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Seneca Nation expert headlines new O’Hara speaker series aimed at inclusivity
An expert on Native American culture, an award-winning author and the first female lieutenant governor of Maryland will headline a new speaker series at Lauri Ann West Community Center in O’Hara. “KNOWbodies: Knowledge Through Perspective” will kick off Sept. 12. “The title really sums up what we are looking to...
Signature Dish: Prime rib at proudly ‘old-school’ Grieco’s Carefree Inn of Indiana TownshipVideo
This is part of an ongoing series highlighting Signature Dishes at locally owned restaurants in the region. See Trib Total Media’s new online directory of restaurants, Dine Local, at dinelocal.triblive.com Prime rib still rules as the signature dish at Grieco’s Carefree Inn Restaurant in Indiana Township. Grieco’s opened in 1981...
1833 Coffee and Tea Co. set to open in FreeportVideo
Freeport residents won’t have to leave town to get a cup of coffee after this weekend. On Friday, 1833 Coffee and Tea Co. is opening on Fifth Street. “Everyone deserves a good cup of coffee or tea,” said Karen Heilman of Freeport, who is opening the store with longtime friend...
The Stroller, Aug. 19, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your club meetings, community events and fundraisers for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. East Deer to host summer celebration festival The East Deer Summer Celebration will be from 2 to 9 p.m. Saturday at...
DelRosso hosting community health fair in Tarentum
A community health fair will be held rain or shine Saturday in Tarentum’s Riverview Memorial Park. The free event featuring businesses from the health, wellness and career fields will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. It is being hosted by state Rep. Carrie Lewis DelRosso, R-Oakmont. Lewis DelRosso,...
Health initiatives featured at Tarentum’s monthly Night Markets
Tarentum’s Night Market is about more than shopping, food, music and fun. It’s also about health. Groups offer health information and services at the event being held the third Thursday of each month through October, organizer Dave Rankin said. The Allegheny County Health Department, Allies for Health+Wellbeing and Duquesne University...
Vandergrift police arrest 4 men, 1 on heroin, meth charges and the others charged with burglary
Vandergrift police arrested four suspects Monday when a search warrant turned up 1,897 stamp bags of presumed heroin in East Vandergrift. Police say they also recovered three ounces of suspected methamphetamine. Vandergrift Borough Police Officer Nate Rigatti estimated the street value of the drugs at $15,000. The suspects are Ryan...
Riverview School District to require students, staff, visitors to wear masks to start 2021-22 school year
Riverview School District students and staffers will start the new school year Aug. 26 wearing masks. The requirement is part of the district’s updated health and safety plan. Superintendent Neil English said multiple factors were considered when making the mask mandate. Among them are recommendations from the Allegheny County Health...
Police: Tarentum man punched 1 woman, pistol-whipped another during brawl involving girlfriend
A Tarentum couple is accused of assaulting a borough woman Tuesday night, and police say one of the suspects pistol-whipped another woman during the altercation. Police arrested Alfred Cook, 28, and his girlfriend Kennedy Carson, 24, in connection with the incident that happened around 8:30 p.m. in the 500 block...
Water advisory lifted for Fox Chapel area
A boil water advisory that had been in effect for some residents in the Fox Chapel area is lifted. As of 9:30 a.m. Friday, the alert for the affected areas served by Fox Chapel Authority was no longer in place, officials announced. Customers can resume normal water use without taking...
The Stroller, Aug. 18, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your club meetings, community events and fundraisers for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Help available for those grieving loss of a spouse Christ Our Hope Anglican Church will offer a seminar, “Loss of a...
Allegheny Valley School District will require masks for everyone when school starts
Masks will be mandatory in the Allegheny Valley School District when the new school year begins. The school district’s health and safety plan, adopted Tuesday on a 7-2 vote, requires all students, staff and visitors to wear masks in district buildings and on buses. Masks won’t be required during recess,...
Burrell makes mask-wearing optional
Burrell School Board unanimously approved a health and safety plan that makes mask-wearing optional for students and staff in district buildings. “We wanted to make the mask optional to give parents and staff the freedom to decide,” said board President Pam Key. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Lower Burrell man accused of sexually assaulting 14-year-old girl
A Lower Burrell man is accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl last summer behind a Sheetz store on the city’s Craigdell Road. Samuel Glendon Feroce, 21, faces charges including involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a person under 16 and statutory sexual assault in connection with the July 2020 incident....
It’s official: Kiski Area School District hires 1st female superintendent
Kiski Area School Board has hired the district’s new superintendent. Misty Slavic, 44, is the first woman to be named to the district’s top post. The board voted 8-0 to approve Slavic’s three-year contract. Her starting salary is $153,000, which will be pro-rated for the 2021-22 school year. School Director...
AHN covid vaccine clinic canceled in New Kensington
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Tribune-Review learned around noon Wednesday that this scheduled covid vaccine clinic has been canceled. No reason for the cancellation was immediately available. It was not immediately known if the clinic would be rescheduled. Original report follows: Allegheny Health Network will hold a covid vaccination clinic in New...
Riverview football coach Trevor George wins 6 months of ‘Clean Eatz’
Riverview football coach Trevor George is stocking his fridge with healthy food — for free — just in time for the fall season. George, of Oakmont, won six months of meal plans from a new Blawnox café called Clean Eatz, a national chain that offers health-conscious meals that include wraps,...
Harrison police charge woman with driving drunk, nearly hitting 2 while fleeing
Harrison police charged a 19-year-old woman with driving drunk, speeding through neighborhood streets and nearly hitting two people playing basketball in an alley Monday evening. Township police charged Nakeela T. Johnson, of Harrison, with a felony count of fleeing or eluding police, two misdemeanor counts of recklessly endangering another person,...
Boil advisory in effect for parts of Fox Chapel area
A boil water advisory is in effect for some residents in the Fox Chapel area. Officials at the Fox Chapel Authority confirmed the alert but the manager was not immediately available for details. The Authority, based in RIDC Park in O’Hara, serves about 5,500 customers in a 15-square-mile area. Residents...
4 Gilpin workers test positive for covid, 1 hospitalized
Workers for an entire department in Gilpin have tested positive for covid-19. Supervisor Charlie Stull confirmed Tuesday that four full-time employees — an administrative employee and all three workers in the public works department — have tested positive. That represents nearly half of the township’s full-time workers. Gilpin, a township...
The Stroller, Aug. 17, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your club meetings, community events and fundraisers for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Sports Hall of Fame to open new gallery in Tarentum The Alle-Kiski Valley Sports Hall of Fame will have a grand...
Masks to remain optional in Highlands School District
Face masks will remain optional when Highlands School District students return to classes next week. After hearing from residents for and against requiring students to wear masks Monday night, Kristie Babinsack was the only school board member wanting to reverse the board’s 5-4 decision in July that makes wearing masks...
Oakmont officials want false alarms to stop
Oakmont officials have had enough of false alarms going off and draining police and fire department resources. Council on Aug. 16 unanimously approved advertising an ordinance to address the issue. “False alarms in any community are a challenge,” borough Manager Scot Fodi said. “This is one mechanism that we have...
Plum EMS to host car seat safety check at Holiday Park fire station
Plum EMS officials know making sure a car seat is properly installed in a vehicle and a child is safely secured prior to travel can be a challenge. That is why borough emergency responders are providing an opportunity to show parents and caregivers how to overcome that challenge this weekend....
Officer Brian Shaw motorcycle run expected to be biggest one yet, organizers say
Organizers of Saturday’s fourth annual Officer Brian Shaw motorcycle run expect this year’s event to be the biggest yet, attracting more than 700 riders. “It’s probably going to be the largest charitable motorcycle ride in Western Pennsylvania this summer,” said Eric Felack, a spokesman for the event. Proceeds from ShawRide...
