to continue their student’s distance learning or enroll in a...
West Main Street in Carnegie will be down to a single lane beginning Wednesday
Those who live in Carnegie or travel through it should be prepared for potential traffic delays beginning Wednesday, July 15. Road work to improve Route 3048 (West Main Street) in Carnegie Borough and Collier Township, will resume on Wednesday, weather permitting. According to a news release from PennDOT, West Main...
Bridgeville, Carnegie area real estate transactions for the week of July 12
Bridgeville Margaret Danilo sold property at 1083 Bank St. to Christopher Colin Petricca and Christina Marie Cvetic for $190,000. Robinson Paul Zucchero sold property at 30 Beaver Grade Road to Patrick and Hannah Marie Fowler for $212,000. South Fayette Justin Windle sold property at 2031 Berkley Ridge Drive to Cartus...
South Fayette Township Library reopening, Movies in the Park, postponed
South Fayette Township Library patrons will have to wait a while longer before coming inside and taking part in programs during the covid-19 pandemic. Library officials tentatively set July 13 as the opening date with adjusted hours, the facility open at half capacity and everyone wearing masks. Commissioners learned at...
Scott Township officials fill 2nd commissioner vacancy in as many months
Scott Township officials selected a nonprofit founder and Chartiers Valley School District bus driver as their new commissioner. Michelle Sedlak was appointed at Wednesday night’s special meeting to fill the unexpired term of Paul Abel of Ward 6, who resigned from his elected post June 17. Hundreds of people both...
Work on Painters Run Bridge in Scott postponed until July 20
Closure on part of the 1800 block of Painters Run Road in Scott Township has been delayed due to another delay in completion of nearby utility work, according to a news release from the Allegheny County Department of Public Works. The closure is now scheduled to begin at 7 a.m....
Carlynton’s Nathan Milsom honored by Athletic Administrator’s Association
Nathan Milsom loves to challenge himself. The athletic director in the Carlynton School District for more than a decade fills his plate with his duties with the Cougars athletic program, work as the president of several conferences, his involvement with the WPIAL basketball committee and as the veteran head coach...
Bridgeville-South Fayette Rotary presents scholarship checks
The Bridgeville-South Fayette Rotary Club had presented checks to this year’s Harry W. Buzzatto Memorial Community Service Scholarship winners from Chartiers Valley and South Fayette high schools included Sarah Verduci, Brittany Gallo, Loren Shaffer and Emma Bryant. Bert Cherry, president of the Rotary Club, visited with each student and presented...
Carnegie free lunch program continues
Carnegie’s Grab-and-Go free lunch program continues through July. The program is open to anyone 18 and under and provides bagged lunches with wholesome snacks, frozen yogurt and other items. The St. John’s Lutheran Church site, at 601 Washington Ave., distributes lunches from noon to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday. Lunches...
Carnegie Carnegie: In calm and in crisis, the library is here to help
For weeks now, hundreds of thousands of Americans have taken to the streets to denounce the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the centuries of racism that still haunt our country. Others are struggling to understand what’s going on. For white people who are feeling confused by this movement,...
Signal Item area real estate transactions, July 6
Carnegie Esther Chapman sold property at 527 Middle Pl to Craig and Caitlin Miller for $95,000. Bryan Stoy sold property at 145 Mountain Drive to Lance Faidley for $168,500. Heather Hastings sold property at 604 Sarah St. to Christian Girard Johnson and Madison Grudi for $165,000. Collier Maronda Homes Inc....
Pittsburgh breweries are delivering beer to your home
Bartenders at East End Brewing Co. are still working. “Only now, they are serving our customers in another way,” said owner Scott Smith. “Some of our bartenders have become delivery drivers.” Bringing the beer to you is not a new concept, but it’s become more active in the coronavirus pandemic....
16th Port Authority employee tests positive for coronavirus
Another Allegheny County Port Authority bus driver tested positive for covid-19, bringing the agency’s total number of employees who tested positive to 16, agency officials said. The employee, who works at the Collier garage, last drove a Port Authority bus June 24 and has been recovering at home. Officials believe...
Real estate transactions in the Signal Item area, June 29
Bridgeville GDC Investments LLC sold property at 654 Bower Hill Road to Craig Vanzin for $7,500. Darrell Ulbrich sold property at 1001 Grandview Ave. Unit 508 to Thomas and Michelle Williams for $54,900. Collier Kimberly Ann Ablak sold property at 1252 Crest Drive to Brittany Bellovich for $305,000. Maronda Homes...
New Scott board reverses decision, will open township pool
Two weeks after deciding to keep Scott Township Swimming Pool closed this season, commissioners voted Tuesday to reopen. During the June 9 meeting, in which then-commissioner Paul Abel made remarks about the state health secretary’s gender, the board was split on the decision to open the pool or keep it...
Scott Township commissioners fill open seat, 1 vacancy remains
Scott Township commissioners have filled a vacancy on the board for 7th Ward representative. Nick Seibel was sworn in June 23 by the board to serve the unexpired term of Frank Bruckner, who resigned for personal reasons, effective June 1. Seibel is employed as a facilities project manager for Eat’n...
Teen killed, others injured in South Fayette train crash
A teenage girl was killed and two others were hurt Wednesday, after they were struck by a train in South Fayette. The crash happened near the intersection of Wabash Avenue and Millers Run Road, according to a news release from Allegheny County police. The teenagers were walking across an elevated...
Parkway Center Giant Eagle reopening to shoppers
Giant Eagle in Parkway Center Mall will reopen to in-person shopping Thursday after serving since May solely as a curbside pick-up location. The company announced the move Tuesday, saying that increased capacity for contactless pick-up at neighboring Giant Eagle stores made the time right to revert to in-store service at...
South Fayette assault victim succumbs to injuries
A 58-year-old man who Allegheny County Police said was severely beaten in South Fayette has died. The victim was identified as Jeffery Harouse of Bridgeville, according to the county Medical Examiner’s office. He died Monday at UPMC Presbyterian after being assaulted the day before, according to police. South Fayette police...
4 critically injured in crash in Scott Township
Four people were seriously injured late Saturday afternoon in a crash along Noblestown Road in Scott Township. Allegheny County Police said a Ford Fiesta driven by a 47-year-old woman driving south at 4:45 p.m. on the 400 block of Noblestown Road when it crashed into stationary vehicle that was being...
Real estate transactions in the Signal Item area, June 21
Bridgeville Estate of Martin Stenzel sold property at 155 Pennsylvania Ave. to Robin Dugas for $152,000. Carnegie Jessica Turnbull sold property at 821 Logan St. to Sarah Huehn for $120,850. Kenneth Badger sold property at 106 Scenic Hill Road to Marlana Senge for $175,000. Collier Kim Nibarger sold property at...
Carlynton alum, Ross resident publishes first collection; poems focus on work in food service industry
By day, he’s a professor of literature. By night, he’s one of countless food service workers taking orders, delivering meals and clearing dishes. Fred Shaw merges those worlds in his first published poetry collection, “Scraping Away.” “It’s a focus on the physical world, letting readers … drop into the world...
Embattled Scott commissioner steps down in wake of health secretary comments
A Scott Township commissioner who has been under fire since making remarks about the state health secretary during a public meeting has resigned. Officials posted a notice on the township’s Facebook page late Wednesday morning stating: “Commissioner (Paul) Abel has resigned from his position on our Board of Directors. He...
Beth Samuel hosts virtual talk with author
Beth Samuel Jewish Center, 810 Kennedy Drive, Ambridge, will hold all programs through Zoom until further notice. • 8:45 a.m. June 20 – Torah Yoga • Noon, July 1 – “Lunch Break” Torah Yoga • 7 p.m. July 20 – Congregational book talk with the author: “Funny, You Don’t Look...
Scott residents ask commissioner to resign for health secretary comments
A group of Scott Township residents have penned a letter asking Commissioner Paul Abel to resign for his recent public comments about the state health secretary’s gender. The letter, from a newly formed group called Building Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, also includes a list of demands the township must enact...
